Crayola crayon color
Crayola Desert Sand #EFCDB8
Crayola Desert Sand is shown here as #EFCDB8, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale grayish orange in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.872, chroma 0.048 and hue 53.6°. The nearest CSS named color is peachpuff (#FFDAB9), ΔE2000 5.1 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.6547
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.872 · 0.048 · 53.6
- Best text
- Black 14.09:1
- Hue family
- Orange
#EFCDB8 color codes
- HEX
#EFCDB8- RGB
rgb(239, 205, 184)- HSL
hsl(23, 63%, 83%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.872 0.048 53.6)- OKLab
oklab(0.872 0.028 0.039)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 84.73, a* 8.77, b* 14.88- XYZ (D65)
X 66.08, Y 65.48, Z 54.50- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 14%, 23%, 6%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Crayola is a trademark of Crayola LLC, which this site is not affiliated with. The value is the commonly published sRGB rendering of the crayon, not a Crayola specification.
Legibility
Contrast: is #EFCDB8 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 14.09:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.48:1.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
14.09:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +80
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White text on it
1.48:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −26
Text is here, unreadable at 1.48:1
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As text on black
14.09:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −80
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As text on white
1.48:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +23
Text is here, unreadable at 1.48:1
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#8D6F5C 4.60:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.87 to 0.57 reaches 4.60:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#EFCDB8 14.09:1
It already reaches 14.09:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #EFCDB8 live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #EFCDB8
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #EFCDB8 sits at step 200.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #EFCDB8 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.079; #EFCDB8 uses 61% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.101 there: 27% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.048
- sRGB edge
- 0.079
- Display P3 edge
- 0.101
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.151
- Dominant wavelength
- 585 nm
- Excitation purity
- 18%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.3552, y 0.3519
- This color#EFCDB8
- Most vivid in sRGB#FFC7A4
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.872 0.101 53.6)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #efcdb8;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.7758 0.6134); }
}Mixing
Mixing #EFCDB8
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#F7E6DC
- OKLab50%#F7E6DB
- OKLCH50%#F7E6DB
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#78675C
- OKLab50%#5C4E45
- OKLCH50%#5C4E45
Its complement #B7DBF0
- sRGB50%#D3D4D4
- OKLab50%#D5D5D5
- OKLCH50%#E5CBE7
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #efcdb8, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #efcdb8 50%, white);In use
#EFCDB8 in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:114.09:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.48:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.48:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.48:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #8D6F5C 4.60:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:114.09:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:112.57:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:112.57:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:112.57:1 Passes
Color vision
How #EFCDB8 looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 13.7; tritanopia changes it least, 11.0.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#D6CFB7 ΔE2000 12.3
Distinct
Reads as pale grayish amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#DED6B8 ΔE2000 13.0
Distinct
Reads as pale grayish amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#F9C7C7 ΔE2000 11.0
Distinct
Reads as pale muted red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#D3D3D3 ΔE2000 13.7
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #B7DBF0. Their lightness contrast is only 1.02:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #EFCDB8 · #B7DBF0 | 28.2 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #D6CFB7 · #D1DAF1 | 21.7 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #DED6B8 · #C9D3F0 | 25.2 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #F9C7C7 · #A7E1E2 | 37.8 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #D3D3D3 · #D6D6D6 | 0.7 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #EFCDB8
Its complement is #B7DBF0, a pale grayish blue, on the cool side of the wheel.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#EFCDB8
- Complement#B7DBF0
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#F3C9C6
- Base#EFCDB8
- +30°#E4D3B2
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#EFCDB8
- +120°#B5E0D2
- +240°#D6CFF2
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#EFCDB8
- +150°#B1DFE3
- +210°#C5D5F5
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-desert-sand: #efcdb8;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-desert-sand': '#efcdb8',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-desert-sand: oklch(0.872 0.048 53.6);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-desert-sand": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.9373, 0.8039, 0.7216],
"hex": "#efcdb8"
},
"$description": "Crayola Desert Sand"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaDesertSand = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.937, green: 0.804, blue: 0.722, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaDesertSand = Color(0xFFEFCDB8)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #EFCDB8 in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.