Nearest-color comparison

Sandy Brown vs Dark Salmon

Sandy Brown and Dark Salmon are different orange colors with HEX values #F4A460 and #E9967A. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 31.5, their contrast ratio is 1.13:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Sandy Brown and Dark Salmon are visually related colors. Sandy Brown is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.13:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Sandy Brown#F4A460

Dark Salmon#E9967A

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Sandy Brown and Dark Salmon across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance31.5

Pair contrast1.13:1

Luminance delta0.0609

Hue delta13 deg

Lighter colorSandy Brown

More saturatedSandy Brown

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Sandy Brown

Sandy Brown is #F4A460, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Dark Salmon, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#F4A460 RGB244, 164, 96 HSL28, 87, 67 CMYK0, 33, 61, 4 Luminance0.4663 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Dark Salmon

Dark Salmon is #E9967A, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Sandy Brown, 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#E9967A RGB233, 150, 122 HSL15, 72, 70 CMYK0, 36, 48, 9 Luminance0.4054 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Sandy Brown or Dark Salmon

Choose Sandy BrownSandy Brown is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F4A460.

Choose Dark SalmonDark Salmon is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E9967A.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertySandy BrownDark Salmon

HEX#F4A460#E9967A

RGB244, 164, 96233, 150, 122

HSL28, 87, 6715, 72, 70

CMYK0, 33, 61, 40, 36, 48, 9

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.46630.4054

Black contrast10.33:19.11:1

White contrast2.03:12.31:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Sandy Brownblack text - 10.33:1

Dark Salmonblack text - 9.11:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Sandy Brown#F4A460

Dark Salmon#E9967A

#FAD7B7#FAD7B7

#F6D5CA#F6D5CA

#62B0F4#62B0F4

#7BCEEA#7BCEEA

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": "Dark Salmon is #E9967A, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Sandy Brown, 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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Differences

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    "saturation": 15,
    "lightness": 3
  },
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  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
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  "moreSaturatedColor": "Sandy Brown"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.13,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Sandy Brown",
      "background": "#F4A460",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.33
    },
    {
      "color": "Dark Salmon",
      "background": "#E9967A",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 9.11
    }
  ]
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Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Dark Salmon is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E9967A.",
  "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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