Vinaceous Tawny
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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 & vivid
Lightness 68 (range 60–75)
Colorfulness 0.143
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
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.
Warm
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 39
Closest pair ΔE 39.1 · average ΔE 39.1
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Citron Yellow on Vinaceous Tawny (1.9:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaVinaceous Tawny · Citron Yellow | 1.9:1Low | 23 / 25 |
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. 40 */
:root {
--vinaceous-tawny: #c56127; /* Vinaceous Tawny */
--citron-yellow: #b2b73e; /* Citron Yellow */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 40 */
@theme {
--color-vinaceous-tawny: #c56127;
--color-citron-yellow: #b2b73e;
}
{
"id": 40,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Vinaceous Tawny",
"hex": "#c56127",
"rgb": [
197,
97,
39
],
"cmyk": [
17,
72,
100,
6
]
},
{
"name": "Citron Yellow",
"hex": "#b2b73e",
"rgb": [
178,
183,
62
],
"cmyk": [
35,
17,
95,
0
]
}
]
}