Raw Sienna
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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.
Medium & moderate
Lightness 69 (range 62–87)
Colorfulness 0.081
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
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.
Warm & cool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 16
Closest pair ΔE 15.6 · average ΔE 29.5
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Turquoise Green on Raw Sienna (2.6:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaRaw Sienna · Turquoise Green | 2.6:1Low | 41 / 44 |
| AaAaRaw Sienna · Artemisia Green | 1.1:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaRaw Sienna · Green | 1.1:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaTurquoise Green · Artemisia Green | 2.3:1Low | 40 / 36 |
| AaAaTurquoise Green · Green | 2.3:1Low | 40 / 37 |
| AaAaArtemisia Green · Green | 1.0:1Low | 0 / 0 |
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. 293 */
:root {
--raw-sienna: #bb7125; /* Raw Sienna */
--turquoise-green: #b5decc; /* Turquoise Green */
--artemisia-green: #709390; /* Artemisia Green */
--green: #489b6e; /* Green */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 293 */
@theme {
--color-raw-sienna: #bb7125;
--color-turquoise-green: #b5decc;
--color-artemisia-green: #709390;
--color-green: #489b6e;
}
{
"id": 293,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Raw Sienna",
"hex": "#bb7125",
"rgb": [
187,
113,
37
],
"cmyk": [
18,
58,
100,
12
]
},
{
"name": "Turquoise Green",
"hex": "#b5decc",
"rgb": [
181,
222,
204
],
"cmyk": [
29,
0,
24,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Artemisia Green",
"hex": "#709390",
"rgb": [
112,
147,
144
],
"cmyk": [
57,
28,
39,
8
]
},
{
"name": "Green",
"hex": "#489b6e",
"rgb": [
72,
155,
110
],
"cmyk": [
75,
21,
73,
0
]
}
]
}