Nearest-color comparison

Chartreuse vs Lawn Green

Chartreuse and Lawn Green are different green colors with HEX values #7FFF00 and #7CFC00. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 4.2, their contrast ratio is 1.03:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Chartreuse and Lawn Green are very close colors. Chartreuse is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.03:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Chartreuse#7FFF00

Lawn Green#7CFC00

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance4.2

Pair contrast1.03:1

Luminance delta0.0212

Hue delta0 deg

Lighter colorChartreuse

More saturatedChartreuse

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Chartreuse

Chartreuse is #7FFF00, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Lawn Green, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#7FFF00 RGB127, 255, 0 HSL90, 100, 50 CMYK50, 0, 100, 0 Luminance0.7603 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Lawn Green

Lawn Green is #7CFC00, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Chartreuse, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#7CFC00 RGB124, 252, 0 HSL90, 100, 49 CMYK51, 0, 100, 1 Luminance0.7391 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Chartreuse or Lawn Green

Choose ChartreuseChartreuse is better when the design needs vibrant green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #7FFF00.

Choose Lawn GreenLawn Green is better when the design needs vibrant green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #7CFC00.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyChartreuseLawn Green

HEX#7FFF00#7CFC00

RGB127, 255, 0124, 252, 0

HSL90, 100, 5090, 100, 49

CMYK50, 0, 100, 051, 0, 100, 1

FamilyGreenGreen

TemperatureCoolCool

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.76030.7391

Black contrast16.21:115.78:1

White contrast1.3:11.33:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Chartreuseblack text - 16.21:1

Lawn Greenblack text - 15.78:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Chartreuse#7FFF00

Lawn Green#7CFC00

#ADFF5C#ADFF5C

#ABFF57#ABFF57

#7F00FF#7F00FF

#7D00FA#7D00FA

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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      "label": "black text",
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    },
    "description": "Chartreuse is #7FFF00, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Lawn Green, it is lighter and similar in saturation. 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/chartreuse/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "lawn-green",
    "name": "Lawn Green",
    "hex": "#7CFC00",
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      124,
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    ],
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    "tone": [
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    ],
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      "white": 1.33
    },
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 15.78
    },
    "description": "Lawn Green is #7CFC00, a cool green color with vibrant character. Compared with Chartreuse, it is darker and similar in saturation. 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/lawn-green/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lawn-green.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 4.2,
  "contrastRatio": 1.03,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 0,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0212,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Chartreuse",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Chartreuse"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.03,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Chartreuse",
      "background": "#7FFF00",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 16.21
    },
    {
      "color": "Lawn Green",
      "background": "#7CFC00",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 15.78
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Lawn Green is better when the design needs vibrant green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #7CFC00.",
  "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/lawn-green.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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