Crayola crayon color

Crayola Tan #FAA76C

Crayola Tan is shown here as #FAA76C, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light soft orange in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.798, chroma 0.124 and hue 55.3°. The nearest CSS named color is sandybrown (#F4A460), ΔE2000 2.7 away.

Relative luminance
0.4904
OKLCH L · C · h
0.798 · 0.124 · 55.3
Best text
Black 10.80:1
Hue family
Orange
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#FAA76C color codes

HEX
#FAA76C
RGB
rgb(250, 167, 108)
HSL
hsl(25, 93%, 70%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.798 0.124 55.3)
OKLab
oklab(0.798 0.070 0.102)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 75.48, a* 24.73, b* 42.72
XYZ (D65)
X 55.95, Y 49.05, Z 20.70
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 33%, 57%, 2%)

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 #FAA76C accessible?

Black text on it reaches 10.80:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.94:1.

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

    10.80:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +66

  • White text on it

    1.94:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −41

  • As text on black

    10.80:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −65

  • As text on white

    1.94:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +37

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #B06325 4.50:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.80 to 0.58 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FAA76C 10.80:1

    It already reaches 10.80:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #FAA76C 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 #FAA76C

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FAA76C sits at step 300.

  1. 50#FFF2EA
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.14
  2. 100#FFE6D5
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.53
  3. 200#FFCBA9
    White
    1.46
    Black
    14.36
  4. 300This color#FAA76C
    White
    1.94
    Black
    10.80
  5. 400#DB8C52
    White
    2.66
    Black
    7.88
  6. 500#BE7034
    White
    3.77
    Black
    5.55
  7. 600#A35817
    White
    5.29
    Black
    3.96
  8. 700#864300
    White
    7.45
    Black
    2.81
  9. 800#633000
    White
    10.75
    Black
    1.95
  10. 900#421E00
    White
    14.81
    Black
    1.41
  11. 950#270F00
    White
    18.18
    Black
    1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #FAA76C can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.135; #FAA76C uses 92% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.171 there: 27% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.124
sRGB edge
0.135
Display P3 edge
0.171
Rec. 2020 edge
0.227
Dominant wavelength
587 nm
Excitation purity
54%
Chromaticity
x 0.4451, y 0.3902
  • This color#FAA76C
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FFA463
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.798 0.171 55.3)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #faa76c;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.6314 0.327); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FAA76C

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%#FDD3B6
  • OKLab50%#FFD4B7
  • OKLCH50%#FFD4B7

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7D5436
  • OKLab50%#613E25
  • OKLCH50%#613E25

Its complement #68C9FF

  • sRGB50%#B1B8B6
  • OKLab50%#BEBDBC
  • OKLCH50%#E5A1E8
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #faa76c, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #faa76c 50%, white);

In use

#FAA76C 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, 4.5:110.80:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.94:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.94:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.94:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #B06325 4.50:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:110.80:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.64:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:19.64:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.64:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FAA76C looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 23.8; protanopia changes it least, 20.3.

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

    #BFAF67 ΔE2000 20.3

    Distinct

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #D3C16C ΔE2000 21.0

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FF9699 ΔE2000 20.5

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #BABABA ΔE2000 23.8

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #68C9FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.05:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FAA76C · #68C9FF45.8Stays distinct
Protanopia#BFAF67 · #AFC7FF43.2Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#D3C16C · #9BB8FE48.1Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FF9699 · #00D7DB54.9Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#BABABA · #BFBFBF1.3Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FAA76C

Its complement is #68C9FF, a light soft 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#FAA76C
  • Complement#68C9FF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#FF9F97
  • Base#FAA76C
  • +30°#E1B757

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FAA76C
  • +120°#52D7B9
  • +240°#C3AEFF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FAA76C
  • +150°#3BD3E3
  • +210°#9EBCFF

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-tan: #faa76c;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-tan': '#faa76c',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-tan: oklch(0.798 0.124 55.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-tan": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9804, 0.6549, 0.4235],
        "hex": "#faa76c"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Tan"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaTan = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.980, green: 0.655, blue: 0.424, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaTan = Color(0xFFFAA76C)
}

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 #FAA76C in the tools

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