Showa era
Yellow Ocher & Violet
Plate 42 from Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations — Yellow Ocher, Violet.
#e2b540
yellow · 8 palettes
Yellow Ocher
About Yellow Ocher
Yellow Ocher is a mid-tone, vivid yellow tone. Its hex value is #e2b540 — that is
RGB 226, 181, 64, or HSL 43°, 74%, 57%.
It holds 10.9:1 contrast against dark, so Yellow Ocher works best for body text, headings, and UI labels. (On white it scores 1.9:1; on black 10.9:1.)
Across Sanzo Wada's 1933 Dictionary of Color Combinations, Yellow Ocher appears in 8 combinations — most often paired with Violet, Olive and Vandyke Brown.
Palettes with Yellow Ocher
Yellow Ocher appears in 8 combinations from the archive. Each pairing reveals how the same color shifts character depending on its neighbours.
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