A little colour memory test

Trust your eyes?

Remember this shade. It disappears in three seconds.

Look closely…

Fire CSS gradients

Fire CSS gradients combining red, orange and golden-yellow stops in warm linear and radial blends, with no pink or cool-colour stops. These 24 selected examples come from the existing gradient library.

Gradient usage, contrast & CSS

Use this gradient.

Use a fire blend for a small focal accent, an illustration flame or an energetic graphic. Surround the warm colours with a calmer area for essential wording.

Text over gradients.

The yellow end can be far lighter than the red end. One foreground colour may fail somewhere along the blend, even when it works on the first stop.

CSS for Paprika & Lemon

background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 30% 25%, #DABF01 0%, #FA4D37 100%);
background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 30% 25% in oklab, #DABF01 0%, #FA4D37 100%);

The first declaration supplies an sRGB fallback; the second interpolates in OKLab. Create a gradient with your own colours and stops.

THE COLOR SHEET / RESTORE

Bring your colours back?

BauhausRadial · 2 stops
BauhausLinear · 2 stops
BauhausLinear · 2 stops
CandyRadial · 2 stops
TetradicLinear · 2 stops
Pop ArtLinear · 2 stops
CandyLinear · 2 stops
NipponLinear · 2 stops
BauhausLinear · 2 stops
Pop ArtLinear · 2 stops
MemphisLinear · 2 stops
MemphisLinear · 2 stops
BauhausLinear · 2 stops
TropicalLinear · 2 stops
BauhausRadial · 2 stops
SummerLinear · 2 stops
BauhausRadial · 2 stops
BauhausLinear · 2 stops
BauhausLinear · 2 stops
BoldLinear · 2 stops
BauhausLinear · 2 stops
MemphisLinear · 2 stops
BauhausLinear · 2 stops
NeonLinear · 2 stops

THE COLOR SHEET / POSTCARD

Send a little colour.

THE PICTURE SIDE

Just for this postcard. Your saved memory stays as you wrote it.