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The Claim Office

Every image carries a vein of color underneath it. Stake a claim, register the metal, and carry it into whatever you build next.

extraction · ladders · purity · deed
sourcethe fox
Source image for color extraction
click anywhere to stake a manual claim
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Click a swatch's lock to keep it, then shuffle to re-mine the rest. Click anywhere on the image to stake a manual claim from that exact pixel.

registered claims5
the vein — tint & shade ladders9 steps, surface to bedrock
purity test — contrast
WCAG ratio 

A contrast ratio is how far apart two colours are in lightness. Identical colours are 1:1. Black on white is 21:1, the furthest you can get.

WCAG is the accessibility standard most of the web is held to. It asks for 4.5:1 behind normal text and 3:1 for large text, icons and borders. Those are the numbers this panel checks.

It matters away from a good monitor: low vision, a phone in sunlight, a cheap screen, tired eyes. A pairing that looks fine here can be unreadable there. That is what bears weight means — it will hold text. Decorative only means use it, just not under words.

the claim office — deed of registry

Claim, filed

source: the eagle
read left to right — registered to ZoddLazy Z Bar