Crayola crayon color

Crayola Peach #FFCFAB

Crayola Peach is shown here as #FFCFAB, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale muted orange in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.887, chroma 0.072 and hue 58.5°. The nearest CSS named color is peachpuff (#FFDAB9), ΔE2000 3.6 away.

Relative luminance
0.6883
OKLCH L · C · h
0.887 · 0.072 · 58.5
Best text
Black 14.76:1
Hue family
Orange
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#FFCFAB color codes

HEX
#FFCFAB
RGB
rgb(255, 207, 171)
HSL
hsl(26, 100%, 84%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.887 0.072 58.5)
OKLab
oklab(0.887 0.038 0.062)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 86.42, a* 12.01, b* 24.30
XYZ (D65)
X 70.91, Y 68.83, Z 48.07
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 19%, 33%, 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 #FFCFAB accessible?

Black text on it reaches 14.76:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.42:1.

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

    14.76:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +83

  • White text on it

    1.42:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −23

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.42:1

  • As text on black

    14.76:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −83

  • As text on white

    1.42:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +20

    Text is here, unreadable at 1.42:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #976C4B 4.60:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.89 to 0.57 reaches 4.60:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FFCFAB 14.76:1

    It already reaches 14.76:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FFCFAB 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 #FFCFAB

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

  1. 50#FFF3E9
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.24
  2. 100#FFE6D3
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.51
  3. 200This color#FFCFAB
    White
    1.42
    Black
    14.76
  4. 300#E0B493
    White
    1.88
    Black
    11.11
  5. 400#C39775
    White
    2.62
    Black
    8.00
  6. 500#A77C5A
    White
    3.70
    Black
    5.67
  7. 600#8E6443
    White
    5.17
    Black
    4.05
  8. 700#754E2E
    White
    7.27
    Black
    2.88
  9. 800#5A3619
    White
    10.62
    Black
    1.97
  10. 900#3F2004
    White
    14.79
    Black
    1.41
  11. 950#260F00
    White
    18.24
    Black
    1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #FFCFAB can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.072; #FFCFAB uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.092 there: 27% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.072
sRGB edge
0.072
Display P3 edge
0.092
Rec. 2020 edge
0.138
Dominant wavelength
584 nm
Excitation purity
29%
Chromaticity
x 0.3775, y 0.3665
  • This color#FFCFAB
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FFCFAB
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.887 0.092 58.5)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #ffcfab;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 0.8076 0.6419); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FFCFAB

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%#FFE7D5
  • OKLab50%#FFE7D5
  • OKLCH50%#FFE7D6

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#806856
  • OKLab50%#634F40
  • OKLCH50%#634F40

Its complement #B4E1FF

  • sRGB50%#DAD8D5
  • OKLab50%#DCD9D7
  • OKLCH50%#BDE7C1
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffcfab, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffcfab 50%, white);

In use

#FFCFAB 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, 4.5:114.76:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.42:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.42:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.42:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #976C4B 4.60:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:114.76:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:113.17:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:113.17:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:113.17:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FFCFAB looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 17.9; deuteranopia changes it least, 13.6.

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

    #DDD2A9 ΔE2000 13.6

    Distinct

    Reads as pale muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #E9DCAB ΔE2000 13.6

    Distinct

    Reads as pale muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FFC6C5 ΔE2000 14.4

    Distinct

    Reads as pale muted red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #D8D8D8 ΔE2000 17.9

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #B4E1FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.02:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FFCFAB · #B4E1FF33.1Stays distinct
Protanopia#DDD2A9 · #D4E0FF29.0Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#E9DCAB · #CAD7FF33.6Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FFC6C5 · #9DE9EA40.4Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#D8D8D8 · #DBDBDB0.7Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FFCFAB

Its complement is #B4E1FF, 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#FFCFAB
  • Complement#B4E1FF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#FFCCC4
  • Base#FFCFAB
  • +30°#EDD8A3

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FFCFAB
  • +120°#A5EADA
  • +240°#DFD1FF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FFCFAB
  • +150°#A1E8F3
  • +210°#CBD9FF

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-peach: #ffcfab;
}

Tailwind config

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

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-peach: oklch(0.887 0.072 58.5);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-peach": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.8118, 0.6706],
        "hex": "#ffcfab"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Peach"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaPeach = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.812, blue: 0.671, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaPeach = Color(0xFFFFCFAB)
}

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 #FFCFAB in the tools

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