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 76 (range 69–83)
Colorfulness 0.063
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
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 25
Closest pair ΔE 24.6 · average ΔE 28.3
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Glaucous Green on Light Brown Drab (1.7:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaLight Brown Drab · Pyrite Yellow | 1.3:1Low | 11 / 13 |
| AaAaLight Brown Drab · Glaucous Green | 1.7:1Low | 21 / 24 |
| AaAaPyrite Yellow · Glaucous Green | 1.2:1Low | 8 / 10 |
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. 239 */
:root {
--light-brown-drab: #b59392; /* Light Brown Drab */
--pyrite-yellow: #cab356; /* Pyrite Yellow */
--glaucous-green: #b4cdc2; /* Glaucous Green */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 239 */
@theme {
--color-light-brown-drab: #b59392;
--color-pyrite-yellow: #cab356;
--color-glaucous-green: #b4cdc2;
}
{
"id": 239,
"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": "Pyrite Yellow",
"hex": "#cab356",
"rgb": [
202,
179,
86
],
"cmyk": [
23,
25,
80,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Glaucous Green",
"hex": "#b4cdc2",
"rgb": [
180,
205,
194
],
"cmyk": [
30,
9,
24,
0
]
}
]
}