chromary

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

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Your hue, lighter and quieter: up 0.15 in lightness at three quarters of the chroma, then up 0.30 at half.

Tints · Lighter and quieter, twice.

supportOat MilkCH 0604 · #F0DEBE
neutralPaperCH 0012 · #EEF2E6
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
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#DDA87C 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 #DDA87C#DDA87CSet in Charcoal on #DDA87C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 62 · 8.9:1
#DDA87C on Charcoal#DDA87CSet in #DDA87C on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 61 · 8.9:1
Espresso on #DDA87C#DDA87CSet in Espresso on #DDA87C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.9:1
#DDA87C on Espresso#DDA87CSet in #DDA87C on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 5.9:1
#DDA87C on Iron#DDA87CSet in #DDA87C on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1
Iron on #DDA87C#DDA87CSet in Iron on #DDA87C, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 54 · 5.6:1

For every eye: Charcoal on #DDA87C

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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)