Nearest-color comparison

Mustard Yellow vs Chrome Yellow

Mustard Yellow and Chrome Yellow are different yellow and orange colors with HEX values #E1AD01 and #FFA700. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 30.6, their contrast ratio is 1.06:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Mustard Yellow and Chrome Yellow are visually related colors. Chrome Yellow 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

Mustard Yellow#E1AD01

Chrome Yellow#FFA700

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance30.6

Pair contrast1.06:1

Luminance delta0.03

Hue delta7 deg

Lighter colorChrome Yellow

More saturatedChrome Yellow

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

yellow color

Mustard Yellow

Mustard Yellow is #E1AD01, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Chrome Yellow, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for highlight colors, editorial accents, and warm backgrounds, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#E1AD01 RGB225, 173, 1 HSL46, 99, 44 CMYK0, 23, 100, 12 Luminance0.459 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Chrome Yellow

Chrome Yellow is #FFA700, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Mustard Yellow, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FFA700 RGB255, 167, 0 HSL39, 100, 50 CMYK0, 35, 100, 0 Luminance0.489 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Mustard Yellow or Chrome Yellow

Choose Mustard YellowMustard Yellow is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E1AD01.

Choose Chrome YellowChrome Yellow is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFA700.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyMustard YellowChrome Yellow

HEX#E1AD01#FFA700

RGB225, 173, 1255, 167, 0

HSL46, 99, 4439, 100, 50

CMYK0, 23, 100, 120, 35, 100, 0

FamilyYellowOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantVibrant

Luminance0.4590.489

Black contrast10.18:110.78:1

White contrast2.06:11.95:1

Shared tonesVibrant

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Mustard Yellowblack text - 10.18:1

Chrome Yellowblack text - 10.78:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Mustard Yellow#E1AD01

Chrome Yellow#FFA700

#FED13E#FED13E

#FFC65C#FFC65C

#0135DF#0135DF

#0059FF#0059FF

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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      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.18
    },
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    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/mustard-yellow/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "chrome-yellow",
    "name": "Chrome Yellow",
    "hex": "#FFA700",
    "rgb": [
      255,
      167,
      0
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      0,
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    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.489,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 10.78,
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    },
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    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.78
    },
    "description": "Chrome Yellow is #FFA700, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Mustard Yellow, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for historical references, pigment palettes, and cultural color systems, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/chrome-yellow/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/chrome-yellow.json"
  }
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Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 30.6,
  "contrastRatio": 1.06,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 7,
    "saturation": 1,
    "lightness": 6
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.03,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "vibrant"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Chrome Yellow",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Chrome Yellow"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.06,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Mustard Yellow",
      "background": "#E1AD01",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.18
    },
    {
      "color": "Chrome Yellow",
      "background": "#FFA700",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.78
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Chrome Yellow is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFA700.",
  "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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Full JSON dataset

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