Nearest-color comparison

Peridot vs Yellow Green

Peridot and Yellow Green are different yellow and green colors with HEX values #B4C424 and #9ACD32. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 30.9, their contrast ratio is 1.03:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Peridot and Yellow Green are visually related colors. Yellow Green is the lighter option. Peridot reads warmer. Their mutual contrast is 1.03:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Peridot#B4C424

Yellow Green#9ACD32

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance30.9

Pair contrast1.03:1

Luminance delta0.0145

Hue delta14 deg

Lighter colorYellow Green

More saturatedPeridot

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

yellow color

Peridot

Peridot is #B4C424, a warm yellow color with balanced character. Compared with Yellow Green, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#B4C424 RGB180, 196, 36 HSL66, 69, 45 CMYK8, 0, 82, 23 Luminance0.4931 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Yellow Green

Yellow Green is #9ACD32, a cool green color with earth tone character. Compared with Peridot, 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.

HEX#9ACD32 RGB154, 205, 50 HSL80, 61, 50 CMYK25, 0, 76, 20 Luminance0.5076 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Peridot or Yellow Green

Choose PeridotPeridot is better when the design needs balanced yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B4C424.

Choose Yellow GreenYellow Green is better when the design needs earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #9ACD32.

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

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyPeridotYellow Green

HEX#B4C424#9ACD32

RGB180, 196, 36154, 205, 50

HSL66, 69, 4580, 61, 50

CMYK8, 0, 82, 2325, 0, 76, 20

FamilyYellowGreen

TemperatureWarmCool

ToneBalancedEarth Tone

Luminance0.49310.5076

Black contrast10.86:111.15:1

White contrast1.93:11.88:1

Shared tonesNone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Peridotblack text - 10.86:1

Yellow Greenblack text - 11.15:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Peridot#B4C424

Yellow Green#9ACD32

#D5E260#D5E260

#BEDF7C#BEDF7C

#3324C2#3324C2

#6632CD#6632CD

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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    "name": "Peridot",
    "hex": "#B4C424",
    "rgb": [
      180,
      196,
      36
    ],
    "hsl": [
      66,
      69,
      45
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      8,
      0,
      82,
      23
    ],
    "family": "yellow",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "balanced"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.4931,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 10.86,
      "white": 1.93
    },
    "wcag": {
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        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
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        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.86
    },
    "description": "Peridot is #B4C424, a warm yellow color with balanced character. Compared with Yellow Green, it is darker and more saturated. Use it for jewel-tone palettes, luxury branding, and premium interface accents, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/peridot/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peridot.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "yellow-green",
    "name": "Yellow Green",
    "hex": "#9ACD32",
    "rgb": [
      154,
      205,
      50
    ],
    "hsl": [
      80,
      61,
      50
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      25,
      0,
      76,
      20
    ],
    "family": "green",
    "temperature": "cool",
    "tone": [
      "earth-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.5076,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 11.15,
      "white": 1.88
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 11.15
    },
    "description": "Yellow Green is #9ACD32, a cool green color with earth tone character. Compared with Peridot, 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/yellow-green/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/yellow-green.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 30.9,
  "contrastRatio": 1.03,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 14,
    "saturation": 8,
    "lightness": 5
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0145,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": false,
  "sharedTones": [],
  "lighterColor": "Yellow Green",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Peridot"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.03,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Peridot",
      "background": "#B4C424",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.86
    },
    {
      "color": "Yellow Green",
      "background": "#9ACD32",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 11.15
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseFirstWhen": "Peridot is better when the design needs balanced yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B4C424.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Yellow Green is better when the design needs earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #9ACD32.",
  "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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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/peridot-vs-yellow-green.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peridot.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/yellow-green.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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