Hay's Russet
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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.
Dark & moderate
Lightness 37 (range 32–42)
Colorfulness 0.100
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Analogous
Neighboring hues on 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 25
Closest pair ΔE 25.3 · average ΔE 25.3
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Hay's Russet on Dusky Madder Violet (1.4:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaHay's Russet · Dusky Madder Violet | 1.4:1Low | 0 / 0 |
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. 82 */
:root {
--hays-russet: #793327; /* Hay's Russet */
--dusky-madder-violet: #4e1d4c; /* Dusky Madder Violet */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 82 */
@theme {
--color-hays-russet: #793327;
--color-dusky-madder-violet: #4e1d4c;
}
{
"id": 82,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Hay's Russet",
"hex": "#793327",
"rgb": [
121,
51,
39
],
"cmyk": [
37,
85,
87,
35
]
},
{
"name": "Dusky Madder Violet",
"hex": "#4e1d4c",
"rgb": [
78,
29,
76
],
"cmyk": [
75,
100,
46,
30
]
}
]
}