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Combination 121

Sanzo Wada · Brown · Ochraceous Salmon · Lincoln Green

Combination 121 is an earthy color combination of 3 colors, combination 121 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Brown #7C4226, Ochraceous Salmon #D8A37B, Lincoln Green #555832. Its most readable text pair is #7C4226 on #D8A37B (WCAG 3.54:1, AA large). Some colors get hard to tell apart with color blindness (closest pair ΔE00 3.9). All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).

Colors converted from the book's printed CMYK by Matt DesLauriers, after Dain M. Blodorn Kim (MIT).

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#7C4226 Brown124 66 38(0.4450 0.0900 45.4)33/72/84/41
#D8A37B Ochraceous Salmon216 163 123(0.7557 0.0829 58.1)14/40/54/3
#555832 Lincoln Green85 88 50(0.4477 0.0569 112.4)60/45/83/43

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 0.7).

Best text pair

AA large · 3.54:1
The quick brown fox#7C4226 on #D8A37B · WCAG 3.54:1 · APCA Lc 41.2

Color blindness

check · closest ΔE00 3.9
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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