Nearest-color comparison

Honey vs Sunflower

Honey #FFC30B vs Sunflower #FFC512: RGB distance 7.3 and contrast 1.01:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.

Honey and Sunflower are very close, with an RGB distance of 7.3. Sunflower is lighter by 0.0093, and their saturation is equal. Their mutual contrast is 1.01:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Honey#FFC30B

Sunflower#FFC512

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Honey and Sunflower across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance7.3

Pair contrast1.01:1

Luminance delta0.0093

Hue delta0 deg

Lighter colorSunflower

More saturatedHoney

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

yellow color

Honey

Honey is #FFC30B, a warm yellow with hue 45°, saturation 100% and luminance 0.6031. Beside Sunflower, it is darker and equally saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 13.06:1.

HEX#FFC30B RGB255, 195, 11 HSL45, 100, 52 CMYK0, 24, 96, 0 Luminance0.6031 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

yellow color

Sunflower

Sunflower is #FFC512, a warm yellow with hue 45°, saturation 100% and luminance 0.6124. Beside Honey, it is lighter and equally saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 13.25:1.

HEX#FFC512 RGB255, 197, 18 HSL45, 100, 54 CMYK0, 23, 93, 0 Luminance0.6124 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Honey or Sunflower

Choose HoneyChoose Honey when the design calls for vibrant yellow color at #FFC30B, with warm temperature and 52% HSL lightness.

Choose SunflowerChoose Sunflower when #FFC512, its vibrant yellow character, or its 54% HSL lightness is the closer match.

Use togetherTreat them as tonal alternatives or adjacent palette steps, not as text and background. Their contrast is only 1.01:1. They share vibrant tone characteristics.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyHoneySunflower

HEX#FFC30B#FFC512

RGB255, 195, 11255, 197, 18

HSL45, 100, 5245, 100, 54

CMYK0, 24, 96, 00, 23, 93, 0

FamilyYellowYellow

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.60310.6124

Black contrast13.06:113.25:1

White contrast1.61:11.59:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Honeyblack text - 13.06:1

Sunflowerblack text - 13.25:1

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Related Palette Strip

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

Honey#FFC30B

Sunflower#FFC512

#FFD966#FFD966

#FFDB70#FFDB70

#0A47FF#0A47FF

#144FFF#144FFF

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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  {
    "slug": "honey",
    "name": "Honey",
    "hex": "#FFC30B",
    "rgb": [
      255,
      195,
      11
    ],
    "hsl": [
      45,
      100,
      52
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      24,
      96,
      0
    ],
    "family": "yellow",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.6031,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 13.06,
      "white": 1.61
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 13.06
    },
    "description": "Honey is #FFC30B, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Sunflower, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/honey/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/honey.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "sunflower",
    "name": "Sunflower",
    "hex": "#FFC512",
    "rgb": [
      255,
      197,
      18
    ],
    "hsl": [
      45,
      100,
      54
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      23,
      93,
      0
    ],
    "family": "yellow",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.6124,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 13.25,
      "white": 1.59
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 13.25
    },
    "description": "Sunflower is #FFC512, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Honey, 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/sunflower/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sunflower.json"
  }
]

Differences

{
  "rgbDistance": 7.3,
  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 0,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 2
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0093,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Sunflower",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Honey"
}

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": "Honey",
      "background": "#FFC30B",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 13.06
    },
    {
      "color": "Sunflower",
      "background": "#FFC512",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 13.25
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Honey is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFC30B.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Sunflower is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFC512.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

[
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/honey-vs-sunflower.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/honey.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sunflower.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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  "slug": "honey-vs-sunflower",
  "type": "nearest",
  "name": "Honey vs Sunflower",
  "verdict": "Honey and Sunflower are very close colors. Sunflower 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.",
  "summary": "Honey and Sunflower are different yellow colors with HEX values #FFC30B and #FFC512. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 7.3, their contrast ratio is 1.01:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
  "rgbDistance": 7.3,
  "contrastRatio": 1.01,
  "colors": [
    {
      "slug": "honey",
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      "rgb": [
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      "hsl": [
        45,
        100,
        52
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
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        96,
        0
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.6031,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 13.06,
        "white": 1.61
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 13.06
      },
      "description": "Honey is #FFC30B, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Sunflower, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/honey/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/honey.json"
    },
    {
      "slug": "sunflower",
      "name": "Sunflower",
      "hex": "#FFC512",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        197,
        18
      ],
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        45,
        100,
        54
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        23,
        93,
        0
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
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      ],
      "luminance": 0.6124,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 13.25,
        "white": 1.59
      },
      "wcag": {
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          "#000000",
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          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 13.25
      },
      "description": "Sunflower is #FFC512, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Honey, 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/sunflower/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sunflower.json"
    }
  ],
  "differences": {
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    "contrastRatio": 1.01,
    "hslDelta": {
      "hue": 0,
      "saturation": 0,
      "lightness": 2
    },
    "luminanceDelta": 0.0093,
    "sameFamily": true,
    "sameTemperature": true,
    "sharedTones": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "lighterColor": "Sunflower",
    "moreSaturatedColor": "Honey"
  },
  "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": "Honey",
        "background": "#FFC30B",
        "foreground": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 13.06
      },
      {
        "color": "Sunflower",
        "background": "#FFC512",
        "foreground": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 13.25
      }
    ]
  },
  "useCases": {
    "chooseFirstWhen": "Honey is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFC30B.",
    "chooseSecondWhen": "Sunflower is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFC512.",
    "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
  },
  "relatedApi": [
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    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/honey.json",
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  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/honey-vs-sunflower/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/honey-vs-sunflower.json"
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