RAL Classic color

RAL 2003 Pastel orange #FF7514

RAL 2003 Pastel orange is shown here as #FF7514, 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 0.716, chroma 0.191 and hue 47.5°. The nearest CSS named color is coral (#FF7F50), ΔE2000 8.1 away.

Relative luminance: 0.3403
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.716 · 0.191 · 47.5
Best text: Black 7.80:1
Hue family: Orange

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#FF7514 color codes

HEX: #FF7514
RGB: rgb(255, 117, 20)
HSL: hsl(25, 100%, 54%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.716 0.191 47.5)
OKLab: oklab(0.716 0.129 0.141)
CIELAB (D65): L* 64.99, a* 48.32, b* 69.40
XYZ (D65): X 47.73, Y 34.04, Z 4.72
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 54%, 92%, 0%)

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 #FF7514 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 7.80:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.69:1.

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

7.80:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +52
White text on it

2.69:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −56
As text on black

7.80:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −50
As text on white

2.69:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +51

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#C35500 4.54:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.72 to 0.58 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#FF7514 7.80:1

It already reaches 7.80:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FF7514 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 #FF7514

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FF7514 sits at step 400.

50#FFF2EC

White
1.09
Black
19.16
100#FFE5D9

White
1.20
Black
17.46
200#FFCAB1

White
1.46
Black
14.33
300#FFA476

White
1.94
Black
10.82
400This color#FF7514

White
2.69
Black
7.80
500#D55E00

White
3.86
Black
5.43
600#B14D00

White
5.34
Black
3.93
700#8E3C00

White
7.50
Black
2.79
800#692A00

White
10.87
Black
1.93
900#461A00

White
14.91
Black
1.40
950#290C00

White
18.31
Black
1.14

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

Gamut

How vivid #FF7514 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.191; #FF7514 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.223 there: 17% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.191
sRGB edge: 0.191
Display P3 edge: 0.223
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.225
Dominant wavelength: 593 nm
Excitation purity: 85%
Chromaticity: x 0.5519, y 0.3936

This color#FF7514
Most vivid in sRGB#FF7514
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.716 0.223 47.5)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #ff7514;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.9763 0.4503 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FF7514

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%#FFBA8A
OKLab50%#FFBE9A
OKLCH50%#FFC0A1

Black #000000

sRGB50%#803B0A
OKLab50%#632903
OKLCH50%#632903

Its complement #00B3E7

sRGB50%#80947E
OKLab50%#B29F96
OKLCH50%#CD7FE6

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ff7514, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ff7514 50%, white);

In use

#FF7514 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, 4.5:17.80:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.69:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.69:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.69:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #C35500 4.54:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:17.80:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.96:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:16.96:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.96:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FF7514 looks with color blindness

Deuteranopia changes it most, ΔE2000 32.0; tritanopia changes it least, 24.0.

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

#9D8A00 ΔE2000 31.0

Distinct

Reads as soft amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#BFAA09 ΔE2000 32.0

Distinct

Reads as light soft yellow
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#FF5465 ΔE2000 24.0

Distinct

Reads as light vivid red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#9E9E9E ΔE2000 29.2

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #00B3E7. Their lightness contrast is only 1.10:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#FF7514 · #00B3E7	55.8	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#9D8A00 · #97B0EA	50.7	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#BFAA09 · #7D9EE6	54.8	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#FF5465 · #00C2C4	62.6	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#9E9E9E · #A6A6A6	2.4	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FF7514

Its complement is #00B3E7, 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#FF7514
Complement#00B3E7

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#FF6C79
Base#FF7514
+30°#D69500

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#FF7514
+120°#00C091
+240°#9F91FF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#FF7514
+150°#00BABE
+210°#64A4FF

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-2003: #ff7514;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-2003': '#ff7514',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-ral-2003: oklch(0.716 0.191 47.5);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-2003": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.4588, 0.0784],
        "hex": "#ff7514"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 2003 Pastel orange (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral2003 = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.459, blue: 0.078, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral2003 = Color(0xFFFF7514)
}

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

Open #FF7514 in the tools

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RAL 2003 Pastel orange #FF7514

#FF7514 color codes

Contrast: is #FF7514 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 #FF7514 live

Shades and tints of #FF7514

How vivid #FF7514 can get

Mixing #FF7514

#FF7514 in an interface

How #FF7514 looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #FF7514

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

Open #FF7514 in the tools