Showa era
Ochraceous Salmon & Night Green
Plate 32 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Ochraceous Salmon, Night Green.
orange · 10 palettes
Ochraceous Salmon is a mid-tone, muted orange tone. Its hex value is #d8a37b — that is
RGB 216, 163, 123, or HSL 26°, 54%, 66%.
It holds 9.4:1 contrast against dark, so Ochraceous Salmon works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 2.2:1; on black 9.4:1.)
Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Ochraceous Salmon appears in 10 combinations — most often paired with Night Green, Pompeian Red and Brown.
Ochraceous Salmon appears in 10 combinations from the archive. Each pairing reveals how the same color shifts character depending on its neighbours.
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