Pyrite Yellow
Peach Red
Sea Green
Nile Blue

No. 250

4-color combination

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Colors

Peach Red

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Sea Green

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Nile Blue

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Combination No. 250 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. 250 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

No pair of colors in this combination reaches a contrast of 3:1, so it is best used without text.

Analysis

Character

Light & moderate

Lightness 75 (range 66–89)
Colorfulness 0.120

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

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessPyrite YellowPeach RedSea GreenNile 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

  • Pyrite YellowWarm
  • Peach RedWarm
  • Sea GreenCool
  • Nile BlueCool

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

Distinctness

ΔE 22

Closest pair ΔE 22.1 · average ΔE 38.3

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

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Nile Blue on Peach Red (2.5:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaPyrite Yellow · Peach Red1.6:1Low19 / 17
AaAaPyrite Yellow · Sea Green1.3:1Low10 / 8
AaAaPyrite Yellow · Nile Blue1.5:1Low20 / 23
AaAaPeach Red · Sea Green1.3:1Low8 / 9
AaAaPeach Red · Nile Blue2.5:1Low40 / 43
AaAaSea Green · Nile Blue1.9:1Low30 / 33

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

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 250 */
:root {
  --pyrite-yellow: #cab356; /* Pyrite Yellow */
  --peach-red: #f15a30; /* Peach Red */
  --sea-green: #00b49b; /* Sea Green */
  --nile-blue: #bce4e5; /* Nile Blue */
}

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