{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"cedar-vs-sienna","type":"nearest","name":"Cedar vs Sienna","verdict":"Cedar and Sienna are very close colors. Sienna is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.04:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Cedar and Sienna are different orange colors with HEX values #8B5A2B and #A0522D. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 22.6, their contrast ratio is 1.04:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":22.6,"contrastRatio":1.04,"colors":[{"slug":"cedar","name":"Cedar","hex":"#8B5A2B","rgb":[139,90,43],"hsl":[29,53,36],"cmyk":[0,35,69,45],"family":"orange","temperature":"warm","tone":["earth-tone"],"luminance":0.1298,"contrast":{"black":3.6,"white":5.84},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":5.84},"description":"Cedar is #8B5A2B, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Sienna, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for earth-tone palettes, interior design, and material-inspired branding, with white text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/cedar/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cedar.json"},{"slug":"sienna","name":"Sienna","hex":"#A0522D","rgb":[160,82,45],"hsl":[19,56,40],"cmyk":[0,49,72,37],"family":"orange","temperature":"warm","tone":["earth-tone"],"luminance":0.137,"contrast":{"black":3.74,"white":5.61},"wcag":{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]},"bestText":{"text":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":5.61},"description":"Sienna is #A0522D, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Cedar, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with white text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sienna/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sienna.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":22.6,"contrastRatio":1.04,"hslDelta":{"hue":10,"saturation":3,"lightness":4},"luminanceDelta":0.0072,"sameFamily":true,"sameTemperature":true,"sharedTones":["earth-tone"],"lighterColor":"Sienna","moreSaturatedColor":"Sienna"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.04,"textRecommendation":"Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.","safeText":[{"color":"Cedar","background":"#8B5A2B","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":5.84},{"color":"Sienna","background":"#A0522D","foreground":"#FFFFFF","label":"white text","ratio":5.61}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Cedar is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #8B5A2B.","chooseSecondWhen":"Sienna is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #A0522D.","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/cedar-vs-sienna.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cedar.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sienna.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/cedar-vs-sienna/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/cedar-vs-sienna.json"}