Cream Yellow & Grayish Lavender - B +2

About this combination

Combination 329 of 348 in Wada's six-volume 1933 work. A 4-colour grouping of Cream Yellow, Grayish Lavender - B, Cotinga Purple, Slate Color, as documented in the original plates.

Historical context

Plate 329 of Wada's 348 anchors Cream Yellow, Grayish Lavender - B, Cotinga Purple and Slate Color in the yellow family — a 4-colour grouping with a refined, 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 — Cream Yellow on Cotinga Purple — reaches a contrast ratio of 8.44:1, clearing the WCAG AAA bar for body text, so it holds up for text-on-colour layouts as well as decorative use.