chromary

≈ SandText: 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≈ Quiet Luxury#B3B585
neutral≈ Matcha Latte#A8B98B
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#BEB182 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 #BEB182#BEB182Set in Panel on #BEB182, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA
#BEB182 on Panel#BEB182Set in #BEB182 on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.5:1 WCAG AAA
Iron on #BEB182#BEB182Set in Iron on #BEB182, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#BEB182 on Iron#BEB182Set in #BEB182 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#BEB182 on Field Grey#BEB182Set in #BEB182 on Field Grey, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.2:1 WCAG AA large
Field Grey on #BEB182#BEB182Set in Field Grey on #BEB182, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 47 · 4.2:1 WCAG AA large

For every eye: Panel on #BEB182The 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 #BEB182 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)