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Combination 297

Sanzo Wada · Burnt Sienna · Yellow Orange · Olive Green · Violet Blue

Combination 297 is a colorful color combination of 4 colors, combination 297 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Burnt Sienna #AE5224, Yellow Orange #F99D1B, Olive Green #6B7140, Violet Blue #40456A. Its most readable text pair is #F99D1B on #40456A (WCAG 4.33:1, AA large). Some colors get hard to tell apart with color blindness (closest pair ΔE00 6.1). All of them print on coated paper (FOGRA39).

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

The colors

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#AE5224 Burnt Sienna174 82 36(0.5462 0.1338 44.5)24/73/93/15
#F99D1B Yellow Orange249 157 27(0.7720 0.1646 67.2)0/46/91/0
#6B7140 Olive Green107 113 64(0.5312 0.0704 114.5)56/38/80/27
#40456A Violet Blue64 69 106(0.4027 0.0626 277.3)82/73/33/22

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 0.8).

Best text pair

AA large · 4.33:1
The quick brown fox#F99D1B on #40456A · WCAG 4.33:1 · APCA Lc -48.6

Color blindness

check · closest ΔE00 6.1
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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