Crayola crayon color

Crayola Canary #FFFF99

Crayola Canary is shown here as #FFFF99, the commonly published value for the crayon. It is a pale soft yellow in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.978, chroma 0.124 and hue 108.5°. The nearest CSS named color is khaki (#F0E68C), ΔE2000 5.6 away.

Relative luminance: 0.9508
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.978 · 0.124 · 108.5
Best text: Black 20.01:1
Hue family: Yellow

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#FFFF99 color codes

HEX: #FFFF99
RGB: rgb(255, 255, 153)
HSL: hsl(60, 100%, 80%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.978 0.124 108.5)
OKLab: oklab(0.978 -0.039 0.118)
CIELAB (D65): L* 98.07, a* -14.23, b* 48.66
XYZ (D65): X 82.75, Y 95.08, Z 44.12
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 0%, 40%, 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 #FFFF99 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 20.01:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.04:1.

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

20.01:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +102
White text on it

1.04:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.04:1
As text on black

20.01:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −104
As text on white

1.04:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc 0
Text is here, unreadable at 1.04:1

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#7C7A00 4.52:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.98 to 0.56 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FFFF99 20.01:1

It already reaches 20.01:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FFFF99 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 #FFFF99

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFFF99 sits at step 50.

50This color#FFFF99

White
1.04
Black
20.01
100#F1F1A0

White
1.17
Black
17.82
200#DDDE86

White
1.41
Black
14.86
300#C4C466

White
1.83
Black
11.43
400#A8A743

White
2.53
Black
8.27
500#8D8B1E

White
3.59
Black
5.84
600#757300

White
4.98
Black
4.20
700#5D5C00

White
7.00
Black
2.99
800#444200

White
10.36
Black
2.02
900#2C2B00

White
14.45
Black
1.45
950#181700

White
18.08
Black
1.16

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

Gamut

How vivid #FFFF99 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.125; #FFFF99 uses 100% of it. Display P3 reaches no further at this hue.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.124
sRGB edge: 0.125
Display P3 edge: 0.124
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.152
Dominant wavelength: 570 nm
Excitation purity: 45%
Chromaticity: x 0.3728, y 0.4284

This color#FFFF99
Most vivid in sRGB#FFFF99
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.978 0.124 108.5)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #ffff99;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 1 1 0.6497); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FFFF99

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%#FFFFCC
OKLab50%#FFFFCF
OKLCH50%#FEFFD7

Black #000000

sRGB50%#80804D
OKLab50%#636338
OKLCH50%#636338

Its complement #F7F7FF

sRGB50%#FBFBCC
OKLab50%#FBFCD0
OKLCH50%#E2FFFF

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffff99, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffff99 50%, white);

In use

#FFFF99 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, 4.5:120.01:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.04:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:11.04:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.04:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7C7A00 4.52:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:120.01:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:117.85:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:117.85:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:117.85:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FFFF99 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 23.8; deuteranopia changes it least, 1.7.

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

#FFF791 ΔE2000 2.4

Close match

Reads as pale soft yellow
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#FFFB9E ΔE2000 1.7

Very close

Reads as pale soft yellow
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FFF3E6 ΔE2000 20.4

Distinct

Reads as pale grayish orange
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#F9F9F9 ΔE2000 23.8

Distinct

Reads as off-white

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #F7F7FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.01:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#FFFF99 · #F7F7FF	29.5	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#FFF791 · #F5F8FF	29.1	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#FFFB9E · #F5F7FF	28.5	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FFF3E6 · #F6F8F9	7.9	Harder to tell apart
Achromatopsia	#F9F9F9 · #F8F8F8	0.2	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FFFF99

Its complement is #F7F7FF, an off-white.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio

Base#FFFF99
Complement#F7F7FF

Complementary

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−30°#FFF7EA
Base#FFFF99
+30°#EBFFE5

Analogous

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Base#FFFF99
+120°#EFFAFF
+240°#FFF5F9

Triadic

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Base#FFFF99
+150°#F4F8FF
+210°#FDF5FF

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-canary: #ffff99;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'crayola-canary': '#ffff99',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-crayola-canary: oklch(0.978 0.124 108.5);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "crayola-canary": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 1, 0.6],
        "hex": "#ffff99"
      },
      "$description": "Crayola Canary"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let crayolaCanary = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 1.000, blue: 0.600, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val CrayolaCanary = Color(0xFFFFFF99)
}

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

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Crayola Canary #FFFF99

#FFFF99 color codes

Contrast: is #FFFF99 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 #FFFF99 live

Shades and tints of #FFFF99

How vivid #FFFF99 can get

Mixing #FFFF99

#FFFF99 in an interface

How #FFFF99 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FFFF99

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 #FFFF99 in the tools