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Combination 249

Sanzo Wada · Hay's Russet · Ecru · Olive Ocher · Dark Medici Blue

Combination 249 is a warm, earthy color combination of 4 colors, combination 249 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Hay'S Russet #793327, Ecru #C2AE93, Olive Ocher #D6B43E, Dark Medici Blue #547076. Its most readable text pair is #793327 on #D6B43E (WCAG 4.52:1, AA). The colors stay apart for the three common kinds of color blindness. All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).

Autumnwarmearthy

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

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#793327 Hay'S Russet121 51 39(0.4150 0.1009 31.6)33/82/79/43
#C2AE93 Ecru194 174 147(0.7609 0.0438 75.3)23/28/42/7
#D6B43E Olive Ocher214 180 62(0.7792 0.1376 92.5)17/26/84/4
#547076 Dark Medici Blue84 112 118(0.5254 0.0339 212.3)66/40/42/24

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 0.6).

Best text pair

AA · 4.52:1
The quick brown fox#793327 on #D6B43E · WCAG 4.52:1 · APCA Lc 49.4

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 8.3
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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