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Brown to Ivory gradient
Brown (#a52a2a) into Ivory (#fffff0) — 81° 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.
OKLab and OKLCH, side by side
OKLab
Open in maker →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.
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #a52a2a 0%, #fffff0 100%)
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.
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #a52a2a 0%, #fffff0 100%)
And the sRGB line most tools draw, for comparison — the number is the chroma that survives at the dullest point.
Eased and mesh
Eased (soft)
Open in maker →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.
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #a52a2a 0%, #a72e2d 8.28%, #ab3935 16.03%, #b34741 23.35%, #bb5950 30.32%, #c56d61 37.03%, #cf8275 43.56%, #d9978a 50%, #e2ad9f 56.44%, #eac2b3 62.97%, #f2d6c6 69.68%, #f7e6d7 76.65%, #fbf3e4 83.97%, #fefced 91.72%, #fffff0 100%)
Mesh
Open in maker →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.
background-color: #d9978a; background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 45.47% 13.45%, rgba(165, 42, 42, 0.727) 0%, rgba(165, 42, 42, 0) 55.52%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 53.3% 58.55%, rgba(255, 255, 240, 0.875) 0%, rgba(255, 255, 240, 0) 50.64%); background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 45.47% 13.45%, oklch(from #a52a2a l c h / 0.7269) 0%, rgb(from #a52a2a r g b / 0) 55.52%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 53.3% 58.55%, oklch(from #fffff0 l c h / 0.8746) 0%, rgb(from #fffff0 r g b / 0) 50.64%);
Report
- white ink: worst 1.01:1 at 100% (fails AA); black ink: worst 2.96:1 at 0% (fails AA) → use black text.
- Neither ink passes AA at the worst point — treat as decorative or add a scrim (rgba(0,0,0,.35) typically lifts white ink past 4:1).
- White text disappears completely at 100% (1.00:1 crossing).
- Banding medium: ~7px bands at 1440px — add grain 12 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.
Export
.gradient {
background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #a52a2a 0%, #ad3d38 7.14%, #b54d45 14.29%, #bd5c53 21.43%, #c46b60 28.57%, #cb7a6e 35.71%, #d2897c 42.86%, #d9978a 50%, #dfa698 57.14%, #e5b5a6 64.29%, #ebc3b5 71.43%, #f0d2c3 78.57%, #f6e1d2 85.71%, #faf0e1 92.86%, #fffff0 100%);
background-image: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #a52a2a 0%, #fffff0 100%);
}bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#a52a2a] to-[#fffff0]
<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="#a52a2a"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#ad3d38"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#b54d45"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#bd5c53"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#c46b60"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#cb7a6e"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#d2897c"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#d9978a"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#dfa698"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#e5b5a6"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#ebc3b5"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#f0d2c3"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#f6e1d2"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#faf0e1"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#fffff0"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
{
"brown-to-ivory": {
"$type": "gradient",
"$value": [
{
"color": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [
0.647,
0.165,
0.165
],
"hex": "#a52a2a"
},
"position": 0
},
{
"color": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [
1,
1,
0.941
],
"hex": "#fffff0"
},
"position": 1
}
],
"$extensions": {
"com.brandsweets": {
"kind": "linear",
"css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #a52a2a 0%, #fffff0 100%)",
"interpolation": "oklab",
"angle": 135,
"name": "brown-to-ivory",
"contrast": {
"white": {
"ratio": 1.009,
"at": 1,
"passesAA": false,
"passesAALarge": false
},
"black": {
"ratio": 2.964,
"at": 0,
"passesAA": false,
"passesAALarge": false
},
"suggestedInk": "#000000"
}
}
},
"$description": "Brown to Ivory, interpolated in oklab."
}
}More from Brown
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.
https://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-gradients https://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcp
›make a brown to ivory hero gradient in oklch that passes AA for white text, with grain if it bands
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