RAL Classic color

RAL 1000 Green beige #BEBD7F

RAL 1000 Green beige is shown here as #BEBD7F, 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 0.784, chroma 0.082 and hue 107.4°. The nearest CSS named color is darkkhaki (#BDB76B), ΔE2000 3.6 away.

Relative luminance
0.4887
OKLCH L · C · h
0.784 · 0.082 · 107.4
Best text
Black 10.77:1
Hue family
Brown
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#BEBD7F color codes

HEX
#BEBD7F
RGB
rgb(190, 189, 127)
HSL
hsl(59, 33%, 62%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.784 0.082 107.4)
OKLab
oklab(0.784 -0.024 0.078)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 75.37, a* -9.23, b* 31.54
XYZ (D65)
X 43.26, Y 48.88, Z 27.23
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 1%, 33%, 25%)

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 #BEBD7F accessible?

Black text on it reaches 10.77:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.94:1.

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

    10.77:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +66

  • White text on it

    1.94:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −41

  • As text on black

    10.77:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −64

  • As text on white

    1.94:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +37

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #7B793D 4.52:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.78 to 0.56 reaches 4.52:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #BEBD7F 10.77:1

    It already reaches 10.77:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #BEBD7F 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 #BEBD7F

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #BEBD7F sits at step 300.

  1. 50#F9F9C7
    White
    1.08
    Black
    19.40
  2. 100#EFEFBB
    White
    1.18
    Black
    17.73
  3. 200#DCDCA4
    White
    1.41
    Black
    14.81
  4. 300This color#BEBD7F
    White
    1.94
    Black
    10.77
  5. 400#A7A56A
    White
    2.55
    Black
    8.23
  6. 500#8B8A4E
    White
    3.59
    Black
    5.84
  7. 600#747236
    White
    4.99
    Black
    4.20
  8. 700#5D5B20
    White
    7.04
    Black
    2.98
  9. 800#444207
    White
    10.35
    Black
    2.02
  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 #BEBD7F can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.169; #BEBD7F uses 49% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.196 there: 16% more.

0.00.20.40.60.80.20.40.60.8 460480500520540560580600620
  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.082
sRGB edge
0.169
Display P3 edge
0.196
Rec. 2020 edge
0.201
Dominant wavelength
571 nm
Excitation purity
36%
Chromaticity
x 0.3624, y 0.4094
  • This color#BEBD7F
  • Most vivid in sRGB#C5BF00
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.784 0.196 107.4)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #bebd7f;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.7778 0.7512 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #BEBD7F

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%#DFDEBF
  • OKLab50%#DEDEBF
  • OKLCH50%#DEDEBF

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#5F5F40
  • OKLab50%#48472D
  • OKLCH50%#48472D

Its complement #B5B1EB

  • sRGB50%#BAB7B5
  • OKLab50%#B9B8B9
  • OKLCH50%#E9A4A5
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #bebd7f, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #bebd7f 50%, white);

In use

#BEBD7F 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, 4.5:110.77:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.94:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.94:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.94:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #7B793D 4.52:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:110.77:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.61:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:19.61:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.61:1 Passes

Color vision

How #BEBD7F looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 20.3; deuteranopia changes it least, 4.0.

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

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  • Protanopia

    No working red (long-wavelength) cones

    #C7B87B ΔE2000 4.5

    Close match

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #C8BB82 ΔE2000 4.0

    Close match

    Reads as light muted amber

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #C7B5AD ΔE2000 20.3

    Distinct

    Reads as light grayish orange

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #BABABA ΔE2000 19.3

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #B5B1EB. Their lightness contrast is only 1.03:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#BEBD7F · #B5B1EB44.4Stays distinct
Protanopia#C7B87B · #A2B8EE40.4Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#C8BB82 · #A1B5E939.2Stays distinct
Tritanopia#C7B5AD · #A9BBC517.1Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#BABABA · #B7B7B70.8Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #BEBD7F

Its complement is #B5B1EB, 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#BEBD7F
  • Complement#B5B1EB

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#D6B37D
  • Base#BEBD7F
  • +30°#A0C692

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#BEBD7F
  • +120°#7EC4E2
  • +240°#E1A4C3

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#BEBD7F
  • +150°#98BBED
  • +210°#CFA9DC

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-1000: #bebd7f;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-1000': '#bebd7f',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-ral-1000: oklch(0.784 0.082 107.4);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-1000": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.7451, 0.7412, 0.498],
        "hex": "#bebd7f"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 1000 Green beige (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral1000 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.745, green: 0.741, blue: 0.498, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral1000 = Color(0xFFBEBD7F)
}

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 #BEBD7F in the tools

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