Pyrite 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 & moderate
Lightness 75 (range 66–89)
Colorfulness 0.120
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 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.
AaBest text pair: Nile Blue on Peach Red (2.5:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaPyrite Yellow · Peach Red | 1.6:1Low | 19 / 17 |
| AaAaPyrite Yellow · Sea Green | 1.3:1Low | 10 / 8 |
| AaAaPyrite Yellow · Nile Blue | 1.5:1Low | 20 / 23 |
| AaAaPeach Red · Sea Green | 1.3:1Low | 8 / 9 |
| AaAaPeach Red · Nile Blue | 2.5:1Low | 40 / 43 |
| AaAaSea Green · Nile Blue | 1.9:1Low | 30 / 33 |
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. 250 */
:root {
--pyrite-yellow: #cab356; /* Pyrite Yellow */
--peach-red: #f15a30; /* Peach Red */
--sea-green: #00b49b; /* Sea Green */
--nile-blue: #bce4e5; /* Nile Blue */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 250 */
@theme {
--color-pyrite-yellow: #cab356;
--color-peach-red: #f15a30;
--color-sea-green: #00b49b;
--color-nile-blue: #bce4e5;
}
{
"id": 250,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Pyrite Yellow",
"hex": "#cab356",
"rgb": [
202,
179,
86
],
"cmyk": [
23,
25,
80,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Peach Red",
"hex": "#f15a30",
"rgb": [
241,
90,
48
],
"cmyk": [
0,
80,
90,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Sea Green",
"hex": "#00b49b",
"rgb": [
0,
180,
155
],
"cmyk": [
80,
0,
51,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Nile Blue",
"hex": "#bce4e5",
"rgb": [
188,
228,
229
],
"cmyk": [
25,
0,
10,
0
]
}
]
}