Sanzo Wada Combination No. 137: 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. 137 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 69 (range 59–86)
Colorfulness 0.105

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

Harmony

Split-complementary

One hue plus the two hues either side of its complement.

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

Etruscan RedWarm
Cinnamon BuffWarm
Pistachio GreenCool

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

Distinctness

ΔE 36

Closest pair ΔE 35.6 · average ΔE 39.2

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

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Cinnamon Buff on Etruscan Red (2.9:1)

Contrast	WCAG	APCA Lc
AaAaEtruscan Red · Cinnamon Buff	2.9:1Low	43 / 45
AaAaEtruscan Red · Pistachio Green	1.2:1Low	0 / 0
AaAaCinnamon Buff · Pistachio Green	2.3:1Low	39 / 36

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

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 137 */
:root {
  --etruscan-red: #c55347; /* Etruscan Red */
  --cinnamon-buff: #fdc57e; /* Cinnamon Buff */
  --pistachio-green: #648f7b; /* Pistachio Green */
}

/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 137 */
@theme {
  --color-etruscan-red: #c55347;
  --color-cinnamon-buff: #fdc57e;
  --color-pistachio-green: #648f7b;
}

{
  "id": 137,
  "source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
  "colors": [
    {
      "name": "Etruscan Red",
      "hex": "#c55347",
      "rgb": [
        197,
        83,
        71
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        16,
        80,
        74,
        6
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Cinnamon Buff",
      "hex": "#fdc57e",
      "rgb": [
        253,
        197,
        126
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        25,
        57,
        0
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Pistachio Green",
      "hex": "#648f7b",
      "rgb": [
        100,
        143,
        123
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        64,
        29,
        56,
        6
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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