Raw Sienna
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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.
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.
No pair of colors in this combination reaches a contrast of 3:1, so it is best used without text.
Medium & moderate
Lightness 56 (range 50–62)
Colorfulness 0.109
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Analogous
Neighboring hues on 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.
Warm
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
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.
AaBest text pair: Raw Sienna on Vernonia Purple (1.7:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaRaw Sienna · Vernonia Purple | 1.7:1Low | 15 / 14 |
WCAG 2 contrast ratio for text, and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for each text/background direction.
The closest palettes in perceptual color space (OKLab).
Copy the palette as code or download it as an image.
/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 13 */
:root {
--raw-sienna: #bb7125; /* Raw Sienna */
--vernonia-purple: #8c4c62; /* Vernonia Purple */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 13 */
@theme {
--color-raw-sienna: #bb7125;
--color-vernonia-purple: #8c4c62;
}
{
"id": 13,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Raw Sienna",
"hex": "#bb7125",
"rgb": [
187,
113,
37
],
"cmyk": [
18,
58,
100,
12
]
},
{
"name": "Vernonia Purple",
"hex": "#8c4c62",
"rgb": [
140,
76,
98
],
"cmyk": [
42,
78,
46,
15
]
}
]
}