Fawn
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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 70 (range 56–81)
Colorfulness 0.119
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 22
Closest pair ΔE 21.5 · average ΔE 37.7
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Cobalt Green on Scarlet (3.0:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaFawn · Scarlet | 2.6:1Low | 35 / 33 |
| AaAaFawn · English Red | 1.8:1Low | 24 / 22 |
| AaAaFawn · Cobalt Green | 1.1:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaScarlet · English Red | 1.5:1Low | 10 / 11 |
| AaAaScarlet · Cobalt Green | 3.0:1Low | 40 / 43 |
| AaAaEnglish Red · Cobalt Green | 2.0:1Low | 29 / 31 |
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. 308 */
:root {
--fawn: #d1b0a7; /* Fawn */
--scarlet: #cb2f43; /* Scarlet */
--english-red: #d96629; /* English Red */
--cobalt-green: #96d1aa; /* Cobalt Green */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 308 */
@theme {
--color-fawn: #d1b0a7;
--color-scarlet: #cb2f43;
--color-english-red: #d96629;
--color-cobalt-green: #96d1aa;
}
{
"id": 308,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Fawn",
"hex": "#d1b0a7",
"rgb": [
209,
176,
167
],
"cmyk": [
18,
31,
30,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Scarlet",
"hex": "#cb2f43",
"rgb": [
203,
47,
67
],
"cmyk": [
10,
95,
72,
7
]
},
{
"name": "English Red",
"hex": "#d96629",
"rgb": [
217,
102,
41
],
"cmyk": [
13,
73,
100,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Cobalt Green",
"hex": "#96d1aa",
"rgb": [
150,
209,
170
],
"cmyk": [
42,
0,
42,
0
]
}
]
}