Olive Ocher
Orange Yellow
Cerulean Blue

No. 148

3-color combination

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Olive Ocher

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Combination No. 148 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 & vivid

Lightness 73 (range 61–81)
Colorfulness 0.136

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

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessOlive OcherOrange YellowCerulean Blue

Free

No classic color-wheel relationship.

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

  • Olive OcherWarm
  • Orange YellowWarm
  • Cerulean BlueCool

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

Distinctness

ΔE 10

Closest pair ΔE 9.9 · average ΔE 34.4

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

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Orange Yellow on Cerulean Blue (2.0:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaOlive Ocher · Orange Yellow1.1:1Low0 / 0
AaAaOlive Ocher · Cerulean Blue1.8:1Low25 / 23
AaAaOrange Yellow · Cerulean Blue2.0:1Low31 / 28

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

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 148 */
:root {
  --olive-ocher: #d6b43e; /* Olive Ocher */
  --orange-yellow: #fcb315; /* Orange Yellow */
  --cerulean-blue: #0093a5; /* Cerulean Blue */
}

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