Nearest-color comparison

Blanched Almond vs Champagne

Blanched Almond and Champagne are different orange colors with HEX values #FFEBCD and #F7E7CE. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 9, their contrast ratio is 1.04:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Blanched Almond and Champagne are very close colors. Blanched Almond 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.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Blanched Almond#FFEBCD

Champagne#F7E7CE

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Blanched Almond and Champagne across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance9

Pair contrast1.04:1

Luminance delta0.037

Hue delta1 deg

Lighter colorBlanched Almond

More saturatedBlanched Almond

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Blanched Almond

Blanched Almond is #FFEBCD, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Champagne, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FFEBCD RGB255, 235, 205 HSL36, 100, 90 CMYK0, 8, 20, 0 Luminance0.8508 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Champagne

Champagne is #F7E7CE, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Blanched Almond, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for highlight colors, editorial accents, and warm backgrounds, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#F7E7CE RGB247, 231, 206 HSL37, 72, 89 CMYK0, 6, 17, 3 Luminance0.8138 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Blanched Almond or Champagne

Choose Blanched AlmondBlanched Almond is better when the design needs light and pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFEBCD.

Choose ChampagneChampagne is better when the design needs light and pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F7E7CE.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyBlanched AlmondChampagne

HEX#FFEBCD#F7E7CE

RGB255, 235, 205247, 231, 206

HSL36, 100, 9037, 72, 89

CMYK0, 8, 20, 00, 6, 17, 3

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneLight, PastelLight, Pastel

Luminance0.85080.8138

Black contrast18.02:117.28:1

White contrast1.17:11.22:1

Shared tonesLight, Pastel

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Blanched Almondblack text - 18.02:1

Champagneblack text - 17.28:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Blanched Almond#FFEBCD

Champagne#F7E7CE

White#FFFFFF

#CCE0FF#CCE0FF

#CFDEF7#CFDEF7

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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Differences

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  },
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  ],
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Accessibility

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Use cases

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