#D6D6A3 · #F5C1DA
Four independent scores (read the one that fits your goal): Readability 1/100 (fail) · Harmony 43/100 (clashing) · Distinguishable 35/100 (hard to tell apart) · Match 5/100 (different). There is no single “good/bad” — a pair can clash for text yet be great for an outfit.
Oatmeal and Pink are very different (ΔE 43). They have distinctly different hues (89° apart) and their lightness is similar, so they read as two same-weight colours.
Oatmeal text on Pink: 1.04:1 (Fail); Pink text on Oatmeal: 1.04:1 (Fail). Neither meets AA at body size — nudging one color to #5C5B2D clears it.
Clashing — awkward hue gap — tends to clash (harmony 43/100). 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 #5C5B2D clears AA.
Their CIE76 ΔE is about 43 — very different.
clearly different colours (ΔE 43).
Explore each color: Oatmeal #D6D6A3 · Pink #F5C1DA · Shades: Oatmeal shades · Pink shades · Contrast checker →