RAL Classic color

RAL 2000 Yellow orange #ED760E

RAL 2000 Yellow orange is shown here as #ED760E, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a light vivid orange in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.692, chroma 0.175 and hue 52.0°. The nearest CSS named color is chocolate (#D2691E), ΔE2000 6.5 away.

Relative luminance
0.3099
OKLCH L · C · h
0.692 · 0.175 · 52.0
Best text
Black 7.19:1
Hue family
Orange
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#ED760E color codes

HEX
#ED760E
RGB
rgb(237, 118, 14)
HSL
hsl(28, 89%, 49%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.692 0.175 52.0)
OKLab
oklab(0.692 0.108 0.138)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 62.51, a* 40.89, b* 67.70
XYZ (D65)
X 41.49, Y 31.00, Z 4.21
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 50%, 94%, 7%)

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 #ED760E accessible?

Black text on it reaches 7.19:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.91:1.

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

    7.19:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +49

  • White text on it

    2.91:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −60

  • As text on black

    7.19:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc −46

  • As text on white

    2.91:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc +54

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #BD5B00 4.50:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.69 to 0.58 reaches 4.50:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #ED760E 7.19:1

    It already reaches 7.19:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #ED760E 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 #ED760E

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #ED760E sits at step 400.

  1. 50#FFF2EB
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.15
  2. 100#FFE5D7
    White
    1.20
    Black
    17.44
  3. 200#FFCBAC
    White
    1.45
    Black
    14.39
  4. 300#FFA56D
    White
    1.93
    Black
    10.85
  5. 400This color#ED760E
    White
    2.91
    Black
    7.19
  6. 500#CE6400
    White
    3.85
    Black
    5.44
  7. 600#AB5200
    White
    5.33
    Black
    3.93
  8. 700#8A4100
    White
    7.40
    Black
    2.83
  9. 800#652E00
    White
    10.80
    Black
    1.94
  10. 900#441C00
    White
    14.87
    Black
    1.41
  11. 950#280D00
    White
    18.29
    Black
    1.14

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

Gamut

How vivid #ED760E can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.178; #ED760E uses 98% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.203 there: 14% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.175
sRGB edge
0.178
Display P3 edge
0.203
Rec. 2020 edge
0.205
Dominant wavelength
591 nm
Excitation purity
85%
Chromaticity
x 0.5409, y 0.4042
  • This color#ED760E
  • Most vivid in sRGB#EE7500
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.692 0.203 52.0)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #ed760e;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.9068 0.4578 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #ED760E

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%#F6BB87
  • OKLab50%#FBBD98
  • OKLCH50%#FBBD98

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#773B07
  • OKLab50%#5C2902
  • OKLCH50%#5C2902

Its complement #00AAE4

  • sRGB50%#779079
  • OKLab50%#A59993
  • OKLCH50%#5CB454
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ed760e, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ed760e 50%, white);

In use

#ED760E 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, 4.5:17.19:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.91:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:12.91:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.91:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #BD5B00 4.50:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:17.19:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.42:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:16.42:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.42:1 Passes

Color vision

How #ED760E looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 28.5; tritanopia changes it least, 24.8.

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

    #998600 ΔE2000 27.3

    Distinct

    Reads as soft amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #B6A207 ΔE2000 28.3

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft yellow

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FF5A65 ΔE2000 24.8

    Distinct

    Reads as light vivid red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #979797 ΔE2000 28.5

    Distinct

    Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00AAE4. Their lightness contrast is only 1.09:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#ED760E · #00AAE453.0Stays distinct
Protanopia#998600 · #8CA8E751.5Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#B6A207 · #7296E355.6Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FF5A65 · #00BABE60.3Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#979797 · #9E9E9E2.2Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #ED760E

Its complement is #00AAE4, 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#ED760E
  • Complement#00AAE4

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#F56769
  • Base#ED760E
  • +30°#C89100

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#ED760E
  • +120°#00B692
  • +240°#A083FE

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#ED760E
  • +150°#00B1BB
  • +210°#6399FF

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-2000: #ed760e;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-2000': '#ed760e',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-ral-2000: oklch(0.692 0.175 52.0);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-2000": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.9294, 0.4627, 0.0549],
        "hex": "#ed760e"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 2000 Yellow orange (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral2000 = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.929, green: 0.463, blue: 0.055, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral2000 = Color(0xFFED760E)
}

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 #ED760E in the tools

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