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
neutralBanana CreamCH 0233 · #FDE7D0
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#A7844B 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 #A7844B#A7844BSet in Paper on #A7844B, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.1:1
#A7844B on Paper#A7844BSet in #A7844B on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 3.1:1
Charcoal on #A7844B#A7844B
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.4:1
#A7844B on Charcoal#A7844B
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.4:1
Custard on #A7844B#A7844B
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.2:1
Tortoiseshell on #A7844B#A7844B
Display sizesLc 33 · 3.5:1

For every eye: Paper on #A7844B

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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)