Sulphur Yellow
Peach Red
Yellow Green
Night Green

No. 326

4-color combination

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Colors

Peach Red

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Yellow Green

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Night Green

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Combination No. 326 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. 326 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 & vivid

Lightness 79 (range 66–94)
Colorfulness 0.139

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

Harmony

Color wheel with the combination’s hues; distance from the center shows colorfulnessSulphur YellowPeach RedYellow GreenNight Green

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.

Temperature

Warm & cool

  • Sulphur YellowWarm
  • Peach RedWarm
  • Yellow GreenCool
  • Night GreenCool

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

Distinctness

ΔE 7

Closest pair ΔE 7.2 · average ΔE 33.8

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

Contrast

AaBest text pair: Sulphur Yellow on Peach Red (2.8:1)

ContrastWCAGAPCA Lc
AaAaSulphur Yellow · Peach Red2.8:1Low53 / 48
AaAaSulphur Yellow · Yellow Green1.4:1Low21 / 18
AaAaSulphur Yellow · Night Green1.8:1Low32 / 29
AaAaPeach Red · Yellow Green2.0:1Low28 / 31
AaAaPeach Red · Night Green1.6:1Low18 / 19
AaAaYellow Green · Night Green1.2:1Low10 / 9

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

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/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 326 */
:root {
  --sulphur-yellow: #f5ecc2; /* Sulphur Yellow */
  --peach-red: #f15a30; /* Peach Red */
  --yellow-green: #afd472; /* Yellow Green */
  --night-green: #87c540; /* Night Green */
}

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