RAL Design

RAL 270 65 20

Golden Straw

RAL 270 65 20 Golden Straw occupies hue 270, lightness 65, and chroma 20, a warm luminous golden yellow that captures the sun-drenched warmth of freshly baled straw and the gentle glow of ripe wheat fields at harvest. It is a natural choice for farmhouse-inspired interior schemes, artisan bakery accent walls, and harvest-themed event spaces. The moderate chroma at mid-high lightness creates a colour that is atmospheric yet easy to coordinate with neutral palettes.

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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#A89050
RGBrgb(168, 144, 80)
HSLhsl(44°, 35%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14%, 52%, 34%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue270°
Lightness65
Chroma20

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
144
B
80
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
3.1:1Fail
Black text
6.8:1Pass

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)61
a* (Green-Red)1
b* (Blue-Yellow)37
L* (LCh)61
C* (Chroma)37
h° (Hue)89°

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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Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.6:1
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1.7:1
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2.6:1
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2.3:1

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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