Ivory Buff
Yellow Orange
Salvia Blue

No. 209

3-color combination

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Colors

Ivory Buff

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Salvia Blue

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Background, surface, text and accent, taken from one of Wada’s combinations.

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Combination No. 209 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 & moderate

Lightness 79 (range 74–87)
Colorfulness 0.094

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

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessIvory BuffYellow OrangeSalvia Blue

Complementary

Includes hues from opposite sides of 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 & cool

  • Ivory BuffWarm
  • Yellow OrangeWarm
  • Salvia BlueCool

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

Distinctness

ΔE 20

Closest pair ΔE 19.8 · average ΔE 31.5

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

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Ivory Buff on Salvia Blue (1.6:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaIvory Buff · Yellow Orange1.5:1Low20 / 17
AaAaIvory Buff · Salvia Blue1.6:1Low24 / 22
AaAaYellow Orange · Salvia Blue1.1:1Low0 / 0

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

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 209 */
:root {
  --ivory-buff: #ebd3a2; /* Ivory Buff */
  --yellow-orange: #f99d1b; /* Yellow Orange */
  --salvia-blue: #97acc8; /* Salvia Blue */
}

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