RAL Classic color

RAL 8024 Beige brown #79553D

RAL 8024 Beige brown is shown here as #79553D, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a muted brown in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.482, chroma 0.060 and hue 54.5°. The nearest CSS named color is saddlebrown (#8B4513), ΔE2000 10.0 away.

Relative luminance
0.1090
OKLCH L · C · h
0.482 · 0.060 · 54.5
Best text
White 6.60:1
Hue family
Brown

#79553D color codes

HEX
#79553D
RGB
rgb(121, 85, 61)
HSL
hsl(24, 33%, 36%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.482 0.060 54.5)
OKLab
oklab(0.482 0.035 0.049)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 39.41, a* 11.83, b* 19.91
XYZ (D65)
X 11.98, Y 10.90, Z 5.89
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 30%, 50%, 53%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

RAL and RAL Classic are trademarks of RAL gGmbH, which this site is not affiliated with. The sRGB value is an approximation of the printed swatch; check a physical RAL color card before you specify a paint.

Legibility

Contrast: is #79553D accessible?

White text on it reaches 6.60:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 3.17:1, enough for large text only.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System
  • Black text on it

    3.17:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +21
  • White text on it

    6.60:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −87
  • As text on black

    3.17:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −19
  • As text on white

    6.60:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +82

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #79553D 6.60:1

    It already reaches 6.60:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #936D55 4.55:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.48 to 0.57 reaches 4.55:1 on black, keeping the hue.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #79553D live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #79553D

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #79553D sits at step 700.

  1. 50#FFF2EA
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.14
  2. 100#FFE6D5
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.53
  3. 200#F4CFB7
    White
    1.45
    Black
    14.45
  4. 300#DBB59C
    White
    1.89
    Black
    11.10
  5. 400#BF987F
    White
    2.62
    Black
    8.01
  6. 500#A37D64
    White
    3.70
    Black
    5.67
  7. 600#8A654D
    White
    5.18
    Black
    4.04
  8. 700This color#79553D
    White
    6.60
    Black
    3.17
  9. 800#563722
    White
    10.68
    Black
    1.96
  10. 900#3C210F
    White
    14.82
    Black
    1.41
  11. 950#250F02
    White
    18.29
    Black
    1.14

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #79553D can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.120; #79553D uses 50% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.137 there: 14% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.060
sRGB edge
0.120
Display P3 edge
0.137
Rec. 2020 edge
0.139
Dominant wavelength
587 nm
Excitation purity
43%
Chromaticity
x 0.4164, y 0.3789
  • This color#79553D
  • Most vivid in sRGB#904800
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.482 0.137 54.5)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #79553d;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5487 0.2801 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #79553D

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

  • sRGB50%#BCAA9E
  • OKLab50%#BBA79A
  • OKLCH50%#BBA79A

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#3D2B1F
  • OKLab50%#2B1C12
  • OKLCH50%#2B1C12

Its complement #3A647B

  • sRGB50%#5A5D5C
  • OKLab50%#5E5E5E
  • OKLCH50%#496749
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #79553d, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #79553d 50%, white);

In use

#79553D in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:16.60:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.60:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:16.60:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.60:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:16.60:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.83:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.83:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.83:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #9B755C 4.54:1

Color vision

How #79553D looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 16.6; tritanopia changes it least, 12.6.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees
  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #5F583B ΔE2000 14.4

    Distinct

    Reads as dark grayish brown

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #68603D ΔE2000 14.5

    Distinct

    Reads as muted brown

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #824E4F ΔE2000 12.6

    Distinct

    Reads as muted brown

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #5D5D5D ΔE2000 16.6

    Distinct

    Reads as dark gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #3A647B. Their lightness contrast is only 1.03:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#79553D · #3A647B31.7Stays distinct
Protanopia#5F583B · #59637C26.5Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#68603D · #505C7B30.4Stays distinct
Tritanopia#824E4F · #166A6C40.9Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#5D5D5D · #5F5F5F0.7Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #79553D

Its complement is #3A647B, a muted blue, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio
  • Base#79553D
  • Complement#3A647B

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#7D514D
  • Base#79553D
  • +30°#6E5C35
  • Base#79553D
  • +120°#36695C
  • +240°#60587D
  • Base#79553D
  • +150°#2F686E
  • +210°#4D5E81

Split-complementary

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Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-ral-8024: #79553d;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-8024': '#79553d',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-ral-8024: oklch(0.482 0.060 54.5);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-8024": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.4745, 0.3333, 0.2392],
        "hex": "#79553d"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 8024 Beige brown (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral8024 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.475, green: 0.333, blue: 0.239, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral8024 = Color(0xFF79553D)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

Open #79553D in the tools

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