Combination 40 is a vivid color combination of 2 colors, combination 40 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Vinaceous Tawny #C56127, Citron Yellow #B2B73E. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 1.9:1). 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#C56127 on #B2B73E · WCAG 1.9:1 · APCA Lc 23.3
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
Palettes like Combination 40
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Combination 222Sanzo Wada · Yellow Ocher · Yellow Orange · Orange Rufous
Combination 326Sanzo Wada · Sulpher Yellow · Peach Red · Yellow Green · Night Green
Combination 102Sanzo Wada · Ivory Buff · Orange Rufous
Combination 115Sanzo Wada · Naples Yellow · Peach Red
Combination 198Sanzo Wada · Burnt Sienna · Apricot Yellow · Green
Combination 31Sanzo Wada · Red Orange · Pale Lemon Yellow
Combination 153Sanzo Wada · Eosine Pink · Orange Yellow · Citron Yellow