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#9B8049 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.

Paper on #9B8049#9B8049Set in Paper on #9B8049, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.3:1
#9B8049 on Paper#9B8049Set in #9B8049 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.3:1
Aurora on #9B8049#9B8049
Display sizesLc 44 · 2.5:1
#9B8049 on Aurora#9B8049
Display sizesLc 40 · 2.5:1
Custard on #9B8049#9B8049
Display sizesLc 39 · 2.4:1
Charcoal on #9B8049#9B8049
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.0:1

For every eye: Paper on #9B8049

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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)