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Sage Gray Palette

Sage Gray Palette: #B2AC88, #8A90B2, #B2988A, #A4B28A. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Sage Gray Palette assigns primary #B2AC88, secondary #8A90B2, surface #B2988A, background #A4B28A, accent #000000. The set spans Yellow, Blue, Orange, and Green families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #A4B28A at 0.4157; black gives higher contrast on 4 of 5 values.

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Palette Color Roles

Sage Gray Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#B2AC88Sage Gray
Secondary#8A90B2#8A90B2
Surface#B2988A#B2988A
Background#A4B28A#A4B28A
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-sage-gray-primary: #B2AC88;
--palette-sage-gray-secondary: #8A90B2;
--palette-sage-gray-surface: #B2988A;
--palette-sage-gray-background: #A4B28A;
--palette-sage-gray-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Sage Gray Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#B2AC88
Black 9.15:1 · White 2.3:1
Best #000000
Secondary#8A90B2
Black 6.71:1 · White 3.13:1
Best #000000
Surface#B2988A
Black 7.75:1 · White 2.71:1
Best #000000
Background#A4B28A
Black 9.31:1 · White 2.25:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Sage Gray Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Sage Gray Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Sage Gray Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.4075
Black text9.15:1AA Pass
White text2.3:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#B2AC88",
    "name": "Sage Gray"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#8A90B2",
    "name": "#8A90B2"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#B2988A",
    "name": "#B2988A"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#A4B28A",
    "name": "#A4B28A"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#B2AC88",
    "name": "Sage Gray",
    "blackContrast": 9.15,
    "whiteContrast": 2.3,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#8A90B2",
    "name": "#8A90B2",
    "blackContrast": 6.71,
    "whiteContrast": 3.13,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#B2988A",
    "name": "#B2988A",
    "blackContrast": 7.75,
    "whiteContrast": 2.71,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#A4B28A",
    "name": "#A4B28A",
    "blackContrast": 9.31,
    "whiteContrast": 2.25,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "sage gray palette",
  "generated palette",
  "yellow palette",
  "blue palette",
  "orange palette",
  "green palette",
  "gray palette",
  "muted palette",
  "earth tone palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "warm palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "quiet UI themes",
  "natural branding",
  "wellness and botanical palettes"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-sage-gray-primary: #B2AC88;\n--palette-sage-gray-secondary: #8A90B2;\n--palette-sage-gray-surface: #B2988A;\n--palette-sage-gray-background: #A4B28A;\n--palette-sage-gray-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
  "datasetVersion": "1.0.0",
  "slug": "sage-gray",
  "name": "Sage Gray Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "sage-gray",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Sage Gray, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Sage Gray Palette combines primary #B2AC88, secondary #8A90B2, surface #B2988A, background #A4B28A, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a yellow palette, blue palette, orange palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
    "sage gray palette",
    "generated palette",
    "yellow palette",
    "blue palette",
    "orange palette",
    "green palette",
    "gray palette",
    "muted palette",
    "earth tone palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "warm palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "quiet UI themes",
    "natural branding",
    "wellness and botanical palettes"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#B2AC88",
      "slug": "sage-gray",
      "name": "Sage Gray",
      "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"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/sage-gray/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#8A90B2",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#8A90B2",
      "rgb": [
        138,
        144,
        178
      ],
      "hsl": [
        231,
        21,
        62
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        22,
        19,
        0,
        30
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.2856,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 6.71,
        "white": 3.13
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#B2988A",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#B2988A",
      "rgb": [
        178,
        152,
        138
      ],
      "hsl": [
        21,
        21,
        62
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        15,
        22,
        30
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "muted",
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.3376,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 7.75,
        "white": 2.71
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#A4B28A",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#A4B28A",
      "rgb": [
        164,
        178,
        138
      ],
      "hsl": [
        81,
        21,
        62
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        8,
        0,
        22,
        30
      ],
      "family": "green",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "muted",
        "earth-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.4157,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 9.31,
        "white": 2.25
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
        "neutral"
      ],
      "luminance": 0,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 1,
        "white": 21
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
  ],
  "roles": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#B2AC88",
      "name": "Sage Gray"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#8A90B2",
      "name": "#8A90B2"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#B2988A",
      "name": "#B2988A"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#A4B28A",
      "name": "#A4B28A"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#B2AC88",
      "name": "Sage Gray",
      "blackContrast": 9.15,
      "whiteContrast": 2.3,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#8A90B2",
      "name": "#8A90B2",
      "blackContrast": 6.71,
      "whiteContrast": 3.13,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#B2988A",
      "name": "#B2988A",
      "blackContrast": 7.75,
      "whiteContrast": 2.71,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#A4B28A",
      "name": "#A4B28A",
      "blackContrast": 9.31,
      "whiteContrast": 2.25,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-sage-gray-primary: #B2AC88;\n--palette-sage-gray-secondary: #8A90B2;\n--palette-sage-gray-surface: #B2988A;\n--palette-sage-gray-background: #A4B28A;\n--palette-sage-gray-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/sage-gray.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-gray.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/sage-gray/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/sage-gray.json"
}
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