Light Green 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 78 (range 69–83)
Colorfulness 0.111
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 15
Closest pair ΔE 14.5 · average ΔE 21.8
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Light Green Yellow on Sea Green (1.6:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaLight Green Yellow · Sea Green | 1.6:1Low | 22 / 19 |
| AaAaLight Green Yellow · Cobalt Green | 1.1:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaLight Green Yellow · Calamine Blue | 1.1:1Low | 0 / 0 |
| AaAaSea Green · Cobalt Green | 1.5:1Low | 16 / 19 |
| AaAaSea Green · Calamine Blue | 1.4:1Low | 14 / 16 |
| AaAaCobalt Green · Calamine Blue | 1.1:1Low | 0 / 0 |
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. 291 */
:root {
--light-green-yellow: #c7d14f; /* Light Green Yellow */
--sea-green: #00b49b; /* Sea Green */
--cobalt-green: #96d1aa; /* Cobalt Green */
--calamine-blue: #78cdd0; /* Calamine Blue */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 291 */
@theme {
--color-light-green-yellow: #c7d14f;
--color-sea-green: #00b49b;
--color-cobalt-green: #96d1aa;
--color-calamine-blue: #78cdd0;
}
{
"id": 291,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Light Green Yellow",
"hex": "#c7d14f",
"rgb": [
199,
209,
79
],
"cmyk": [
26,
5,
85,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Sea Green",
"hex": "#00b49b",
"rgb": [
0,
180,
155
],
"cmyk": [
80,
0,
51,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Cobalt Green",
"hex": "#96d1aa",
"rgb": [
150,
209,
170
],
"cmyk": [
42,
0,
42,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Calamine Blue",
"hex": "#78cdd0",
"rgb": [
120,
205,
208
],
"cmyk": [
50,
0,
20,
0
]
}
]
}