Sulphur Yellow
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Sulphur Yellow
Pale King's Blue
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Pale King's Blue
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Combination No. 72 in use
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.
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Combination No. 72 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 & muted
Lightness 89 (range 84–94)
Colorfulness 0.054
Average OKLCH lightness (0–100) and chroma (colorfulness).
Harmony
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
- Pale King's BlueCool
Reds, oranges and yellows count as warm; greens, blues and violets as cool.
Distinctness
ΔE 27
Closest pair ΔE 26.6 · average ΔE 26.6
CIEDE2000 color difference. Below about 10 colors look related; above 30 they are clearly distinct.
Contrast
AaBest text pair: Sulphur Yellow on Pale King's Blue (1.3:1)
| Contrast | WCAG | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|
| AaAaSulphur Yellow · Pale King's Blue | 1.3:1Low | 17 / 15 |
WCAG 2 contrast ratio for text, and APCA lightness contrast (Lc) for each text/background direction.
Similar combinations
The closest palettes in perceptual color space (OKLab).
Export
Copy the palette as code or download it as an image.
/* Sanzo Wada, combination No. 72 */
:root {
--sulphur-yellow: #f5ecc2; /* Sulphur Yellow */
--pale-kings-blue: #a7d4e4; /* Pale King's Blue */
}
/* Tailwind CSS v4 – Sanzo Wada, combination No. 72 */
@theme {
--color-sulphur-yellow: #f5ecc2;
--color-pale-kings-blue: #a7d4e4;
}
{
"id": 72,
"source": "Sanzo Wada, A Dictionary of Color Combinations",
"colors": [
{
"name": "Sulphur Yellow",
"hex": "#f5ecc2",
"rgb": [
245,
236,
194
],
"cmyk": [
4,
4,
28,
0
]
},
{
"name": "Pale King's Blue",
"hex": "#a7d4e4",
"rgb": [
167,
212,
228
],
"cmyk": [
33,
4,
7,
0
]
}
]
}
More combinations with Sulphur Yellow
- No. 52Sulphur Yellow, Black
- No. 80Sulphur Yellow, Light Mauve
- No. 104Carmine Red, Sulphur Yellow
- No. 132Sulphur Yellow, Golden Yellow, Citrine
- No. 135Sulphur Yellow, Cossack Green, Salvia Blue
- No. 151Sulphur Yellow, Yellow Orange, Vanderpoel's Blue
- No. 208Sulphur Yellow, Green Blue, Antwerp Blue
- No. 246Corinthian Pink, Brick Red, Sulphur Yellow, Cinnamon Buff
- No. 254Corinthian Pink, Sulphur Yellow, Olive, Laelia Pink
- No. 270Eugenia Red B, Sulphur Yellow, Olive Green, Cossack Green
- No. 294Sulphur Yellow, Cream Yellow, Cossack Green, Salvia Blue
- No. 296Sulphur Yellow, Ochraceous Salmon, Pale Raw Umber, Slate Color
- No. 310Sulphur Yellow, Pinkish Cinnamon, Olive, Deep Slate Olive
- No. 315Grenadine Pink, Sulphur Yellow, Golden Yellow, Eupatorium Purple
- No. 320Coral Red, Sulphur Yellow, Oil Green, Light Glaucous Blue
- No. 321Light Brown Drab, Sulphur Yellow, Deep Slate Olive, Salvia Blue
- No. 326Sulphur Yellow, Peach Red, Yellow Green, Night Green
More combinations with Pale King's Blue
- No. 16Vandyke Red, Pale King's Blue
- No. 49Pale King's Blue, Blue
- No. 75Pale King's Blue, Violet Blue
- No. 167Ecru, Pale King's Blue, Vanderpoel's Blue
- No. 196Citron Yellow, Pale King's Blue, Blue Violet
- No. 213Vinaceous Cinnamon, Apricot Yellow, Pale King's Blue
- No. 234Cinnamon Buff, Pale Raw Umber, Pale King's Blue
- No. 287Eosine Pink, Pyrite Yellow, Pale King's Blue, Calamine Blue