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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

CMYK: Coated FOGRA39
ColorRGBOKLCHCMYK
#FCC79B Light Pinkish Cinnamon252 199 155(0.8663 0.0836 61.1)1/28/42/0
#C2AE93 Ecru194 174 147(0.7609 0.0438 75.3)23/28/42/7
#F8ED43 Lemon Yellow248 237 67(0.9270 0.1785 105.6)8/1/80/0
#B5DECC Turquoise Green181 222 204(0.8663 0.0496 166.7)33/0/26/0

All colors print on coated paper (largest shift ΔE00 1.2).

Best text pair

below AA · 1.76:1
The quick brown fox#C2AE93 on #F8ED43 · WCAG 1.76:1 · APCA Lc 28.9

Color blindness

safe · closest ΔE00 9.4
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia

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