Nearest-color comparison

Champagne Gold vs Sandstone

Champagne Gold and Sandstone are different orange colors with HEX values #D6B971 and #C9AE74. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 17.3, their contrast ratio is 1.13:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Champagne Gold and Sandstone are very close colors. Champagne Gold is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.13:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Champagne Gold#D6B971

Sandstone#C9AE74

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance17.3

Pair contrast1.13:1

Luminance delta0.0624

Hue delta2 deg

Lighter colorChampagne Gold

More saturatedChampagne Gold

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Champagne Gold

Champagne Gold is #D6B971, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Sandstone, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for metallic palettes, product finishes, and premium packaging, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#D6B971 RGB214, 185, 113 HSL43, 55, 64 CMYK0, 14, 47, 16 Luminance0.5019 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Sandstone

Sandstone is #C9AE74, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Champagne Gold, 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#C9AE74 RGB201, 174, 116 HSL41, 44, 62 CMYK0, 13, 42, 21 Luminance0.4395 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Champagne Gold or Sandstone

Choose Champagne GoldChampagne Gold is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #D6B971.

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

PropertyChampagne GoldSandstone

HEX#D6B971#C9AE74

RGB214, 185, 113201, 174, 116

HSL43, 55, 6441, 44, 62

CMYK0, 14, 47, 160, 13, 42, 21

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneEarth ToneEarth Tone

Luminance0.50190.4395

Black contrast11.04:19.79:1

White contrast1.9:12.15:1

Shared tonesEarth Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Champagne Goldblack text - 11.04:1

Sandstoneblack text - 9.79:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Champagne Gold#D6B971

Sandstone#C9AE74

#EADCB8#EADCB8

#E2D4B6#E2D4B6

#718DD6#718DD6

#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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Differences

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  },
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  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "earth-tone"
  ],
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  "moreSaturatedColor": "Champagne Gold"
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Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.13,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Champagne Gold",
      "background": "#D6B971",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 11.04
    },
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      "color": "Sandstone",
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      "foreground": "#000000",
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    }
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Use cases

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Related API

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