Sulphine Yellow
- HEX
- RGB
- CMYK
Sulphine Yellow
Pale Raw Umber
Dark Medici Blue
Colors
Combination No. 160 in use
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.
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Combination No. 160 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 57 (range 46–71)
Colorfulness 0.077
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Harmony
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.
Temperature
Warm
- Sulphine YellowWarm
- Pale Raw UmberWarm
- Dark Medici BlueNeutral
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
Distinctness
ΔE 28
Closest pair ΔE 28.2 · average ΔE 33.4
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
Contrast
AaBest text pair: Sulphine Yellow on Pale Raw Umber (2.9:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaSulphine Yellow · Pale Raw Umber | 2.9:1Low | 34 / 34 |
| AaAaSulphine Yellow · Dark Medici Blue | 2.1:1Low | 26 / 25 |
| AaAaPale Raw Umber · Dark Medici Blue | 1.4:1Low | 0 / 8 |
WCAG 2 contrast ratio for text, and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for each text/background direction.
Similar combinations
The closest palettes in perceptual color space (OKLab).
Export
Copy the palette as code or download it as an image.
/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 160 */
:root {
--sulphine-yellow: #c19f2c; /* Sulphine Yellow */
--pale-raw-umber: #71502f; /* Pale Raw Umber */
--dark-medici-blue: #547076; /* Dark Medici Blue */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 160 */
@theme {
--color-sulphine-yellow: #c19f2c;
--color-pale-raw-umber: #71502f;
--color-dark-medici-blue: #547076;
}
{
"id": 160,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Sulphine Yellow",
"hex": "#c19f2c",
"rgb": [
193,
159,
44
],
"cmyk": [
24,
32,
100,
4
]
},
{
"name": "Pale Raw Umber",
"hex": "#71502f",
"rgb": [
113,
80,
47
],
"cmyk": [
46,
63,
87,
32
]
},
{
"name": "Dark Medici Blue",
"hex": "#547076",
"rgb": [
84,
112,
118
],
"cmyk": [
70,
45,
45,
15
]
}
]
}