Lemon Yellow & Madder Brown +1

About this combination

Combination 173 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Lemon Yellow, Madder Brown, Turquoise Green, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 173 of Wada's 348 anchors Lemon Yellow, Madder Brown and Turquoise Green in the yellow 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 — Lemon Yellow on Madder Brown — reaches a contrast ratio of 8.01:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.