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Colour-blind view

Contrast is a luminance ratio, and colour blindness keeps luminance — so it barely moves below. What moves is distinguishability: how far apart the two colours stay (ΔE). That is the number to watch, and why this section exists. You can publish any of these as its own pair.

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Almost before we knew it

The pair at the sizes real interface text gets used — a heading, a line of body copy, and a button. If all three hold up here, the pair works.

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Make it pass

#FFDE00 on #367C2B is 3.85:1 — fails AA for body text. The nearest passing ink is #FFF299, which clears 4.5:1 without moving the ground.

Handgloves — #FFF299

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Color & contrast

Published contrast 3.85:1 — passes AA for large text only.

B is lightened to #FFF299 for interface text; the swatch above shows the pair exactly as published.

Dim / secondary text sits at 4.52:1.

Body text · needs 4.5:1 · fails
Large text · needs 3:1 · passes
Handgloves
16px · fails AA

The pair exactly as published, at the size you drag to. AA needs 4.5:1 for body, 3:1 at large sizes (24px+).

AB
Hex#367C2B#FFDE00
RGBrgb(54, 124, 43)rgb(255, 222, 0)
HSLhsl(112, 49%, 33%)hsl(52, 100%, 50%)

Published 14 Aug 2026.

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The pair as published — paste it into your stack. Where the AA-corrected ink differs, it's labelled, never swapped in silently. “Badge” embeds a live SVG of the pair and its rating.


    
  



    
On screen vs on paper

    
A backlit display flatters a pair; paper doesn't. Warm stock instead of #FFFFFF, a smaller gamut, lower contrast — this is where the verdict often changes.

    

      

        
HandglovesThe quick brown fox.

        
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HandglovesThe quick brown fox.

        
On paper — approximate

      

    

    
An approximation of warm stock, reduced gamut and lower contrast — not a colour-managed proof, and no claim about a specific press. For signage at distance, shrink the specimen with the size slider above.

  


  
  

  

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