Nearest-color comparison

Citrine vs Industrial Yellow

Citrine and Industrial Yellow are different yellow colors with HEX values #E4D00A and #F3C300. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 22.2, their contrast ratio is 1.06:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Citrine and Industrial Yellow are very close colors. Citrine is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.06:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Citrine#E4D00A

Industrial Yellow#F3C300

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance22.2

Pair contrast1.06:1

Luminance delta0.0355

Hue delta6 deg

Lighter colorCitrine

More saturatedIndustrial Yellow

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

yellow color

Citrine

Citrine is #E4D00A, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Industrial Yellow, 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#E4D00A RGB228, 208, 10 HSL54, 92, 47 CMYK0, 9, 96, 11 Luminance0.6163 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

yellow color

Industrial Yellow

Industrial Yellow is #F3C300, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Citrine, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for industrial design, safety systems, and hardware palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#F3C300 RGB243, 195, 0 HSL48, 100, 48 CMYK0, 20, 100, 5 Luminance0.5808 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Citrine or Industrial Yellow

Choose CitrineCitrine is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E4D00A.

Choose Industrial YellowIndustrial Yellow is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F3C300.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyCitrineIndustrial Yellow

HEX#E4D00A#F3C300

RGB228, 208, 10243, 195, 0

HSL54, 92, 4748, 100, 48

CMYK0, 9, 96, 110, 20, 100, 5

FamilyYellowYellow

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.61630.5808

Black contrast13.33:112.62:1

White contrast1.58:11.66:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Citrineblack text - 13.33:1

Industrial Yellowblack text - 12.62:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Citrine#E4D00A

Industrial Yellow#F3C300

#F8E754#F8E754

#FFDC52#FFDC52

#0A20E6#0A20E6

#0031F5#0031F5

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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    "contrast": {
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    },
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      ]
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      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 13.33
    },
    "description": "Citrine is #E4D00A, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Industrial Yellow, 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/citrine/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/citrine.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "industrial-yellow",
    "name": "Industrial Yellow",
    "hex": "#F3C300",
    "rgb": [
      243,
      195,
      0
    ],
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      48
    ],
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      0,
      20,
      100,
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    ],
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    "tone": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.5808,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 12.62,
      "white": 1.66
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
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        "#000000",
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      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 12.62
    },
    "description": "Industrial Yellow is #F3C300, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Citrine, it is darker and more saturated. 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"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 22.2,
  "contrastRatio": 1.06,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 6,
    "saturation": 8,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0355,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Citrine",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Industrial Yellow"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.06,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Citrine",
      "background": "#E4D00A",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 13.33
    },
    {
      "color": "Industrial Yellow",
      "background": "#F3C300",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 12.62
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseFirstWhen": "Citrine is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E4D00A.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Industrial Yellow is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #F3C300.",
  "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/citrine-vs-industrial-yellow.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/citrine.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/industrial-yellow.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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