Nearest-color comparison
Sage Gray #B2AC88 vs Willow Green #A8B88F: RGB distance 17.1 and contrast 1.08:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.
Sage Gray and Willow Green are very close, with an RGB distance of 17.1. Willow Green is lighter by 0.0384, and Willow Green is more saturated by 1 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.08:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.
The main measurable differences between Sage Gray and Willow Green across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.
yellow color
Sage Gray is #B2AC88, a warm yellow with hue 51°, saturation 21% and luminance 0.4075. Beside Willow Green, it is darker and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 9.15:1.
green color
Willow Green is #A8B88F, a cool green with hue 83°, saturation 22% and luminance 0.4459. Beside Sage Gray, it is lighter and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 9.92:1.
Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.
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Colors Encyclopedia
colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and linksdifferencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributesaccessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each coloruseCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them togetherrelatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints[
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178,
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136
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30
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{
"slug": "willow-green",
"name": "Willow Green",
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168,
184,
143
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"hsl": [
83,
22,
64
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9,
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22,
28
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"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.",
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"lightness": 2
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}{
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"textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
"safeText": [
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"color": "Sage Gray",
"background": "#B2AC88",
"foreground": "#000000",
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"ratio": 9.15
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{
"color": "Willow Green",
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"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."
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"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.",
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