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Combination 153

Sanzo Wada · Eosine Pink · Orange Yellow · Citron Yellow

Combination 153 is a vivid color combination of 3 colors, combination 153 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Eosine Pink #F37F94, Orange Yellow #FCB315, Citron Yellow #B2B73E. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 1.4:1). Some colors get hard to tell apart with color blindness (closest pair ΔE00 3.3). All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).

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

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#F37F94 Eosine Pink243 127 148(0.7319 0.1429 9.8)0/63/24/0
#FCB315 Orange Yellow252 179 21(0.8149 0.1663 78.4)0/35/92/0
#B2B73E Citron Yellow178 183 62(0.7529 0.1414 111.6)36/16/87/2

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 0.8).

Best text pair

below AA · 1.4:1
The quick brown fox#F37F94 on #FCB315 · WCAG 1.4:1 · APCA Lc 13.8

Color blindness

check · closest ΔE00 3.3
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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