Light Brown Drab & Sulpher Yellow +2

About this combination

Combination 321 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Light Brown Drab, Sulpher Yellow, Deep Slate Olive, Salvia Blue, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 321 of Wada's 348 anchors Light Brown Drab, Sulpher Yellow, Deep Slate Olive and Salvia Blue in the red 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 — Sulpher Yellow on Deep Slate Olive — reaches a contrast ratio of 11.46:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.