chromary

≈ Acid Olive

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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.

accentFuchsiaCH 0503 · #9B28DF
supportMauveCH 0091 · #E0B0FF
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ Acid OliveAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Acid Olive #B5C306.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#B2CF53 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 #B2CF53#B2CF53Set in Panel on #B2CF53, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 70 · 10.4:1 WCAG AAA
#B2CF53 on Panel#B2CF53Set in #B2CF53 on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 69 · 10.4:1 WCAG AAA
#B2CF53 on Iron#B2CF53Set in #B2CF53 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 6.6:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #B2CF53#B2CF53Set in Iron on #B2CF53, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 6.6:1 WCAG AA
#B2CF53 on Forest#B2CF53Set in #B2CF53 on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA
Forest on #B2CF53#B2CF53Set in Forest on #B2CF53, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 6.3:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Panel on #B2CF53The 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 Panel still stands clearly off #B2CF53 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)