chromary
The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

supportNeon AquaCH 0372 · #44E7F2
accentUltramarineCH 0080 · #3F00FF
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ PeanutAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Peanut #BF966A.chromary

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#AD8661 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 #AD8661#AD8661Set in Chalk on #AD8661, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#AD8661 on Chalk#AD8661Set in #AD8661 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #AD8661#AD8661
Display sizesLc 42 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
#AD8661 on Charcoal#AD8661
Display sizesLc 40 · 5.6:1 WCAG AA
Neon Aqua on #AD8661#AD8661
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.1:1 fails WCAG
Espresso on #AD8661#AD8661
Display sizesLc 35 · 3.6:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Chalk on #AD8661The strongest pairing above, as people with color blindness see it. About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women are color blind, most of them red-blind or green-blind, so reds and greens can look alike to them; blue-blind and no-color vision are rare. Each tile simulates the strongest form of one type (after Machado, Oliveira and Fernandes, 2009); most people who have it see a milder version. If Chalk still stands clearly off #AD8661 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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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)