Cream 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.
Harmony in contrast
Harmony in contrast
Medium & muted
Lightness 58 (range 34–84)
Colorfulness 0.065
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Monochromatic
Variations of a single hue.
A heuristic based on the painter’s color wheel. Wada’s combinations often ignore textbook rules, which is part of their appeal.
Warm
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 29
Closest pair ΔE 28.8 · average ΔE 42.5
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Cream Yellow on Vandyke Brown (7.2:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaCream Yellow · Vandyke Brown | 7.2:1AAA | 67 / 67 |
| AaAaCream Yellow · Deep Violet / Plumbeous | 2.9:1Low | 46 / 43 |
| AaAaVandyke Brown · Deep Violet / Plumbeous | 2.5:1Low | 22 / 21 |
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. 192 */
:root {
--cream-yellow: #fdbf68; /* Cream Yellow */
--vandyke-brown: #4b3317; /* Vandyke Brown */
--deep-violet-plumbeous: #70727c; /* Deep Violet / Plumbeous */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 192 */
@theme {
--color-cream-yellow: #fdbf68;
--color-vandyke-brown: #4b3317;
--color-deep-violet-plumbeous: #70727c;
}
{
"id": 192,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Cream Yellow",
"hex": "#fdbf68",
"rgb": [
253,
191,
104
],
"cmyk": [
0,
28,
68,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Vandyke Brown",
"hex": "#4b3317",
"rgb": [
75,
51,
23
],
"cmyk": [
56,
71,
97,
52
]
},
{
"name": "Deep Violet / Plumbeous",
"hex": "#70727c",
"rgb": [
112,
114,
124
],
"cmyk": [
61,
52,
43,
7
]
}
]
}