Sunset Gradient

Amber through rose into a dusk violet — the classic golden-hour ramp. Built for hero sections and banner gradients; use the violet end for text panels, not body copy.

Colors

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Golden Hour #ffd230

Horizon #ff6900

Afterglow #ff2056

Dusk #a800b7

Nightfall #2f0d68

Accessibility snapshot

Each color's WCAG contrast ratio against white and black text — AA means it can carry normal-size text (≥4.5:1) on that background. Test your exact pairings in the contrast checker.

#ffd230 White text: 1.45:1 — Black text: 14.51:1 AA

#ff6900 White text: 2.89:1 — Black text: 7.27:1 AA

#ff2056 White text: 3.75:1 — Black text: 5.59:1 AA

#a800b7 White text: 6.27:1 AA Black text: 3.35:1 —

#2f0d68 White text: 15.24:1 AA Black text: 1.38:1 —

Color blindness safety

Every pair in this palette (10 pairs) checked with CIEDE2000 under normal vision plus the four strongest color vision deficiency types. A pair is flagged when it drops below ΔE 10 — the zone where colors get hard to tell apart at a glance.

#ff6900 vs #ff2056 Tritanopia ΔE 1.4 Effectively identical

#ff6900 vs #ff2056 Deuteranopia ΔE 2.4 Hard to distinguish

#ff6900 vs #ff2056 Protanopia ΔE 3.7 Hard to distinguish

#ffd230 vs #ff6900 Deuteranopia ΔE 6.8 Hard to distinguish

#ffd230 vs #ff2056 Deuteranopia ΔE 6.8 Hard to distinguish

#ff6900 vs #ff2056 Achromatopsia ΔE 6.9 Hard to distinguish

#ffd230 vs #ff6900 Protanopia ΔE 8.1 Hard to distinguish

#ffd230 vs #ff2056 Protanopia ΔE 9.1 Hard to distinguish

Swatches show the pair as that viewer would see it. Flagged pairs are fine decoratively — just don’t make them the only difference between two states. Explore any pair in the simulator.

In a real interface

Roles assigned by lightness: the lightest color as background, the darkest as text, the first two palette colors as primary and accent.

Sunset Gradient

This is how the palette reads when its colors take on interface roles.

Primary action Secondary Badge

CSS variables

CSS

--color-1: #ffd230;
--color-2: #ff6900;
--color-3: #ff2056;
--color-4: #a800b7;
--color-5: #2f0d68;

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