Crayola crayon color

Crayola Outrageous Orange #FF6E4A

Crayola Outrageous Orange is shown here as #FF6E4A, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light vivid red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.711, chroma 0.185 and hue 35.1°. The nearest CSS named color is tomato (#FF6347), ΔE2000 2.6 away.

Relative luminance
0.3291
OKLCH L · C · h
0.711 · 0.185 · 35.1
Best text
Black 7.58:1
Hue family
Red
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#FF6E4A color codes

HEX
#FF6E4A
RGB
rgb(255, 110, 74)
HSL
hsl(12, 100%, 65%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.711 0.185 35.1)
OKLab
oklab(0.711 0.151 0.106)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 64.09, a* 53.11, b* 46.96
XYZ (D65)
X 48.06, Y 32.91, Z 10.30
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 57%, 71%, 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 #FF6E4A accessible?

Black text on it reaches 7.58:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.76:1.

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

    7.58:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +51

  • White text on it

    2.76:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −57

  • As text on black

    7.58:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −49

  • As text on white

    2.76:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +52

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #D2441F 4.57:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.71 to 0.59 reaches 4.57:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FF6E4A 7.58:1

    It already reaches 7.58:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FF6E4A 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 #FF6E4A

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FF6E4A sits at step 400.

  1. 50#FFF2EE
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.18
  2. 100#FFE4DD
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.39
  3. 200#FFC9BB
    White
    1.46
    Black
    14.32
  4. 300#FFA28A
    White
    1.94
    Black
    10.78
  5. 400This color#FF6E4A
    White
    2.76
    Black
    7.58
  6. 500#DE502C
    White
    3.96
    Black
    5.28
  7. 600#C23509
    White
    5.51
    Black
    3.80
  8. 700#9E2600
    White
    7.68
    Black
    2.73
  9. 800#751900
    White
    11.07
    Black
    1.89
  10. 900#4E0E00
    White
    15.14
    Black
    1.38
  11. 950#2F0500
    White
    18.37
    Black
    1.14

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

Gamut

How vivid #FF6E4A can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.185; #FF6E4A uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.234 there: 27% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.185
sRGB edge
0.185
Display P3 edge
0.234
Rec. 2020 edge
0.279
Dominant wavelength
599 nm
Excitation purity
69%
Chromaticity
x 0.5265, y 0.3606
  • This color#FF6E4A
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FF6E4A
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.711 0.234 35.1)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #ff6e4a;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.3923 0.2201); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FF6E4A

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%#FFB7A5
  • OKLab50%#FFBAA7
  • OKLCH50%#FFBDAC

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#803725
  • OKLab50%#632617
  • OKLCH50%#632617

Its complement #00B5D2

  • sRGB50%#80928E
  • OKLab50%#B39C95
  • OKLCH50%#8CB235
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ff6e4a, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ff6e4a 50%, white);

In use

#FF6E4A 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, 4.5:17.58:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.76:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.76:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.76:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #D2441F 4.57:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:17.58:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.76:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:16.76:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.76:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FF6E4A looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 36.4; tritanopia changes it least, 14.3.

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

    #958746 ΔE2000 33.8

    Distinct

    Reads as muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #B9A746 ΔE2000 36.4

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FF4E66 ΔE2000 14.3

    Distinct

    Reads as light vivid red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #9B9B9B ΔE2000 27.4

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00B5D2. Their lightness contrast is only 1.12:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FF6E4A · #00B5D263.9Stays distinct
Protanopia#958746 · #A1AFD439.3Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#B9A746 · #899ED246.1Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FF4E66 · #00C0BE64.4Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#9B9B9B · #A5A5A53.1Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FF6E4A

Its complement is #00B5D2, 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#FF6E4A
  • Complement#00B5D2

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#FC6792
  • Base#FF6E4A
  • +30°#E48900

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FF6E4A
  • +120°#00C06F
  • +240°#8798FF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FF6E4A
  • +150°#00BAAC
  • +210°#30A9FF

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-outrageous-orange: #ff6e4a;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-outrageous-orange': '#ff6e4a',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-outrageous-orange: oklch(0.711 0.185 35.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-outrageous-orange": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.4314, 0.2902],
        "hex": "#ff6e4a"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Outrageous Orange"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaOutrageousOrange = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.431, blue: 0.290, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaOutrageousOrange = Color(0xFFFF6E4A)
}

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 #FF6E4A in the tools

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