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#A9B89E 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.
Panel on #A9B89E#A9B89ESet in Panel on #A9B89E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA#A9B89E on Panel#A9B89ESet in #A9B89E on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 60 · 8.7:1 WCAG AAA#A9B89E on Iron#A9B89ESet in #A9B89E on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1 WCAG AAIron on #A9B89E#A9B89ESet in Iron on #A9B89E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA#A9B89E on Olive Grey#A9B89ESet in #A9B89E on Olive Grey, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.3:1 WCAG AA largeOlive Grey on #A9B89E#A9B89ESet in Olive Grey on #A9B89E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.3:1 WCAG AA large
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