{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"sage-gray-vs-greige","type":"nearest","name":"Sage Gray vs Greige","verdict":"Sage Gray and Greige are very close colors. Sage Gray is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.02:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Sage Gray and Greige are different yellow and orange colors with HEX values #B2AC88 and #B0A999. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 17.4, their contrast ratio is 1.02:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":17.4,"contrastRatio":1.02,"colors":[{"slug":"sage-gray","name":"Sage Gray","hex":"#B2AC88","rgb":[178,172,136],"hsl":[51,21,62],"cmyk":[0,3,24,30],"family":"yellow","temperature":"warm","tone":["muted","earth-tone"],"luminance":0.4075,"contrast":{"black":9.15,"white":2.3},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":9.15},"description":"Sage Gray is #B2AC88, a warm yellow color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Greige, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for natural palettes, wellness branding, and sustainability design, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sage-gray/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-gray.json"},{"slug":"greige","name":"Greige","hex":"#B0A999","rgb":[176,169,153],"hsl":[42,13,65],"cmyk":[0,4,13,31],"family":"orange","temperature":"warm","tone":["muted","earth-tone"],"luminance":0.3991,"contrast":{"black":8.98,"white":2.34},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":8.98},"description":"Greige is #B0A999, a warm orange color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Sage Gray, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for backgrounds, typography, and product surfaces, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/greige/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/greige.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":17.4,"contrastRatio":1.02,"hslDelta":{"hue":9,"saturation":8,"lightness":3},"luminanceDelta":0.0084,"sameFamily":false,"sameTemperature":true,"sharedTones":["muted","earth-tone"],"lighterColor":"Sage Gray","moreSaturatedColor":"Sage Gray"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.02,"textRecommendation":"Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.","safeText":[{"color":"Sage Gray","background":"#B2AC88","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":9.15},{"color":"Greige","background":"#B0A999","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":8.98}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Sage Gray is better when the design needs muted and earth tone yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B2AC88.","chooseSecondWhen":"Greige is better when the design needs muted and earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B0A999.","useTogetherWhen":"Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."},"relatedApi":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/sage-gray-vs-greige.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-gray.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/greige.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/sage-gray-vs-greige/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/sage-gray-vs-greige.json"}