About this combination
Combination 99 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A two-colour pairing of Pale Lemon Yellow, Cerulian Blue, as documented in the original plates.
Historical context
Plate 99 of Wada's 348 anchors Pale Lemon Yellow and Cerulian 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 — Pale Lemon Yellow on Cerulian Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 3.19:1, usable for large text but not body copy, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.