Golden Yellow
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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.
Light & vivid
Lightness 82 (range 76–93)
Colorfulness 0.135
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Complementary
Includes hues from opposite sides of 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 29
Closest pair ΔE 28.7 · average ΔE 36.0
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Lemon Yellow on Golden Yellow (1.7:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaGolden Yellow · Lemon Yellow | 1.7:1Low | 27 / 30 |
| AaAaGolden Yellow · Venice Green | 1.0:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaLemon Yellow · Venice Green | 1.7:1Low | 29 / 26 |
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. 138 */
:root {
--golden-yellow: #f3a257; /* Golden Yellow */
--lemon-yellow: #f8ed43; /* Lemon Yellow */
--venice-green: #62c6bf; /* Venice Green */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 138 */
@theme {
--color-golden-yellow: #f3a257;
--color-lemon-yellow: #f8ed43;
--color-venice-green: #62c6bf;
}
{
"id": 138,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Golden Yellow",
"hex": "#f3a257",
"rgb": [
243,
162,
87
],
"cmyk": [
2,
42,
74,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Lemon Yellow",
"hex": "#f8ed43",
"rgb": [
248,
237,
67
],
"cmyk": [
5,
0,
85,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Venice Green",
"hex": "#62c6bf",
"rgb": [
98,
198,
191
],
"cmyk": [
58,
0,
30,
0
]
}
]
}