RAL Design

RAL 280 20 10

Deep Olive Dusk

RAL 280 20 10 Deep Olive Dusk sits at hue 280, lightness 20, and chroma 10 in the RAL Design system, producing a very dark muted yellow that evokes the concentrated depth of aged olive oil and the shadowed interior of medieval granaries. This intense tone is favoured for heritage museum display cases, luxury cigar lounge interior finishes, and antique frame restoration details. Its low lightness and restrained chroma create a colour that reads nearly black yet reveals a warm olive-yellow heart under direct illumination.

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Color Reference

Hex#383410
RGBrgb(56, 52, 16)
HSLhsl(54°, 56%, 14%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7%, 71%, 78%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue280°
Lightness20
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
56
G
52
B
16
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
12.6:1Pass
Black text
1.7:1Fail

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)21
a* (Green-Red)-4
b* (Blue-Yellow)23
L* (LCh)21
C* (Chroma)23
h° (Hue)99°

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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Reference + opposite hue with tonal variations

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Pairwise Contrast Ratios
1.3:1
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1.2:1
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1.2:1
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1.2:1

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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