Nearest-color comparison

Champagne vs Parchment

Champagne and Parchment are different orange and yellow colors with HEX values #F7E7CE and #F1E9D2. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 7.5, their contrast ratio is 1:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

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

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Champagne#F7E7CE

Parchment#F1E9D2

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance7.5

Pair contrast1:1

Luminance delta0.0025

Hue delta8 deg

Lighter colorParchment

More saturatedChampagne

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Champagne

Champagne is #F7E7CE, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Parchment, it is darker and more 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

yellow color

Parchment

Parchment is #F1E9D2, a warm yellow color with light character. Compared with Champagne, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for neutral systems, backgrounds, and editorial typography, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#F1E9D2 RGB241, 233, 210 HSL45, 53, 88 CMYK0, 3, 13, 5 Luminance0.8163 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Champagne or Parchment

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

Choose ParchmentParchment is better when the design needs light yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F1E9D2.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyChampagneParchment

HEX#F7E7CE#F1E9D2

RGB247, 231, 206241, 233, 210

HSL37, 72, 8945, 53, 88

CMYK0, 6, 17, 30, 3, 13, 5

FamilyOrangeYellow

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneLight, PastelLight

Luminance0.81380.8163

Black contrast17.28:117.33:1

White contrast1.22:11.21:1

Shared tonesLight

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Champagneblack text - 17.28:1

Parchmentblack text - 17.33:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Champagne#F7E7CE

Parchment#F1E9D2

White#FFFFFF

#CFDEF7#CFDEF7

#D0D8F1#D0D8F1

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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    },
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  },
  {
    "slug": "parchment",
    "name": "Parchment",
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      "ratio": 17.33
    },
    "description": "Parchment is #F1E9D2, a warm yellow color with light character. Compared with Champagne, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for neutral systems, backgrounds, and editorial typography, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1,
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    "hue": 8,
    "saturation": 19,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0025,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "light"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Parchment",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Champagne"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Champagne",
      "background": "#F7E7CE",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 17.28
    },
    {
      "color": "Parchment",
      "background": "#F1E9D2",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 17.33
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Parchment is better when the design needs light yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F1E9D2.",
  "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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Related API

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Full JSON dataset

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