chromary

≈ Old Gold

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

The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accentUltramarineCH 0080 · #3F00FF
support≈ Lilac Bloom#7488CD
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
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#A48936 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 #A48936#A48936Set in Paper on #A48936, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#A48936 on Paper#A48936Set in #A48936 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Aqua on #A48936#A48936Set in Aqua on #A48936, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
#A48936 on Aqua#A48936Set in #A48936 on Aqua, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
Panel on #A48936#A48936
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#A48936 on Panel#A48936
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Paper on #A48936

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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)