Raw Sienna
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Raw Sienna
Apricot Yellow
Yellow Orange
Cossack Green
Colors
Combination No. 319 in use
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.
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Combination No. 319 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 contrast
Harmony in contrast
Analysis
Character
Medium & vivid
Lightness 70 (range 52–90)
Colorfulness 0.144
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Harmony
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.
Temperature
Warm & cool
- Raw SiennaWarm
- Apricot YellowWarm
- Yellow OrangeWarm
- Cossack GreenCool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
Distinctness
ΔE 16
Closest pair ΔE 16.2 · average ΔE 33.3
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
Contrast
AaBest text pair: Apricot Yellow on Cossack Green (3.9:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaRaw Sienna · Apricot Yellow | 2.8:1Low | 46 / 50 |
| AaAaRaw Sienna · Yellow Orange | 1.8:1Low | 22 / 24 |
| AaAaRaw Sienna · Cossack Green | 1.4:1Low | 10 / 9 |
| AaAaApricot Yellow · Yellow Orange | 1.6:1Low | 25 / 22 |
| AaAaApricot Yellow · Cossack Green | 3.9:1AA large | 61 / 57 |
| AaAaYellow Orange · Cossack Green | 2.5:1Low | 35 / 33 |
WCAG 2 contrast ratio for text, and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for each text/background direction.
Similar combinations
The closest palettes in perceptual color space (OKLab).
- No. 222Yellow Ocher, Yellow Orange, Orange Rufous
- No. 262Eugenia Red B, Ivory Buff, Citrine, Cossack Green
- No. 241Red Orange, Pale Lemon Yellow, Isabella Color, Dark Medici Blue
- No. 198Burnt Sienna, Apricot Yellow, Green
- No. 294Sulphur Yellow, Cream Yellow, Cossack Green, Salvia Blue
- No. 278Cream Yellow, Olive Ocher, Cossack Green, Dusky Green
Export
Copy the palette as code or download it as an image.
/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 319 */
:root {
--raw-sienna: #bb7125; /* Raw Sienna */
--apricot-yellow: #ffdd00; /* Apricot Yellow */
--yellow-orange: #f99d1b; /* Yellow Orange */
--cossack-green: #437742; /* Cossack Green */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 319 */
@theme {
--color-raw-sienna: #bb7125;
--color-apricot-yellow: #ffdd00;
--color-yellow-orange: #f99d1b;
--color-cossack-green: #437742;
}
{
"id": 319,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Raw Sienna",
"hex": "#bb7125",
"rgb": [
187,
113,
37
],
"cmyk": [
18,
58,
100,
12
]
},
{
"name": "Apricot Yellow",
"hex": "#ffdd00",
"rgb": [
255,
221,
0
],
"cmyk": [
0,
10,
100,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Yellow Orange",
"hex": "#f99d1b",
"rgb": [
249,
157,
27
],
"cmyk": [
0,
45,
100,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Cossack Green",
"hex": "#437742",
"rgb": [
67,
119,
66
],
"cmyk": [
76,
32,
91,
18
]
}
]
}
More combinations with Raw Sienna
- No. 3Raw Sienna, Pale Lemon Yellow
- No. 13Raw Sienna, Vernonia Purple
- No. 33Raw Sienna, Slate Color
- No. 70Raw Sienna, Lincoln Green
- No. 86Raw Sienna, Sea Green
- No. 130Raw Sienna, Carmine Red, Violet
- No. 131Raw Sienna, English Red, Peacock Blue
- No. 182Raw Sienna, Vandyke Brown, Deep Indigo
- No. 243Raw Sienna, Ivory Buff, Olive Green, Slate Color
- No. 247Raw Sienna, Apricot Yellow, Benzol Green, Deep Lyons Blue
- No. 252Eugenia Red B, Raw Sienna, Sulphine Yellow, Green Blue
- No. 255Raw Sienna, Pyrite Yellow, Calamine Blue, Black
- No. 268Light Brown Drab, Raw Sienna, Deep Slate Olive, Nile Blue
- No. 269Raw Sienna, Pale Burnt Lake, Aconite Violet, Black
- No. 279Raw Sienna, Vinaceous Cinnamon, Ecru, Dark Tyrian Blue
- No. 293Raw Sienna, Turquoise Green, Artemisia Green, Green
- No. 298Raw Sienna, Lemon Yellow, Peach Red, Black
- No. 327Eosine Pink, Raw Sienna, Ecru, Grayish Lavender B
More combinations with Apricot Yellow
- No. 107Apricot Yellow, Light Grayish Olive
- No. 129Apricot Yellow, Khaki, Salvia Blue
- No. 163Apricot Yellow, Turquoise Green, Antwerp Blue
- No. 198Burnt Sienna, Apricot Yellow, Green
- No. 213Vinaceous Cinnamon, Apricot Yellow, Pale King's Blue
- No. 247Raw Sienna, Apricot Yellow, Benzol Green, Deep Lyons Blue
- No. 265Old Rose, Apricot Yellow, Olive Yellow, Dull Violet Black
- No. 284Eugenia Red A, Apricot Yellow, Sea Green, Dusky Green
- No. 305Pinkish Cinnamon, Apricot Yellow, Citron Yellow, Turquoise Green
More combinations with Yellow Orange
- No. 2Yellow Orange, Dark Tyrian Blue
- No. 53Yellow Orange, Dusky Madder Violet
- No. 89Yellow Orange, Violet Blue
- No. 151Sulphur Yellow, Yellow Orange, Vanderpoel's Blue
- No. 171Pale Burnt Lake, Yellow Orange, Glaucous Green
- No. 209Ivory Buff, Yellow Orange, Salvia Blue
- No. 222Yellow Ocher, Yellow Orange, Orange Rufous
- No. 235Ivory Buff, Yellow Orange, Grayish Lavender B
- No. 267Cream Yellow, Yellow Orange, Benzol Green, Blue
- No. 288Yellow Orange, Sepia, Taupe Brown, Black
- No. 297Burnt Sienna, Yellow Orange, Olive Green, Violet Blue
- No. 312Burnt Sienna, Yellow Orange, Artemisia Green, Helvetia Blue
- No. 335Vandyke Red, Yellow Orange, Violet, Slate Color
More combinations with Cossack Green
- No. 5Cossack Green, Vanderpoel's Blue
- No. 135Sulphur Yellow, Cossack Green, Salvia Blue
- No. 262Eugenia Red B, Ivory Buff, Citrine, Cossack Green
- No. 270Eugenia Red B, Sulphur Yellow, Olive Green, Cossack Green
- No. 278Cream Yellow, Olive Ocher, Cossack Green, Dusky Green
- No. 294Sulphur Yellow, Cream Yellow, Cossack Green, Salvia Blue
- No. 341Grenadine Pink, Cossack Green, Deep Slate Olive, Light Glaucous Blue
- No. 348Olive Buff, Cossack Green, Deep Slate Olive, Cotinga Purple