Nearest-color comparison
Butter #FFF1A8 vs Peach #FFE5B4: RGB distance 17 and contrast 1.07:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Butter and Peach are very close, with an RGB distance of 17. Butter is lighter by 0.0641, and their saturation is equal. Their mutual contrast is 1.07:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Butter and Peach across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
yellow color
Butter is #FFF1A8, a warm yellow with hue 50°, saturation 100% and luminance 0.87. Beside Peach, it is lighter and equally saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 18.4:1.
orange color
Peach is #FFE5B4, a warm orange with hue 39°, saturation 100% and luminance 0.8059. Beside Butter, it is darker and equally saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 17.12:1.
Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.
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Colors Encyclopedia
colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and linksdifferencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributesaccessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each coloruseCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them togetherrelatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints[
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