Kelly Green vs Lime Green

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  "slug": "kelly-green-vs-lime-green",
  "type": "nearest",
  "name": "Kelly Green vs Lime Green",
  "verdict": "Kelly Green and Lime Green are visually related colors. Lime Green is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.18:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.",
  "summary": "Kelly Green and Lime Green are different green colors with HEX values #4CBB17 and #32CD32. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 41.6, their contrast ratio is 1.18:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
  "rgbDistance": 41.6,
  "contrastRatio": 1.18,
  "colors": [
    {
      "slug": "kelly-green",
      "name": "Kelly Green",
      "hex": "#4CBB17",
      "rgb": [
        76,
        187,
        23
      ],
      "hsl": [
        101,
        78,
        41
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        59,
        0,
        88,
        27
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant",
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3714,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 8.43,
        "white": 2.49
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 8.43
      },
      "description": "Kelly Green is #4CBB17, a cool green color with vibrant and jewel tone character. Compared with Lime Green, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/kelly-green/",
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    },
    {
      "slug": "lime-green",
      "name": "Lime Green",
      "hex": "#32CD32",
      "rgb": [
        50,
        205,
        50
      ],
      "hsl": [
        120,
        61,
        50
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        76,
        0,
        76,
        20
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.4457,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 9.91,
        "white": 2.12
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 9.91
      },
      "description": "Lime Green is #32CD32, a cool green color with earth tone character. Compared with Kelly Green, it is lighter and less saturated. 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/lime-green/",
      "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lime-green.json"
    }
  ],
  "differences": {
    "rgbDistance": 41.6,
    "contrastRatio": 1.18,
    "hslDelta": {
      "hue": 19,
      "saturation": 17,
      "lightness": 9
    },
    "luminanceDelta": 0.0743,
    "sameFamily": true,
    "sameTemperature": true,
    "sharedTones": [],
    "lighterColor": "Lime Green",
    "moreSaturatedColor": "Kelly Green"
  },
  "accessibility": {
    "pairContrastRatio": 1.18,
    "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
    "safeText": [
      {
        "color": "Kelly Green",
        "background": "#4CBB17",
        "foreground": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 8.43
      },
      {
        "color": "Lime Green",
        "background": "#32CD32",
        "foreground": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 9.91
      }
    ]
  },
  "useCases": {
    "chooseFirstWhen": "Kelly Green is better when the design needs vibrant and jewel tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #4CBB17.",
    "chooseSecondWhen": "Lime Green is better when the design needs earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #32CD32.",
    "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
  },
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    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/lime-green.json"
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