Crayola crayon color

Crayola Burnt Orange #FF7F49

Crayola Burnt Orange is shown here as #FF7F49, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light vivid red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.734, chroma 0.170 and hue 42.3°. The nearest CSS named color is coral (#FF7F50), ΔE2000 1.6 away.

Relative luminance: 0.3692
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.734 · 0.170 · 42.3
Best text: Black 8.38:1
Hue family: Red

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#FF7F49 color codes

HEX: #FF7F49
RGB: rgb(255, 127, 73)
HSL: hsl(18, 100%, 64%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.734 0.170 42.3)
OKLab: oklab(0.734 0.126 0.115)
CIELAB (D65): L* 67.22, a* 45.01, b* 50.92
XYZ (D65): X 50.04, Y 36.93, Z 10.79
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 50%, 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 #FF7F49 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 8.38:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.50:1.

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

8.38:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +55
White text on it

2.50:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −53
As text on black

8.38:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −53
As text on white

2.50:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +48

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#CA4F0D 4.53:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.73 to 0.58 reaches 4.53:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FF7F49 8.38:1

It already reaches 8.38:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FF7F49 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 #FF7F49

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FF7F49 sits at step 400.

50#FFF2ED

White
1.09
Black
19.17
100#FFE5DB

White
1.20
Black
17.48
200#FFCAB5

White
1.46
Black
14.36
300#FFA37F

White
1.94
Black
10.79
400This color#FF7F49

White
2.50
Black
8.38
500#D75B20

White
3.88
Black
5.40
600#B84400

White
5.43
Black
3.86
700#943500

White
7.58
Black
2.76
800#6D2500

White
10.96
Black
1.91
900#491600

White
15.02
Black
1.39
950#2B0900

White
18.39
Black
1.14

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

Gamut

How vivid #FF7F49 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.170; #FF7F49 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.216 there: 27% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.170
sRGB edge: 0.170
Display P3 edge: 0.216
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.251
Dominant wavelength: 594 nm
Excitation purity: 69%
Chromaticity: x 0.5118, y 0.3777

This color#FF7F49
Most vivid in sRGB#FF7F49
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.734 0.216 42.3)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #ff7f49;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.4695 0.2093); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FF7F49

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%#FFBFA4
OKLab50%#FFC2A7
OKLCH50%#FFC4AD

Black #000000

sRGB50%#804025
OKLab50%#632D17
OKLCH50%#632D17

Its complement #00BBE6

sRGB50%#809D98
OKLab50%#B3A6A1
OKLCH50%#84BD50

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ff7f49, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ff7f49 50%, white);

In use

#FF7F49 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, 4.5:18.38:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.50:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.50:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.50:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #CA4F0D 4.53:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:18.38:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.47:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:17.47:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.47:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FF7F49 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 32.1; tritanopia changes it least, 18.1.

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

#A29243 ΔE2000 30.5

Distinct

Reads as soft amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#C1AE46 ΔE2000 32.1

Distinct

Reads as light soft amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FF6573 ΔE2000 18.1

Distinct

Reads as light vivid red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#A4A4A4 ΔE2000 27.0

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00BBE6. Their lightness contrast is only 1.10:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#FF7F49 · #00BBE6	57.5	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#A29243 · #A2B6E8	44.2	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#C1AE46 · #88A4E6	50.1	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FF6573 · #00C8C9	61.9	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#A4A4A4 · #ACACAC	2.3	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FF7F49

Its complement is #00BBE6, a light soft blue, on the cool side of the wheel.

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

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Base#FF7F49
Complement#00BBE6

Complementary

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−30°#FF778C
Base#FF7F49
+30°#E49600

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#FF7F49
+120°#00C78A
+240°#9C9CFF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#FF7F49
+150°#00C2BE
+210°#62ADFF

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-crayola-burnt-orange: #ff7f49;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-burnt-orange': '#ff7f49',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-burnt-orange: oklch(0.734 0.170 42.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-burnt-orange": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.498, 0.2863],
        "hex": "#ff7f49"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Burnt Orange"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaBurntOrange = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.498, blue: 0.286, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaBurntOrange = Color(0xFFFF7F49)
}

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 Burnt Orange #FF7F49

#FF7F49 color codes

Contrast: is #FF7F49 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 #FF7F49 live

Shades and tints of #FF7F49

How vivid #FF7F49 can get

Mixing #FF7F49

#FF7F49 in an interface

How #FF7F49 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FF7F49

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 #FF7F49 in the tools