Nearest-color comparison
Cement #A5A391 vs Greige #B0A999: RGB distance 14.9 and contrast 1.09:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Cement and Greige are very close, with an RGB distance of 14.9. Greige is lighter by 0.0367, and Greige is more saturated by 3 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.09:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Cement and Greige across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
yellow color
Cement is #A5A391, a warm yellow with hue 54°, saturation 10% and luminance 0.3624. Beside Greige, it is darker and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 8.25:1.
orange color
Greige is #B0A999, a warm orange with hue 42°, saturation 13% and luminance 0.3991. Beside Cement, it is lighter and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 8.98:1.
Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.
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Colors Encyclopedia
colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and linksdifferencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributesaccessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each coloruseCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them togetherrelatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints[
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