Brown & Citron Yellow +1

About this combination

Combination 145 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Brown, Citron Yellow, Dull Violet Black, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 145 of Wada's 348 anchors Brown, Citron Yellow and Dull Violet Black in the orange family — a 3-colour grouping with a solemn, 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 — Citron Yellow on Dull Violet Black — reaches a contrast ratio of 8.18:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.