Crayola crayon color

Crayola Apricot #FDD9B5

Crayola Apricot is shown here as #FDD9B5, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale muted orange in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.907, chroma 0.062 and hue 66.9°. The nearest CSS named color is peachpuff (#FFDAB9), ΔE2000 1.2 away.

Relative luminance
0.7384
OKLCH L · C · h
0.907 · 0.062 · 66.9
Best text
Black 15.76:1
Hue family
Orange
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#FDD9B5 color codes

HEX
#FDD9B5
RGB
rgb(253, 217, 181)
HSL
hsl(30, 95%, 85%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.907 0.062 66.9)
OKLab
oklab(0.907 0.024 0.057)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 88.85, a* 7.33, b* 22.39
XYZ (D65)
X 73.66, Y 73.85, Z 54.08
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 14%, 28%, 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 #FDD9B5 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 15.76:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.33:1.

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

    15.76:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +87

  • White text on it

    1.33:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −18

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.33:1

  • As text on black

    15.76:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −87

  • As text on white

    1.33:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +16

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.33:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #8F6F4E 4.61:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.91 to 0.57 reaches 4.61:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FDD9B5 15.76:1

    It already reaches 15.76:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FDD9B5 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 #FDD9B5

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FDD9B5 sits at step 200.

  1. 50#FFF3E7
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.22
  2. 100#FFE6CE
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.46
  3. 200This color#FDD9B5
    White
    1.33
    Black
    15.76
  4. 300#D8B796
    White
    1.88
    Black
    11.13
  5. 400#BC9B79
    White
    2.59
    Black
    8.10
  6. 500#A07F5E
    White
    3.68
    Black
    5.69
  7. 600#876847
    White
    5.12
    Black
    4.10
  8. 700#6F5132
    White
    7.24
    Black
    2.89
  9. 800#54391D
    White
    10.60
    Black
    1.97
  10. 900#3A2308
    White
    14.74
    Black
    1.42
  11. 950#231100
    White
    18.23
    Black
    1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #FDD9B5 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.067; #FDD9B5 uses 93% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.084 there: 26% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.062
sRGB edge
0.067
Display P3 edge
0.084
Rec. 2020 edge
0.128
Dominant wavelength
581 nm
Excitation purity
25%
Chromaticity
x 0.3654, y 0.3663
  • This color#FDD9B5
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FFD8B2
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.907 0.084 66.9)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #fdd9b5;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.8465 0.6703); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FDD9B5

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%#FEECDA
  • OKLab50%#FEECDA
  • OKLCH50%#FEECDA

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#7F6D5B
  • OKLab50%#625344
  • OKLCH50%#625344

Its complement #C7E4FF

  • sRGB50%#E2DFDA
  • OKLab50%#E3DFDB
  • OKLCH50%#C3ECD2
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fdd9b5, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fdd9b5 50%, white);

In use

#FDD9B5 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, 4.5:115.76:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.33:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.33:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.33:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #8F6F4E 4.61:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:115.76:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:114.06:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:114.06:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:114.06:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FDD9B5 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 15.9; protanopia changes it least, 9.9.

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

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  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #E5DAB3 ΔE2000 9.9

    Noticeable

    Reads as pale muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #EEE2B6 ΔE2000 9.9

    Noticeable

    Reads as pale muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FFD1CF ΔE2000 15.1

    Distinct

    Reads as pale muted red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #DFDFDF ΔE2000 15.9

    Distinct

    Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #C7E4FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.01:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FDD9B5 · #C7E4FF28.4Stays distinct
Protanopia#E5DAB3 · #DAE4FF27.0Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#EEE2B6 · #D3DEFE29.9Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FFD1CF · #B8EAED34.9Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#DFDFDF · #E0E0E00.2Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FDD9B5

Its complement is #C7E4FF, 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#FDD9B5
  • Complement#C7E4FF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#FFD6C9
  • Base#FDD9B5
  • +30°#ECE1B2

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FDD9B5
  • +120°#B1EEE7
  • +240°#EAD7FF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FDD9B5
  • +150°#B2EBFB
  • +210°#D8DEFF

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-apricot: #fdd9b5;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-apricot': '#fdd9b5',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-apricot: oklch(0.907 0.062 66.9);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-apricot": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9922, 0.851, 0.7098],
        "hex": "#fdd9b5"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Apricot"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaApricot = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.992, green: 0.851, blue: 0.710, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaApricot = Color(0xFFFDD9B5)
}

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 #FDD9B5 in the tools

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