chromary

≈ Caramel

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

support≈ Night Shift#E1A997
neutralSorbetCH 0198 · #FDE6D9
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ CaramelAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Caramel #AF6F35.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#BB755E 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 #BB755E#BB755ESet in Chalk on #BB755E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
#BB755E on Chalk#BB755ESet in #BB755E on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 3.2:1 WCAG AA large
Rave on #BB755E#BB755ESet in Rave on #BB755E, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
#BB755E on Rave#BB755ESet in #BB755E on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 45 · 2.7:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #BB755E#BB755E
Display sizesLc 39 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA
#BB755E on Charcoal#BB755E
Display sizesLc 37 · 5.1:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Chalk on #BB755EThe 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 #BB755E 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)