Nearest-color comparison

Cadmium Yellow vs Lemon

Cadmium Yellow and Lemon are different yellow colors with HEX values #FFF600 and #FFF700. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 1, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Cadmium Yellow and Lemon are very close colors. Lemon 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.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Cadmium Yellow#FFF600

Lemon#FFF700

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance1

Pair contrast1.01:1

Luminance delta0.0061

Hue delta0 deg

Lighter colorLemon

More saturatedCadmium Yellow

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

yellow color

Cadmium Yellow

Cadmium Yellow is #FFF600, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Lemon, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FFF600 RGB255, 246, 0 HSL58, 100, 50 CMYK0, 4, 100, 0 Luminance0.8717 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

yellow color

Lemon

Lemon is #FFF700, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Cadmium Yellow, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for highlight colors, editorial accents, and warm backgrounds, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FFF700 RGB255, 247, 0 HSL58, 100, 50 CMYK0, 3, 100, 0 Luminance0.8778 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Cadmium Yellow or Lemon

Choose Cadmium YellowCadmium Yellow is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFF600.

Choose LemonLemon is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFF700.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyCadmium YellowLemon

HEX#FFF600#FFF700

RGB255, 246, 0255, 247, 0

HSL58, 100, 5058, 100, 50

CMYK0, 4, 100, 00, 3, 100, 0

FamilyYellowYellow

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.87170.8778

Black contrast18.43:118.56:1

White contrast1.14:11.13:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Cadmium Yellowblack text - 18.43:1

Lemonblack text - 18.56:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Cadmium Yellow#FFF600

Lemon#FFF700

#FFFA5C#FFFA5C

#0008FF#0008FF

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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    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/cadmium-yellow/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "lemon",
    "name": "Lemon",
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      "label": "black text",
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    },
    "description": "Lemon is #FFF700, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Cadmium Yellow, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for highlight colors, editorial accents, and warm backgrounds, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/lemon/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lemon.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 0,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 0
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0061,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Lemon",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Cadmium 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": "Cadmium Yellow",
      "background": "#FFF600",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 18.43
    },
    {
      "color": "Lemon",
      "background": "#FFF700",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 18.56
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Lemon is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFF700.",
  "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/colors/cadmium-yellow.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lemon.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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