Yellow Green vs White — Difference, Contrast & Harmony

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Four independent scores (read the one that fits your goal): Readability 20/100 (fail) · Harmony 44/100 (clashing) · Distinguishable 83/100 (easy to tell apart) · Match 0/100 (different). There is no single “good/bad” — a pair can clash for text yet be great for an outfit.

Readability20Fail

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

Fail2.0:1

Harmony44Clashing

Clashing

87° apart

Distinguishable83Easy to tell apart

normal

deuteranopia

ΔE 62 (40 under CVD)

Match0Different

ΔE 62 — different

How different are Yellow Green and White?

Yellow Green and White are very different (ΔE 62). They have distinctly different hues (87° apart) and their lightness is different, giving a clear light/dark split.

Can you read one on the other?

Yellow Green text on White: 2.01:1 (Fail); White text on Yellow Green: 2.01:1 (Fail). Neither meets AA at body size — nudging one color to #598210 clears it.

Common questions

Do Yellow Green and White go well together?

Clashing — awkward hue gap — tends to clash (harmony 44/100). This is about how they look together (clothing, interiors, branding), independent of text contrast.

Is Yellow Green readable as text on White?

Not at body size — the best direction is only 2.0:1, below the 4.5:1 minimum. Nudging one colour to #598210 clears AA.

What is the colour difference (ΔE) between Yellow Green and White?

Their CIE76 ΔE is about 62 — very different.

Are Yellow Green and White the same colour?

clearly different colours (ΔE 62).

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