Nearest-color comparison

Apricot vs Feldspar

Apricot and Feldspar are different orange colors with HEX values #FBCEB1 and #F0CDB7. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 12.6, their contrast ratio is 1.03:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Apricot and Feldspar are very close colors. Apricot is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.03:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Apricot#FBCEB1

Feldspar#F0CDB7

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Apricot and Feldspar across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance12.6

Pair contrast1.03:1

Luminance delta0.0222

Hue delta1 deg

Lighter colorApricot

More saturatedApricot

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Apricot

Apricot is #FBCEB1, a warm orange color with pastel character. Compared with Feldspar, 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#FBCEB1 RGB251, 206, 177 HSL24, 90, 84 CMYK0, 18, 29, 2 Luminance0.6783 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Feldspar

Feldspar is #F0CDB7, a warm orange color with balanced character. Compared with Apricot, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for earth-tone palettes, interior design, and material-inspired branding, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#F0CDB7 RGB240, 205, 183 HSL23, 66, 83 CMYK0, 15, 24, 6 Luminance0.6561 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Apricot or Feldspar

Choose ApricotApricot is better when the design needs pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FBCEB1.

Choose FeldsparFeldspar is better when the design needs balanced orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F0CDB7.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyApricotFeldspar

HEX#FBCEB1#F0CDB7

RGB251, 206, 177240, 205, 183

HSL24, 90, 8423, 66, 83

CMYK0, 18, 29, 20, 15, 24, 6

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

TonePastelBalanced

Luminance0.67830.6561

Black contrast14.57:114.12:1

White contrast1.44:11.49:1

Shared tonesNone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Apricotblack text - 14.57:1

Feldsparblack text - 14.12:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Apricot#FBCEB1

Feldspar#F0CDB7

White#FFFFFF

#B1DEFB#B1DEFB

#B7DAF0#B7DAF0

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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    },
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    },
    "description": "Feldspar is #F0CDB7, a warm orange color with balanced character. Compared with Apricot, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for earth-tone palettes, interior design, and material-inspired branding, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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Differences

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    "saturation": 24,
    "lightness": 1
  },
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  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [],
  "lighterColor": "Apricot",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Apricot"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.03,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Apricot",
      "background": "#FBCEB1",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 14.57
    },
    {
      "color": "Feldspar",
      "background": "#F0CDB7",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 14.12
    }
  ]
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Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Feldspar is better when the design needs balanced orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F0CDB7.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
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Related API

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Full JSON dataset

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