chromary

≈ Old Gold

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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
neutralOat MilkCH 0604 · #F0DEBE
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
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#998045 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 #998045#998045Set in Paper on #998045, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
#998045 on Paper#998045Set in #998045 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
Aurora on #998045#998045
Display sizesLc 43 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
#998045 on Aurora#998045
Display sizesLc 40 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
Champagne on #998045#998045
Display sizesLc 40 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #998045#998045
Display sizesLc 37 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Paper on #998045

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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)