RAL Classic color

RAL 2007 Luminous bright orange #FFA420

RAL 2007 Luminous bright orange is shown here as #FFA420, a widely published sRGB approximation of the printed swatch. It is a light soft orange in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.792, chroma 0.166 and hue 68.5°. The nearest CSS named color is orange (#FFA500), ΔE2000 1.8 away.

Relative luminance
0.4792
OKLCH L · C · h
0.792 · 0.166 · 68.5
Best text
Black 10.58:1
Hue family
Orange
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#FFA420 color codes

HEX
#FFA420
RGB
rgb(255, 164, 32)
HSL
hsl(36, 100%, 56%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.792 0.166 68.5)
OKLab
oklab(0.792 0.061 0.154)
CIELAB (D65)
L* 74.77, a* 24.83, b* 73.69
XYZ (D65)
X 54.78, Y 47.92, Z 7.73
CMYK (naive)
cmyk(0%, 36%, 87%, 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 #FFA420 accessible?

Black text on it reaches 10.58:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 1.98:1.

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

    10.58:1

    • AA passes
    • AA large passes
    • AAA passes
    • APCA Lc +65

  • White text on it

    1.98:1

    • AA fails
    • AA large fails
    • AAA fails
    • APCA Lc −42

  • As text on black

    10.58:1

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

  • As text on white

    1.98:1

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

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

  • For text on white

    #A76800 4.54:1

    Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.79 to 0.57 reaches 4.54:1 on white, keeping the hue.

    Compare both in the Contrast System

  • For text on black

    #FFA420 10.58:1

    It already reaches 10.58:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #FFA420 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.

The studio needs JavaScript.

Scale

Shades and tints of #FFA420

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #FFA420 sits at step 300.

  1. 50#FFF3E6
    White
    1.09
    Black
    19.21
  2. 100#FFE7CD
    White
    1.19
    Black
    17.56
  3. 200#FFCD97
    White
    1.45
    Black
    14.43
  4. 300This color#FFA420
    White
    1.98
    Black
    10.58
  5. 400#DF8C00
    White
    2.66
    Black
    7.88
  6. 500#BA7400
    White
    3.75
    Black
    5.58
  7. 600#9A5F00
    White
    5.23
    Black
    4.01
  8. 700#7C4C00
    White
    7.26
    Black
    2.89
  9. 800#5B3600
    White
    10.64
    Black
    1.97
  10. 900#3C2200
    White
    14.77
    Black
    1.42
  11. 950#231100
    White
    18.23
    Black
    1.15

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

Gamut

How vivid #FFA420 can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.166; #FFA420 uses 100% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.199 there: 20% more.

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  • sRGB
  • Display P3
  • Rec. 2020
  • Dominant wavelength
OKLCH chroma
0.166
sRGB edge
0.166
Display P3 edge
0.199
Rec. 2020 edge
0.202
Dominant wavelength
584 nm
Excitation purity
81%
Chromaticity
x 0.4961, y 0.4339
  • This color#FFA420
  • Most vivid in sRGB#FFA420
  • Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.792 0.199 68.5)

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

Use the wider color where screens show it
.accent {
  color: #ffa420;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.9884 0.6373 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #FFA420

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%#FFD290
  • OKLab50%#FFD3A1
  • OKLCH50%#FFD4A6

Black #000000

  • sRGB50%#805210
  • OKLab50%#633D06
  • OKLCH50%#633D06

Its complement #81C1FF

  • sRGB50%#C0B390
  • OKLab50%#C7B8A9
  • OKLCH50%#F497D9
In CSS
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #ffa420, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #ffa420 50%, white);

In use

#FFA420 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, 4.5:110.58:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:11.98:1 Fails
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:11.98:1 Fails
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:11.98:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #A76800 4.54:1

Dark page

  • Button labelText, 4.5:110.58:1 Passes
  • Link and body-size textText, 4.5:19.44:1 Passes
  • Large headingLarge text, 3:19.44:1 Passes
  • Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:19.44:1 Passes

Color vision

How #FFA420 looks with color blindness

Tritanopia changes it most, ΔE2000 30.7; protanopia changes it least, 18.6.

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

    #C2AB00 ΔE2000 18.6

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft amber

  • Deuteranopia

    No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

    #D8C125 ΔE2000 19.0

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft yellow

  • Tritanopia

    No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

    #FF8E8D ΔE2000 30.7

    Distinct

    Reads as light soft red

  • Achromatopsia

    No cone color vision; lightness only

    #B8B8B8 ΔE2000 28.3

    Distinct

    Reads as light gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #81C1FF. Their lightness contrast is only 1.03:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

VisionThe pairΔE2000Verdict
Normal vision#FFA420 · #81C1FF48.9Stays distinct
Protanopia#C2AB00 · #A8C3FF51.7Stays distinct
Deuteranopia#D8C125 · #97B6FE54.8Stays distinct
Tritanopia#FF8E8D · #43CFD652.4Stays distinct
Achromatopsia#B8B8B8 · #BCBCBC1.1Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #FFA420

Its complement is #81C1FF, 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#FFA420
  • Complement#81C1FF

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio
  • −30°#FF9E7F
  • Base#FFA420
  • +30°#D7BB00

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FFA420
  • +120°#00D7CC
  • +240°#D4A2FF

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio
  • Base#FFA420
  • +150°#00D0F8
  • +210°#ABB4FF

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-2007: #ffa420;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        'ral-2007': '#ffa420',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

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

@theme {
  --color-ral-2007: oklch(0.792 0.166 68.5);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "ral-2007": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [1, 0.6431, 0.1255],
        "hex": "#ffa420"
      },
      "$description": "RAL 2007 Luminous bright orange (approximate sRGB)"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let ral2007 = Color(.sRGB, red: 1.000, green: 0.643, blue: 0.125, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Ral2007 = Color(0xFFFFA420)
}

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 #FFA420 in the tools

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