chromary

≈ Old Gold

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Your hue at half the chroma, then a quarter. Same lightness, so it sits quietly beside you.

Muted companion · Same hue, half the chroma.

supportCamoCH 0125 · #7F8F4E
neutralMushroomCH 0572 · #877F73
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ Old GoldAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Old Gold #9F8303.chromary

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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#888313 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.

Paper on #888313#888313Set in Paper on #888313, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
#888313 on Paper#888313Set in #888313 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
Aqua on #888313#888313Set in Aqua on #888313, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
#888313 on Aqua#888313Set in #888313 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
Custard Cream on #888313#888313
Display sizesLc 41 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
#888313 on Custard Cream#888313
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Paper on #888313The strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Paper still stands clearly off #888313 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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Red-blind (protanopia)
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Green-blind (deuteranopia)
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Blue-blind (tritanopia)
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No color (achromatopsia)