Pale Lemon 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 82 (range 74–95)
Colorfulness 0.076
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Analogous
Neighboring hues on 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
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
ΔE 8
Closest pair ΔE 8.0 · average ΔE 13.9
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
AaBest text pair: Pale Lemon Yellow on Isabella Color (2.0:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaPale Lemon Yellow · Pinkish Cinnamon | 1.6:1Low | 28 / 25 |
| AaAaPale Lemon Yellow · Isabella Color | 2.0:1Low | 40 / 36 |
| AaAaPale Lemon Yellow · Ecru | 1.9:1Low | 36 / 33 |
| AaAaPinkish Cinnamon · Isabella Color | 1.3:1Low | 12 / 10 |
| AaAaPinkish Cinnamon · Ecru | 1.2:1Low | 7 / 0 |
| AaAaIsabella Color · Ecru | 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. 292 */
:root {
--pale-lemon-yellow: #ffefae; /* Pale Lemon Yellow */
--pinkish-cinnamon: #eeb480; /* Pinkish Cinnamon */
--isabella-color: #c5a56e; /* Isabella Color */
--ecru: #c2ae93; /* Ecru */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 292 */
@theme {
--color-pale-lemon-yellow: #ffefae;
--color-pinkish-cinnamon: #eeb480;
--color-isabella-color: #c5a56e;
--color-ecru: #c2ae93;
}
{
"id": 292,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Pale Lemon Yellow",
"hex": "#ffefae",
"rgb": [
255,
239,
174
],
"cmyk": [
0,
4,
38,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Pinkish Cinnamon",
"hex": "#eeb480",
"rgb": [
238,
180,
128
],
"cmyk": [
5,
32,
53,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Isabella Color",
"hex": "#c5a56e",
"rgb": [
197,
165,
110
],
"cmyk": [
15,
28,
60,
10
]
},
{
"name": "Ecru",
"hex": "#c2ae93",
"rgb": [
194,
174,
147
],
"cmyk": [
20,
25,
40,
6
]
}
]
}