HEX atlas value

#A5A391

#A5A391 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Cement. RGB 165, 163, 145, HSL 54° 10% 61%, luminance 0.3624; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm muted earth-tone

#A5A391 Sample readable text

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

CSS

--color-a5a391: #A5A391;
.background-a5a391 { background-color: #A5A391; }
.text-a5a391 { color: #A5A391; }

HEX meaning and use

About #A5A391

#A5A391 is classified as a warm yellow value with muted and earth tone visual character. #A5A391 is visually closest to Cement, a named yellow color with HEX #A5A391.

The RGB channels are 165, 163, and 145, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 54deg with 10% saturation and 61% lightness, so this page treats it as a low-saturation, mid-lightness 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 0.3624, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text8.25:1AA Pass

White text2.55:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #A5A391 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000008.25:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.55:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#CFCEC4#CFCEC4 · #000000 text · best 13.28:1 #BBB57C#BBB57C · #000000 text · best 10.01:1 Sage Gray#B2AC88 · #000000 text · best 9.15:1 Greige#B0A999 · #000000 text · best 8.98:1 Sage Green#9CAF88 · #000000 text · best 8.9:1

Generated Palette

Cement#A5A391

#9294A5#9294A5

#A59A92#A59A92

#9EA592#9EA592

#CFCEC4#CFCEC4

#797663#797663

Color Harmonies

#9294A5#9294A5

#A59A92#A59A92

#9EA592#9EA592

#92A5A4#92A5A4

#A492A5#A492A5

Variants

#CFCEC4#CFCEC4

#797663#797663

#BBB57C#BBB57C

#9C9C9C#9C9C9C

#DBDBDB#DBDBDB

#FFEF61#FFEF61

Nearest Named Colors

Cement#A5A391

Driftwood#A69A8D

Greige#B0A999

Sage Green#9CAF88

Sage Gray#B2AC88

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"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":8.25,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.55,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#CFCEC4","hex":"#CFCEC4","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.28,"contrastWhite":1.58,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#BBB57C","hex":"#BBB57C","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.01,"contrastWhite":2.1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.15,"contrastWhite":2.3,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.98,"contrastWhite":2.34,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Sage Green","hex":"#9CAF88","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":8.9,"contrastWhite":2.36,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","muted","earth tone","muted yellow","earth tone yellow","Cement adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","muted interface themes","natural palettes","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/a5a391.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cement.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/driftwood.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/greige.json"]}

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"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"cement","name":"Cement","hex":"#A5A391","distance":0},{"slug":"driftwood","name":"Driftwood","hex":"#A69A8D","distance":9.899494936611665},{"slug":"greige","name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","distance":14.866068747318506},{"slug":"sage-green","name":"Sage Green","hex":"#9CAF88","distance":17.4928556845359},{"slug":"sage-gray","name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","distance":18.193405398660254}]

#A5A391

CSS

About #A5A391

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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