{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"industrial-yellow-vs-amber","type":"nearest","name":"Industrial Yellow vs Amber","verdict":"Industrial Yellow and Amber are very close colors. Amber is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Industrial Yellow and Amber are different yellow colors with HEX values #F3C300 and #FFBF00. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 12.6, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":12.6,"contrastRatio":1.01,"colors":[{"slug":"industrial-yellow","name":"Industrial Yellow","hex":"#F3C300","rgb":[243,195,0],"hsl":[48,100,48],"cmyk":[0,20,100,5],"family":"yellow","temperature":"warm","tone":["vibrant"],"luminance":0.5808,"contrast":{"black":12.62,"white":1.66},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":12.62},"description":"Industrial Yellow is #F3C300, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Amber, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/industrial-yellow/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/industrial-yellow.json"},{"slug":"amber","name":"Amber","hex":"#FFBF00","rgb":[255,191,0],"hsl":[45,100,50],"cmyk":[0,25,100,0],"family":"yellow","temperature":"warm","tone":["vibrant"],"luminance":0.5852,"contrast":{"black":12.7,"white":1.65},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":12.7},"description":"Amber is #FFBF00, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Industrial Yellow, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/amber/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/amber.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":12.6,"contrastRatio":1.01,"hslDelta":{"hue":3,"saturation":0,"lightness":2},"luminanceDelta":0.0044,"sameFamily":true,"sameTemperature":true,"sharedTones":["vibrant"],"lighterColor":"Amber","moreSaturatedColor":"Industrial Yellow"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.01,"textRecommendation":"Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.","safeText":[{"color":"Industrial Yellow","background":"#F3C300","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":12.62},{"color":"Amber","background":"#FFBF00","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":12.7}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Industrial Yellow is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F3C300.","chooseSecondWhen":"Amber is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFBF00.","useTogetherWhen":"Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."},"relatedApi":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/industrial-yellow-vs-amber.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/industrial-yellow.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/amber.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/industrial-yellow-vs-amber/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/industrial-yellow-vs-amber.json"}