Combination 317
Sanzo Wada · Light Pinkish Cinnamon · Ecru · Lemon Yellow · Turquoise Green
Combination 317 is a pastel, light color combination of 4 colors, combination 317 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Light Pinkish Cinnamon #FCC79B, Ecru #C2AE93, Lemon Yellow #F8ED43, Turquoise Green #B5DECC. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 1.76:1). 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#C2AE93 on #F8ED43 · WCAG 1.76:1 · APCA Lc 28.9
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
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