RAL Classic color

RAL 8001 Ochre brown #9D622B

RAL 8001 Ochre brown is shown here as #9D622B, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a soft orange in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.551, chroma 0.103 and hue 60.6°. The nearest CSS named color is sienna (#A0522D), ΔE2000 8.5 away.

Relative luminance
0.1608
OKLCH L · C · h
0.551 · 0.103 · 60.6
Best text
White 4.98:1
Hue family
Brown
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#9D622B color codes

HEX
#9D622B
RGB
rgb(157, 98, 43)
HSL
hsl(29, 57%, 39%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.551 0.103 60.6)
OKLab
oklab(0.551 0.051 0.090)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 47.08, a* 18.97, b* 40.11
XYZ (D65)
X 18.71, Y 16.08, Z 4.40
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 38%, 73%, 38%)

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 #9D622B accessible?

White text on it reaches 4.98:1, passing AA. Black text manages only 4.21:1, 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

    4.21:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +29

  • White text on it

    4.98:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −79

  • As text on black

    4.21:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −27

  • As text on white

    4.98:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +74

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #9D622B 4.98:1

    It already reaches 4.98:1 on white, so no change is needed.

  • For text on black

    #A36831 4.58:1

    Lightening its OKLCH lightness from 0.55 to 0.57 reaches 4.58:1 on black, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

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Studio

Adjust #9D622B 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 #9D622B

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #9D622B sits at step 600.

  1. 50#FFF3E9
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.24
  2. 100#FFE6D2
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.50
  3. 200#FFCCA2
    White
    1.45
    Black
    14.41
  4. 300#ECAF7D
    White
    1.91
    Black
    10.99
  5. 400#D0925E
    White
    2.63
    Black
    7.95
  6. 500#B37741
    White
    3.72
    Black
    5.63
  7. 600This color#9D622B
    White
    4.98
    Black
    4.21
  8. 700#80490E
    White
    7.29
    Black
    2.87
  9. 800#603300
    White
    10.65
    Black
    1.97
  10. 900#3F2000
    White
    14.81
    Black
    1.41
  11. 950#251000
    White
    18.21
    Black
    1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #9D622B can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.128; #9D622B uses 81% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.147 there: 14% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.103
sRGB edge
0.128
Display P3 edge
0.147
Rec. 2020 edge
0.149
Dominant wavelength
586 nm
Excitation purity
69%
Chromaticity
x 0.4774, y 0.4103
  • This color#9D622B
  • Most vivid in sRGB#A65D00
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.551 0.147 60.6)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #9d622b;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.6349 0.3625 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #9D622B

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%#CEB195
  • OKLab50%#CFAF95
  • OKLCH50%#CFAF95

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#4F3116
  • OKLab50%#3A210A
  • OKLCH50%#3A210A

Its complement #2F79A8

  • sRGB50%#666E6A
  • OKLab50%#727272
  • OKLCH50%#3F8351
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #9d622b, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #9d622b 50%, white);

In use

#9D622B 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, 4.5:14.98:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.98:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:14.98:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.98:1 Passes

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:14.98:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.76:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:13.76:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.76:1 Passes

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AB6F39 4.51:1

Color vision

How #9D622B looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 22.7; protanopia changes it least, 16.8.

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

    #746825 ΔE2000 16.8

    Distinct

    Reads as muted brown

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #82752B ΔE2000 17.1

    Distinct

    Reads as muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #AB5556 ΔE2000 20.2

    Distinct

    Reads as soft red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #707070 ΔE2000 22.7

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #2F79A8. Their lightness contrast is only 1.04:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#9D622B · #2F79A841.6Stays distinct
Protanopia#746825 · #6379AA42.6Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#82752B · #536EA745.5Stays distinct
Tritanopia#AB5556 · #00858947.1Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#707070 · #7373731.2Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #9D622B

Its complement is #2F79A8, a soft 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#9D622B
  • Complement#2F79A8

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#A6594C
  • Base#9D622B
  • +30°#896F19

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#9D622B
  • +120°#008475
  • +240°#7C63A5

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#9D622B
  • +150°#008091
  • +210°#5B6EAE

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-8001: #9d622b;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-8001': '#9d622b',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-ral-8001: oklch(0.551 0.103 60.6);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-8001": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.6157, 0.3843, 0.1686],
        "hex": "#9d622b"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 8001 Ochre brown (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral8001 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.616, green: 0.384, blue: 0.169, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral8001 = Color(0xFF9D622B)
}

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 #9D622B in the tools

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