RAL Design

RAL 060 25 30

Dark Olive

RAL 060 25 30 Dark Olive is positioned at hue 060, lightness 25, and chroma 30, a deep saturated yellow-green that evokes pressed olive oil and dense forest undergrowth. It is specified for outdoor furniture finishes, garden tool housings, and nature reserve signage elements. The strong chroma at very low lightness produces a colour of concentrated natural energy and earthy vitality.

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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#606010
RGBrgb(96, 96, 16)
HSLhsl(60°, 71%, 22%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 83%, 62%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue60°
Lightness25
Chroma30

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
96
G
96
B
16
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
6.6:1Pass
Black text
3.2:1Fail

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)39
a* (Green-Red)-10
b* (Blue-Yellow)42
L* (LCh)39
C* (Chroma)43
h° (Hue)104°

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

Reference
#2
Complementary
#3
Complementary
#4
Complementary
#5
Split Comp +
Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.8:1
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1:1
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1.3:1
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1.5:1

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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