Named color

Cement

Cement color #A5A391: RGB 165, 163, 145 and HSL 54°, 10%, 61%. Explore its warm yellow profile, contrast, CSS, palettes and harmonies.

#A5A391 yellow warm muted earth-tone

HEX #A5A391

RGB rgb(165, 163, 145)

HSL hsl(54 10% 61%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 1, 12, 35)

Luminance 0.3624

Contrast Black 8.25:1White 2.55:1

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CSS Utilities

--color-cement: #A5A391;
.bg-cement { background-color: #A5A391; }
.text-cement { color: #A5A391; }

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Color meaning and use

About Cement Color

Cement uses HEX #A5A391, RGB 165, 163, 145, and HSL 54°, 10%, 61%. The dataset classifies it in the yellow family with warm temperature and muted and earth tone visual character.

No separate named-color neighbor is recorded for this entry. Its relative luminance is 0.3624; black contrast is 8.25:1 and white contrast is 2.55:1, making black the stronger of those two standard foreground choices.

WCAG Accessibility

Contrast checks for Cement against black and white text.

Black text8.25:1AA Pass

White text2.55:1AA Fail

AA text options#000000, #1A1A1A

AAA text options#000000

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Downloadable color reference infographic

Cement Color Reference Infographic

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Cement color reference infographic showing #A5A391, RGB and HSL values, a coordinated palette, and black and white text contrast. — Cement color reference infographic generated from the verified Colors Encyclopedia dataset.

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Color Harmonies

#9294A5#9294A5 #A59A92#A59A92 #9EA592#9EA592 #92A5A4#92A5A4 #A492A5#A492A5

Open full Cement harmony pageComplementary, analogous, triadic, tetradic, split, and monochromatic sets

Variants

#CFCEC4#CFCEC4 #797663#797663 #BBB57C#BBB57C #9C9C9C#9C9C9C #DBDBDB#DBDBDB #FFEF61#FFEF61

Pairings

Black#000000 #9294A5#9294A5 #A59A92#A59A92 #9EA592#9EA592 Matte Black#1A1A1A White Smoke#F5F5F5

Luminance0.3624

Black text8.25:1AA Pass

White text2.55:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{
  "hex": "#A5A391",
  "rgb": [
    165,
    163,
    145
  ],
  "hsl": [
    54,
    10,
    61
  ],
  "cmyk": [
    0,
    1,
    12,
    35
  ],
  "luminance": 0.3624,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 8.25,
    "white": 2.55
  }
}

WCAG

{
  "AA": [
    "#000000",
    "#1A1A1A"
  ],
  "AAA": [
    "#000000"
  ]
}

Harmonies

{
  "complementary": "#9294A5",
  "analogous": [
    "#A59A92",
    "#9EA592"
  ],
  "triadic": [
    "#92A5A4",
    "#A492A5"
  ],
  "tetradic": [
    "#92A59A",
    "#9294A5",
    "#A5929E"
  ],
  "splitComplementary": [
    "#929EA5",
    "#9A92A5"
  ],
  "monochromatic": [
    "#CFCEC4",
    "#A5A391",
    "#797663"
  ]
}

Variants

{
  "light": "#CFCEC4",
  "dark": "#797663",
  "saturated": "#BBB57C",
  "desaturated": "#9C9C9C",
  "pastel": "#DBDBDB",
  "neon": "#FFEF61"
}

Pairings

{
  "best": [
    "#000000",
    "#9294A5",
    "#A59A92",
    "#9EA592"
  ],
  "avoid": [
    "#9C9C9C",
    "#CFCEC4"
  ],
  "neutral": [
    "#1A1A1A",
    "#F5F5F5",
    "#E8E8E4"
  ],
  "highContrast": [
    "#000000"
  ],
  "lowContrast": [
    "#CFCEC4",
    "#9C9C9C"
  ]
}

Knowledge graph

{
  "nearestColors": [
    "driftwood",
    "greige",
    "sage-green",
    "sage-gray",
    "mushroom"
  ],
  "generatedPalettes": [
    "cement"
  ],
  "generatedComparisons": [
    "cement-vs-driftwood",
    "cement-vs-greige",
    "sage-green-vs-cement"
  ],
  "relatedFamilies": [
    "/colors/by-family/yellow",
    "/colors/by-temperature/warm",
    "/colors/by-tone/muted",
    "/colors/by-tone/earth-tone"
  ],
  "relatedTools": [
    "/harmonies/cement",
    "/wcag/cement",
    "/css/colors/cement",
    "/hex/a5a391",
    "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
    "/tools/color-palette-generator",
    "/tools/css-color-mixer",
    "/tools/contrast-checker"
  ],
  "semanticRelations": {
    "broader": [
      "/colors/by-family/yellow",
      "/colors/by-temperature/warm",
      "/colors/by-tone/muted",
      "/colors/by-tone/earth-tone"
    ],
    "narrower": [
      "/palettes/cement"
    ],
    "related": [
      "/colors/driftwood",
      "/colors/greige",
      "/colors/sage-green",
      "/colors/sage-gray",
      "/colors/mushroom",
      "/compare/cement-vs-driftwood",
      "/compare/cement-vs-greige",
      "/compare/sage-green-vs-cement",
      "/harmonies/cement",
      "/wcag/cement",
      "/css/colors/cement",
      "/hex/a5a391",
      "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
      "/tools/color-palette-generator",
      "/tools/css-color-mixer",
      "/tools/contrast-checker"
    ]
  }
}

Full JSON dataset

{
  "slug": "cement",
  "name": "Cement",
  "hex": "#A5A391",
  "uses": [
    "backgrounds",
    "typography",
    "product surfaces"
  ],
  "psychology": {
    "associations": [
      "restraint",
      "clarity",
      "balance"
    ],
    "contexts": [
      "interfaces",
      "architecture",
      "editorial design",
      "packaging"
    ],
    "avoidIn": [
      "high-energy accent-only palettes"
    ]
  },
  "aliases": [],
  "sourceType": "curated",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "reviewStatus": "manual",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/assets/colors.json",
  "origin": {
    "type": "common",
    "notes": "Curated common color reference used in design and editorial color systems."
  },
  "family": "yellow",
  "temperature": "warm",
  "tone": [
    "muted",
    "earth-tone"
  ],
  "editorialNotes": "Curated internal color record with computed technical properties.",
  "tags": [
    "yellow",
    "warm",
    "muted",
    "earth-tone",
    "backgrounds",
    "typography",
    "product-surfaces",
    "restraint",
    "clarity",
    "balance"
  ],
  "popularity": 84,
  "rgb": [
    165,
    163,
    145
  ],
  "hsl": [
    54,
    10,
    61
  ],
  "cmyk": [
    0,
    1,
    12,
    35
  ],
  "luminance": 0.3624,
  "contrast": {
    "black": 8.25,
    "white": 2.55
  },
  "harmonies": {
    "complementary": "#9294A5",
    "analogous": [
      "#A59A92",
      "#9EA592"
    ],
    "triadic": [
      "#92A5A4",
      "#A492A5"
    ],
    "tetradic": [
      "#92A59A",
      "#9294A5",
      "#A5929E"
    ],
    "splitComplementary": [
      "#929EA5",
      "#9A92A5"
    ],
    "monochromatic": [
      "#CFCEC4",
      "#A5A391",
      "#797663"
    ]
  },
  "variants": {
    "light": "#CFCEC4",
    "dark": "#797663",
    "saturated": "#BBB57C",
    "desaturated": "#9C9C9C",
    "pastel": "#DBDBDB",
    "neon": "#FFEF61"
  },
  "wcag": {
    "AA": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "AAA": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  "css": {
    "variable": "--color-cement: #A5A391;",
    "utility": ".bg-cement { background-color: #A5A391; }",
    "textUtility": ".text-cement { color: #A5A391; }"
  },
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    "greige",
    "sage-green",
    "sage-gray",
    "mushroom"
  ],
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  ],
  "generatedComparisons": [
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    "cement-vs-greige",
    "sage-green-vs-cement"
  ],
  "relatedFamilies": [
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    "/colors/by-temperature/warm",
    "/colors/by-tone/muted",
    "/colors/by-tone/earth-tone"
  ],
  "relatedTools": [
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    "/wcag/cement",
    "/css/colors/cement",
    "/hex/a5a391",
    "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
    "/tools/color-palette-generator",
    "/tools/css-color-mixer",
    "/tools/contrast-checker"
  ],
  "semanticRelations": {
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      "/colors/by-temperature/warm",
      "/colors/by-tone/muted",
      "/colors/by-tone/earth-tone"
    ],
    "narrower": [
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    ],
    "related": [
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      "/colors/greige",
      "/colors/sage-green",
      "/colors/sage-gray",
      "/colors/mushroom",
      "/compare/cement-vs-driftwood",
      "/compare/cement-vs-greige",
      "/compare/sage-green-vs-cement",
      "/harmonies/cement",
      "/wcag/cement",
      "/css/colors/cement",
      "/hex/a5a391",
      "/tools/css-gradient-generator",
      "/tools/color-palette-generator",
      "/tools/css-color-mixer",
      "/tools/contrast-checker"
    ]
  },
  "pairings": {
    "best": [
      "#000000",
      "#9294A5",
      "#A59A92",
      "#9EA592"
    ],
    "avoid": [
      "#9C9C9C",
      "#CFCEC4"
    ],
    "neutral": [
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#F5F5F5",
      "#E8E8E4"
    ],
    "highContrast": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "lowContrast": [
      "#CFCEC4",
      "#9C9C9C"
    ]
  }
}

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