RAL Design

RAL 260 40 10

Muted Acorn

RAL 260 40 10 Muted Acorn occupies hue 260, lightness 40, and a moderate chroma of 10, a subdued mid-dark warm orange that bridges burnt sienna and warm grey like the surface of aged acorn caps on the forest floor. It is a natural choice for heritage structural elements, cinema interior millwork, and natural material colour coordination. The moderate saturation gives it a grounded, woodland quality that blends seamlessly with concrete, natural stone, and weathered timber.

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Color Reference

Hex#584C40
RGBrgb(88, 76, 64)
HSLhsl(30°, 16%, 30%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14%, 27%, 65%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue260°
Lightness40
Chroma10

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
88
G
76
B
64
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
8.3:1Pass
Black text
2.5:1Fail

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)33
a* (Green-Red)3
b* (Blue-Yellow)9
L* (LCh)33
C* (Chroma)9
h° (Hue)72°

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
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1.7:1
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3:1
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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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