RAL Classic color

RAL 1020 Olive yellow #999950

RAL 1020 Olive yellow is shown here as #999950, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a light muted yellow in the yellow family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.667, chroma 0.096 and hue 108.7°. The nearest CSS named color is darkkhaki (#BDB76B), ΔE2000 9.4 away.

Relative luminance
0.3013
OKLCH L · C · h
0.667 · 0.096 · 108.7
Best text
Black 7.02:1
Hue family
Yellow
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#999950 color codes

HEX
#999950
RGB
rgb(153, 153, 80)
HSL
hsl(60, 31%, 46%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.667 0.096 108.7)
OKLab
oklab(0.667 -0.031 0.091)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 61.77, a* -10.74, b* 38.10
XYZ (D65)
X 25.98, Y 30.13, Z 12.04
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 0%, 48%, 40%)

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 #999950 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 7.02:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.98:1.

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

    7.02:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +47

  • White text on it

    2.98:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −61

  • As text on black

    7.02:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −45

  • As text on white

    2.98:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +56

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #7A7930 4.56:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.67 to 0.56 reaches 4.56:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #999950 7.02:1

    It already reaches 7.02:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #999950 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.

The studio needs JavaScript.

Scale

Shades and tints of #999950

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #999950 sits at step 400.

  1. 50#F9FABF
    White
    1.07
    Black
    19.45
  2. 100#EFF0B3
    White
    1.18
    Black
    17.78
  3. 200#DCDD9B
    White
    1.41
    Black
    14.85
  4. 300#C2C37E
    White
    1.84
    Black
    11.40
  5. 400This color#999950
    White
    2.98
    Black
    7.02
  6. 500#8B8B42
    White
    3.57
    Black
    5.86
  7. 600#737329
    White
    4.98
    Black
    4.21
  8. 700#5D5C0F
    White
    6.99
    Black
    3.00
  9. 800#444300
    White
    10.25
    Black
    2.04
  10. 900#2C2B00
    White
    14.45
    Black
    1.45
  11. 950#181700
    White
    18.08
    Black
    1.16

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

Gamut

How vivid #999950 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.144; #999950 uses 66% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.168 there: 16% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.096
sRGB edge
0.144
Display P3 edge
0.168
Rec. 2020 edge
0.172
Dominant wavelength
570 nm
Excitation purity
51%
Chromaticity
x 0.3812, y 0.4422
  • This color#999950
  • Most vivid in sRGB#9C9A00
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.667 0.168 108.7)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #999950;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.6176 0.6061 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #999950

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%#CCCCA8
  • OKLab50%#CACBA8
  • OKLCH50%#CACBA8

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#4D4D28
  • OKLab50%#38381A
  • OKLCH50%#38381A

Its complement #928ACC

  • sRGB50%#96928E
  • OKLab50%#949494
  • OKLCH50%#C87B7D
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #999950, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #999950 50%, white);

In use

#999950 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, 4.5:17.02:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.98:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.98:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.98:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7A7930 4.56:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:17.02:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.26:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:16.26:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.26:1 Passes

Color vision

How #999950 looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 21.2; deuteranopia changes it least, 4.2.

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

    #A3944A ΔE2000 4.8

    Close match

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #A49754 ΔE2000 4.2

    Close match

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #A29188 ΔE2000 21.0

    Distinct

    Reads as light grayish orange

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #959595 ΔE2000 21.2

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #928ACC. Their lightness contrast is only 1.04:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#999950 · #928ACC50.1Stays distinct
Protanopia#A3944A · #7893CF45.1Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#A49754 · #7890CA43.7Stays distinct
Tritanopia#A29188 · #8596A217.0Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#959595 · #9292921.0Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #999950

Its complement is #928ACC, a light muted violet, 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#999950
  • Complement#928ACC

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#B48D4C
  • Base#999950
  • +30°#76A369

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#999950
  • +120°#4D9FC3
  • +240°#C07C9E

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#999950
  • +150°#7095CF
  • +210°#AE81BA

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

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

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-ral-1020: #999950;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-1020': '#999950',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-ral-1020: oklch(0.667 0.096 108.7);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-1020": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.6, 0.6, 0.3137],
        "hex": "#999950"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 1020 Olive yellow (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral1020 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.600, green: 0.600, blue: 0.314, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral1020 = Color(0xFF999950)
}

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.

Neighbors

The eight nearest colors on this site by ΔE2000, closest first. Under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side.

Tools

Open #999950 in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.