Crayola crayon color
Crayola Vivid Tangerine #FFA089
Crayola Vivid Tangerine is shown here as #FFA089, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light soft red in the red family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.797, chroma 0.119 and hue 34.4°. The nearest CSS named color is lightsalmon (#FFA07A), ΔE2000 4.7 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.4821
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.797 · 0.119 · 34.4
- Best text
- Black 10.64:1
- Hue family
- Red
#FFA089 color codes
- HEX
#FFA089- RGB
rgb(255, 160, 137)- HSL
hsl(12, 100%, 77%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.797 0.119 34.4)- OKLab
oklab(0.797 0.098 0.067)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 74.96, a* 32.84, b* 26.83- XYZ (D65)
X 58.33, Y 48.21, Z 29.90- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 37%, 46%, 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 #FFA089 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 10.64:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.97:1.
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
10.64:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +66
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White text on it
1.97:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −42
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As text on black
10.64:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −64
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As text on white
1.97:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +37
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#B45C48 4.60:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.80 to 0.58 reaches 4.60:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#FFA089 10.64:1
It already reaches 10.64:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #FFA089 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.
Scale
Shades and tints of #FFA089
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFA089 sits at step 300.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #FFA089 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.119; #FFA089 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.152 there: 28% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.119
- sRGB edge
- 0.119
- Display P3 edge
- 0.152
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.223
- Dominant wavelength
- 596 nm
- Excitation purity
- 39%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.4275, y 0.3534
- This color#FFA089
- Most vivid in sRGB#FFA089
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.797 0.152 34.4)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #ffa089;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.6108 0.501); }
}Mixing
Mixing #FFA089
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%#FFD0C4
- OKLab50%#FFD0C4
- OKLCH50%#FFD1C6
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#805045
- OKLab50%#633B31
- OKLCH50%#633B31
Its complement #4CD0EB
- sRGB50%#A6B8BA
- OKLab50%#BCBCBC
- OKLCH50%#ACCA72
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffa089, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffa089 50%, white);In use
#FFA089 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, 4.5:110.64:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.97:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.97:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.97:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #B45C48 4.60:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:110.64:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.49:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:19.49:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.49:1 Passes
Color vision
How #FFA089 looks with color blindness
Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 27.1; tritanopia changes it least, 10.4.
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
#B7AD87 ΔE2000 25.1
Distinct
Reads as light muted amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#CDC088 ΔE2000 27.1
Distinct
Reads as light muted amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#FF929A ΔE2000 10.4
Distinct
Reads as light soft red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#B8B8B8 ΔE2000 23.3
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #4CD0EB. Their lightness contrast is only 1.08:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #FFA089 · #4CD0EB | 55.7 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #B7AD87 · #BCC9ED | 31.1 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #CDC088 · #A6B9EB | 38.4 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #FF929A · #00DAD8 | 57.7 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #B8B8B8 · #C0C0C0 | 2.1 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #FFA089
Its complement is #4CD0EB, 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#FFA089
- Complement#4CD0EB
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#FD9CB3
- Base#FFA089
- +30°#F2AC67
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FFA089
- +120°#7BD39A
- +240°#A8B8FF
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FFA089
- +150°#4ED5C6
- +210°#7CC4FF
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-vivid-tangerine: #ffa089;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-vivid-tangerine': '#ffa089',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-vivid-tangerine: oklch(0.797 0.119 34.4);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-vivid-tangerine": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [1, 0.6275, 0.5373],
"hex": "#ffa089"
},
"$description": "Crayola Vivid Tangerine"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaVividTangerine = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.627, blue: 0.537, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaVividTangerine = Color(0xFFFFA089)
}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
Open #FFA089 in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.