Apricot Yellow & Khaki +1

About this combination

Combination 129 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Apricot Yellow, Khaki, Salvia Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 129 of Wada's 348 anchors Apricot Yellow, Khaki and Salvia Blue in the yellow family — a 3-colour grouping with a refined, cool 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 — Apricot Yellow on Khaki — reaches a contrast ratio of 2.31:1, below the WCAG text-contrast floor, so it reads best in decorative blocks rather than text pairings.