HEX atlas value

#5A573F

#5A573F is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Umber. RGB 90, 87, 63, HSL 53° 18% 30%, luminance 0.0935; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm muted earth-tone

#5A573F Sample readable text

HEX #5A573F

RGB rgb(90, 87, 63)

HSL hsl(53 18% 30%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 3, 30, 65)

Luminance 0.0935

Contrast Black 2.87:1White 7.32:1

CSS

--color-5a573f: #5A573F;
.background-5a573f { background-color: #5A573F; }
.text-5a573f { color: #5A573F; }

HEX meaning and use

About #5A573F

#5A573F is classified as a warm yellow value with muted and earth tone visual character. #5A573F is visually closest to Umber, a named orange color with HEX #635147.

The RGB channels are 90, 87, and 63, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 53deg with 18% saturation and 30% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and muted interface themes. Its luminance is 0.0935, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 13.45, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text2.87:1AA Fail

White text7.32:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: #FFFFFF.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #5A573F needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000002.87:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF7.32:1 · AAA

Accessible Alternatives

#242319#242319 · #FFFFFF text · best 15.79:1 #3F425A#3F425A · #FFFFFF text · best 9.82:1 Asphalt Gray#4B4B4B · #FFFFFF text · best 8.72:1 Basalt#4B4C4C · #FFFFFF text · best 8.61:1 #5A493F#5A493F · #FFFFFF text · best 8.54:1

Generated Palette

#5A573F#5A573F

#3F425A#3F425A

#5A493F#5A493F

#505A3F#505A3F

#908B64#908B64

#242319#242319

Color Harmonies

#3F425A#3F425A

#5A493F#5A493F

#505A3F#505A3F

#3F5A57#3F5A57

#573F5A#573F5A

Variants

#908B64#908B64

#242319#242319

#6B642E#6B642E

#4D4D4D#4D4D4D

#908F89#908F89

#C2AB00#C2AB00

Nearest Named Colors

Umber#635147

Loam#6B4F3A

Asphalt Gray#4B4B4B

Basalt#4B4C4C

Coffee#6F4E37

Luminance0.0935

Black text2.87:1AA Fail

White text7.32:1AA Pass

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":"#5A573F","rgb":[90,87,63],"hsl":[53,18,30],"cmyk":[0,3,30,65],"luminance":0.0935,"contrast":{"black":2.87,"white":7.32}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":["#FFFFFF"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":2.87,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":7.32,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#242319","hex":"#242319","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.33,"contrastWhite":15.79,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#3F425A","hex":"#3F425A","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.14,"contrastWhite":9.82,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Asphalt Gray","hex":"#4B4B4B","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.41,"contrastWhite":8.72,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Basalt","hex":"#4B4C4C","family":"gray","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.44,"contrastWhite":8.61,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#5A493F","hex":"#5A493F","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.46,"contrastWhite":8.54,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","muted","earth tone","muted yellow","earth tone yellow","Umber adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/5a573f.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/umber.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/loam.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/asphalt-gray.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#3F425A","analogous":["#5A493F","#505A3F"],"triadic":["#3F5A57","#573F5A"],"tetradic":["#3F5A49","#3F425A","#5A3F50"],"splitComplementary":["#3F505A","#493F5A"],"monochromatic":["#908B64","#5A573F","#242319"]}

Variants

{"light":"#908B64","dark":"#242319","saturated":"#6B642E","desaturated":"#4D4D4D","pastel":"#908F89","neon":"#C2AB00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"umber","name":"Umber","hex":"#635147","distance":13.45362404707371},{"slug":"loam","name":"Loam","hex":"#6B4F3A","distance":19.44222209522358},{"slug":"asphalt-gray","name":"Asphalt Gray","hex":"#4B4B4B","distance":22.64950330581225},{"slug":"basalt","name":"Basalt","hex":"#4B4C4C","distance":22.693611435820433},{"slug":"coffee","name":"Coffee","hex":"#6F4E37","distance":24.20743687382041}]

#5A573F

CSS

About #5A573F

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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