Crayola crayon color

Crayola Sunset Orange #FD5E53

Crayola Sunset Orange is shown here as #FD5E53, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light vivid red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.689, chroma 0.196 and hue 27.4°. The nearest CSS named color is tomato (#FF6347), ΔE2000 4.2 away.

Relative luminance
0.2951
OKLCH L · C · h
0.689 · 0.196 · 27.4
Best text
Black 6.90:1
Hue family
Red
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#FD5E53 color codes

HEX
#FD5E53
RGB
rgb(253, 94, 83)
HSL
hsl(4, 98%, 66%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.689 0.196 27.4)
OKLab
oklab(0.689 0.174 0.090)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 61.24, a* 59.86, b* 38.76
XYZ (D65)
X 46.08, Y 29.52, Z 11.45
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 63%, 67%, 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 #FD5E53 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 6.90:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.04:1, enough for large text only.

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

    6.90:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +47

  • White text on it

    3.04:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −61

  • As text on black

    6.90:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −45

  • As text on white

    3.04:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +56

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #D93B35 4.53:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.69 to 0.59 reaches 4.53:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FD5E53 6.90:1

    It already reaches 6.90:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FD5E53 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 #FD5E53

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FD5E53 sits at step 400.

  1. 50#FFF2F0
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.21
  2. 100#FFE4E0
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.42
  3. 200#FFC8C1
    White
    1.47
    Black
    14.28
  4. 300#FFA195
    White
    1.94
    Black
    10.78
  5. 400This color#FD5E53
    White
    3.04
    Black
    6.90
  6. 500#E4463E
    White
    4.00
    Black
    5.24
  7. 600#C72826
    White
    5.58
    Black
    3.75
  8. 700#A8000D
    White
    7.86
    Black
    2.67
  9. 800#7D0007
    White
    11.19
    Black
    1.87
  10. 900#540003
    White
    15.23
    Black
    1.37
  11. 950#320001
    White
    18.48
    Black
    1.13

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

Gamut

How vivid #FD5E53 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.201; #FD5E53 uses 98% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.255 there: 27% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.196
sRGB edge
0.201
Display P3 edge
0.255
Rec. 2020 edge
0.331
Dominant wavelength
607 nm
Excitation purity
63%
Chromaticity
x 0.5293, y 0.3391
  • This color#FD5E53
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FF5C51
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.689 0.255 27.4)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #fd5e53;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.3032 0.2593); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FD5E53

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%#FEAFA9
  • OKLab50%#FFB4A9
  • OKLCH50%#FFB7AE

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7F2F2A
  • OKLab50%#621F1B
  • OKLCH50%#621F1B

Its complement #00AFC0

  • sRGB50%#7F878A
  • OKLab50%#B2928E
  • OKLCH50%#95A70A
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fd5e53, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fd5e53 50%, white);

In use

#FD5E53 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, 4.5:16.90:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.04:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:13.04:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.04:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #D93B35 4.53:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:16.90:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.15:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:16.15:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.15:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FD5E53 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 39.9; tritanopia changes it least, 9.3.

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

    #897E51 ΔE2000 35.3

    Distinct

    Reads as muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #B1A14E ΔE2000 39.9

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FF385D ΔE2000 9.3

    Noticeable

    Reads as vivid red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #949494 ΔE2000 27.5

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00AFC0. Their lightness contrast is only 1.14:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FD5E53 · #00AFC054.2Stays distinct
Protanopia#897E51 · #9EA8C132.3Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#B1A14E · #8998C041.1Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FF385D · #00B8B466.0Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#949494 · #9F9F9F3.5Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FD5E53

Its complement is #00AFC0, a light soft cyan, 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#FD5E53
  • Complement#00AFC0

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#F45B9C
  • Base#FD5E53
  • +30°#E57B00

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FD5E53
  • +120°#1ABA4B
  • +240°#6E94FF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FD5E53
  • +150°#00B49A
  • +210°#00A6EC

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-sunset-orange: #fd5e53;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-sunset-orange': '#fd5e53',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-sunset-orange: oklch(0.689 0.196 27.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-sunset-orange": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9922, 0.3686, 0.3255],
        "hex": "#fd5e53"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Sunset Orange"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaSunsetOrange = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.992, green: 0.369, blue: 0.325, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaSunsetOrange = Color(0xFFFD5E53)
}

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 #FD5E53 in the tools

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