chromary

≈ Golden HourText: 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.

accent≈ Sky#33C4F9
support≈ Cyan Blue#3DBBEB
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ Golden HourAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Golden Hour #E89B35.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#ED9262 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.

Charcoal on #ED9262#ED9262Set in Charcoal on #ED9262, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 56 · 7.9:1 WCAG AAA
#ED9262 on Charcoal#ED9262Set in #ED9262 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 55 · 7.9:1 WCAG AAA
Espresso on #ED9262#ED9262Set in Espresso on #ED9262, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 50 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
#ED9262 on Espresso#ED9262Set in #ED9262 on Espresso, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 49 · 5.5:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #ED9262#ED9262Set in Iron on #ED9262, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA
#ED9262 on Iron#ED9262Set in #ED9262 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 48 · 4.9:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #ED9262

#ED9262
Red-blind (protanopia)
#ED9262
Green-blind (deuteranopia)
#ED9262
Blue-blind (tritanopia)
#ED9262
No color (achromatopsia)