Crayola crayon color

Crayola Sunglow #FFCF48

Crayola Sunglow is shown here as #FFCF48, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale soft amber in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.874, chroma 0.155 and hue 88.6°. The nearest CSS named color is gold (#FFD700), ΔE2000 5.2 away.

Relative luminance: 0.6635
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.874 · 0.155 · 88.6
Best text: Black 14.27:1
Hue family: Yellow

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#FFCF48 color codes

HEX: #FFCF48
RGB: rgb(255, 207, 72)
HSL: hsl(44, 100%, 64%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.874 0.155 88.6)
OKLab: oklab(0.874 0.004 0.155)
CIELAB (D65): L* 85.18, a* 3.78, b* 69.95
XYZ (D65): X 64.73, Y 66.36, Z 15.53
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 19%, 72%, 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 #FFCF48 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 14.27:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.47:1.

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

14.27:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +81
White text on it

1.47:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −25
Text is here, unreadable at 1.47:1
As text on black

14.27:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −81
As text on white

1.47:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +22
Text is here, unreadable at 1.47:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#937200 4.51:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.87 to 0.57 reaches 4.51:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FFCF48 14.27:1

It already reaches 14.27:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FFCF48 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 #FFCF48

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFCF48 sits at step 200.

50#FFF4DA

White
1.09
Black
19.20
100#FFE9B4

White
1.19
Black
17.56
200This color#FFCF48

White
1.47
Black
14.27
300#E4B839

White
1.87
Black
11.21
400#C69B00

White
2.59
Black
8.08
500#A58100

White
3.65
Black
5.73
600#896A00

White
5.09
Black
4.12
700#6D5400

White
7.19
Black
2.91
800#503D00

White
10.45
Black
2.00
900#342700

White
14.62
Black
1.43
950#1E1500

White
18.06
Black
1.16

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

Gamut

How vivid #FFCF48 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.155; #FFCF48 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.191 there: 23% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.155
sRGB edge: 0.155
Display P3 edge: 0.191
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.211
Dominant wavelength: 577 nm
Excitation purity: 71%
Chromaticity: x 0.4415, y 0.4526

This color#FFCF48
Most vivid in sRGB#FFCF48
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.874 0.191 88.6)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #ffcf48;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.8099 0.2036); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FFCF48

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%#FFE7A4
OKLab50%#FFE8AF
OKLCH50%#FFE8B0

Black #000000

sRGB50%#806824
OKLab50%#634F16
OKLCH50%#634F16

Its complement #C4D5FF

sRGB50%#E2D2A4
OKLab50%#E2D5B3
OKLCH50%#7EEDD6

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffcf48, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffcf48 50%, white);

In use

#FFCF48 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, 4.5:114.27:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.47:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.47:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.47:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #937200 4.51:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:114.27:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:112.73:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:112.73:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:112.73:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FFCF48 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 30.4; protanopia changes it least, 6.3.

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

#E7CD34 ΔE2000 6.3

Noticeable

Reads as pale soft amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#F2DA4F ΔE2000 6.6

Noticeable

Reads as pale soft amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FFBEB4 ΔE2000 30.4

Distinct

Reads as pale muted red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#D5D5D5 ΔE2000 27.2

Distinct

Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #C4D5FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.00:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#FFCF48 · #C4D5FF	44.6	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#E7CD34 · #C8D8FF	45.5	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#F2DA4F · #C3D3FE	46.3	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FFBEB4 · #B5DDE3	34.6	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#D5D5D5 · #D5D5D5	0.0	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FFCF48

Its complement is #C4D5FF, 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#FFCF48
Complement#C4D5FF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#FFC9A0
Base#FFCF48
+30°#CBE364

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#FFCF48
+120°#65EBFF
+240°#FFBBFB

Triadic

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Base#FFCF48
+150°#ABDDFF
+210°#DBCCFF

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-sunglow: #ffcf48;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-sunglow': '#ffcf48',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-sunglow: oklch(0.874 0.155 88.6);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-sunglow": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.8118, 0.2824],
        "hex": "#ffcf48"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Sunglow"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaSunglow = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.812, blue: 0.282, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaSunglow = Color(0xFFFFCF48)
}

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 #FFCF48 in the tools

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

Crayola Sunglow #FFCF48

#FFCF48 color codes

Contrast: is #FFCF48 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #FFCF48 live

Shades and tints of #FFCF48

How vivid #FFCF48 can get

Mixing #FFCF48

#FFCF48 in an interface

How #FFCF48 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FFCF48

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #FFCF48 in the tools