chromary

≈ Sunburn

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.

accentCyan BlueCH 0402 · #31ABE0
support≈ Periwinkle Blue#6E97B0
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ SunburnAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Sunburn #B39888.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#AE886F 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 #AE886F#AE886FSet in Chalk on #AE886F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
#AE886F on Chalk#AE886FSet in #AE886F on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 2.9:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #AE886F#AE886F
Display sizesLc 44 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#AE886F on Charcoal#AE886F
Display sizesLc 41 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
Neon Aqua on #AE886F#AE886F
Display sizesLc 36 · 2.1:1 fails WCAG
Espresso on #AE886F#AE886F
Display sizesLc 36 · 3.7:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Chalk on #AE886FThe 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 #AE886F in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#AE886F
Red-blind (protanopia)
#AE886F
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#AE886F
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#AE886F
No color (achromatopsia)