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
neutralSherbet YellowCH 0234 · #FDE9C4
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6

Color Values

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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#A3864A 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 #A3864A#A3864ASet in Paper on #A3864A, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.0:1
#A3864A on Paper#A3864ASet in #A3864A on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.0:1
Charcoal on #A3864A#A3864A
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.4:1
Aurora on #A3864A#A3864A
Display sizesLc 41 · 2.3:1
#A3864A on Charcoal#A3864A
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.4:1
#A3864A on Aurora#A3864A
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.3:1

For every eye: Paper on #A3864A

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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)