chromary
The two hues either side of the opposite, 30 degrees out, each at full punch.

Split complementary · Beside the opposite.

support≈ Blue Check#2488F6
accentViolet ShockCH 0105 · #CB00F5
nightPanelCH 0004 · #12160D
paperPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
claim its number≈ GoldAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Gold #D4AF37.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#CAC152 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 #CAC152#CAC152Set in Panel on #CAC152, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 67 · 9.8:1 WCAG AAA
#CAC152 on Panel#CAC152Set in #CAC152 on Panel, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 66 · 9.8:1 WCAG AAA
#CAC152 on Iron#CAC152Set in #CAC152 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #CAC152#CAC152Set in Iron on #CAC152, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 6.2:1 WCAG AA
#CAC152 on Bronze Olive#CAC152Set in #CAC152 on Bronze Olive, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA
Bronze Olive on #CAC152#CAC152Set in Bronze Olive on #CAC152, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 6.1:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Panel on #CAC152The 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 #CAC152 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

#CAC152
Red-blind (protanopia)
#CAC152
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#CAC152
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#CAC152
No color (achromatopsia)