Light Brown Drab
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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 59 (range 49–69)
Colorfulness 0.099
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Monochromatic
Variations of a single hue.
A heuristic based on the painter’s color wheel. Wada’s combinations often ignore textbook rules, which is part of their appeal.
Warm
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 31
Closest pair ΔE 30.5 · average ΔE 30.5
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Light Brown Drab on Carmine Red (2.5:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaLight Brown Drab · Carmine Red | 2.5:1Low | 28 / 27 |
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. 35 */
:root {
--light-brown-drab: #b59392; /* Light Brown Drab */
--carmine-red: #a62c37; /* Carmine Red */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 35 */
@theme {
--color-light-brown-drab: #b59392;
--color-carmine-red: #a62c37;
}
{
"id": 35,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Light Brown Drab",
"hex": "#b59392",
"rgb": [
181,
147,
146
],
"cmyk": [
8,
30,
20,
25
]
},
{
"name": "Carmine Red",
"hex": "#a62c37",
"rgb": [
166,
44,
55
],
"cmyk": [
25,
95,
80,
16
]
}
]
}