Nearest-color comparison

Polished Copper vs Adobe

Polished Copper and Adobe are different orange colors with HEX values #B87333 and #BD6C48. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 22.7, their contrast ratio is 1.03:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Polished Copper and Adobe are very close colors. Polished Copper 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

Polished Copper#B87333

Adobe#BD6C48

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Polished Copper and Adobe across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance22.7

Pair contrast1.03:1

Luminance delta0.0068

Hue delta11 deg

Lighter colorPolished Copper

More saturatedPolished Copper

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Polished Copper

Polished Copper is #B87333, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Adobe, 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#B87333 RGB184, 115, 51 HSL29, 57, 46 CMYK0, 38, 72, 28 Luminance0.2269 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Adobe

Adobe is #BD6C48, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Polished Copper, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#BD6C48 RGB189, 108, 72 HSL18, 47, 51 CMYK0, 43, 62, 26 Luminance0.2201 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Polished Copper or Adobe

Choose Polished CopperPolished Copper is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B87333.

Choose AdobeAdobe is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #BD6C48.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyPolished CopperAdobe

HEX#B87333#BD6C48

RGB184, 115, 51189, 108, 72

HSL29, 57, 4618, 47, 51

CMYK0, 38, 72, 280, 43, 62, 26

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneEarth ToneEarth Tone

Luminance0.22690.2201

Black contrast5.54:15.4:1

White contrast3.79:13.89:1

Shared tonesEarth Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Polished Copperblack text - 5.54:1

Adobeblack text - 5.4:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Polished Copper#B87333

Adobe#BD6C48

#D8A16F#D8A16F

#D5A18B#D5A18B

#3278B8#3278B8

#479ABD#479ABD

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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Differences

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    "saturation": 10,
    "lightness": 5
  },
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    "earth-tone"
  ],
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  "moreSaturatedColor": "Polished Copper"
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Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.03,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Polished Copper",
      "background": "#B87333",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.54
    },
    {
      "color": "Adobe",
      "background": "#BD6C48",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 5.4
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Adobe is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #BD6C48.",
  "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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