chromary

≈ SandText: auto, black, whichever reads better. Tap for white.

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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.

supportPearlCH 0266 · #EBEFCC
neutralChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ SandAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Sand #C2B280.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#ACB98F 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 #ACB98F#ACB98FSet in Panel on #ACB98F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 8.8:1 WCAG AAA
#ACB98F on Panel#ACB98FSet in #ACB98F on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.8:1 WCAG AAA
Forest on #ACB98F#ACB98FSet in Forest on #ACB98F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#ACB98F on Forest#ACB98FSet in #ACB98F on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.9:1 WCAG AA
#ACB98F on Iron#ACB98FSet in #ACB98F on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #ACB98F#ACB98FSet in Iron on #ACB98F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Panel on #ACB98F

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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)