RAL Classic color

RAL 1019 Grey beige #9E9764

RAL 1019 Grey beige is shown here as #9E9764, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a light muted yellow in the brown family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.670, chroma 0.070 and hue 101.4°. The nearest CSS named color is darkkhaki (#BDB76B), ΔE2000 10.3 away.

Relative luminance: 0.3032
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.670 · 0.070 · 101.4
Best text: Black 7.06:1
Hue family: Brown

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#9E9764 color codes

HEX: #9E9764
RGB: rgb(158, 151, 100)
HSL: hsl(53, 23%, 51%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.670 0.070 101.4)
OKLab: oklab(0.670 -0.014 0.069)
CIELAB (D65): L* 61.93, a* -5.34, b* 27.82
XYZ (D65): X 27.47, Y 30.32, Z 16.46
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 4%, 37%, 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 #9E9764 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 7.06:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.97:1.

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

7.06:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +47
White text on it

2.97:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −61
As text on black

7.06:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −45
As text on white

2.97:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +56

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#7E7745 4.55:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.67 to 0.56 reaches 4.55:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#9E9764 7.06:1

It already reaches 7.06:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #9E9764 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 #9E9764

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #9E9764 sits at step 400.

50#FDF7CC

White
1.08
Black
19.35
100#F3EDC1

White
1.18
Black
17.69
200#E0D9AB

White
1.43
Black
14.68
300#C6C08F

White
1.85
Black
11.33
400This color#9E9764

White
2.97
Black
7.06
500#8F8855

White
3.60
Black
5.82
600#77703F

White
5.03
Black
4.17
700#605929

White
7.09
Black
2.95
800#474113

White
10.32
Black
2.03
900#2F2900

White
14.60
Black
1.43
950#1A1600

White
18.12
Black
1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #9E9764 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.140; #9E9764 uses 50% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.162 there: 16% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.070
sRGB edge: 0.140
Display P3 edge: 0.162
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.166
Dominant wavelength: 573 nm
Excitation purity: 38%
Chromaticity: x 0.3699, y 0.4084

This color#9E9764
Most vivid in sRGB#A89700
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.670 0.162 101.4)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #9e9764;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.6573 0.5927 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #9E9764

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%#CFCBB2
OKLab50%#CDCAB0
OKLCH50%#CDCAB0

Black #000000

sRGB50%#4F4C32
OKLab50%#3A3722
OKLCH50%#3A3722

Its complement #8D91C0

sRGB50%#969492
OKLab50%#959595
OKLCH50%#5FA39F

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #9e9764, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #9e9764 50%, white);

In use

#9E9764 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, 4.5:17.06:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.97:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.97:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.97:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7E7745 4.55:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:17.06:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.30:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:16.30:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.30:1 Passes

Color vision

How #9E9764 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 20.1; deuteranopia changes it least, 1.6.

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

#A09460 ΔE2000 1.9

Very close

Reads as light muted amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#A29766 ΔE2000 1.6

Very close

Reads as light muted amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#A6908A ΔE2000 20.1

Distinct

Reads as light grayish red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#969696 ΔE2000 17.5

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #8D91C0. 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	#9E9764 · #8D91C0	38.8	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#A09460 · #8496C2	36.9	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#A29766 · #8193BF	36.3	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#A6908A · #8199A1	22.3	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#969696 · #949494	0.7	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #9E9764

Its complement is #8D91C0, a light 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#9E9764
Complement#8D91C0

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#B18E65
Base#9E9764
+30°#869F71

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#9E9764
+120°#629FB4
+240°#B484A2

Triadic

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Base#9E9764
+150°#7599BF
+210°#A389B5

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-1019: #9e9764;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-1019': '#9e9764',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-ral-1019: oklch(0.670 0.070 101.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-1019": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.6196, 0.5922, 0.3922],
        "hex": "#9e9764"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 1019 Grey beige (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral1019 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.620, green: 0.592, blue: 0.392, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral1019 = Color(0xFF9E9764)
}

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

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RAL 1019 Grey beige #9E9764

#9E9764 color codes

Contrast: is #9E9764 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 #9E9764 live

Shades and tints of #9E9764

How vivid #9E9764 can get

Mixing #9E9764

#9E9764 in an interface

How #9E9764 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #9E9764

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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