chromary

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

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Three hues evenly spaced around the wheel, 120 degrees apart, at full punch.

Triad · Three, evenly spaced.

support≈ Sky Flash#3AD5FA
accentFlamingo PopCH 0545 · #F74ED2
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ SandAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Sand #C2B280.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#BCB074 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 #BCB074#BCB074Set in Panel on #BCB074, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.3:1 WCAG AAA
#BCB074 on Panel#BCB074Set in #BCB074 on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 8.3:1 WCAG AAA
Forest on #BCB074#BCB074Set in Forest on #BCB074, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#BCB074 on Forest#BCB074Set in #BCB074 on Forest, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#BCB074 on Iron#BCB074Set in #BCB074 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #BCB074#BCB074Set in Iron on #BCB074, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Panel on #BCB074

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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)