Mars Brown Tobacco
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Mars Brown Tobacco
Night Green
Colors
Night Green
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Combination No. 19 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. 19 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
Harmony in contrast
Harmony in contrast
Analysis
Character
Medium & moderate
Lightness 57 (range 38–76)
Colorfulness 0.129
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Harmony
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
- Mars Brown TobaccoWarm
- Night GreenCool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
Distinctness
ΔE 60
Closest pair ΔE 59.5 · average ΔE 59.5
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
Contrast
AaBest text pair: Night Green on Mars Brown Tobacco (4.9:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaMars Brown Tobacco · Night Green | 4.9:1AA | 51 / 51 |
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. 19 */
:root {
--mars-brown-tobacco: #653514; /* Mars Brown Tobacco */
--night-green: #87c540; /* Night Green */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 19 */
@theme {
--color-mars-brown-tobacco: #653514;
--color-night-green: #87c540;
}
{
"id": 19,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Mars Brown Tobacco",
"hex": "#653514",
"rgb": [
101,
53,
20
],
"cmyk": [
39,
76,
100,
47
]
},
{
"name": "Night Green",
"hex": "#87c540",
"rgb": [
135,
197,
64
],
"cmyk": [
52,
0,
100,
0
]
}
]
}