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[beetle496]

Originally Posted by Aleph

Consider this the 'playtesting' phase, not the 'design' phase.

My apologies for the wall of text! The main problem is where you are asking people to read both black and white text over a brown. This happens with the navigation elements, so it is a significant impediment for many people with color vision deficiencies.

TLDR: please consider replacing

• uses of this brown: CA9859
• with hex: A36A00

Samples:

1. black and white text on your current brown, showing that white on brown has poor contrast (2.57:1)
2. black and white text on the brown I am recommending, showing good contrast for both black and white
3. your brown vs the brown I am recommending, illustrating that they are close, 1.76:1

It might well be the case that, for site aesthetics, the brown I am recommending is too dark. In that case, I will suggest you aim for at least a 3:1 contrast ratio. You can get that from: CC8500

1. black and white text on other this brown, white text on brown background is just over 3:1, and black text is almost 7:1.
2. your brown vs this other brown, illustrating that they are very close, 1.17:1