Orange & Yellow Green +1

About this combination

Combination 141 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Orange, Yellow Green, Dark Tyrian Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 141 of Wada's 348 anchors Orange, Yellow Green and Dark Tyrian Blue in the orange family — a 3-colour grouping with a refined, warm 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 — Yellow Green on Dark Tyrian Blue — reaches a contrast ratio of 7.59:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.