Light Brown Drab
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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 & muted
Lightness 77 (range 69–87)
Colorfulness 0.058
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Split-complementary
One hue plus the two hues either side of its complement.
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 16
Closest pair ΔE 15.7 · average ΔE 28.5
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Turquoise Green on Light Brown Drab (1.9:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaLight Brown Drab · Ochraceous Salmon | 1.3:1Low | 8 / 9 |
| AaAaLight Brown Drab · Turquoise Green | 1.9:1Low | 29 / 32 |
| AaAaOchraceous Salmon · Turquoise Green | 1.5:1Low | 19 / 22 |
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. 223 */
:root {
--light-brown-drab: #b59392; /* Light Brown Drab */
--ochraceous-salmon: #d8a37b; /* Ochraceous Salmon */
--turquoise-green: #b5decc; /* Turquoise Green */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 223 */
@theme {
--color-light-brown-drab: #b59392;
--color-ochraceous-salmon: #d8a37b;
--color-turquoise-green: #b5decc;
}
{
"id": 223,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Light Brown Drab",
"hex": "#b59392",
"rgb": [
181,
147,
146
],
"cmyk": [
8,
30,
20,
25
]
},
{
"name": "Ochraceous Salmon",
"hex": "#d8a37b",
"rgb": [
216,
163,
123
],
"cmyk": [
15,
38,
55,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Turquoise Green",
"hex": "#b5decc",
"rgb": [
181,
222,
204
],
"cmyk": [
29,
0,
24,
0
]
}
]
}