Crayola crayon color

Crayola Laser Lemon #FEFE22

Crayola Laser Lemon is shown here as #FEFE22, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale vivid yellow in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.966, chroma 0.205 and hue 109.7°. The nearest CSS named color is yellow (#FFFF00), ΔE2000 0.8 away.

Relative luminance: 0.9207
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.966 · 0.205 · 109.7
Best text: Black 19.41:1
Hue family: Yellow

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#FEFE22 color codes

HEX: #FEFE22
RGB: rgb(254, 254, 34)
HSL: hsl(60, 99%, 56%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.966 0.205 109.7)
OKLab: oklab(0.966 -0.069 0.193)
CIELAB (D65): L* 96.85, a* -21.11, b* 90.71
XYZ (D65): X 76.61, Y 92.07, Z 15.25
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 0%, 87%, 0%)

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 #FEFE22 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 19.41:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.08:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

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Black text on it

19.41:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +100
White text on it

1.08:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.08:1
As text on black

19.41:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −102
As text on white

1.08:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.08:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#7A7A00 4.55:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.97 to 0.56 reaches 4.55:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FEFE22 19.41:1

It already reaches 19.41:1 on black, so no change is needed.

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Studio

Adjust #FEFE22 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 #FEFE22

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FEFE22 sits at step 50.

50This color#FEFE22

White
1.08
Black
19.41
100#F3F45E

White
1.17
Black
17.91
200#E0E02F

White
1.41
Black
14.87
300#C6C600

White
1.82
Black
11.47
400#A9A900

White
2.51
Black
8.36
500#8C8C00

White
3.57
Black
5.86
600#747400

White
4.95
Black
4.24
700#5C5C00

White
7.03
Black
2.98
800#434300

White
10.28
Black
2.04
900#2B2B00

White
14.50
Black
1.44
950#181700

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 #FEFE22 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.210; #FEFE22 uses 98% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.221 there: 5% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.205
sRGB edge: 0.210
Display P3 edge: 0.221
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.251
Dominant wavelength: 570 nm
Excitation purity: 77%
Chromaticity: x 0.4165, y 0.5006

This color#FEFE22
Most vivid in sRGB#FEFE00
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.966 0.221 109.7)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #fefe22;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.9975 0.269); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FEFE22

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%#FFFF91
OKLab50%#FDFFAE
OKLCH50%#FCFFBE

Black #000000

sRGB50%#7F7F11
OKLab50%#636307
OKLCH50%#636307

Its complement #F3F2FF

sRGB50%#F9F891
OKLab50%#F7FAB0
OKLCH50%#D3FDFF

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #fefe22, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #fefe22 50%, white);

In use

#FEFE22 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, 4.5:119.41:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.08:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.08:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.08:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7A7A00 4.55:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:119.41:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:117.31:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:117.31:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:117.31:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FEFE22 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 30.1; deuteranopia changes it least, 1.9.

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

#FFF300 ΔE2000 3.2

Close match

Reads as pale vivid yellow
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#FFF93D ΔE2000 1.9

Very close

Reads as pale vivid yellow
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FFEDD9 ΔE2000 26.2

Distinct

Reads as pale grayish orange
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#F6F6F6 ΔE2000 30.1

Distinct

Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #F3F2FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.02:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#FEFE22 · #F3F2FF	39.1	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#FFF300 · #EFF3FF	39.2	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#FFF93D · #EFF3FF	38.2	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FFEDD9 · #F1F4F6	11.5	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#F6F6F6 · #F3F3F3	0.6	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FEFE22

Its complement is #F3F2FF, an off-white.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

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Base#FEFE22
Complement#F3F2FF

Complementary

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−30°#FFF2DD
Base#FEFE22
+30°#DEFFD6

Analogous

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Base#FEFE22
+120°#E6F7FF
+240°#FFEEF6

Triadic

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Base#FEFE22
+150°#EDF4FF
+210°#FCEEFF

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-laser-lemon: #fefe22;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-laser-lemon': '#fefe22',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-laser-lemon: oklch(0.966 0.205 109.7);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-laser-lemon": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9961, 0.9961, 0.1333],
        "hex": "#fefe22"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Laser Lemon"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaLaserLemon = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.996, green: 0.996, blue: 0.133, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaLaserLemon = Color(0xFFFEFE22)
}

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.

Tools

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Crayola Laser Lemon #FEFE22

#FEFE22 color codes

Contrast: is #FEFE22 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #FEFE22 live

Shades and tints of #FEFE22

How vivid #FEFE22 can get

Mixing #FEFE22

#FEFE22 in an interface

How #FEFE22 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FEFE22

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #FEFE22 in the tools