Crayola crayon color

Crayola Goldenrod #FCD667

Crayola Goldenrod is shown here as #FCD667, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale soft amber in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.887, chroma 0.136 and hue 90.5°. The nearest CSS named color is gold (#FFD700), ΔE2000 6.8 away.

Relative luminance
0.6977
OKLCH L · C · h
0.887 · 0.136 · 90.5
Best text
Black 14.95:1
Hue family
Yellow
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#FCD667 color codes

HEX
#FCD667
RGB
rgb(252, 214, 103)
HSL
hsl(45, 96%, 70%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.887 0.136 90.5)
OKLab
oklab(0.887 -0.001 0.136)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 86.88, a* 0.73, b* 58.65
XYZ (D65)
X 66.64, Y 69.77, Z 22.79
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 15%, 59%, 1%)

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 #FCD667 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 14.95:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.40:1.

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

    14.95:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +84

  • White text on it

    1.40:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −22

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.40:1

  • As text on black

    14.95:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −84

  • As text on white

    1.40:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +19

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.40:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #917300 4.51:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.89 to 0.57 reaches 4.51:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FCD667 14.95:1

    It already reaches 14.95:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FCD667 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 #FCD667

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FCD667 sits at step 200.

  1. 50#FFF5D8
    White
    1.08
    Black
    19.30
  2. 100#FFEAAF
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.64
  3. 200This color#FCD667
    White
    1.40
    Black
    14.95
  4. 300#DDBA53
    White
    1.87
    Black
    11.22
  5. 400#C19D28
    White
    2.58
    Black
    8.12
  6. 500#A38200
    White
    3.65
    Black
    5.75
  7. 600#876B00
    White
    5.08
    Black
    4.13
  8. 700#6C5500
    White
    7.15
    Black
    2.93
  9. 800#4F3D00
    White
    10.50
    Black
    1.99
  10. 900#342700
    White
    14.62
    Black
    1.43
  11. 950#1D1500
    White
    18.11
    Black
    1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #FCD667 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.148; #FCD667 uses 92% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.181 there: 22% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.136
sRGB edge
0.148
Display P3 edge
0.181
Rec. 2020 edge
0.214
Dominant wavelength
576 nm
Excitation purity
60%
Chromaticity
x 0.4186, y 0.4383
  • This color#FCD667
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FFD558
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.887 0.181 90.5)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #fcd667;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.8359 0.2874); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FCD667

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%#FEEBB3
  • OKLab50%#FEEBB9
  • OKLCH50%#FEEBB9

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7E6B34
  • OKLab50%#625223
  • OKLCH50%#625223

Its complement #CCD9FF

  • sRGB50%#E4D8B3
  • OKLab50%#E4D9BC
  • OKLCH50%#8FEFDD
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fcd667, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fcd667 50%, white);

In use

#FCD667 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, 4.5:114.95:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.40:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.40:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.40:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #917300 4.51:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:114.95:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:113.33:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:113.33:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:113.33:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FCD667 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 27.7; protanopia changes it least, 4.2.

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

    #EBD35C ΔE2000 4.2

    Close match

    Reads as pale soft amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #F4DE6C ΔE2000 4.6

    Close match

    Reads as pale soft amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FFC7BD ΔE2000 27.7

    Distinct

    Reads as pale muted red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #DADADA ΔE2000 25.3

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #CCD9FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.00:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FCD667 · #CCD9FF41.9Stays distinct
Protanopia#EBD35C · #CEDCFF42.0Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#F4DE6C · #CAD8FE42.7Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FFC7BD · #C0E0E531.5Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#DADADA · #D9D9D90.2Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FCD667

Its complement is #CCD9FF, a pale muted 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#FCD667
  • Complement#CCD9FF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#FFCFA9
  • Base#FCD667
  • +30°#CDE77D

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FCD667
  • +120°#84ECFF
  • +240°#FFC3F8

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FCD667
  • +150°#B6E0FF
  • +210°#E0D1FF

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-goldenrod: #fcd667;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-goldenrod': '#fcd667',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-goldenrod: oklch(0.887 0.136 90.5);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-goldenrod": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9882, 0.8392, 0.4039],
        "hex": "#fcd667"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Goldenrod"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaGoldenrod = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.988, green: 0.839, blue: 0.404, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaGoldenrod = Color(0xFFFCD667)
}

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 #FCD667 in the tools

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