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#874B21 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.
Chalk on #874B21#874B21Set in Chalk on #874B21, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 80 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA#874B21 on Chalk#874B21Set in #874B21 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Any textLc 76 · 6.2:1 WCAG AANeon Aqua on #874B21#874B21Set in Neon Aqua on #874B21, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 4.5:1 WCAG AA#874B21 on Neon Aqua#874B21Set in #874B21 on Neon Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 57 · 4.5:1 WCAG AADust on #874B21#874B21Set in Dust on #874B21, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large#874B21 on Dust#874B21Set in #874B21 on Dust, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 3.9:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Chalk on #874B21
#874B21Red-blind (protanopia)#874B21Green-blind (deuteranopia)#874B21Blue-blind (tritanopia)#874B21No color (achromatopsia)