RAL Design

RAL 280 55 20

Warm Buttercup

RAL 280 55 20 Warm Buttercup sits at hue 280, lightness 55, and chroma 20, a warm earthy mid-tone yellow with the comforting softness of buttercup petals and the muted warmth of sun-kissed meadow grass. It brings approachable warmth to garden centre display elements, organic brand packaging surfaces, and residential living room feature walls. The moderate chroma at mid-high lightness creates a colour that is atmospheric yet easy to coordinate with neutral palettes.

Time9:36 AM
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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#988830
RGBrgb(152, 136, 48)
HSLhsl(51°, 52%, 39%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11%, 68%, 40%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue280°
Lightness55
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
152
G
136
B
48
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
3.6:1Fail
Black text
5.9:1Pass

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)57
a* (Green-Red)-5
b* (Blue-Yellow)48
L* (LCh)57
C* (Chroma)48
h° (Hue)95°

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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Pairwise Contrast Ratios
3.4:1
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1.5:1
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1.8:1
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2.7:1

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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