chromary

≈ Old Gold

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

Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportSandCH 0099 · #C2B280
neutralLemon ChiffonCH 0267 · #F5ECC2
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ Old GoldAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Old Gold #9F8303.chromary

Color Values

Exact from the hex. Tap any value to copy it.

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#98882E 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 #98882E#98882ESet in Paper on #98882E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
#98882E on Paper#98882ESet in #98882E on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 3.1:1 WCAG AA large
Aqua on #98882E#98882ESet in Aqua on #98882E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#98882E on Aqua#98882ESet in #98882E on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Panel on #98882E#98882E
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#98882E on Panel#98882E
Display sizesLc 37 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Paper on #98882EThe 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 #98882E in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#98882E
Red-blind (protanopia)
#98882E
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#98882E
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#98882E
No color (achromatopsia)