RAL Classic color

RAL 1011 Brown beige #8A6642

RAL 1011 Brown beige is shown here as #8A6642, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a muted brown in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.539, chroma 0.069 and hue 65.5°. The nearest CSS named color is sienna (#A0522D), ΔE2000 11.3 away.

Relative luminance: 0.1530
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.539 · 0.069 · 65.5
Best text: White 5.17:1
Hue family: Brown

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#8A6642 color codes

HEX: #8A6642
RGB: rgb(138, 102, 66)
HSL: hsl(30, 35%, 40%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.539 0.069 65.5)
OKLab: oklab(0.539 0.029 0.063)
CIELAB (D65): L* 46.04, a* 9.89, b* 25.90
XYZ (D65): X 16.22, Y 15.30, Z 7.25
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 26%, 52%, 46%)

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 #8A6642 accessible?

White text on it reaches 5.17:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.05:1, 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.

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Black text on it

4.05:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +28
White text on it

5.17:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −80
As text on black

4.05:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −26
As text on white

5.17:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +75

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#8A6642 5.17:1

It already reaches 5.17:1 on white, so no change is needed.
For text on black

#926D49 4.50:1

Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.54 to 0.56 reaches 4.50:1 on black, keeping the hue.

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Studio

Adjust #8A6642 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 #8A6642

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #8A6642 sits at step 600.

50#FFF3E7

White
1.09
Black
19.22
100#FFE6CF

White
1.20
Black
17.47
200#F4D0AE

White
1.45
Black
14.48
300#DBB692

White
1.88
Black
11.11
400#BF9975

White
2.61
Black
8.02
500#A37E59

White
3.69
Black
5.68
600This color#8A6642

White
5.17
Black
4.05
700#72502E

White
7.23
Black
2.90
800#563818

White
10.63
Black
1.97
900#3C2204

White
14.76
Black
1.42
950#241100

White
18.17
Black
1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #8A6642 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.120; #8A6642 uses 57% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.138 there: 15% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.069
sRGB edge: 0.120
Display P3 edge: 0.138
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.140
Dominant wavelength: 583 nm
Excitation purity: 48%
Chromaticity: x 0.4183, y 0.3947

This color#8A6642
Most vivid in sRGB#9D5D00
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.539 0.138 65.5)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #8a6642;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5995 0.3647 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #8A6642

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%#C5B3A1
OKLab50%#C4B09E
OKLCH50%#C4B09E

Black #000000

sRGB50%#453321
OKLab50%#322314
OKLCH50%#322314

Its complement #4B7294

sRGB50%#6B6C6B
OKLab50%#6E6E6E
OKLCH50%#885F7E

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #8a6642, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #8a6642 50%, white);

In use

#8A6642 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, 4.5:15.17:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:15.17:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:15.17:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:15.17:1 Passes

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:15.17:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.62:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:13.62:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.62:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #9B7652 4.55:1

Color vision

How #8A6642 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 17.7; protanopia changes it least, 11.2.

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

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Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#72683F ΔE2000 11.2

Distinct

Reads as muted brown
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#7A7043 ΔE2000 11.4

Distinct

Reads as muted brown
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#955E5D ΔE2000 16.5

Distinct

Reads as muted brown
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#6D6D6D ΔE2000 17.7

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #4B7294. Their lightness contrast is only 1.01:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#8A6642 · #4B7294	32.8	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#72683F · #647296	33.3	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#7A7043 · #5A6B93	35.4	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#955E5D · #297A7D	40.7	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#6D6D6D · #6E6E6E	0.4	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #8A6642

Its complement is #4B7294, 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.

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Base#8A6642
Complement#4B7294

Complementary

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−30°#926053
Base#8A6642
+30°#7A6E3E

Analogous

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Base#8A6642
+120°#397B74
+240°#78648E

Triadic

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Base#8A6642
+150°#397888
+210°#636B97

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-1011: #8a6642;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-1011': '#8a6642',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-ral-1011: oklch(0.539 0.069 65.5);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-1011": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.5412, 0.4, 0.2588],
        "hex": "#8a6642"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 1011 Brown beige (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral1011 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.541, green: 0.400, blue: 0.259, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral1011 = Color(0xFF8A6642)
}

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.

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RAL 1011 Brown beige #8A6642

#8A6642 color codes

Contrast: is #8A6642 accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #8A6642 live

Shades and tints of #8A6642

How vivid #8A6642 can get

Mixing #8A6642

#8A6642 in an interface

How #8A6642 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #8A6642

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

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