Nearest-color comparison

Acid Green vs Yellow Green

Acid Green and Yellow Green are different yellow and green colors with HEX values #B0BF1A and #9ACD32. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 35.4, their contrast ratio is 1.08:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Acid Green and Yellow Green are visually related colors. Yellow Green is the lighter option. Acid Green reads warmer. Their mutual contrast is 1.08:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Acid Green#B0BF1A

Yellow Green#9ACD32

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance35.4

Pair contrast1.08:1

Luminance delta0.0419

Hue delta15 deg

Lighter colorYellow Green

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 Yellow Green, 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

green color

Yellow Green

Yellow Green is #9ACD32, a cool green color with earth tone character. Compared with Acid Green, it is lighter and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#9ACD32 RGB154, 205, 50 HSL80, 61, 50 CMYK25, 0, 76, 20 Luminance0.5076 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Acid Green or Yellow Green

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

Choose Yellow GreenYellow Green is better when the design needs earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #9ACD32.

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 GreenYellow Green

HEX#B0BF1A#9ACD32

RGB176, 191, 26154, 205, 50

HSL65, 76, 4380, 61, 50

CMYK8, 0, 86, 2525, 0, 76, 20

FamilyYellowGreen

TemperatureWarmCool

ToneVibrantEarth Tone

Luminance0.46570.5076

Black contrast10.31:111.15:1

White contrast2.04:11.88:1

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

Yellow Greenblack text - 11.15:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Acid Green#B0BF1A

Yellow Green#9ACD32

#DBE750#DBE750

#BEDF7C#BEDF7C

#281AC1#281AC1

#6632CD#6632CD

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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    "hsl": [
      65,
      76,
      43
    ],
    "cmyk": [
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      25
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    "family": "yellow",
    "temperature": "warm",
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    ],
    "luminance": 0.4657,
    "contrast": {
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      "white": 2.04
    },
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        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
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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 Yellow Green, 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/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/acid-green.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "yellow-green",
    "name": "Yellow Green",
    "hex": "#9ACD32",
    "rgb": [
      154,
      205,
      50
    ],
    "hsl": [
      80,
      61,
      50
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      25,
      0,
      76,
      20
    ],
    "family": "green",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "earth-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.5076,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 11.15,
      "white": 1.88
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 11.15
    },
    "description": "Yellow Green is #9ACD32, a cool green color with earth tone character. Compared with Acid Green, it is lighter and less 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/yellow-green/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/yellow-green.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 35.4,
  "contrastRatio": 1.08,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 15,
    "saturation": 15,
    "lightness": 7
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0419,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": false,
  "sharedTones": [],
  "lighterColor": "Yellow Green",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Acid Green"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.08,
  "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": "Yellow Green",
      "background": "#9ACD32",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 11.15
    }
  ]
}

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": "Yellow Green is better when the design needs earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #9ACD32.",
  "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-yellow-green.json",
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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/yellow-green.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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