Nearest-color comparison

Khaki vs Soft Peach

Khaki and Soft Peach are different yellow and orange colors with HEX values #F0E68C and #FAD7A0. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 26.9, their contrast ratio is 1.07:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Khaki and Soft Peach are visually related colors. Khaki is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.07:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Khaki#F0E68C

Soft Peach#FAD7A0

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance26.9

Pair contrast1.07:1

Luminance delta0.0555

Hue delta17 deg

Lighter colorKhaki

More saturatedSoft Peach

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

yellow color

Khaki

Khaki is #F0E68C, a warm yellow color with pastel character. Compared with Soft Peach, 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#F0E68C RGB240, 230, 140 HSL54, 77, 75 CMYK0, 4, 42, 6 Luminance0.7701 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Soft Peach

Soft Peach is #FAD7A0, a warm orange color with pastel character. Compared with Khaki, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FAD7A0 RGB250, 215, 160 HSL37, 90, 80 CMYK0, 14, 36, 2 Luminance0.7146 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Khaki or Soft Peach

Choose KhakiKhaki is better when the design needs pastel yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F0E68C.

Choose Soft PeachSoft Peach is better when the design needs pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FAD7A0.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyKhakiSoft Peach

HEX#F0E68C#FAD7A0

RGB240, 230, 140250, 215, 160

HSL54, 77, 7537, 90, 80

CMYK0, 4, 42, 60, 14, 36, 2

FamilyYellowOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

TonePastelPastel

Luminance0.77010.7146

Black contrast16.4:115.29:1

White contrast1.28:11.37:1

Shared tonesPastel

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Khakiblack text - 16.4:1

Soft Peachblack text - 15.29:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Khaki#F0E68C

Soft Peach#FAD7A0

#FBF8DF#FBF8DF

#FEFBF5#FEFBF5

#8E98F0#8E98F0

#9EC1FA#9EC1FA

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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    },
    "description": "Khaki is #F0E68C, a warm yellow color with pastel character. Compared with Soft Peach, 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.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/khaki/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "soft-peach",
    "name": "Soft Peach",
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    "family": "orange",
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 15.29
    },
    "description": "Soft Peach is #FAD7A0, a warm orange color with pastel character. Compared with Khaki, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/soft-peach/",
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  }
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Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 26.9,
  "contrastRatio": 1.07,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 17,
    "saturation": 13,
    "lightness": 5
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0555,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "pastel"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Khaki",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Soft Peach"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.07,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Khaki",
      "background": "#F0E68C",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 16.4
    },
    {
      "color": "Soft Peach",
      "background": "#FAD7A0",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 15.29
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Soft Peach is better when the design needs pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FAD7A0.",
  "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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Full JSON dataset

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