Nearest-color comparison

Butterscotch vs Cadmium Orange

Butterscotch and Cadmium Orange are different orange colors with HEX values #E3963E and #ED872D. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 24.8, their contrast ratio is 1.07:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Butterscotch and Cadmium Orange are very close colors. Butterscotch is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.07:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Butterscotch#E3963E

Cadmium Orange#ED872D

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Butterscotch and Cadmium Orange across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance24.8

Pair contrast1.07:1

Luminance delta0.0297

Hue delta4 deg

Lighter colorButterscotch

More saturatedCadmium Orange

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Butterscotch

Butterscotch is #E3963E, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Cadmium Orange, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#E3963E RGB227, 150, 62 HSL32, 75, 57 CMYK0, 34, 73, 11 Luminance0.3849 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Cadmium Orange

Cadmium Orange is #ED872D, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Butterscotch, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#ED872D RGB237, 135, 45 HSL28, 84, 55 CMYK0, 43, 81, 7 Luminance0.3552 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Butterscotch or Cadmium Orange

Choose ButterscotchButterscotch is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E3963E.

Choose Cadmium OrangeCadmium Orange is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #ED872D.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyButterscotchCadmium Orange

HEX#E3963E#ED872D

RGB227, 150, 62237, 135, 45

HSL32, 75, 5728, 84, 55

CMYK0, 34, 73, 110, 43, 81, 7

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.38490.3552

Black contrast8.7:18.1:1

White contrast2.41:12.59:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Butterscotchblack text - 8.7:1

Cadmium Orangeblack text - 8.1:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Butterscotch#E3963E

Cadmium Orange#ED872D

#EFC28F#EFC28F

#F4B680#F4B680

#3F8CE4#3F8CE4

#2C93ED#2C93ED

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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  "moreSaturatedColor": "Cadmium Orange"
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Accessibility

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  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Butterscotch",
      "background": "#E3963E",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.7
    },
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      "color": "Cadmium Orange",
      "background": "#ED872D",
      "foreground": "#000000",
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Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Cadmium Orange is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #ED872D.",
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Related API

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