Nearest-color comparison

Dark Khaki vs Sandstone

Dark Khaki and Sandstone are different yellow and orange colors with HEX values #BDB76B and #C9AE74. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 17.5, their contrast ratio is 1.04:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Dark Khaki and Sandstone are very close colors. Dark Khaki is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.04:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Dark Khaki#BDB76B

Sandstone#C9AE74

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance17.5

Pair contrast1.04:1

Luminance delta0.018

Hue delta15 deg

Lighter colorDark Khaki

More saturatedSandstone

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

yellow color

Dark Khaki

Dark Khaki is #BDB76B, a warm yellow color with earth tone character. Compared with Sandstone, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#BDB76B RGB189, 183, 107 HSL56, 38, 58 CMYK0, 3, 43, 26 Luminance0.4575 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Sandstone

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

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Dark Khaki or Sandstone

Choose Dark KhakiDark Khaki is better when the design needs earth tone yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #BDB76B.

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

PropertyDark KhakiSandstone

HEX#BDB76B#C9AE74

RGB189, 183, 107201, 174, 116

HSL56, 38, 5841, 44, 62

CMYK0, 3, 43, 260, 13, 42, 21

FamilyYellowOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneEarth ToneEarth Tone

Luminance0.45750.4395

Black contrast10.15:19.79:1

White contrast2.07:12.15:1

Shared tonesEarth Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Dark Khakiblack text - 10.15:1

Sandstoneblack text - 9.79:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Dark Khaki#BDB76B

Sandstone#C9AE74

#D9D6AB#D9D6AB

#E2D4B6#E2D4B6

#6B71BD#6B71BD

#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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    },
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  {
    "slug": "sandstone",
    "name": "Sandstone",
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    "family": "orange",
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    },
    "description": "Sandstone is #C9AE74, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Dark Khaki, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for highlight colors, editorial accents, and warm backgrounds, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sandstone/",
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Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.04,
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    "hue": 15,
    "saturation": 6,
    "lightness": 4
  },
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  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "earth-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Dark Khaki",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Sandstone"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.04,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Dark Khaki",
      "background": "#BDB76B",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.15
    },
    {
      "color": "Sandstone",
      "background": "#C9AE74",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 9.79
    }
  ]
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Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Sandstone is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #C9AE74.",
  "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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