Golden Yellow & Deep Slate Olive +1

About this combination

Combination 229 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 3-colour grouping of Golden Yellow, Deep Slate Olive, Neutral Gray, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 229 of Wada's 348 anchors Golden Yellow, Deep Slate Olive and Neutral Gray 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 — Deep Slate Olive on Neutral Gray — reaches a contrast ratio of 7.27:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.