chromary

≈ Caramel

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The hue straight across the wheel. Once at full punch, once in your register: your lightness, and as much chroma as the hue holds there.

Complementary · Straight across the wheel.

accent≈ Sky#35CDF7
support≈ Lagoon#0097B9
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ CaramelAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Caramel #AF6F35.chromary

Color Values

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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#C46D4C 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 #C46D4C#C46D4CSet in Chalk on #C46D4C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
#C46D4C on Chalk#C46D4CSet in #C46D4C on Chalk, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 57 · 3.3:1 WCAG AA large
Rave on #C46D4C#C46D4CSet in Rave on #C46D4C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
#C46D4C on Rave#C46D4CSet in #C46D4C on Rave, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 46 · 2.8:1 fails WCAG
Charcoal on #C46D4C#C46D4C
Display sizesLc 38 · 5.0:1 WCAG AA
Creamsicle on #C46D4C#C46D4C
Display sizesLc 37 · 2.2:1 fails WCAG

For every eye: Chalk on #C46D4CThe 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 #C46D4C 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)