chromary

≈ Apricot Jam

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

Your color as a brand: the primary, the secondary colors from the chosen scheme, lighter and darker versions for backgrounds and states, and the neutrals from night to paper through greys tinted with your hue. Copy it as CSS.

Kit · Your color as a brand.

Secondary

SecondaryAquaCH 0066 · #00FFFF
SecondaryViolet ShockCH 0105 · #CB00F5

Tertiary

TertiaryQuiet LuxuryCH 0594 · #B8A48B
TertiaryAlmondCH 0224 · #D9CCB6
Tertiary≈ Burnt Caramel#725F41
TertiaryEspressoCH 0092 · #4B2E2B

Neutrals

NeutralCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
NeutralSaddle BrownCH 0206 · #4D473D
NeutralMushroomCH 0572 · #877F73
NeutralPebbleCH 0567 · #ABABAB
NeutralPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ Apricot JamAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Apricot Jam #B59A6A.chromary

Color Values

Exact from the hex. Tap any value to copy it.

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#A38D6B 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 #A38D6B#A38D6BSet in Paper on #A38D6B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#A38D6B on Paper#A38D6BSet in #A38D6B on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #A38D6B#A38D6B
Display sizesLc 44 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#A38D6B on Charcoal#A38D6B
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
Espresso on #A38D6B#A38D6B
Display sizesLc 36 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large
#A38D6B on Espresso#A38D6B
Display sizesLc 35 · 3.8:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Paper on #A38D6BThe 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 #A38D6B in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#A38D6B
Red-blind (protanopia)
#A38D6B
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#A38D6B
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#A38D6B
No color (achromatopsia)