Combination 81 is a color combination of 2 colors, combination 81 in Sanzo Wada's A Dictionary of Colour Combinations (1933–34): Golden Yellow #F3A257, Warm Gray #A1A39A. No two of its colors make readable body text (best pair 1.23:1). 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#F3A257 on #A1A39A · WCAG 1.23:1 · APCA Lc -9.3
Color blindness
Normal
Protanopia
Deuteranopia
Tritanopia
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