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Amber to Ochre gradient

Amber (#ffbf00) into Ochre (#cc7722) — 24° apart on the OKLCH hue wheel. Below: the same two stops interpolated in OKLab and in OKLCH, side by side, because the difference is real and most generators never let you see it; then an eased version and a mesh, each with the worst-case contrast for white and black text. The engine's own pick for this pair is oklab — both colours are in the palette and the hue gap is small enough that the straight line stays clean.

Amber → Ochre
black text · worst 6.23:1 · AA
white 1.65 failsblack 6.23 AAbanding high

OKLab and OKLCH, side by side

Aa

A straight line through the a/b plane: the two hues meet halfway and desaturate a little at the midpoint. The safe default — it is what CSS and Tailwind default to.

white 1.65 failsblack 6.23 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #ffbf00 0%, #cc7722 100%)
Aa

OKLCH (shorter hue)

Open in maker →

Chroma and hue interpolate separately, so the midpoint keeps its saturation and the hue travels the short way round the wheel — richer, and it can pass through hues neither colour has.

white 1.65 failsblack 6.23 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #ffbf00 0%, #cc7722 100%)

And the sRGB line most tools draw, for comparison — the number is the chroma that survives at the dullest point.

sRGB90%
OKLab90%
OKLCH90%

Eased and mesh

Aa

Eased (soft)

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A cubic-bezier(.4, 0, .6, 1) mix ratio baked into 15 stops: the transition lingers on each colour and moves faster through the middle, which is what makes a gradient read as designed rather than default.

white 1.65 failsblack 6.23 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #ffbf00 0%, #febe01 8.28%, #fcbb05 16.03%, #f9b60a 23.35%, #f5b10f 30.32%, #f0aa13 37.03%, #eba217 43.56%, #e69b1a 50%, #e0931d 56.44%, #db8c1e 62.97%, #d68520 69.68%, #d27f21 76.65%, #cf7b21 83.97%, #cd7822 91.72%, #cc7722 100%)
Aa

Both colours as stacked radials over a base, laid out by a seeded Poisson-disc sampler — the same seed gives the same mesh forever. Exports as CSS, SVG and PNG.

white 2.32 failsblack 7.54 AAbanding low
css
background-color: #e69b1a;
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 2.96% 91.02%, rgba(255, 191, 0, 0.846) 0%, rgba(255, 191, 0, 0) 52.11%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 60.24% 47.25%, rgba(204, 119, 34, 0.823) 0%, rgba(204, 119, 34, 0) 48.47%);
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 2.96% 91.02%, oklch(from #ffbf00 l c h / 0.8461) 0%, rgb(from #ffbf00 r g b / 0) 52.11%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 60.24% 47.25%, oklch(from #cc7722 l c h / 0.8231) 0%, rgb(from #cc7722 r g b / 0) 48.47%);

Report

  • white ink: worst 1.65:1 at 1% (fails AA); black ink: worst 6.23:1 at 100% (AA) → use black text.
  • Banding high: ~20px bands at 1440px — add grain 40 (≈3% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.

Export

css
.gradient {
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffbf00 0%, #fbba06 7.14%, #f8b50c 14.29%, #f4af10 21.43%, #f1aa13 28.57%, #eda516 35.71%, #e9a018 42.86%, #e69b1a 50%, #e2961c 57.14%, #de901d 64.29%, #db8b1f 71.43%, #d78620 78.57%, #d38121 85.71%, #d07c21 92.86%, #cc7722 100%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #ffbf00 0%, #cc7722 100%);
}
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#ffbf00] to-[#cc7722]
svg
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="1440" height="600" viewBox="0 0 1440 600"><defs><linearGradient id="bs-gradient" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x1="210" y1="-210" x2="1230" y2="810"><stop offset="0%" stop-color="#ffbf00"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#fbba06"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#f8b50c"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#f4af10"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#f1aa13"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#eda516"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#e9a018"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#e69b1a"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#e2961c"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#de901d"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#db8b1f"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#d78620"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#d38121"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#d07c21"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#cc7722"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg
{
  "amber-to-ochre": {
    "$type": "gradient",
    "$value": [
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            1,
            0.749,
            0
          ],
          "hex": "#ffbf00"
        },
        "position": 0
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.8,
            0.467,
            0.133
          ],
          "hex": "#cc7722"
        },
        "position": 1
      }
    ],
    "$extensions": {
      "com.brandsweets": {
        "kind": "linear",
        "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #ffbf00 0%, #cc7722 100%)",
        "interpolation": "oklab",
        "angle": 135,
        "name": "amber-to-ochre",
        "contrast": {
          "white": {
            "ratio": 1.653,
            "at": 0.0068,
            "passesAA": false,
            "passesAALarge": false
          },
          "black": {
            "ratio": 6.229,
            "at": 1,
            "passesAA": true,
            "passesAALarge": true
          },
          "suggestedInk": "#000000"
        }
      }
    },
    "$description": "Amber to Ochre, interpolated in oklab."
  }
}

More from Amber

mcpConnect your agent to the gradient engine
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared gradients endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — make_gradient returns CSS with the interpolation space, Tailwind v4, SVG, a PNG URL, a DTCG token and the contrast report in one call; brand_gradients derives the whole contact sheet from a brand or a palette. Read-only, no key. Every gradient is a /gradients/new/… link: open it, refine, paste it back.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-gradients https://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcp
try this prompt

make a amber to ochre hero gradient in oklch that passes AA for white text, with grain if it bands

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