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, loud, then in your register.

accent≈ Royal#1E7BF5
support≈ Hydrangea#90B2E4
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
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#CDAA74 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 #CDAA74#CDAA74Set in Charcoal on #CDAA74, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.6:1
#CDAA74 on Charcoal#CDAA74Set in #CDAA74 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.6:1
Espresso on #CDAA74#CDAA74Set in Espresso on #CDAA74, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.7:1
#CDAA74 on Espresso#CDAA74Set in #CDAA74 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.7:1
#CDAA74 on Iron#CDAA74Set in #CDAA74 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1
Iron on #CDAA74#CDAA74Set in Iron on #CDAA74, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.4:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #CDAA74

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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)