chromary

≈ Persimmon

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

The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentSky FlashCH 0407 · #79DEFA
support≈ Pine#006F83
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ PersimmonAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Persimmon #9E5E4A.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#904E3D 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 #904E3D#904E3DSet in Chalk on #904E3D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Any textLc 78 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
#904E3D on Chalk#904E3DSet in #904E3D on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 74 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Aqua on #904E3D#904E3DSet in Aqua on #904E3D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
#904E3D on Aqua#904E3DSet in #904E3D on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
Creamsicle on #904E3D#904E3DSet in Creamsicle on #904E3D, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large
#904E3D on Creamsicle#904E3DSet in #904E3D on Creamsicle, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Chalk on #904E3DThe 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 Chalk still stands clearly off #904E3D in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#904E3D
Red-blind (protanopia)
#904E3D
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#904E3D
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#904E3D
No color (achromatopsia)