Olive Ocher
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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.
Light & vivid
Lightness 73 (range 61–81)
Colorfulness 0.136
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
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.
Warm & cool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
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.
AaBest text pair: Orange Yellow on Cerulean Blue (2.0:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaOlive Ocher · Orange Yellow | 1.1:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaOlive Ocher · Cerulean Blue | 1.8:1Low | 25 / 23 |
| AaAaOrange Yellow · Cerulean Blue | 2.0:1Low | 31 / 28 |
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. 148 */
:root {
--olive-ocher: #d6b43e; /* Olive Ocher */
--orange-yellow: #fcb315; /* Orange Yellow */
--cerulean-blue: #0093a5; /* Cerulean Blue */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 148 */
@theme {
--color-olive-ocher: #d6b43e;
--color-orange-yellow: #fcb315;
--color-cerulean-blue: #0093a5;
}
{
"id": 148,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Olive Ocher",
"hex": "#d6b43e",
"rgb": [
214,
180,
62
],
"cmyk": [
18,
26,
90,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Orange Yellow",
"hex": "#fcb315",
"rgb": [
252,
179,
21
],
"cmyk": [
0,
33,
100,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Cerulean Blue",
"hex": "#0093a5",
"rgb": [
0,
147,
165
],
"cmyk": [
84,
26,
32,
0
]
}
]
}