radial gradient texture for kivy

radial_gradient.py

from kivy.graphics.texture import Texture
from kivy.graphics import Rectangle
from kivy.uix.widget import Widget
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.clock import Clock


class RadialGradient(App):
    def build(self):
        Clock.schedule_once(self.create_tex, 1)
        self.w = Widget()
        return self.w

    def create_tex(self, *args):
        center_color = 255, 255, 0
        border_color = 100, 0, 0

        size = (64, 64)
        tex = Texture.create(size=size)

        sx_2 = size[0] / 2
        sy_2 = size[1] / 2

        buf = ''
        for x in xrange(-sx_2, sx_2):
            for y in xrange(-sy_2, sy_2):
                a = x / (1.0 * sx_2)
                b = y / (1.0 * sy_2)
                d = (a ** 2 + b ** 2) ** .5

                for c in (0, 1, 2):
                    buf += chr(max(0,
                                   min(255,
                                       int(center_color[c] * (1 - d)) +
                                       int(border_color[c] * d))))

        tex.blit_buffer(buf, colorfmt='rgb', bufferfmt='ubyte')

        with self.w.canvas:
            Rectangle(texture=tex, size=(500, 500))


RadialGradient().run()