Lemon 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 77 (range 64–93)
Colorfulness 0.157
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
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.
Warm & cool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 20
Closest pair ΔE 20.2 · average ΔE 34.9
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Lemon Yellow on Cinnamon Rufous (2.9:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaLemon Yellow · Cinnamon Rufous | 2.9:1Low | 54 / 50 |
| AaAaLemon Yellow · Night Green | 1.7:1Low | 31 / 27 |
| AaAaCinnamon Rufous · Night Green | 1.7:1Low | 20 / 22 |
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. 158 */
:root {
--lemon-yellow: #f8ed43; /* Lemon Yellow */
--cinnamon-rufous: #c27544; /* Cinnamon Rufous */
--night-green: #87c540; /* Night Green */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 158 */
@theme {
--color-lemon-yellow: #f8ed43;
--color-cinnamon-rufous: #c27544;
--color-night-green: #87c540;
}
{
"id": 158,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Lemon Yellow",
"hex": "#f8ed43",
"rgb": [
248,
237,
67
],
"cmyk": [
5,
0,
85,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Cinnamon Rufous",
"hex": "#c27544",
"rgb": [
194,
117,
68
],
"cmyk": [
20,
60,
82,
5
]
},
{
"name": "Night Green",
"hex": "#87c540",
"rgb": [
135,
197,
64
],
"cmyk": [
52,
0,
100,
0
]
}
]
}