Buffy Citrine
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Buffy Citrine
Dull Blue Violet
Colors
Dull Blue Violet
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Combination No. 100 in use
The palette applied to simple layouts. Colors are assigned to roles automatically; try other arrangements.
Color study
A dictionary of color
Background, surface, text and accent, taken from one of Wada’s combinations.
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Combination No. 100 as a living room
Painted following the 60-30-10 rule: about 60% wall color, 30% for the sofa, 10% for cushions, throw and vase. A fourth color goes to the rug and curtains; otherwise they stay undyed. Floor and ceiling stay neutral; the print shows the whole palette.
Readable text pairs
No pair of colors in this combination reaches a contrast of 3:1, so it is best used without text.
Analysis
Character
Medium & moderate
Lightness 60 (range 58–62)
Colorfulness 0.075
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Harmony
Complementary
Includes hues from opposite sides of the color wheel.
A heuristic based on the painter’s color wheel. Wada’s combinations often ignore textbook rules, which is part of their appeal.
Temperature
Warm & cool
- Buffy CitrineWarm
- Dull Blue VioletCool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
Distinctness
ΔE 41
Closest pair ΔE 41.1 · average ΔE 41.1
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
Contrast
AaBest text pair: Buffy Citrine on Dull Blue Violet (1.2:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaBuffy Citrine · Dull Blue Violet | 1.2:1Low | 0 / 0 |
WCAG 2 contrast ratio for text, and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for each text/background direction.
Similar combinations
The closest palettes in perceptual color space (OKLab).
Export
Copy the palette as code or download it as an image.
/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 100 */
:root {
--buffy-citrine: #96874d; /* Buffy Citrine */
--dull-blue-violet: #80719e; /* Dull Blue Violet */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 100 */
@theme {
--color-buffy-citrine: #96874d;
--color-dull-blue-violet: #80719e;
}
{
"id": 100,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Buffy Citrine",
"hex": "#96874d",
"rgb": [
150,
135,
77
],
"cmyk": [
42,
40,
82,
8
]
},
{
"name": "Dull Blue Violet",
"hex": "#80719e",
"rgb": [
128,
113,
158
],
"cmyk": [
57,
60,
17,
0
]
}
]
}