chromary

≈ Apricot Jam

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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.

accent≈ Royal#1E7BF5
support≈ Hydrangea#7992B6
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ Apricot JamAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Apricot Jam #B59A6A.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#A58C66 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 #A58C66#A58C66Set in Paper on #A58C66, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#A58C66 on Paper#A58C66Set in #A58C66 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #A58C66#A58C66
Display sizesLc 44 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#A58C66 on Charcoal#A58C66
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
Espresso on #A58C66#A58C66
Display sizesLc 36 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large
#A58C66 on Espresso#A58C66
Display sizesLc 35 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Paper on #A58C66The 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 #A58C66 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)