Nearest-color comparison
Champagne Gold #D6B971 vs Bamboo #C7B56E: RGB distance 15.8 and contrast 1.08:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Champagne Gold and Bamboo are very close, with an RGB distance of 15.8. Champagne Gold is lighter by 0.0387, and Champagne Gold is more saturated by 11 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.08:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Champagne Gold and Bamboo across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
orange color
Champagne Gold is #D6B971, a warm orange with hue 43°, saturation 55% and luminance 0.5019. Beside Bamboo, it is lighter and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 11.04:1.
yellow color
Bamboo is #C7B56E, a warm yellow with hue 48°, saturation 44% and luminance 0.4632. Beside Champagne Gold, it is darker and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 10.26:1.
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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"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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