Nearest-color comparison

Sage Green vs Cement

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.

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.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Sage Green#9CAF88

Cement#A5A391

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance17.5

Pair contrast1.08:1

Luminance delta0.0327

Hue delta35 deg

Lighter colorSage Green

More saturatedSage Green

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

green color

Sage Green

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.

HEX#9CAF88 RGB156, 175, 136 HSL89, 20, 61 CMYK11, 0, 22, 31 Luminance0.3951 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

yellow color

Cement

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.

HEX#A5A391 RGB165, 163, 145 HSL54, 10, 61 CMYK0, 1, 12, 35 Luminance0.3624 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Sage Green or Cement

Choose Sage GreenSage Green is better when the design needs muted and earth tone green character, cool temperature, and the specific HEX value #9CAF88.

Choose CementCement is better when the design needs muted and earth tone yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #A5A391.

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 GreenCement

HEX#9CAF88#A5A391

RGB156, 175, 136165, 163, 145

HSL89, 20, 6154, 10, 61

CMYK11, 0, 22, 310, 1, 12, 35

FamilyGreenYellow

TemperatureCoolWarm

ToneMuted, Earth ToneMuted, Earth Tone

Luminance0.39510.3624

Black contrast8.9:18.25:1

White contrast2.36:12.55:1

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 Greenblack text - 8.9:1

Cementblack text - 8.25:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Sage Green#9CAF88

Cement#A5A391

#CAD4BF#CAD4BF

#CFCEC4#CFCEC4

#9B88AF#9B88AF

#9294A5#9294A5

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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      "label": "black text",
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    },
    "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.",
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  },
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    "name": "Cement",
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    },
    "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.",
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  }
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Differences

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  "contrastRatio": 1.08,
  "hslDelta": {
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    "saturation": 10,
    "lightness": 0
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0327,
  "sameFamily": false,
  "sameTemperature": false,
  "sharedTones": [
    "muted",
    "earth-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Sage Green",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Sage Green"
}

Accessibility

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  "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
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "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."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-green.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cement.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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