Nearest-color comparison
Pearl #EAE0C8 vs Vellum #EFE3C8: RGB distance 5.8 and contrast 1.03:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Pearl and Vellum are very close, with an RGB distance of 5.8. Vellum is lighter by 0.0249, and Vellum is more saturated by 10 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.03:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Pearl and Vellum across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
orange color
Pearl is #EAE0C8, a warm orange with hue 42°, saturation 45% and luminance 0.7497. Beside Vellum, it is darker and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 15.99:1.
orange color
Vellum is #EFE3C8, a warm orange with hue 42°, saturation 55% and luminance 0.7746. Beside Pearl, it is lighter and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 16.49:1.
Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.
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Colors Encyclopedia
colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and linksdifferencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributesaccessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each coloruseCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them togetherrelatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints[
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