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≈ DaffodilText: auto, white, whichever reads better. Tap for black.

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Secondary

SecondaryAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
SecondaryUltramarineCH 0080 · #3F00FF
SecondaryRoseCH 0022 · #F33A6A

Tertiary

TertiarySandCH 0099 · #C2B280
TertiaryChampagneCH 0259 · #D4CFB2
Tertiary≈ Burnt Caramel#6E643B
Tertiary≈ Bracken#433915

Neutrals

NeutralPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
NeutralField GreyCH 0241 · #4A483D
NeutralMushroomCH 0572 · #877F73
NeutralPebbleCH 0567 · #ABABAB
NeutralPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ DaffodilAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Daffodil #AA9F6A.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#9D9164 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 #9D9164#9D9164Set in Paper on #9D9164, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
#9D9164 on Paper#9D9164Set in #9D9164 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
Aqua on #9D9164#9D9164Set in Aqua on #9D9164, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
Panel on #9D9164#9D9164
Display sizesLc 44 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#9D9164 on Aqua#9D9164
Display sizesLc 44 · 2.5:1 fails WCAG
#9D9164 on Panel#9D9164
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Paper on #9D9164The 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 #9D9164 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)