About this combination
Combination 83 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Olive Buff, Violet Blue, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 83 of Wada's 348 anchors Olive Buff and Violet Blue in the yellow family — a 2-colour grouping with a refined, cool, austere character, recorded in the Showa-era volumes of Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, where these shikisai names have sat in the public domain for generations. Its strongest pairing — Olive Buff on Violet Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 5.09:1, meeting the WCAG AA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.