SunsetDark

Summary

SunsetDark is a sequential colormap from carto. Lightness falls monotonically from 0.91 to 0.42, hue sweeps 112° from yellow to rose, and order holds under all three colorblind simulations.

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

Perceptual profile (OKLCh)

• Lightness: 0.910 → 0.419 (range 0.491, min 0.419, max 0.910); monotonic; midpoint 0.637
• Chroma: min 0.090, max 0.203, mean 0.162
• Hue: 86.2° → 334.3° (span 111.9°), path monotonic-ccw; quadrants: yellow, orange, red, rose
• Endpoint temperature: warm → warm
• Perceptual ΔE: total 79.3, mean/step 0.311, max step 0.515, smoothness 0.661, speed 0.311

Colorblind safety (ΔE under simulated CVD)

• Protanopia: ΔE total 69.6; preserves order: yes
• Deuteranopia: ΔE total 64.4; preserves order: yes
• Tritanopia: ΔE total 60.8; preserves order: yes

Related

• Family: carto
• Source: CARTOColors (Carto), https://carto.com/carto-colors/
• Similar sequential maps: ag_GrnYl, ag_Sunset, BluGrn, BluYl, BrwnYl, Burg, BurgYl, DarkMint
• All colormaps