Eugenia Red B
Ivory Buff
Citrine
Cossack Green

No. 262

4-color combination

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Colors

Ivory Buff

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Citrine

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The palette applied to simple layouts. Colors are assigned to roles automatically; try other arrangements.

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

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Combination No. 262 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 contrastCossack Green · 3.6:1

Harmony in contrastIvory Buff · 3.6:1

Analysis

Character

Medium & moderate

Lightness 68 (range 52–87)
Colorfulness 0.116

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

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessEugenia Red BIvory BuffCitrineCossack Green

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

  • Eugenia Red BWarm
  • Ivory BuffWarm
  • CitrineWarm
  • Cossack GreenCool

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

Distinctness

ΔE 18

Closest pair ΔE 18.1 · average ΔE 38.2

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

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Ivory Buff on Cossack Green (3.6:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaEugenia Red B · Ivory Buff2.7:1Low42 / 45
AaAaEugenia Red B · Citrine1.5:1Low12 / 14
AaAaEugenia Red B · Cossack Green1.4:1Low10 / 9
AaAaIvory Buff · Citrine1.8:1Low31 / 28
AaAaIvory Buff · Cossack Green3.6:1AA large55 / 52
AaAaCitrine · Cossack Green2.0:1Low24 / 22

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

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 262 */
:root {
  --eugenia-red-b: #da525d; /* Eugenia Red B */
  --ivory-buff: #ebd3a2; /* Ivory Buff */
  --citrine: #b09f36; /* Citrine */
  --cossack-green: #437742; /* Cossack Green */
}

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