Nearest-color comparison

Floral White vs Ivory

Floral White and Ivory are different orange and yellow colors with HEX values #FFFAF0 and #FFFFF0. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 5, their contrast ratio is 1.03:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Floral White and Ivory are very close colors. Ivory is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.03:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Floral White#FFFAF0

Ivory#FFFFF0

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Floral White and Ivory across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance5

Pair contrast1.03:1

Luminance delta0.0315

Hue delta20 deg

Lighter colorIvory

More saturatedFloral White

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Floral White

Floral White is #FFFAF0, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Ivory, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FFFAF0 RGB255, 250, 240 HSL40, 100, 97 CMYK0, 2, 6, 0 Luminance0.9592 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

yellow color

Ivory

Ivory is #FFFFF0, a warm yellow color with light and neutral character. Compared with Floral White, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for backgrounds, wedding palettes, and classic design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FFFFF0 RGB255, 255, 240 HSL60, 100, 97 CMYK0, 0, 6, 0 Luminance0.9907 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Floral White or Ivory

Choose Floral WhiteFloral White is better when the design needs light and pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFFAF0.

Choose IvoryIvory is better when the design needs light and neutral yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFFFF0.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyFloral WhiteIvory

HEX#FFFAF0#FFFFF0

RGB255, 250, 240255, 255, 240

HSL40, 100, 9760, 100, 97

CMYK0, 2, 6, 00, 0, 6, 0

FamilyOrangeYellow

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneLight, PastelLight, Neutral

Luminance0.95920.9907

Black contrast20.18:120.81:1

White contrast1.04:11.01:1

Shared tonesLight

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Floral Whiteblack text - 20.18:1

Ivoryblack text - 20.81:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Floral White#FFFAF0

Ivory#FFFFF0

White#FFFFFF

#F0F5FF#F0F5FF

#F0F0FF#F0F0FF

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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    "cmyk": [
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    },
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 20.18
    },
    "description": "Floral White is #FFFAF0, a warm orange color with light and pastel character. Compared with Ivory, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/floral-white/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/floral-white.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "ivory",
    "name": "Ivory",
    "hex": "#FFFFF0",
    "rgb": [
      255,
      255,
      240
    ],
    "hsl": [
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      100,
      97
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    "cmyk": [
      0,
      0,
      6,
      0
    ],
    "family": "yellow",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "light",
      "neutral"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.9907,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 20.81,
      "white": 1.01
    },
    "wcag": {
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        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
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        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 20.81
    },
    "description": "Ivory is #FFFFF0, a warm yellow color with light and neutral character. Compared with Floral White, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for backgrounds, wedding palettes, and classic design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/ivory/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/ivory.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 5,
  "contrastRatio": 1.03,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 20,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 0
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0315,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "light"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Ivory",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Floral White"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.03,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Floral White",
      "background": "#FFFAF0",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 20.18
    },
    {
      "color": "Ivory",
      "background": "#FFFFF0",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 20.81
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Ivory is better when the design needs light and neutral yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFFFF0.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/floral-white-vs-ivory.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/floral-white.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/ivory.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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  "summary": "Floral White and Ivory are different orange and yellow colors with HEX values #FFFAF0 and #FFFFF0. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 5, their contrast ratio is 1.03:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
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