RAL Classic color

RAL 1006 Maize yellow #E4A010

RAL 1006 Maize yellow is shown here as #E4A010, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a light soft amber in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.753, chroma 0.154 and hue 77.6°. The nearest CSS named color is goldenrod (#DAA520), ΔE2000 3.9 away.

Relative luminance
0.4167
OKLCH L · C · h
0.753 · 0.154 · 77.6
Best text
Black 9.33:1
Hue family
Orange
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#E4A010 color codes

HEX
#E4A010
RGB
rgb(228, 160, 16)
HSL
hsl(41, 87%, 48%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.753 0.154 77.6)
OKLab
oklab(0.753 0.033 0.151)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 70.65, a* 15.24, b* 72.52
XYZ (D65)
X 44.66, Y 41.68, Z 6.18
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 30%, 93%, 11%)

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 #E4A010 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 9.33:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.24:1.

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

    9.33:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +59

  • White text on it

    2.24:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −48

  • As text on black

    9.33:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −58

  • As text on white

    2.24:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +44

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #9F6D00 4.50:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.75 to 0.57 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #E4A010 9.33:1

    It already reaches 9.33:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #E4A010 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 #E4A010

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #E4A010 sits at step 400.

  1. 50#FFF3E2
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.17
  2. 100#FFE8C5
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.60
  3. 200#FFCF84
    White
    1.44
    Black
    14.51
  4. 300#F1B03F
    White
    1.90
    Black
    11.02
  5. 400This color#E4A010
    White
    2.24
    Black
    9.33
  6. 500#B17A00
    White
    3.71
    Black
    5.65
  7. 600#926500
    White
    5.14
    Black
    4.08
  8. 700#755000
    White
    7.23
    Black
    2.90
  9. 800#563900
    White
    10.60
    Black
    1.98
  10. 900#392400
    White
    14.72
    Black
    1.42
  11. 950#211300
    White
    18.13
    Black
    1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #E4A010 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.157; #E4A010 uses 98% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.181 there: 15% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.154
sRGB edge
0.157
Display P3 edge
0.181
Rec. 2020 edge
0.184
Dominant wavelength
581 nm
Excitation purity
82%
Chromaticity
x 0.4827, y 0.4505
  • This color#E4A010
  • Most vivid in sRGB#E5A000
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.753 0.181 77.6)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #e4a010;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.882 0.626 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #E4A010

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%#F2D088
  • OKLab50%#F3D19D
  • OKLCH50%#F3D19D

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#725008
  • OKLab50%#583B02
  • OKLCH50%#583B02

Its complement #7AB0FF

  • sRGB50%#AFA888
  • OKLab50%#B3AEA6
  • OKLCH50%#EF87BF
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #e4a010, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #e4a010 50%, white);

In use

#E4A010 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, 4.5:19.33:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.24:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.24:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.24:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #9F6D00 4.50:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:19.33:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:18.32:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:18.32:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:18.32:1 Passes

Color vision

How #E4A010 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 32.9; protanopia changes it least, 12.9.

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

    #B9A300 ΔE2000 12.9

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #C9B41B ΔE2000 13.5

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft yellow

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #F98D89 ΔE2000 32.9

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #ADADAD ΔE2000 27.8

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #7AB0FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.01:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#E4A010 · #7AB0FF51.9Stays distinct
Protanopia#B9A300 · #91B5FF54.4Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#C9B41B · #80A8FD57.3Stays distinct
Tritanopia#F98D89 · #32C2CC50.7Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#ADADAD · #AEAEAE0.3Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #E4A010

Its complement is #7AB0FF, a light 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#E4A010
  • Complement#7AB0FF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#FC8D50
  • Base#E4A010
  • +30°#BAB520

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#E4A010
  • +120°#00C7CB
  • +240°#D68DEE

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#E4A010
  • +150°#00C0F6
  • +210°#AAA0FF

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-1006: #e4a010;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-1006': '#e4a010',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-ral-1006: oklch(0.753 0.154 77.6);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-1006": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.8941, 0.6275, 0.0627],
        "hex": "#e4a010"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 1006 Maize yellow (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral1006 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.894, green: 0.627, blue: 0.063, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral1006 = Color(0xFFE4A010)
}

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 #E4A010 in the tools

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