chromary

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

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Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

supportCamoCH 0125 · #7F8F4E
neutralMatchaCH 0051 · #74A12E
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
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#A1933A 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 #A1933A#A1933ASet in Paper on #A1933A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
#A1933A on Paper#A1933ASet in #A1933A on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
Aqua on #A1933A#A1933ASet in Aqua on #A1933A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
Panel on #A1933A#A1933A
Display sizesLc 44 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#A1933A on Aqua#A1933A
Display sizesLc 43 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
#A1933A on Panel#A1933A
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Paper on #A1933AThe 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 #A1933A 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)