RAL Design

RAL 050 45 40

Golden Harvest

RAL 050 45 40 Golden Harvest occupies hue 050, lightness 45, and chroma 40, a bold warm mid-dark yellow that captures the rich golden hue of freshly harvested wheat fields. It is specified for agricultural brand identity elements, craft beer label coordination, and artisan food packaging accents. The strong chroma at moderate darkness delivers a colour that is both earthy and strikingly golden.

Time9:36 AM
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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#A87820
RGBrgb(168, 120, 32)
HSLhsl(39°, 68%, 39%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 29%, 81%, 34%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue50°
Lightness45
Chroma40

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
168
G
120
B
32
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
3.9:1Fail
Black text
5.4:1Pass

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)54
a* (Green-Red)11
b* (Blue-Yellow)52
L* (LCh)54
C* (Chroma)53
h° (Hue)78°

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
2:1
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2.2:1
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3.1:1
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2.6:1

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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