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
Harmony in contrast
Harmony in contrast
Harmony in contrast
Harmony in contrast
Medium & moderate
Lightness 63 (range 38–84)
Colorfulness 0.108
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 11
Closest pair ΔE 10.9 · average ΔE 37.4
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Cream Yellow on Dusky Green (5.8:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaCream Yellow · Olive Ocher | 1.2:1Low | 10 / 8 |
| AaAaCream Yellow · Cossack Green | 3.2:1AA large | 49 / 46 |
| AaAaCream Yellow · Dusky Green | 5.8:1AA | 63 / 61 |
| AaAaOlive Ocher · Cossack Green | 2.6:1Low | 37 / 35 |
| AaAaOlive Ocher · Dusky Green | 4.7:1AA | 52 / 51 |
| AaAaCossack Green · Dusky Green | 1.8:1Low | 13 / 13 |
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. 278 */
:root {
--cream-yellow: #fdbf68; /* Cream Yellow */
--olive-ocher: #d6b43e; /* Olive Ocher */
--cossack-green: #437742; /* Cossack Green */
--dusky-green: #004f46; /* Dusky Green */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 278 */
@theme {
--color-cream-yellow: #fdbf68;
--color-olive-ocher: #d6b43e;
--color-cossack-green: #437742;
--color-dusky-green: #004f46;
}
{
"id": 278,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Cream Yellow",
"hex": "#fdbf68",
"rgb": [
253,
191,
104
],
"cmyk": [
0,
28,
68,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Olive Ocher",
"hex": "#d6b43e",
"rgb": [
214,
180,
62
],
"cmyk": [
18,
26,
90,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Cossack Green",
"hex": "#437742",
"rgb": [
67,
119,
66
],
"cmyk": [
76,
32,
91,
18
]
},
{
"name": "Dusky Green",
"hex": "#004f46",
"rgb": [
0,
79,
70
],
"cmyk": [
100,
30,
64,
50
]
}
]
}