{"datasetVersion":"1.0.0","slug":"sage-green-vs-cement","type":"nearest","name":"Sage Green vs Cement","verdict":"Sage Green and Cement are very close colors. Sage Green is the lighter option. Cement 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 Green and Cement are different green and yellow colors with HEX values #9CAF88 and #A5A391. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 17.5, their contrast ratio is 1.08:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.","rgbDistance":17.5,"contrastRatio":1.08,"colors":[{"slug":"sage-green","name":"Sage Green","hex":"#9CAF88","rgb":[156,175,136],"hsl":[89,20,61],"cmyk":[11,0,22,31],"family":"green","temperature":"cool","tone":["muted","earth-tone"],"luminance":0.3951,"contrast":{"black":8.9,"white":2.36},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":8.9},"description":"Sage Green is #9CAF88, a cool green color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Cement, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for interior design, wellness branding, and natural palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.","url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sage-green/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-green.json"},{"slug":"cement","name":"Cement","hex":"#A5A391","rgb":[165,163,145],"hsl":[54,10,61],"cmyk":[0,1,12,35],"family":"yellow","temperature":"warm","tone":["muted","earth-tone"],"luminance":0.3624,"contrast":{"black":8.25,"white":2.55},"wcag":{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]},"bestText":{"text":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":8.25},"description":"Cement is #A5A391, a warm yellow color with muted and earth tone character. Compared with Sage Green, 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/cement/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cement.json"}],"differences":{"rgbDistance":17.5,"contrastRatio":1.08,"hslDelta":{"hue":35,"saturation":10,"lightness":0},"luminanceDelta":0.0327,"sameFamily":false,"sameTemperature":false,"sharedTones":["muted","earth-tone"],"lighterColor":"Sage Green","moreSaturatedColor":"Sage 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 Green","background":"#9CAF88","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":8.9},{"color":"Cement","background":"#A5A391","foreground":"#000000","label":"black text","ratio":8.25}]},"useCases":{"chooseFirstWhen":"Sage Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #9CAF88.","chooseSecondWhen":"Cement is better when the design needs muted and earth tone yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #A5A391.","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-green-vs-cement.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cement.json"],"url":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/compare/sage-green-vs-cement/","apiUrl":"https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/sage-green-vs-cement.json"}