Nearest-color comparison

Adobe vs Clay

Adobe and Clay are different orange colors with HEX values #BD6C48 and #B66A50. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 10.8, their contrast ratio is 1.05:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Adobe and Clay are very close colors. Adobe is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.05:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Adobe#BD6C48

Clay#B66A50

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Adobe and Clay across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance10.8

Pair contrast1.05:1

Luminance delta0.0118

Hue delta3 deg

Lighter colorAdobe

More saturatedAdobe

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Adobe

Adobe is #BD6C48, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Clay, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#BD6C48 RGB189, 108, 72 HSL18, 47, 51 CMYK0, 43, 62, 26 Luminance0.2201 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Clay

Clay is #B66A50, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Adobe, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#B66A50 RGB182, 106, 80 HSL15, 41, 51 CMYK0, 42, 56, 29 Luminance0.2083 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Adobe or Clay

Choose AdobeAdobe is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #BD6C48.

Choose ClayClay is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B66A50.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyAdobeClay

HEX#BD6C48#B66A50

RGB189, 108, 72182, 106, 80

HSL18, 47, 5115, 41, 51

CMYK0, 43, 62, 260, 42, 56, 29

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneEarth ToneEarth Tone

Luminance0.22010.2083

Black contrast5.4:15.17:1

White contrast3.89:14.07:1

Shared tonesEarth Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Adobeblack text - 5.4:1

Clayblack text - 5.17:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Adobe#BD6C48

Clay#B66A50

#D5A18B#D5A18B

#D0A090#D0A090

#479ABD#479ABD

#4F9CB5#4F9CB5

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    "slug": "adobe",
    "name": "Adobe",
    "hex": "#BD6C48",
    "rgb": [
      189,
      108,
      72
    ],
    "hsl": [
      18,
      47,
      51
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      43,
      62,
      26
    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "earth-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.2201,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 5.4,
      "white": 3.89
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "AAA": []
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.4
    },
    "description": "Adobe is #BD6C48, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Clay, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/adobe/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/adobe.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "clay",
    "name": "Clay",
    "hex": "#B66A50",
    "rgb": [
      182,
      106,
      80
    ],
    "hsl": [
      15,
      41,
      51
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      42,
      56,
      29
    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "earth-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.2083,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 5.17,
      "white": 4.07
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "AAA": []
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.17
    },
    "description": "Clay is #B66A50, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Adobe, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/clay/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/clay.json"
  }
]

Differences

{
  "rgbDistance": 10.8,
  "contrastRatio": 1.05,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 3,
    "saturation": 6,
    "lightness": 0
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0118,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "earth-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Adobe",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Adobe"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.05,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Adobe",
      "background": "#BD6C48",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.4
    },
    {
      "color": "Clay",
      "background": "#B66A50",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.17
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Adobe is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #BD6C48.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Clay is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B66A50.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

[
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/adobe-vs-clay.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/adobe.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/clay.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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  "summary": "Adobe and Clay are different orange colors with HEX values #BD6C48 and #B66A50. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 10.8, their contrast ratio is 1.05:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
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        47,
        51
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        62,
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      ],
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        "white": 3.89
      },
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      },
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    },
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    "sameTemperature": true,
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    "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
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