Combination 145

Sanzo Wada · Brown · Citron Yellow · Dull Violet Black

Combination 145 is a colorful color combination of 3 colors, combination 145 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Brown #7C4226, Citron Yellow #B2B73E, Dull Violet Black #1E0E3F. Its most readable text pair is #B2B73E on #1E0E3F (WCAG 8.18:1, AAA). The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. Not every color prints on coated paper: the furthest is ΔE00 3.4 off (FOGRA39).

colorful

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

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39

Color	RGB	OKLCH	CMYK
#7C4226 Brown	124 66 38	(0.4450 0.0900 45.4)	33/72/84/41
#B2B73E Citron Yellow	178 183 62	(0.7529 0.1414 111.6)	36/16/87/2
#1E0E3F Dull Violet Black	30 14 63	(0.2213 0.0879 292.8)	100/100/39/49 ⚠ ΔE 3.4