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Burlywood to Periwinkle gradient

Burlywood (#deb887) into Periwinkle (#ccccff) — 149° 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 oklch: ΔH 149° > 140° — interpolating in oklch (shorter hue) keeps the midpoint saturated.

Burlywood → Periwinkle
black text · worst 11.30:1 · AA
white 1.53 failsblack 11.30 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 1.54 failsblack 11.31 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #deb887 0%, #ccccff 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 1.53 failsblack 11.30 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #deb887 0%, #ccccff 100%)

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

sRGB27%
OKLab27%
OKLCH95%

Eased and mesh

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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 1.53 failsblack 11.30 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #deb887 0%, #e0b888 8.28%, #e3b68b 16.03%, #e9b591 23.35%, #eeb49b 30.32%, #f2b3a8 37.03%, #f3b3b7 43.56%, #f2b5c7 50%, #edb8d7 56.44%, #e7bce4 62.97%, #e0c1ef 69.68%, #d8c5f7 76.65%, #d2c9fc 83.97%, #cecbfe 91.72%, #ccccff 100%)
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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 1.64 failsblack 11.59 AAbanding high
css
background-color: #d5c3c5;
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 27.46% 25.26%, rgba(222, 184, 135, 0.737) 0%, rgba(222, 184, 135, 0) 57.16%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 73.3% 35.66%, rgba(204, 204, 255, 0.876) 0%, rgba(204, 204, 255, 0) 55.24%);
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 27.46% 25.26%, oklch(from #deb887 l c h / 0.7371) 0%, rgb(from #deb887 r g b / 0) 57.16%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 73.3% 35.66%, oklch(from #ccccff l c h / 0.8761) 0%, rgb(from #ccccff r g b / 0) 55.24%);

Report

  • white ink: worst 1.53:1 at 100% (fails AA); black ink: worst 11.30:1 at 2% (AA) → use black text.
  • Banding high: ~12px bands at 1440px — add grain 25 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.

Export

css
.gradient {
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #deb887 0%, #e5b68d 7.14%, #ebb494 14.29%, #efb39d 21.43%, #f2b3a7 28.57%, #f3b3b1 35.71%, #f3b3bc 42.86%, #f2b5c7 50%, #efb7d2 57.14%, #ebb9dc 64.29%, #e7bce5 71.43%, #e1c0ee 78.57%, #dbc4f5 85.71%, #d3c8fb 92.86%, #ccccff 100%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #deb887 0%, #ccccff 100%);
}
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklch from-[#deb887] to-[#ccccff]
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="#deb887"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#e5b68d"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#ebb494"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#efb39d"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#f2b3a7"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#f3b3b1"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#f3b3bc"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#f2b5c7"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#efb7d2"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#ebb9dc"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#e7bce5"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#e1c0ee"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#dbc4f5"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#d3c8fb"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#ccccff"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg
{
  "burlywood-to-periwinkle": {
    "$type": "gradient",
    "$value": [
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.871,
            0.722,
            0.529
          ],
          "hex": "#deb887"
        },
        "position": 0
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.8,
            0.8,
            1
          ],
          "hex": "#ccccff"
        },
        "position": 1
      }
    ],
    "$extensions": {
      "com.brandsweets": {
        "kind": "linear",
        "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #deb887 0%, #ccccff 100%)",
        "interpolation": "oklch",
        "hue": "shorter",
        "angle": 135,
        "name": "burlywood-to-periwinkle",
        "contrast": {
          "white": {
            "ratio": 1.535,
            "at": 0.9953,
            "passesAA": false,
            "passesAALarge": false
          },
          "black": {
            "ratio": 11.298,
            "at": 0.0212,
            "passesAA": true,
            "passesAALarge": true
          },
          "suggestedInk": "#000000"
        }
      }
    },
    "$description": "Burlywood to Periwinkle, interpolated in oklch."
  }
}

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live endpoint

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endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcp
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