chromary

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

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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.

accentUltramarineCH 0080 · #3F00FF
support≈ Silver#9CB2E6
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ SandAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Sand #C2B280.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#C9B078 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) and the WCAG 2 ratio, for anyone working to a standard.

Charcoal on #C9B078#C9B078Set in Charcoal on #C9B078, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 8.9:1
#C9B078 on Charcoal#C9B078Set in #C9B078 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.9:1
Espresso on #C9B078#C9B078Set in Espresso on #C9B078, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.9:1
#C9B078 on Espresso#C9B078Set in #C9B078 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.9:1
#C9B078 on Iron#C9B078Set in #C9B078 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1
Iron on #C9B078#C9B078Set in Iron on #C9B078, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #C9B078

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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)