chromary

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

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Your hue turned 15 degrees toward the cool side of the wheel, then 30. Lightness and chroma stay put.

Cooler · One step into the shade, then two.

support≈ Lime Zest#9DBB35
neutralEmeraldCH 0058 · #50C878
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#BAB201 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 #BAB201#BAB201Set in Panel on #BAB201, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.2:1 WCAG AAA
#BAB201 on Panel#BAB201Set in #BAB201 on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 8.2:1 WCAG AAA
Forest on #BAB201#BAB201Set in Forest on #BAB201, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
#BAB201 on Forest#BAB201Set in #BAB201 on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.4:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #BAB201#BAB201Set in Iron on #BAB201, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA
#BAB201 on Iron#BAB201Set in #BAB201 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.2:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Panel on #BAB201The 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 #BAB201 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)