Lemon Yellow & Apricot Orange +2

About this combination

Combination 253 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Lemon Yellow, Apricot Orange, Cotinga Purple, Slate Color, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 253 of Wada's 348 anchors Lemon Yellow, Apricot Orange, Cotinga Purple and Slate Color in the yellow family — a 4-colour grouping with a refined, warm, bold 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 Cotinga Purple — reaches a contrast ratio of 11.31:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.