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#DCA89F 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 #DCA89F#DCA89FSet in Charcoal on #DCA89F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 63 · 9.1:1#DCA89F on Charcoal#DCA89FSet in #DCA89F on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Body textLc 61 · 9.1:1#DCA89F on Espresso#DCA89FSet in #DCA89F on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.9:1Espresso on #DCA89F#DCA89FSet in Espresso on #DCA89F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.9:1#DCA89F on Clay#DCA89FSet in #DCA89F on Clay, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 50 · 4.5:1Clay on #DCA89F#DCA89FSet in Clay on #DCA89F, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.Headlines and large textLc 49 · 4.5:1
For every eye: Charcoal on #DCA89F
#DCA89FRed-blind (protanopia)#DCA89FGreen-blind (deuteranopia)#DCA89FBlue-blind (tritanopia)#DCA89FNo color (achromatopsia)