RAL Design

RAL 290 50 30

Bright Chartreuse Leaf

RAL 290 50 30 Bright Chartreuse Leaf is positioned at hue 290, lightness 50, and chroma 30, a vibrant high-chroma yellow-lime with the fresh appeal of chartreuse leaves and the electric glow of new growth in spring sunlight. Designers specify it for creative branding elements, exhibition graphic panels, and contemporary furniture finishes. The balanced lightness and high chroma create a colour that is fresh, invigorating, and unmistakably alive.

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Technical Reference

Color Reference

Hex#789810
RGBrgb(120, 152, 16)
HSLhsl(74°, 81%, 33%)
CMYKcmyk(21%, 0%, 89%, 40%)
RAL Design HLC
Hue290°
Lightness50
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
120
G
152
B
16
Temperature
WarmCool
Contrast Accessibility
White text
3.3:1Fail
Black text
6.3:1Pass

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)58
a* (Green-Red)-28
b* (Blue-Yellow)59
L* (LCh)58
C* (Chroma)65
h° (Hue)116°

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

Build a Palette Around Bright Chartreuse Leaf

Palette Generator

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
3.8:1
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1.9:1
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1.8:1
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1.3:1

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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