Crayola crayon color
Crayola Neon Carrot #FFA343
Crayola Neon Carrot is shown here as #FFA343, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a light soft orange in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.792, chroma 0.153 and hue 63.1°. The nearest CSS named color is sandybrown (#F4A460), ΔE2000 4.5 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.4786
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.792 · 0.153 · 63.1
- Best text
- Black 10.57:1
- Hue family
- Orange
#FFA343 color codes
- HEX
#FFA343- RGB
rgb(255, 163, 67)- HSL
hsl(31, 100%, 63%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.792 0.153 63.1)- OKLab
oklab(0.792 0.069 0.136)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 74.74, a* 26.43, b* 61.55- XYZ (D65)
X 55.35, Y 47.87, Z 11.63- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 36%, 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 #FFA343 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 10.57:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.98:1.
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
10.57:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +65
-
White text on it
1.98:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −42
-
As text on black
10.57:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −64
-
As text on white
1.98:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +38
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#AC6400 4.58:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.79 to 0.57 reaches 4.58:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#FFA343 10.57:1
It already reaches 10.57:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #FFA343 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 #FFA343
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFA343 sits at step 300.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #FFA343 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.153; #FFA343 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.193 there: 26% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.153
- sRGB edge
- 0.153
- Display P3 edge
- 0.193
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.210
- Dominant wavelength
- 586 nm
- Excitation purity
- 72%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.4820, y 0.4168
- This color#FFA343
- Most vivid in sRGB#FFA343
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.792 0.193 63.1)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #ffa343;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.6258 0.1625); }
}Mixing
Mixing #FFA343
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%#FFD1A1
- OKLab50%#FFD2A9
- OKLCH50%#FFD3AD
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#805222
- OKLab50%#633C14
- OKLCH50%#633C14
Its complement #76C4FF
- sRGB50%#BBB4A1
- OKLab50%#C4B9AF
- OKLCH50%#71D492
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffa343, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffa343 50%, white);In use
#FFA343 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, 4.5:110.57:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.98:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.98:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.98:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AC6400 4.58:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:110.57:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.43:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:19.43:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.43:1 Passes
Color vision
How #FFA343 looks with color blindness
Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 26.9; protanopia changes it least, 20.3.
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
#C0AB36 ΔE2000 20.3
Distinct
Reads as light soft amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#D6C044 ΔE2000 20.7
Distinct
Reads as light soft amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#FF8E8F ΔE2000 26.9
Distinct
Reads as light soft red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#B8B8B8 ΔE2000 26.8
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #76C4FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.05:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #FFA343 · #76C4FF | 47.7 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #C0AB36 · #AAC4FF | 49.3 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #D6C044 · #98B6FE | 52.9 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #FF8E8F · #13D2D8 | 54.9 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #B8B8B8 · #BCBCBC | 1.1 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #FFA343
Its complement is #76C4FF, 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#FFA343
- Complement#76C4FF
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#FF9D88
- Base#FFA343
- +30°#DDB828
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FFA343
- +120°#00D8C4
- +240°#CCA6FF
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FFA343
- +150°#00D1F0
- +210°#A5B7FF
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-neon-carrot: #ffa343;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-neon-carrot': '#ffa343',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-neon-carrot: oklch(0.792 0.153 63.1);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-neon-carrot": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [1, 0.6392, 0.2627],
"hex": "#ffa343"
},
"$description": "Crayola Neon Carrot"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaNeonCarrot = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.639, blue: 0.263, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaNeonCarrot = Color(0xFFFFA343)
}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 #FFA343 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.