Crayola crayon color

Crayola Green Yellow #F0E891

Crayola Green Yellow is shown here as #F0E891, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale soft yellow in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.918, chroma 0.109 and hue 103.8°. The nearest CSS named color is khaki (#F0E68C), ΔE2000 0.8 away.

Relative luminance
0.7828
OKLCH L · C · h
0.918 · 0.109 · 103.8
Best text
Black 16.65:1
Hue family
Yellow
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#F0E891 color codes

HEX
#F0E891
RGB
rgb(240, 232, 145)
HSL
hsl(55, 76%, 75%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.918 0.109 103.8)
OKLab
oklab(0.918 -0.026 0.105)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 90.91, a* -9.49, b* 43.26
XYZ (D65)
X 69.90, Y 78.28, Z 38.21
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 3%, 40%, 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 #F0E891 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 16.65:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.26:1.

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

    16.65:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +90

  • White text on it

    1.26:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −14

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.26:1

  • As text on black

    16.65:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −91

  • As text on white

    1.26:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +12

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.26:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #81781C 4.52:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.92 to 0.56 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #F0E891 16.65:1

    It already reaches 16.65:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #F0E891 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.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #F0E891

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #F0E891 sits at step 100.

  1. 50#FEF9B5
    White
    1.08
    Black
    19.43
  2. 100This color#F0E891
    White
    1.26
    Black
    16.65
  3. 200#E2DB90
    White
    1.42
    Black
    14.76
  4. 300#C9C171
    White
    1.85
    Black
    11.34
  5. 400#ADA551
    White
    2.53
    Black
    8.27
  6. 500#918931
    White
    3.60
    Black
    5.82
  7. 600#7A7112
    White
    5.00
    Black
    4.19
  8. 700#625A00
    White
    7.04
    Black
    2.98
  9. 800#474100
    White
    10.37
    Black
    2.02
  10. 900#2E2A00
    White
    14.50
    Black
    1.44
  11. 950#191700
    White
    18.04
    Black
    1.16

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #F0E891 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.194; #F0E891 uses 56% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.225 there: 16% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.109
sRGB edge
0.194
Display P3 edge
0.225
Rec. 2020 edge
0.231
Dominant wavelength
572 nm
Excitation purity
43%
Chromaticity
x 0.3750, y 0.4200
  • This color#F0E891
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FBE900
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.918 0.225 103.8)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #f0e891;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.985 0.914 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #F0E891

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%#F8F4C8
  • OKLab50%#F7F4CA
  • OKLCH50%#F7F4CA

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#787449
  • OKLab50%#5D5935
  • OKLCH50%#5D5935

Its complement #E0E1FF

  • sRGB50%#E8E5C8
  • OKLab50%#E7E6CC
  • OKLCH50%#FFD9DB
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #f0e891, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #f0e891 50%, white);

In use

#F0E891 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, 4.5:116.65:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.26:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.26:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.26:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #81781C 4.52:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:116.65:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:114.85:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:114.85:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:114.85:1 Passes

Color vision

How #F0E891 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.2; deuteranopia changes it least, 2.9.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

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  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #F6E28A ΔE2000 3.4

    Close match

    Reads as pale soft amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #F9E795 ΔE2000 2.9

    Close match

    Reads as pale soft amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FDDDD3 ΔE2000 24.2

    Distinct

    Reads as pale grayish red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #E5E5E5 ΔE2000 22.3

    Distinct

    Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #E0E1FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.01:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#F0E891 · #E0E1FF38.2Stays distinct
Protanopia#F6E28A · #DAE4FF35.9Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#F9E795 · #D9E2FE35.6Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FDDDD3 · #DAE6EB19.3Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#E5E5E5 · #E3E3E30.4Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #F0E891

Its complement is #E0E1FF, 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#F0E891
  • Complement#E0E1FF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#FFDEB4
  • Base#F0E891
  • +30°#C7F4AA

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#F0E891
  • +120°#BEEDFF
  • +240°#FFD7ED

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#F0E891
  • +150°#D2E6FF
  • +210°#F2DAFF

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-crayola-green-yellow: #f0e891;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-green-yellow': '#f0e891',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-crayola-green-yellow: oklch(0.918 0.109 103.8);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-green-yellow": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9412, 0.9098, 0.5686],
        "hex": "#f0e891"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Green Yellow"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaGreenYellow = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.941, green: 0.910, blue: 0.569, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaGreenYellow = Color(0xFFF0E891)
}

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.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #F0E891 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.