Combination 45 is a pastel, light color combination of 2 colors, combination 45 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Seashell Pink #FDD4BD, Lemon Yellow #F8ED43. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 1.12:1). 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#FDD4BD on #F8ED43 · WCAG 1.12:1 · APCA Lc 0
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
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