Dark Citrine
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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 & muted
Lightness 70 (range 61–80)
Colorfulness 0.070
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 & cool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 32
Closest pair ΔE 32.0 · average ΔE 32.0
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Calamine Blue on Dark Citrine (2.1:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaDark Citrine · Calamine Blue | 2.1:1Low | 29 / 32 |
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. 41 */
:root {
--dark-citrine: #8b835b; /* Dark Citrine */
--calamine-blue: #78cdd0; /* Calamine Blue */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 41 */
@theme {
--color-dark-citrine: #8b835b;
--color-calamine-blue: #78cdd0;
}
{
"id": 41,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Dark Citrine",
"hex": "#8b835b",
"rgb": [
139,
131,
91
],
"cmyk": [
38,
34,
67,
20
]
},
{
"name": "Calamine Blue",
"hex": "#78cdd0",
"rgb": [
120,
205,
208
],
"cmyk": [
50,
0,
20,
0
]
}
]
}