chromary

≈ GorpText: 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#36C8F9
support≈ Cyan Blue#2DC5F6
nightCharcoalCH 0560 · #121212
paperChalkCH 0013 · #F4F4F0
claim its number≈ GorpAn unnamed color. Its nearest named color is Gorp #F79216.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#FB9665 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 #FB9665#FB9665Set in Charcoal on #FB9665, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Body textLc 60 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
#FB9665 on Charcoal#FB9665Set in #FB9665 on Charcoal, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 59 · 8.6:1 WCAG AAA
Maroon on #FB9665#FB9665Set in Maroon on #FB9665, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#FB9665 on Maroon#FB9665Set in #FB9665 on Maroon, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 53 · 5.8:1 WCAG AA
#FB9665 on Iron#FB9665Set in #FB9665 on Iron, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA
Iron on #FB9665#FB9665Set in Iron on #FB9665, a line of text reads cleanly at this size.
Headlines and large textLc 52 · 5.3:1 WCAG AA

For every eye: Charcoal on #FB9665The 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 Charcoal still stands clearly off #FB9665 in all four, the pairing reads for everyone.

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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)