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#AB8A4F 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 #AB8A4F#AB8A4FSet in Paper on #AB8A4F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG#AB8A4F on Paper#AB8A4FSet in #AB8A4F on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.8:1 fails WCAGCharcoal on #AB8A4F#AB8A4FDisplay sizesLc 43 · 5.7:1 WCAG AA#AB8A4F on Charcoal#AB8A4FDisplay sizesLc 41 · 5.7:1 WCAG AAEspresso on #AB8A4F#AB8A4FDisplay sizesLc 35 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA largeIron on #AB8A4F#AB8A4FDisplay sizesLc 35 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large
For every eye: Paper on #AB8A4F
#AB8A4FRed-blind (protanopia)#AB8A4FGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#AB8A4FBlue-blind (tritanopia)#AB8A4FNo color (achromatopsia)