Fresh Color
Yellow
Cerulean Blue

No. 240

3-color combination

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Fresh Color

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Yellow

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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. 240 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 contrastCerulean Blue · 3.1:1

Harmony in contrastYellow · 3.1:1

Analysis

Character

Light & vivid

Lightness 77 (range 61–94)
Colorfulness 0.144

Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessFresh ColorYellowCerulean Blue

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.

Temperature

Warm & cool

  • Fresh ColorWarm
  • YellowWarm
  • Cerulean BlueCool

Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.

Distinctness

ΔE 46

Closest pair ΔE 46.4 · average ΔE 48.7

CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Yellow on Cerulean Blue (3.1:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaFresh Color · Yellow1.9:1Low34 / 38
AaAaFresh Color · Cerulean Blue1.6:1Low19 / 17
AaAaYellow · Cerulean Blue3.1:1AA large58 / 53

WCAG 2 contrast ratio for text, and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for each text/background direction.

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 240 */
:root {
  --fresh-color: #f6917e; /* Fresh Color */
  --yellow: #fff200; /* Yellow */
  --cerulean-blue: #0093a5; /* Cerulean Blue */
}

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