RAL Design

RAL 040 65 25

Soft Butterscotch

RAL 040 65 25 Soft Butterscotch sits at hue 040, lightness 65, and chroma 25, a warm gentle orange-yellow with the comforting appeal of butterscotch confection. It brings approachable warmth to hospitality interior schemes, patisserie branding elements, and residential living room feature walls. The moderate chroma at mid-high lightness creates a colour that is indulgent yet easy to coordinate with neutral palettes.

Time9:36 AM
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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#C09868
RGBrgb(192, 152, 104)
HSLhsl(33°, 41%, 58%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 21%, 46%, 25%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue40°
Lightness65
Chroma25

The RAL Design system uses Hue-Lightness-Chroma (HLC) notation. Hue describes the color family (0-360°), Lightness describes brightness (0-100), and Chroma describes saturation intensity (0-100+).

Color Analysis
RGB Composition
R
192
G
152
B
104
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
2.6:1Fail
Black text
7.9:1Pass

WCAG 2.1 AA requires 4.5:1 contrast for normal text. Results show this color as a background.

Spectrum & Perceptual Position

Hue Spectrum
60°120°180°240°300°360°
CIELAB a*b* Chromaticity
-3003060-3003060a* (Green ← → Red)b* (Blue ← → Yellow)
L* (Lightness)65
a* (Green-Red)9
b* (Blue-Yellow)31
L* (LCh)65
C* (Chroma)32
h° (Hue)74°

CIELAB is a perceptually uniform color space. Euclidean distance between two colors in this diagram closely matches human visual difference. The dot size shows your selected color; slightly larger dots are the nearest perceptual neighbors.

Color Harmonies

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1 locked / 4 free

Reference + opposite hue with tonal variations

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Split Comp +
Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.1:1
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1.5:1
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2.4:1
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2.2:1

Contrast ratios follow WCAG 2.1 guidelines. Green (≥4.5:1) passes AA for normal text. Amber (≥3:1) passes for large text only. Grey indicates low contrast.

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