Nearest-color comparison

Bamboo vs Sandstone

Bamboo and Sandstone are different yellow and orange colors with HEX values #C7B56E and #C9AE74. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 9.4, their contrast ratio is 1.05:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Bamboo and Sandstone are very close colors. Bamboo 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

Bamboo#C7B56E

Sandstone#C9AE74

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Bamboo and Sandstone across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance9.4

Pair contrast1.05:1

Luminance delta0.0237

Hue delta7 deg

Lighter colorBamboo

More saturatedBamboo

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

yellow color

Bamboo

Bamboo is #C7B56E, a warm yellow color with earth tone character. Compared with Sandstone, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#C7B56E RGB199, 181, 110 HSL48, 44, 61 CMYK0, 9, 45, 22 Luminance0.4632 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Sandstone

Sandstone is #C9AE74, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Bamboo, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for highlight colors, editorial accents, and warm backgrounds, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#C9AE74 RGB201, 174, 116 HSL41, 44, 62 CMYK0, 13, 42, 21 Luminance0.4395 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Bamboo or Sandstone

Choose BambooBamboo is better when the design needs earth tone yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #C7B56E.

Choose SandstoneSandstone is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #C9AE74.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyBambooSandstone

HEX#C7B56E#C9AE74

RGB199, 181, 110201, 174, 116

HSL48, 44, 6141, 44, 62

CMYK0, 9, 45, 220, 13, 42, 21

FamilyYellowOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneEarth ToneEarth Tone

Luminance0.46320.4395

Black contrast10.26:19.79:1

White contrast2.05:12.15:1

Shared tonesEarth Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Bambooblack text - 10.26:1

Sandstoneblack text - 9.79:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Bamboo#C7B56E

Sandstone#C9AE74

#E1D8B2#E1D8B2

#E2D4B6#E2D4B6

#7081C7#7081C7

#738EC9#738EC9

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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      181,
      110
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      44,
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    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
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    "contrast": {
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      "white": 2.05
    },
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        "#36454F"
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      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.26
    },
    "description": "Bamboo is #C7B56E, a warm yellow color with earth tone character. Compared with Sandstone, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/bamboo/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bamboo.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "sandstone",
    "name": "Sandstone",
    "hex": "#C9AE74",
    "rgb": [
      201,
      174,
      116
    ],
    "hsl": [
      41,
      44,
      62
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      13,
      42,
      21
    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "earth-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.4395,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 9.79,
      "white": 2.15
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 9.79
    },
    "description": "Sandstone is #C9AE74, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Bamboo, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for highlight colors, editorial accents, and warm backgrounds, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sandstone/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sandstone.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 9.4,
  "contrastRatio": 1.05,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 7,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0237,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "earth-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Bamboo",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Bamboo"
}

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": "Bamboo",
      "background": "#C7B56E",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.26
    },
    {
      "color": "Sandstone",
      "background": "#C9AE74",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 9.79
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseFirstWhen": "Bamboo is better when the design needs earth tone yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #C7B56E.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Sandstone is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #C9AE74.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/bamboo-vs-sandstone.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/bamboo.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sandstone.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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    },
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      "description": "Sandstone is #C9AE74, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Bamboo, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for highlight colors, editorial accents, and warm backgrounds, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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