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.

accentBright AzureCH 0432 · #1B63F1
support≈ Hydrangea#6B8DC5
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#AA8647 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 #AA8647#AA8647Set in Paper on #AA8647, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#AA8647 on Paper#AA8647Set in #AA8647 on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Seafoam on #AA8647#AA8647Set in Seafoam on #AA8647, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
#AA8647 on Seafoam#AA8647Set in #AA8647 on Seafoam, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.6:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #AA8647#AA8647
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#AA8647 on Charcoal#AA8647
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Paper on #AA8647

#AA8647
Red-blind (protanopia)
#AA8647
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#AA8647
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#AA8647
No color (achromatopsia)