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
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#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

  • 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.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • 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.

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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.

  1. 50#FFF3E8
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.23
  2. 100#FFE6D1
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.49
  3. 200#FFCC9F
    White
    1.45
    Black
    14.38
  4. 300This color#FFA343
    White
    1.98
    Black
    10.57
  5. 400#E28A25
    White
    2.65
    Black
    7.89
  6. 500#C07000
    White
    3.77
    Black
    5.55
  7. 600#A05C00
    White
    5.21
    Black
    4.02
  8. 700#804900
    White
    7.31
    Black
    2.87
  9. 800#5E3400
    White
    10.67
    Black
    1.96
  10. 900#3E2000
    White
    14.87
    Black
    1.41
  11. 950#241000
    White
    18.27
    Black
    1.14

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.

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  • 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.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.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
In CSS
/* 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

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #D6C044 ΔE2000 20.7

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FF8E8F ΔE2000 26.9

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft red

  • 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.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FFA343 · #76C4FF47.7Stays distinct
Protanopia#C0AB36 · #AAC4FF49.3Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#D6C044 · #98B6FE52.9Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FF8E8F · #13D2D854.9Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#B8B8B8 · #BCBCBC1.1Easily 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

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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-neon-carrot: #ffa343;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-neon-carrot': '#ffa343',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-neon-carrot: oklch(0.792 0.153 63.1);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-neon-carrot": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.6392, 0.2627],
        "hex": "#ffa343"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Neon Carrot"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaNeonCarrot = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.639, blue: 0.263, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

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.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

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.