{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"sage-gray-vs-willow-green","type":"nearest","name":"Sage Gray vs Willow Green","verdict":"Sage Gray and Willow Green are very close colors. Willow Green is the lighter option. Sage Gray reads warmer. Their mutual contrast is 1.08:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.","summary":"Sage Gray and Willow Green are different yellow and green colors with HEX values #B2AC88 and #A8B88F. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 17.1, their contrast ratio is 1.08:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":17.1,"contrastRatio":1.08,"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 Willow Green, it is darker and less 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":"willow-green","name":"Willow Green","hex":"#A8B88F","rgb":[168,184,143],"hsl":[83,22,64],"cmyk":[9,0,22,28],"family":"green","temperature":"cool","tone":["muted","earth-tone"],"luminance":0.4459,"contrast":{"black":9.92,"white":2.12},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":9.92},"description":"Willow Green is #A8B88F, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Sage Gray, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for botanical palettes, natural product design, and seasonal editorial palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/willow-green/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/willow-green.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":17.1,"contrastRatio":1.08,"hslDelta":{"hue":32,"saturation":1,"lightness":2},"luminanceDelta":0.0384,"sameFamily":false,"sameTemperature":false,"sharedTones":["muted","earth-tone"],"lighterColor":"Willow Green","moreSaturatedColor":"Willow Green"},"accessibility":{"pairContrastRatio":1.08,"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":"Willow Green","background":"#A8B88F","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":9.92}]},"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":"Willow Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #A8B88F.","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-willow-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-gray.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/willow-green.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/sage-gray-vs-willow-green/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/sage-gray-vs-willow-green.json"}