chromary

≈ Old Gold

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

Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

supportCamoCH 0125 · #7F8F4E
neutral≈ Buttercup#8C924F
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#A78748 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 #A78748#A78748Set in Paper on #A78748, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#A78748 on Paper#A78748Set in #A78748 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #A78748#A78748
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#A78748 on Charcoal#A78748
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Custard on #A78748#A78748
Display sizesLc 35 · 2.1:1 fails WCAG
Tortoiseshell on #A78748#A78748
Display sizesLc 34 · 3.5:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Paper on #A78748The 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 #A78748 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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No color (achromatopsia)