Nearest-color comparison

Sage Gray vs Willow Green

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.

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.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Sage Gray#B2AC88

Willow Green#A8B88F

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Sage Gray and Willow Green across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance17.1

Pair contrast1.08:1

Luminance delta0.0384

Hue delta32 deg

Lighter colorWillow Green

More saturatedWillow Green

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

yellow color

Sage Gray

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.

HEX#B2AC88 RGB178, 172, 136 HSL51, 21, 62 CMYK0, 3, 24, 30 Luminance0.4075 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

green color

Willow Green

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.

HEX#A8B88F RGB168, 184, 143 HSL83, 22, 64 CMYK9, 0, 22, 28 Luminance0.4459 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Sage Gray or Willow Green

Choose Sage GraySage Gray is better when the design needs muted and earth tone yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #B2AC88.

Choose Willow GreenWillow Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #A8B88F.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertySage GrayWillow Green

HEX#B2AC88#A8B88F

RGB178, 172, 136168, 184, 143

HSL51, 21, 6283, 22, 64

CMYK0, 3, 24, 309, 0, 22, 28

FamilyYellowGreen

TemperatureWarmCool

ToneMuted, Earth ToneMuted, Earth Tone

Luminance0.40750.4459

Black contrast9.15:19.92:1

White contrast2.3:12.12:1

Shared tonesMuted, Earth Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Sage Grayblack text - 9.15:1

Willow Greenblack text - 9.92:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Sage Gray#B2AC88

Willow Green#A8B88F

#D7D3C1#D7D3C1

#D3DBC7#D3DBC7

#8A90B2#8A90B2

#9E8FB7#9E8FB7

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    "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

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  "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
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "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."
}

Related API

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  "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"
]

Full JSON dataset

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      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/willow-green/",
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