Combination 169

Sanzo Wada · Corinthian Pink · Pale Lemon Yellow · Warm Gray

Combination 169 is a pastel, muted, light color combination of 3 colors, combination 169 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Corinthian Pink #F8B6BA, Pale Lemon Yellow #FFEFAE, Warm Gray #A1A39A. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 2.22:1). The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).

Boho pastel muted light warm

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
#F8B6BA Corinthian Pink	248 182 186	(0.8383 0.0770 14.8)	0/39/19/0
#FFEFAE Pale Lemon Yellow	255 239 174	(0.9498 0.0841 95.9)	0/5/41/0
#A1A39A Warm Gray	161 163 154	(0.7112 0.0130 116.9)	38/28/36/9