Flash in the Pan on Quiet Abyss
#ff9977 on #160435
Body text at this size
And the smaller size most interfaces actually use for paragraphs — the size that decides whether a pair is usable.
Caption text, which almost nothing passes.
WCAG 2.1
9.13:1
Passes AA for body text
AAA too. Swapping the two colours gives the same number — the ratio does not know which is the text.
APCA
Lc -61.1
Clears Lc 60 — headlines and other larger text.
Light text on a darker ground — the negative sign is the polarity.
Colour difference
ΔE00 69.1
different colours
Above 10 — related only in the sense that both are colours.
Nothing to fix
This pair already clears 4.5:1, so #ff9977 can stay exactly as it is. Check another pair.
And to someone missing a cone
protanopia
Ratio 7.91:1, ΔE00 67.2.
deuteranopia
Ratio 9.78:1, ΔE00 77.3.
tritanopia
Ratio 11.88:1, ΔE00 84.0.
The weakest of the three is protanopia, where the two are ΔE00 67.2 apart against 69.1 for a trichromat — still clearly two colours.
Both colours have pages of their own: Flash in the Pan ·Quiet Abyss · the same pair the other way round ·all pairs