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Combination 292

Sanzo Wada · Pale Lemon Yellow · Pinkish Cinnamon · Isabella Color · Ecru

Combination 292 is a pastel, warm color combination of 4 colors, combination 292 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Pale Lemon Yellow #FFEFAE, Pinkish Cinnamon #EEB480, Isabella Color #C5A56E, Ecru #C2AE93. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 2.03:1). Some colors get hard to tell apart with color blindness (closest pair ΔE00 5.4). All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).

pastelwarm

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

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#FFEFAE Pale Lemon Yellow255 239 174(0.9498 0.0841 95.9)0/5/41/0
#EEB480 Pinkish Cinnamon238 180 128(0.8116 0.0956 62.7)5/35/54/0
#C5A56E Isabella Color197 165 110(0.7379 0.0815 80.5)21/32/61/8
#C2AE93 Ecru194 174 147(0.7609 0.0438 75.3)23/28/42/7

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

Best text pair

below AA · 2.03:1
The quick brown fox#FFEFAE on #C5A56E · WCAG 2.03:1 · APCA Lc -40.3

Color blindness

check · closest ΔE00 5.4
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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Pollen Whisperpastel · analogous
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Copper Whisperpastel · analogous