Yellow Orange & Sepia +2

About this combination

Combination 288 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Yellow Orange, Sepia, Taupe Brown, Black, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 288 of Wada's 348 anchors Yellow Orange, Sepia, Taupe Brown and Black in the yellow family — a 4-colour grouping with a solemn, 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 — Yellow Orange on Black — reaches a contrast ratio of 8.75:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.