chromary

≈ Caramel

no CH number yet · claim this color and its own CH number

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.

supportFaded RoseCH 0108 · #CF6275
neutral≈ Raspberry#BD6979
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#BD6E55 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 #BD6E55#BD6E55Set in Chalk on #BD6E55, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 63 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
#BD6E55 on Chalk#BD6E55Set in #BD6E55 on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 58 · 3.4:1 WCAG AA large
Rave on #BD6E55#BD6E55Set in Rave on #BD6E55, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 51 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#BD6E55 on Rave#BD6E55Set in #BD6E55 on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #BD6E55#BD6E55
Display sizesLc 38 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA
Creamsicle on #BD6E55#BD6E55
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.3:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Chalk on #BD6E55The 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 #BD6E55 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)