HarmoniesWays to pair this color with others by where they sit on the color wheel: its opposite, shapes of two to four colors spaced around the wheel, its neighbors on either side, then the same hue lighter, darker, warmer, cooler and quieter. Each strip leads with this color. Tap one to open its kit built that way.
How It Reads#85534D set as type with the kit Chromary builds for it, both ways round, strongest first. Each is graded by APCA, the measure of how strongly text stands off its ground as eyes see it: Any text and Body text read at every size, Headlines and large text from about 24 pixels, Display sizes for names, logos and big headlines. Pairings too faint for text, or that collapse for red- or green-blind readers, are left out. The small numbers are the APCA score (Lc), then the WCAG 2 ratio and its verdict (AAA from 7 to 1, AA from 4.5, AA large from 3), for anyone working to that standard. The two can disagree on mid tones: APCA favors white text on saturated greens and oranges, where WCAG 2 favors black.
Milk on #85534D#85534DSet in Milk on #85534D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 77 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA#85534D on Milk#85534DSet in #85534D on Milk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 73 · 5.6:1 WCAG AAFeather on #85534D#85534DSet in Feather on #85534D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 4.3:1 WCAG AA largeGlow Stick on #85534D#85534DSet in Glow Stick on #85534D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 4.3:1 WCAG AA large#85534D on Feather#85534DSet in #85534D on Feather, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 4.3:1 WCAG AA large#85534D on Glow Stick#85534DSet in #85534D on Glow Stick, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 4.3:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Milk on #85534D
#85534DRed-blind (protanopia)#85534DGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#85534DBlue-blind (tritanopia)#85534DNo color (achromatopsia)