Nearest-color comparison

Acid Green vs Peridot

Acid Green and Peridot are different yellow colors with HEX values #B0BF1A and #B4C424. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 11.9, their contrast ratio is 1.05:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Acid Green and Peridot are very close colors. Peridot is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.05:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Acid Green#B0BF1A

Peridot#B4C424

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Acid Green and Peridot across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance11.9

Pair contrast1.05:1

Luminance delta0.0274

Hue delta1 deg

Lighter colorPeridot

More saturatedAcid Green

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

yellow color

Acid Green

Acid Green is #B0BF1A, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Peridot, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for neon accents, event graphics, and high-energy digital design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#B0BF1A RGB176, 191, 26 HSL65, 76, 43 CMYK8, 0, 86, 25 Luminance0.4657 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

yellow color

Peridot

Peridot is #B4C424, a warm yellow color with balanced character. Compared with Acid Green, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#B4C424 RGB180, 196, 36 HSL66, 69, 45 CMYK8, 0, 82, 23 Luminance0.4931 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Acid Green or Peridot

Choose Acid GreenAcid Green is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B0BF1A.

Choose PeridotPeridot is better when the design needs balanced yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B4C424.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyAcid GreenPeridot

HEX#B0BF1A#B4C424

RGB176, 191, 26180, 196, 36

HSL65, 76, 4366, 69, 45

CMYK8, 0, 86, 258, 0, 82, 23

FamilyYellowYellow

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantBalanced

Luminance0.46570.4931

Black contrast10.31:110.86:1

White contrast2.04:11.93:1

Shared tonesNone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Acid Greenblack text - 10.31:1

Peridotblack text - 10.86:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Acid Green#B0BF1A

Peridot#B4C424

#DBE750#DBE750

#D5E260#D5E260

#281AC1#281AC1

#3324C2#3324C2

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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    ],
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    "contrast": {
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    },
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.31
    },
    "description": "Acid Green is #B0BF1A, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Peridot, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for neon accents, event graphics, and high-energy digital design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/acid-green/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "peridot",
    "name": "Peridot",
    "hex": "#B4C424",
    "rgb": [
      180,
      196,
      36
    ],
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      69,
      45
    ],
    "cmyk": [
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      0,
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    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "balanced"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.4931,
    "contrast": {
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    },
    "wcag": {
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        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
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        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.86
    },
    "description": "Peridot is #B4C424, a warm yellow color with balanced character. Compared with Acid Green, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/peridot/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peridot.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 11.9,
  "contrastRatio": 1.05,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 1,
    "saturation": 7,
    "lightness": 2
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0274,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [],
  "lighterColor": "Peridot",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Acid Green"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.05,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Acid Green",
      "background": "#B0BF1A",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.31
    },
    {
      "color": "Peridot",
      "background": "#B4C424",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.86
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseFirstWhen": "Acid Green is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B0BF1A.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Peridot is better when the design needs balanced yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B4C424.",
  "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/acid-green-vs-peridot.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/acid-green.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peridot.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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