Why your colour sometimes changes
Quick answer
Some colours are too pale to put words on top of. When you pick one, Oparo deepens it just enough for the writing to stay clear, and keeps the colour recognisably yours.
Think of a pale yellow highlighter. It is a lovely colour, but you cannot write on it in white pen and expect anyone to read it.
The same thing happens on a button. So when you choose a colour, Oparo checks whether the words on your buttons, your links, and the outline that shows where you are on the keyboard will all still be clear against it. If they would not be, it deepens the colour, and only as far as it has to.
What it never changes is your hue. A yellow stays yellow, it just becomes a richer one. Your logo is never touched at all.
This matters more than it might sound. Plenty of your clients will open an invoice on a phone, outdoors, one-handed, in the sun. Some of them do not see colour the way you do. A button they cannot read is a bill they do not pay.
When a colour is adjusted, the screen tells you, and the preview shows you exactly what you are getting.
Common problems
I need the exact colour from my brand guidelines
Probable causes
- The brand colour is too pale to carry readable text at button size
How to fix it
Your colour is used everywhere it works, including your logo, which is never altered. Where words have to sit on top of it, a deeper version of the same colour is used instead. Most brand guidelines already include a darker variant for exactly this reason, and you can type that one in directly.
I would rather it just used what I picked
How to fix it
There is no way to switch this off. A client area your clients cannot read is not something we will help you publish. If the adjusted colour is not to your taste, try a deeper shade of your own choosing instead, and it will be left alone.
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