# OrYel

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/carto.OrYel
Source type: Colormap
Type: sequential
Collection: carto
Attribution: CARTOColors (Carto), https://carto.com/carto-colors/
License: CC-BY-4.0
Source: https://carto.com/carto-colors/
Tags: cartocolors, quantitative
Stops: 256

## Summary

OrYel is a sequential colormap from the carto collection. Inspect its perceptual lightness, chroma, and hue profile on colorcurio.us.

CARTOColors 'OrYel' (7-class anchor stops, tag: quantitative).

## Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

- Lightness: 0.888 → 0.647 (range 0.241, min 0.647, max 0.888); monotonic; midpoint 0.760
- Chroma: min 0.084, max 0.197, mean 0.140
- Hue: 94.3° → 20.1° (span 74.2°), path monotonic-ccw; quadrants: chartreuse, yellow, orange, red
- Endpoint temperature: warm → warm
- Perceptual ΔE: total 49.5, mean/step 0.194, max step 0.233, smoothness 0.904, speed 0.194

## Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

- Protanopia: ΔE total 35.8; preserves order: yes
- Deuteranopia: ΔE total 22.5; preserves order: yes
- Tritanopia: ΔE total 35.5; preserves order: yes

## Related

- Family: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps/families/carto
- All colormaps: https://colorcurio.us/colormaps