RAL Design

RAL 040 70 35

Light Caramel

RAL 040 70 35 Light Caramel sits at hue 040, lightness 70, and chroma 35, a warm luminous orange-yellow that captures the golden glow of salted caramel. It is chosen for resort hotel interiors, fashion retail display environments, and contemporary residential accent walls. The moderate chroma at high lightness creates a colour that is indulgent, inviting, and distinctly warm.

Time9:36 AM
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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#C8A870
RGBrgb(200, 168, 112)
HSLhsl(38°, 44%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16%, 44%, 22%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue40°
Lightness70
Chroma35

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
200
G
168
B
112
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
2.3:1Fail
Black text
9.3:1Pass

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)70
a* (Green-Red)4
b* (Blue-Yellow)33
L* (LCh)70
C* (Chroma)34
h° (Hue)83°

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

Build a Palette Around Light Caramel

Palette Generator

Select a harmony type, then press Space to reroll unlocked colors.

1 locked / 4 free

Reference + opposite hue with tonal variations

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Complementary
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Split Comp +
Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.6:1
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1.7:1
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2.3:1
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2.1:1

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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