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#B9860F 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.
Paper on #B9860F#B9860FSet in Paper on #B9860F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 2.9:1#B9860F on Paper#B9860FSet in #B9860F on Paper, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.9:1Charcoal on #B9860F#B9860FDisplay sizesLc 44 · 5.8:1#B9860F on Charcoal#B9860FDisplay sizesLc 42 · 5.8:1Aurora on #B9860F#B9860FDisplay sizesLc 38 · 2.2:1Iron on #B9860F#B9860FDisplay sizesLc 36 · 3.6:1
For every eye: Paper on #B9860F
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