Crayola crayon color

Crayola Yellow #FCE883

Crayola Yellow is shown here as #FCE883, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale soft amber in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.926, chroma 0.124 and hue 98.4°. The nearest CSS named color is khaki (#F0E68C), ΔE2000 3.2 away.

Relative luminance
0.8005
OKLCH L · C · h
0.926 · 0.124 · 98.4
Best text
Black 17.00:1
Hue family
Yellow
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#FCE883 color codes

HEX
#FCE883
RGB
rgb(252, 232, 131)
HSL
hsl(50, 95%, 75%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.926 0.124 98.4)
OKLab
oklab(0.926 -0.018 0.122)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 91.71, a* -6.15, b* 51.27
XYZ (D65)
X 73.10, Y 80.05, Z 33.07
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 8%, 48%, 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 #FCE883 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 17.00:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.23:1.

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

    17.00:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +92

  • White text on it

    1.23:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −13

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.23:1

  • As text on black

    17.00:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −92

  • As text on white

    1.23:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +11

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.23:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #897600 4.51:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.93 to 0.57 reaches 4.51:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FCE883 17.00:1

    It already reaches 17.00:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FCE883 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 #FCE883

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FCE883 sits at step 100.

  1. 50#FFF6C9
    White
    1.08
    Black
    19.27
  2. 100This color#FCE883
    White
    1.23
    Black
    17.00
  3. 200#EAD982
    White
    1.42
    Black
    14.74
  4. 300#D1BF61
    White
    1.85
    Black
    11.33
  5. 400#B5A23D
    White
    2.56
    Black
    8.20
  6. 500#9A8612
    White
    3.62
    Black
    5.79
  7. 600#806F00
    White
    5.01
    Black
    4.19
  8. 700#665800
    White
    7.09
    Black
    2.96
  9. 800#4A4000
    White
    10.37
    Black
    2.02
  10. 900#302900
    White
    14.55
    Black
    1.44
  11. 950#1B1600
    White
    18.08
    Black
    1.16

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

Gamut

How vivid #FCE883 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.140; #FCE883 uses 88% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.166 there: 18% 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
0.140
Display P3 edge
0.166
Rec. 2020 edge
0.227
Dominant wavelength
574 nm
Excitation purity
51%
Chromaticity
x 0.3925, y 0.4299
  • This color#FCE883
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FFE871
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.926 0.166 98.4)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #fce883;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.9109 0.4197); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FCE883

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%#FEF4C1
  • OKLab50%#FDF4C5
  • OKLCH50%#FDF4C5

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7E7442
  • OKLab50%#62592F
  • OKLCH50%#62592F

Its complement #E1E5FF

  • sRGB50%#EFE7C1
  • OKLab50%#EEE8C7
  • OKLCH50%#FFDDE1
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fce883, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fce883 50%, white);

In use

#FCE883 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, 4.5:117.00:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.23:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.23:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.23:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #897600 4.51:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:117.00:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:115.17:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:115.17:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:115.17:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FCE883 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.7; deuteranopia changes it least, 0.6.

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

    #F9E37A ΔE2000 1.3

    Very close

    Reads as pale soft amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #FFEA87 ΔE2000 0.6

    Imperceptible

    Reads as pale soft amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FFDBD0 ΔE2000 24.7

    Distinct

    Reads as pale grayish red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #E7E7E7 ΔE2000 23.9

    Distinct

    Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #E1E5FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.00:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FCE883 · #E1E5FF37.5Stays distinct
Protanopia#F9E37A · #DFE7FF36.7Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#FFEA87 · #DDE5FE36.5Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FFDBD0 · #DBE9ED20.1Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#E7E7E7 · #E6E6E60.2Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FCE883

Its complement is #E1E5FF, 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#FCE883
  • Complement#E1E5FF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#FFE1C1
  • Base#FCE883
  • +30°#CEF79C

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FCE883
  • +120°#BFF0FF
  • +240°#FFDAF3

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FCE883
  • +150°#D4EAFF
  • +210°#EFDFFF

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-yellow: #fce883;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-yellow': '#fce883',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-yellow: oklch(0.926 0.124 98.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-yellow": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9882, 0.9098, 0.5137],
        "hex": "#fce883"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Yellow"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaYellow = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.988, green: 0.910, blue: 0.514, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaYellow = Color(0xFFFCE883)
}

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 #FCE883 in the tools

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