RAL Design

RAL 270 40 30

Vivid Saffron

RAL 270 40 30 Vivid Saffron occupies hue 270, lightness 40, and chroma 30, a bold high-chroma golden yellow that captures the electric intensity of saffron threads and the vivid glow of molten gold in a crucible. Designers choose it for spice market display elements, creative brand accent surfaces, and bold architectural feature walls. The strong chroma at moderate-dark lightness delivers a colour that is both appetizing and strikingly commanding in any built environment.

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Color Reference

Hex#7C5410
RGBrgb(124, 84, 16)
HSLhsl(38°, 77%, 27%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 32%, 87%, 51%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue270°
Lightness40
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
124
G
84
B
16
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
6.7:1Pass
Black text
3.1:1Fail

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)11
b* (Blue-Yellow)43
L* (LCh)39
C* (Chroma)44
h° (Hue)76°

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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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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Split Comp +
Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.6:1
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1.4:1
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1.8:1
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1.8:1

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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