Nearest-color comparison
Citrine #E4D00A vs Safety Yellow #EED202: RGB distance 13 and contrast 1.04:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Citrine and Safety Yellow are very close, with an RGB distance of 13. Safety Yellow is lighter by 0.0264, and Safety Yellow is more saturated by 6 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.04:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Citrine and Safety Yellow across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
yellow color
Citrine is #E4D00A, a warm yellow with hue 54°, saturation 92% and luminance 0.6163. Beside Safety Yellow, it is darker and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 13.33:1.
yellow color
Safety Yellow is #EED202, a warm yellow with hue 53°, saturation 98% and luminance 0.6427. Beside Citrine, it is lighter and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 13.85:1.
Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.
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Colors Encyclopedia
colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and linksdifferencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributesaccessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each coloruseCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them togetherrelatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints[
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