chromary

≈ Caramel

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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
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ CaramelAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Caramel #AF6F35.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#AB7C53 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.

Chalk on #AB7C53#AB7C53Set in Chalk on #AB7C53, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
#AB7C53 on Chalk#AB7C53Set in #AB7C53 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
Neon Aqua on #AB7C53#AB7C53
Display sizesLc 41 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #AB7C53#AB7C53
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#AB7C53 on Neon Aqua#AB7C53
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.4:1 fails WCAG
Custard on #AB7C53#AB7C53
Display sizesLc 38 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Chalk on #AB7C53

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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)