inline LaTeX math not parsed properly - how to quote literal for longname?

[zeigerpuppy]

In the RMarkdown document, the following inline parses properly (in both HTML and PDF formats):

$\color{DarkGreen}{\text{Green Text}}$

However, when trying to use the same in an acronym:

---
acronyms:
  keys:
    - shortname: myacr
      longname: $\color{DarkGreen}{\text{Green Text}}$
---

\acr{myacr}

this gets parsed in LaTeX as:

\textbackslash color\{DarkGreen\}\{\textbackslash text\{Green Text\}\}

It looks like the backslash gets converted to a \textbackslash which results in the LaTex not working.

whereas it should be parsed as

\(\color{DarkGreen}{\text{Green Text}}\)

Also tried following without success

• \color{DarkGreen}{\text{Green Text}}
• "\color{DarkGreen}{\text{Green Text}}"
• \\color{DarkGreen}{\text{Green Text}}
• \(\color{DarkGreen}{\text{Green Text}}\)

Is there a way to force \acr{} to insert literal?