Crayola crayon color
Crayola Macaroni and Cheese #FFBD88
Crayola Macaroni and Cheese is shown here as #FFBD88, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale soft orange in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.847, chroma 0.102 and hue 59.6°. The nearest CSS named color is sandybrown (#F4A460), ΔE2000 6.7 away.
- Relative luminance
- 0.5943
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.847 · 0.102 · 59.6
- Best text
- Black 12.88:1
- Hue family
- Orange
#FFBD88 color codes
- HEX
#FFBD88- RGB
rgb(255, 189, 136)- HSL
hsl(27, 100%, 77%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.847 0.102 59.6)- OKLab
oklab(0.847 0.052 0.088)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 81.53, a* 17.59, b* 36.03- XYZ (D65)
X 63.88, Y 59.44, Z 31.40- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 26%, 47%, 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 #FFBD88 accessible?
Black text on it reaches 12.88:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.62:1.
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
12.88:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +75
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White text on it
1.62:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −31
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As text on black
12.88:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −74
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As text on white
1.62:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +27
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
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For text on white
#A46834 4.55:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.85 to 0.57 reaches 4.55:1 on white, keeping the hue.
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For text on black
#FFBD88 12.88:1
It already reaches 12.88:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #FFBD88 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 #FFBD88
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFBD88 sits at step 200.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #FFBD88 can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.102; #FFBD88 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.130 there: 27% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.102
- sRGB edge
- 0.102
- Display P3 edge
- 0.130
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.193
- Dominant wavelength
- 585 nm
- Excitation purity
- 43%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.4129, y 0.3842
- This color#FFBD88
- Most vivid in sRGB#FFBD88
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.847 0.130 59.6)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #ffbd88;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.7341 0.4914); }
}Mixing
Mixing #FFBD88
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%#FFDEC4
- OKLab50%#FFDEC4
- OKLCH50%#FFDFC6
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#805F44
- OKLab50%#634731
- OKLCH50%#634731
Its complement #99D5FF
- sRGB50%#CCC9C4
- OKLab50%#D1CCC7
- OKLCH50%#A1DFAC
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffbd88, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffbd88 50%, white);In use
#FFBD88 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, 4.5:112.88:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.62:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:11.62:1 Fails
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.62:1 Fails
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #A46834 4.55:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:112.88:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:111.49:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:111.49:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:111.49:1 Passes
Color vision
How #FFBD88 looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 21.7; protanopia changes it least, 16.1.
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
#D1C284 ΔE2000 16.1
Distinct
Reads as light muted amber
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Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#E0D089 ΔE2000 16.6
Distinct
Reads as pale muted amber
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Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#FFB0AF ΔE2000 18.5
Distinct
Reads as pale muted red
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Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#CBCBCB ΔE2000 21.7
Distinct
Reads as light gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #99D5FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.03:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #FFBD88 · #99D5FF | 39.4 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #D1C284 · #C3D4FF | 37.6 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #E0D089 · #B5C9FE | 41.7 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #FFB0AF · #73E0E3 | 45.6 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #CBCBCB · #CECECE | 0.7 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #FFBD88
Its complement is #99D5FF, a pale muted 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#FFBD88
- Complement#99D5FF
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#FFB9AD
- Base#FFBD88
- +30°#E7CA7C
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FFBD88
- +120°#7AE3CF
- +240°#D5C0FF
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#FFBD88
- +150°#73DFF1
- +210°#B9CBFF
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-crayola-macaroni-and-cheese: #ffbd88;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
'crayola-macaroni-and-cheese': '#ffbd88',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-crayola-macaroni-and-cheese: oklch(0.847 0.102 59.6);
}{
"color": {
"crayola-macaroni-and-cheese": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [1, 0.7412, 0.5333],
"hex": "#ffbd88"
},
"$description": "Crayola Macaroni and Cheese"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let crayolaMacaroniAndCheese = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.741, blue: 0.533, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val CrayolaMacaroniAndCheese = Color(0xFFFFBD88)
}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 #FFBD88 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.