Crayola crayon color

Crayola Mango Tango #FF8243

Crayola Mango Tango is shown here as #FF8243, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light vivid orange in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.738, chroma 0.170 and hue 45.3°. The nearest CSS named color is coral (#FF7F50), ΔE2000 3.8 away.

Relative luminance
0.3763
OKLCH L · C · h
0.738 · 0.170 · 45.3
Best text
Black 8.52:1
Hue family
Orange
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#FF8243 color codes

HEX
#FF8243
RGB
rgb(255, 130, 67)
HSL
hsl(20, 100%, 63%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.738 0.170 45.3)
OKLab
oklab(0.738 0.120 0.121)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 67.75, a* 43.27, b* 54.38
XYZ (D65)
X 50.24, Y 37.64, Z 9.93
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 49%, 74%, 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 #FF8243 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 8.52:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.46:1.

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

    8.52:1

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

  • White text on it

    2.46:1

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

  • As text on black

    8.52:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −54

  • As text on white

    2.46:1

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

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #C75200 4.53:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.74 to 0.58 reaches 4.53:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FF8243 8.52:1

    It already reaches 8.52:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FF8243 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 #FF8243

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FF8243 sits at step 400.

  1. 50#FFF2EC
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.16
  2. 100#FFE5DA
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.47
  3. 200#FFCAB3
    White
    1.46
    Black
    14.35
  4. 300#FFA47A
    White
    1.93
    Black
    10.84
  5. 400This color#FF8243
    White
    2.46
    Black
    8.52
  6. 500#D55C12
    White
    3.91
    Black
    5.36
  7. 600#B44900
    White
    5.39
    Black
    3.89
  8. 700#903900
    White
    7.57
    Black
    2.77
  9. 800#6B2800
    White
    10.88
    Black
    1.92
  10. 900#471800
    White
    15.01
    Black
    1.39
  11. 950#2A0B00
    White
    18.31
    Black
    1.14

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

Gamut

How vivid #FF8243 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.170; #FF8243 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.216 there: 27% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.170
sRGB edge
0.170
Display P3 edge
0.216
Rec. 2020 edge
0.240
Dominant wavelength
593 nm
Excitation purity
72%
Chromaticity
x 0.5137, y 0.3848
  • This color#FF8243
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FF8243
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.738 0.216 45.3)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #ff8243;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.4829 0.1747); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FF8243

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%#FFC1A1
  • OKLab50%#FFC3A6
  • OKLCH50%#FFC5AB

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#804122
  • OKLab50%#632F14
  • OKLCH50%#632F14

Its complement #00BBEC

  • sRGB50%#809F98
  • OKLab50%#B3A7A2
  • OKLCH50%#CF89EC
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ff8243, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ff8243 50%, white);

In use

#FF8243 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, 4.5:18.52:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.46:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.46:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.46:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #C75200 4.53:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:18.52:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:17.60:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:17.60:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:17.60:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FF8243 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 31.1; tritanopia changes it least, 19.9.

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

    #A5943B ΔE2000 29.7

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #C3B041 ΔE2000 31.1

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FF6874 ΔE2000 19.9

    Distinct

    Reads as light vivid red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #A5A5A5 ΔE2000 27.2

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00BBEC. Their lightness contrast is only 1.09:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FF8243 · #00BBEC55.7Stays distinct
Protanopia#A5943B · #A0B7EE46.6Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#C3B041 · #85A5EB51.6Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FF6874 · #00C9CB61.2Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#A5A5A5 · #ADADAD2.3Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FF8243

Its complement is #00BBEC, 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.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#FF8243
  • Complement#00BBEC

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#FF7A88
  • Base#FF8243
  • +30°#E29A00

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FF8243
  • +120°#00C892
  • +240°#A29CFF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FF8243
  • +150°#00C2C3
  • +210°#6CADFF

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-mango-tango: #ff8243;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-mango-tango': '#ff8243',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-mango-tango: oklch(0.738 0.170 45.3);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-mango-tango": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.5098, 0.2627],
        "hex": "#ff8243"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Mango Tango"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaMangoTango = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.510, blue: 0.263, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaMangoTango = Color(0xFFFF8243)
}

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 #FF8243 in the tools

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