Combination 229 is a muted color combination of 3 colors, combination 229 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Golden Yellow #F3A257, Deep Slate Olive #253122, Neutral Gray #B6BFC1. Its most readable text pair is #253122 on #B6BFC1 (WCAG 7.27:1, AAA). The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. 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
Best text pair
The quick brown fox#253122 on #B6BFC1 · WCAG 7.27:1 · APCA Lc 62.5
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
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