Nearest-color comparison

Soft Peach vs Vanilla

Soft Peach #FAD7A0 vs Vanilla #F3E5AB: RGB distance 19.1 and contrast 1.09:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.

Soft Peach and Vanilla are very close, with an RGB distance of 19.1. Vanilla is lighter by 0.0657, and Soft Peach is more saturated by 15 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.09:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Soft Peach#FAD7A0

Vanilla#F3E5AB

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance19.1

Pair contrast1.09:1

Luminance delta0.0657

Hue delta11 deg

Lighter colorVanilla

More saturatedSoft Peach

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Soft Peach

Soft Peach is #FAD7A0, a warm orange with hue 37°, saturation 90% and luminance 0.7146. Beside Vanilla, it is darker and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 15.29:1.

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

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

yellow color

Vanilla

Vanilla is #F3E5AB, a warm yellow with hue 48°, saturation 75% and luminance 0.7803. Beside Soft Peach, it is lighter and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 16.61:1.

HEX#F3E5AB RGB243, 229, 171 HSL48, 75, 81 CMYK0, 6, 30, 5 Luminance0.7803 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Soft Peach or Vanilla

Choose Soft PeachChoose Soft Peach when the design calls for pastel orange color at #FAD7A0, with warm temperature and 80% HSL lightness.

Choose VanillaChoose Vanilla when #F3E5AB, its pastel yellow character, or its 81% HSL lightness is the closer match.

Use togetherTreat them as tonal alternatives or adjacent palette steps, not as text and background. Their contrast is only 1.09:1. They share pastel tone characteristics.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertySoft PeachVanilla

HEX#FAD7A0#F3E5AB

RGB250, 215, 160243, 229, 171

HSL37, 90, 8048, 75, 81

CMYK0, 14, 36, 20, 6, 30, 5

FamilyOrangeYellow

TemperatureWarmWarm

TonePastelPastel

Luminance0.71460.7803

Black contrast15.29:116.61:1

White contrast1.37:11.26:1

Shared tonesPastel

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Soft Peachblack text - 15.29:1

Vanillablack text - 16.61:1

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Related Palette Strip

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

Soft Peach#FAD7A0

Vanilla#F3E5AB

#FEFBF5#FEFBF5

#FEFEFB#FEFEFB

#9EC1FA#9EC1FA

#AAB9F3#AAB9F3

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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  {
    "slug": "soft-peach",
    "name": "Soft Peach",
    "hex": "#FAD7A0",
    "rgb": [
      250,
      215,
      160
    ],
    "hsl": [
      37,
      90,
      80
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      14,
      36,
      2
    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "pastel"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.7146,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 15.29,
      "white": 1.37
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 15.29
    },
    "description": "Soft Peach is #FAD7A0, a warm orange color with pastel character. Compared with Vanilla, 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/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-peach.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "vanilla",
    "name": "Vanilla",
    "hex": "#F3E5AB",
    "rgb": [
      243,
      229,
      171
    ],
    "hsl": [
      48,
      75,
      81
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      6,
      30,
      5
    ],
    "family": "yellow",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "pastel"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.7803,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 16.61,
      "white": 1.26
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 16.61
    },
    "description": "Vanilla is #F3E5AB, a warm yellow color with pastel character. Compared with Soft Peach, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for highlight colors, editorial accents, and warm backgrounds, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/vanilla/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/vanilla.json"
  }
]

Differences

{
  "rgbDistance": 19.1,
  "contrastRatio": 1.09,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 11,
    "saturation": 15,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0657,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "pastel"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Vanilla",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Soft Peach"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.09,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Soft Peach",
      "background": "#FAD7A0",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 15.29
    },
    {
      "color": "Vanilla",
      "background": "#F3E5AB",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 16.61
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Soft Peach is better when the design needs pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FAD7A0.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Vanilla is better when the design needs pastel yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F3E5AB.",
  "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/soft-peach-vs-vanilla.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-peach.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/vanilla.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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  "summary": "Soft Peach and Vanilla are different orange and yellow colors with HEX values #FAD7A0 and #F3E5AB. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 19.1, their contrast ratio is 1.09:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
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      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
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        "white": 1.37
      },
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      },
      "description": "Soft Peach is #FAD7A0, a warm orange color with pastel character. Compared with Vanilla, 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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        75,
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      "tone": [
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        "label": "black text",
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      },
      "description": "Vanilla is #F3E5AB, a warm yellow color with pastel character. Compared with Soft Peach, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for highlight colors, editorial accents, and warm backgrounds, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/vanilla/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/vanilla.json"
    }
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    "safeText": [
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        "color": "Soft Peach",
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      },
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    "chooseSecondWhen": "Vanilla is better when the design needs pastel yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F3E5AB.",
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