{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"burnt-orange-vs-mahogany","type":"nearest","name":"Burnt Orange vs Mahogany","verdict":"Burnt Orange and Mahogany are very close colors. Burnt Orange is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.22:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Burnt Orange and Mahogany are different orange colors with HEX values #CC5500 and #C04000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 24.2, their contrast ratio is 1.22:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":24.2,"contrastRatio":1.22,"colors":[{"slug":"burnt-orange","name":"Burnt Orange","hex":"#CC5500","rgb":[204,85,0],"hsl":[25,100,40],"cmyk":[0,58,100,20],"family":"orange","temperature":"warm","tone":["vibrant"],"luminance":0.1933,"contrast":{"black":4.87,"white":4.32},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":4.87},"description":"Burnt Orange is #CC5500, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Mahogany, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/burnt-orange/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burnt-orange.json"},{"slug":"mahogany","name":"Mahogany","hex":"#C04000","rgb":[192,64,0],"hsl":[20,100,38],"cmyk":[0,67,100,25],"family":"orange","temperature":"warm","tone":["vibrant"],"luminance":0.1487,"contrast":{"black":3.97,"white":5.28},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":5.28},"description":"Mahogany is #C04000, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Burnt Orange, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with white text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/mahogany/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mahogany.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":24.2,"contrastRatio":1.22,"hslDelta":{"hue":5,"saturation":0,"lightness":2},"luminanceDelta":0.0446,"sameFamily":true,"sameTemperature":true,"sharedTones":["vibrant"],"lighterColor":"Burnt Orange","moreSaturatedColor":"Burnt Orange"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.22,"textRecommendation":"Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.","safeText":[{"color":"Burnt Orange","background":"#CC5500","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":4.87},{"color":"Mahogany","background":"#C04000","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":5.28}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Burnt Orange is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #CC5500.","chooseSecondWhen":"Mahogany is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #C04000.","useTogetherWhen":"Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."},"relatedApi":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/burnt-orange-vs-mahogany.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burnt-orange.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/mahogany.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/burnt-orange-vs-mahogany/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/burnt-orange-vs-mahogany.json"}