Hay's Russet
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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.
Harmony in contrast
Harmony in contrast
Medium & moderate
Lightness 62 (range 42–84)
Colorfulness 0.098
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 26
Closest pair ΔE 25.9 · average ΔE 39.0
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Cream Yellow on Hay's Russet (5.5:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaHay's Russet · Cream Yellow | 5.5:1AA | 60 / 62 |
| AaAaHay's Russet · Dark Citrine | 2.4:1Low | 23 / 23 |
| AaAaHay's Russet · Benzol Green | 2.5:1Low | 25 / 25 |
| AaAaCream Yellow · Dark Citrine | 2.3:1Low | 38 / 35 |
| AaAaCream Yellow · Benzol Green | 2.2:1Low | 35 / 33 |
| AaAaDark Citrine · Benzol Green | 1.1:1Low | 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. 304 */
:root {
--hays-russet: #793327; /* Hay's Russet */
--cream-yellow: #fdbf68; /* Cream Yellow */
--dark-citrine: #8b835b; /* Dark Citrine */
--benzol-green: #00978d; /* Benzol Green */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 304 */
@theme {
--color-hays-russet: #793327;
--color-cream-yellow: #fdbf68;
--color-dark-citrine: #8b835b;
--color-benzol-green: #00978d;
}
{
"id": 304,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Hay's Russet",
"hex": "#793327",
"rgb": [
121,
51,
39
],
"cmyk": [
37,
85,
87,
35
]
},
{
"name": "Cream Yellow",
"hex": "#fdbf68",
"rgb": [
253,
191,
104
],
"cmyk": [
0,
28,
68,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Dark Citrine",
"hex": "#8b835b",
"rgb": [
139,
131,
91
],
"cmyk": [
38,
34,
67,
20
]
},
{
"name": "Benzol Green",
"hex": "#00978d",
"rgb": [
0,
151,
141
],
"cmyk": [
100,
15,
55,
0
]
}
]
}