Nearest-color comparison

Pale Gold vs Tan

Pale Gold and Tan are different orange colors with HEX values #E6BE8A and #D2B48C. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 22.4, their contrast ratio is 1.14:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Pale Gold and Tan are very close colors. Pale Gold is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.14:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

Tan#D2B48C

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance22.4

Pair contrast1.14:1

Luminance delta0.0724

Hue delta0 deg

Lighter colorPale Gold

More saturatedPale Gold

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Pale Gold

Pale Gold is #E6BE8A, a warm orange color with balanced character. Compared with Tan, 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#E6BE8A RGB230, 190, 138 HSL34, 65, 72 CMYK0, 17, 40, 10 Luminance0.5548 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Tan

Tan is #D2B48C, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Pale Gold, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#D2B48C RGB210, 180, 140 HSL34, 44, 69 CMYK0, 14, 33, 18 Luminance0.4824 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Pale Gold or Tan

Choose Pale GoldPale Gold is better when the design needs balanced orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E6BE8A.

Choose TanTan is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #D2B48C.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyPale GoldTan

HEX#E6BE8A#D2B48C

RGB230, 190, 138210, 180, 140

HSL34, 65, 7234, 44, 69

CMYK0, 17, 40, 100, 14, 33, 18

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneBalancedEarth Tone

Luminance0.55480.4824

Black contrast12.1:110.65:1

White contrast1.74:11.97:1

Shared tonesNone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Pale Goldblack text - 12.1:1

Tanblack text - 10.65:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

Tan#D2B48C

#F6E8D5#F6E8D5

#ECE0CF#ECE0CF

#89B1E6#89B1E6

#8DABD3#8DABD3

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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    "rgb": [
      230,
      190,
      138
    ],
    "hsl": [
      34,
      65,
      72
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      17,
      40,
      10
    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "balanced"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.5548,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 12.1,
      "white": 1.74
    },
    "wcag": {
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        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 12.1
    },
    "description": "Pale Gold is #E6BE8A, a warm orange color with balanced character. Compared with Tan, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for metallic palettes, product finishes, and premium packaging, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/pale-gold/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-gold.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "tan",
    "name": "Tan",
    "hex": "#D2B48C",
    "rgb": [
      210,
      180,
      140
    ],
    "hsl": [
      34,
      44,
      69
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      14,
      33,
      18
    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "earth-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.4824,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 10.65,
      "white": 1.97
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.65
    },
    "description": "Tan is #D2B48C, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Pale Gold, it is darker 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/tan/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tan.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 22.4,
  "contrastRatio": 1.14,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 0,
    "saturation": 21,
    "lightness": 3
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0724,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [],
  "lighterColor": "Pale Gold",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Pale Gold"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.14,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Pale Gold",
      "background": "#E6BE8A",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 12.1
    },
    {
      "color": "Tan",
      "background": "#D2B48C",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.65
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Pale Gold is better when the design needs balanced orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E6BE8A.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Tan is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #D2B48C.",
  "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/pale-gold-vs-tan.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-gold.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tan.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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  "summary": "Pale Gold and Tan are different orange colors with HEX values #E6BE8A and #D2B48C. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 22.4, their contrast ratio is 1.14:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
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      },
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      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/pale-gold/",
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    },
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      "slug": "tan",
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      "description": "Tan is #D2B48C, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Pale Gold, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
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    "sameTemperature": true,
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      }
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    "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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