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Cement Palette

Cement Palette: #A5A391, #9294A5, #A59A92, #9EA592. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Cement Palette assigns primary #A5A391, secondary #9294A5, surface #A59A92, background #9EA592, accent #000000. The set spans Yellow, Blue, Orange, and Green families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #9EA592 at 0.3625; black gives higher contrast on 4 of 5 values.

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Palette Color Roles

Cement Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#A5A391Cement
Secondary#9294A5#9294A5
Surface#A59A92#A59A92
Background#9EA592#9EA592
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-cement-primary: #A5A391;
--palette-cement-secondary: #9294A5;
--palette-cement-surface: #A59A92;
--palette-cement-background: #9EA592;
--palette-cement-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Cement Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#A5A391
Black 8.25:1 · White 2.55:1
Best #000000
Secondary#9294A5
Black 7:1 · White 3:1
Best #000000
Surface#A59A92
Black 7.64:1 · White 2.75:1
Best #000000
Background#9EA592
Black 8.25:1 · White 2.55:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Cement Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Cement Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Cement Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.3624
Black text8.25:1AA Pass
White text2.55:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#A5A391",
    "name": "Cement"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#9294A5",
    "name": "#9294A5"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#A59A92",
    "name": "#A59A92"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#9EA592",
    "name": "#9EA592"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#A5A391",
    "name": "Cement",
    "blackContrast": 8.25,
    "whiteContrast": 2.55,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#9294A5",
    "name": "#9294A5",
    "blackContrast": 7,
    "whiteContrast": 3,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#A59A92",
    "name": "#A59A92",
    "blackContrast": 7.64,
    "whiteContrast": 2.75,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#9EA592",
    "name": "#9EA592",
    "blackContrast": 8.25,
    "whiteContrast": 2.55,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "cement palette",
  "generated palette",
  "yellow palette",
  "blue palette",
  "orange palette",
  "green palette",
  "gray palette",
  "muted palette",
  "earth tone palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "warm palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "quiet UI themes",
  "natural branding",
  "wellness and botanical palettes"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-cement-primary: #A5A391;\n--palette-cement-secondary: #9294A5;\n--palette-cement-surface: #A59A92;\n--palette-cement-background: #9EA592;\n--palette-cement-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "cement",
  "name": "Cement Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "cement",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Cement, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Cement Palette combines primary #A5A391, secondary #9294A5, surface #A59A92, background #9EA592, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a yellow palette, blue palette, orange palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "cement palette",
    "generated palette",
    "yellow palette",
    "blue palette",
    "orange palette",
    "green palette",
    "gray palette",
    "muted palette",
    "earth tone palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "warm palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "quiet UI themes",
    "natural branding",
    "wellness and botanical palettes"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#A5A391",
      "slug": "cement",
      "name": "Cement",
      "rgb": [
        165,
        163,
        145
      ],
      "hsl": [
        54,
        10,
        61
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        1,
        12,
        35
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "muted",
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3624,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.25,
        "white": 2.55
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/cement/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#9294A5",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#9294A5",
      "rgb": [
        146,
        148,
        165
      ],
      "hsl": [
        234,
        10,
        61
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        12,
        10,
        0,
        35
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3001,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 7,
        "white": 3
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#A59A92",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#A59A92",
      "rgb": [
        165,
        154,
        146
      ],
      "hsl": [
        25,
        10,
        61
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        7,
        12,
        35
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "muted",
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3319,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 7.64,
        "white": 2.75
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#9EA592",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#9EA592",
      "rgb": [
        158,
        165,
        146
      ],
      "hsl": [
        82,
        10,
        61
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        4,
        0,
        12,
        35
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted",
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3625,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.25,
        "white": 2.55
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#A5A391",
      "name": "Cement"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#9294A5",
      "name": "#9294A5"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#A59A92",
      "name": "#A59A92"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#9EA592",
      "name": "#9EA592"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#A5A391",
      "name": "Cement",
      "blackContrast": 8.25,
      "whiteContrast": 2.55,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#9294A5",
      "name": "#9294A5",
      "blackContrast": 7,
      "whiteContrast": 3,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#A59A92",
      "name": "#A59A92",
      "blackContrast": 7.64,
      "whiteContrast": 2.75,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#9EA592",
      "name": "#9EA592",
      "blackContrast": 8.25,
      "whiteContrast": 2.55,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-cement-primary: #A5A391;\n--palette-cement-secondary: #9294A5;\n--palette-cement-surface: #A59A92;\n--palette-cement-background: #9EA592;\n--palette-cement-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/cement.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cement.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/cement/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/cement.json"
}
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