Pale Lemon Yellow
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Pale Lemon Yellow
Blackish Olive
Colors
Blackish Olive
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Combination No. 109 in use
The palette applied to simple layouts. Colors are assigned to roles automatically; try other arrangements.
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Background, surface, text and accent, taken from one of Wada’s combinations.
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Combination No. 109 as a living room
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.
Readable text pairs
Harmony in contrast
Harmony in contrast
Analysis
Character
Medium & muted
Lightness 69 (range 42–95)
Colorfulness 0.062
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Harmony
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.
Temperature
Warm & cool
- Pale Lemon YellowWarm
- Blackish OliveCool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
Distinctness
ΔE 53
Closest pair ΔE 53.1 · average ΔE 53.1
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
Contrast
AaBest text pair: Pale Lemon Yellow on Blackish Olive (7.2:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaPale Lemon Yellow · Blackish Olive | 7.2:1AAA | 83 / 79 |
WCAG 2 contrast ratio for text, and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for each text/background direction.
Similar combinations
The closest palettes in perceptual color space (OKLab).
Export
Copy the palette as code or download it as an image.
/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 109 */
:root {
--pale-lemon-yellow: #ffefae; /* Pale Lemon Yellow */
--blackish-olive: #42533e; /* Blackish Olive */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 109 */
@theme {
--color-pale-lemon-yellow: #ffefae;
--color-blackish-olive: #42533e;
}
{
"id": 109,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Pale Lemon Yellow",
"hex": "#ffefae",
"rgb": [
255,
239,
174
],
"cmyk": [
0,
4,
38,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Blackish Olive",
"hex": "#42533e",
"rgb": [
66,
83,
62
],
"cmyk": [
56,
32,
63,
55
]
}
]
}
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