Nearest-color comparison

Wheat vs Navajo White

Wheat and Navajo White are different orange colors with HEX values #F5DEB3 and #FFDEAD. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 11.7, their contrast ratio is 1.02:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Wheat and Navajo White are very close colors. Navajo White is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.02:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Wheat#F5DEB3

Navajo White#FFDEAD

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Wheat and Navajo White across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance11.7

Pair contrast1.02:1

Luminance delta0.0161

Hue delta3 deg

Lighter colorNavajo White

More saturatedNavajo White

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Wheat

Wheat is #F5DEB3, a warm orange color with pastel character. Compared with Navajo White, 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#F5DEB3 RGB245, 222, 179 HSL39, 77, 83 CMYK0, 9, 27, 4 Luminance0.7491 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Navajo White

Navajo White is #FFDEAD, a warm orange color with pastel character. Compared with Wheat, 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#FFDEAD RGB255, 222, 173 HSL36, 100, 84 CMYK0, 13, 32, 0 Luminance0.7652 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Wheat or Navajo White

Choose WheatWheat is better when the design needs pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F5DEB3.

Choose Navajo WhiteNavajo White is better when the design needs pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFDEAD.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyWheatNavajo White

HEX#F5DEB3#FFDEAD

RGB245, 222, 179255, 222, 173

HSL39, 77, 8336, 100, 84

CMYK0, 9, 27, 40, 13, 32, 0

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

TonePastelPastel

Luminance0.74910.7652

Black contrast15.98:116.3:1

White contrast1.31:11.29:1

Shared tonesPastel

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Wheatblack text - 15.98:1

Navajo Whiteblack text - 16.3:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Wheat#F5DEB3

Navajo White#FFDEAD

White#FFFFFF

#B2CAF5#B2CAF5

#ADCEFF#ADCEFF

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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      "label": "black text",
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    },
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    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/wheat/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "navajo-white",
    "name": "Navajo White",
    "hex": "#FFDEAD",
    "rgb": [
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      222,
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    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "pastel"
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    "luminance": 0.7652,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 16.3,
      "white": 1.29
    },
    "wcag": {
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        "#1A1A1A",
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      ],
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 16.3
    },
    "description": "Navajo White is #FFDEAD, a warm orange color with pastel character. Compared with Wheat, 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.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/navajo-white/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/navajo-white.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 11.7,
  "contrastRatio": 1.02,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 3,
    "saturation": 23,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0161,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "pastel"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Navajo White",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Navajo White"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.02,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Wheat",
      "background": "#F5DEB3",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 15.98
    },
    {
      "color": "Navajo White",
      "background": "#FFDEAD",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 16.3
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Navajo White is better when the design needs pastel orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFDEAD.",
  "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/colors/navajo-white.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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