Sanzo Wada Combination No. 107: Hex Codes & Room Preview

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The palette applied to simple layouts. Colors are assigned to roles automatically; try other arrangements.

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Background, surface, text and accent, taken from one of Wada’s combinations.

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Combination No. 107 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

Light & moderate

Lightness 75 (range 60–90)
Colorfulness 0.115

Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).

Harmony

Monochromatic

Variations of a single hue.

A heuristic based on the painter’s color wheel. Wada’s combinations often ignore textbook rules, which is part of their appeal.

Temperature

Warm

Apricot YellowWarm
Light Grayish OliveWarm

Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.

Distinctness

ΔE 34

Closest pair ΔE 34.3 · average ΔE 34.3

CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Apricot Yellow on Light Grayish Olive (3.0:1)

Contrast	WCAG	APCA Lc
AaAaApricot Yellow · Light Grayish Olive	3.0:1Low	52 / 48

WCAG 2 contrast ratio for text, and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for each text/background direction.

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 107 */
:root {
  --apricot-yellow: #ffdd00; /* Apricot Yellow */
  --light-grayish-olive: #848061; /* Light Grayish Olive */
}

/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 107 */
@theme {
  --color-apricot-yellow: #ffdd00;
  --color-light-grayish-olive: #848061;
}

{
  "id": 107,
  "source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
  "colors": [
    {
      "name": "Apricot Yellow",
      "hex": "#ffdd00",
      "rgb": [
        255,
        221,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        10,
        100,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Light Grayish Olive",
      "hex": "#848061",
      "rgb": [
        132,
        128,
        97
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        43,
        36,
        62,
        19
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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