Showa era
Golden Yellow & Pale Raw Umber
Plate 26 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Golden Yellow, Pale Raw Umber.
brown · 5 palettes
Pale Raw Umber is a deep, muted brown tone. Its hex value is #71502f — that is
RGB 113, 80, 47, or HSL 30°, 41%, 31%.
It holds 7.3:1 contrast against white, so Pale Raw Umber works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 7.3:1; on black 2.9:1.)
Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Pale Raw Umber appears in 5 combinations — most often paired with Golden Yellow, Rainette Green and Sulphine Yellow.
Pale Raw Umber appears in 5 combinations from the archive. Each pairing reveals how the same color shifts character depending on its neighbours.
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