Mustard Yellow vs Industrial Yellow

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  "slug": "mustard-yellow-vs-industrial-yellow",
  "type": "nearest",
  "name": "Mustard Yellow vs Industrial Yellow",
  "verdict": "Mustard Yellow and Industrial Yellow are visually related colors. Industrial Yellow is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.24:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.",
  "summary": "Mustard Yellow and Industrial Yellow are different yellow colors with HEX values #E1AD01 and #F3C300. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 28.4, their contrast ratio is 1.24:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
  "rgbDistance": 28.4,
  "contrastRatio": 1.24,
  "colors": [
    {
      "slug": "mustard-yellow",
      "name": "Mustard Yellow",
      "hex": "#E1AD01",
      "rgb": [
        225,
        173,
        1
      ],
      "hsl": [
        46,
        99,
        44
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        23,
        100,
        12
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.459,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 10.18,
        "white": 2.06
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 10.18
      },
      "description": "Mustard Yellow is #E1AD01, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Industrial 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.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/mustard-yellow/",
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    },
    {
      "slug": "industrial-yellow",
      "name": "Industrial Yellow",
      "hex": "#F3C300",
      "rgb": [
        243,
        195,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        48,
        100,
        48
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        20,
        100,
        5
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.5808,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 12.62,
        "white": 1.66
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "bestText": {
        "text": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 12.62
      },
      "description": "Industrial Yellow is #F3C300, a warm yellow color with vibrant character. Compared with Mustard Yellow, it is lighter 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": {
    "rgbDistance": 28.4,
    "contrastRatio": 1.24,
    "hslDelta": {
      "hue": 2,
      "saturation": 1,
      "lightness": 4
    },
    "luminanceDelta": 0.1218,
    "sameFamily": true,
    "sameTemperature": true,
    "sharedTones": [
      "vibrant"
    ],
    "lighterColor": "Industrial Yellow",
    "moreSaturatedColor": "Industrial Yellow"
  },
  "accessibility": {
    "pairContrastRatio": 1.24,
    "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": "Industrial Yellow",
        "background": "#F3C300",
        "foreground": "#000000",
        "label": "black text",
        "ratio": 12.62
      }
    ]
  },
  "useCases": {
    "chooseFirstWhen": "Mustard Yellow is better when the design needs vibrant yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E1AD01.",
    "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."
  },
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