Combination 23 is a color combination of 2 colors, combination 23 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Cinnamon Buff #FDC57E, Light Mauve #9A72AA. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 2.51:1). 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#FDC57E on #9A72AA · WCAG 2.51:1 · APCA Lc -41.7
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
Palettes like Combination 23
all palettes →Combination 180Sanzo Wada · Cinnamon Buff · Light Mauve · Neutral Gray
Combination 80Sanzo Wada · Sulpher Yellow · Light Mauve
Combination 344Sanzo Wada · Cinnamon Buff · Deep Lyons Blue · Aconite Violet · Black
Combination 220Sanzo Wada · Pomegranite Purple · Ochraceous Salmon · Aconite Violet
Combination 127Sanzo Wada · Cinnamon Buff · Pistachio Green · Dark Soft Violet
Combination 215Sanzo Wada · Cream Yellow · Blue · Eupatorium Purple
Combination 301Sanzo Wada · Spectrum Red · Ivory Buff · Rainette Green · Aconite Violet
Combination 175Sanzo Wada · Pinkish Cinnamon · Olive Buff · Blue Violet