#D4D3AA · #ECC2D7
Four independent scores (read the one that fits your goal): Readability 1/100 (fail) · Harmony 42/100 (clashing) · Distinguishable 28/100 (hard to tell apart) · Match 22/100 (different). There is no single “good/bad” — a pair can clash for text yet be great for an outfit.
Oatmeal and Soft Pink are very different (ΔE 35). They have distinctly different hues (89° apart) and their lightness is similar, so they read as two same-weight colours.
Oatmeal text on Soft Pink: 1.03:1 (Fail); Soft Pink text on Oatmeal: 1.03:1 (Fail). Neither meets AA at body size — nudging one color to #5B5935 clears it.
Clashing — awkward hue gap — tends to clash (harmony 42/100). This is about how they look together (clothing, interiors, branding), independent of text contrast.
Not at body size — the best direction is only 1.0:1, below the 4.5:1 minimum. Nudging one colour to #5B5935 clears AA.
Their CIE76 ΔE is about 35 — very different.
clearly different colours (ΔE 35).
Explore each color: Oatmeal #D4D3AA · Soft Pink #ECC2D7 · Shades: Oatmeal shades · Soft Pink shades · Contrast checker →