Colour to colour

Dusty Rose to Copper gradient

Dusty Rose (#dcae96) into Copper (#b87333) — 11° 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.

Dusty Rose → Copper
black text · worst 5.54:1 · AA
white 1.99 failsblack 5.54 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 1.99 failsblack 5.54 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #dcae96 0%, #b87333 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 1.99 failsblack 5.54 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #dcae96 0%, #b87333 100%)

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

sRGB70%
OKLab70%
OKLCH70%

Eased and mesh

Aa

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.

white 1.99 failsblack 5.54 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #dcae96 0%, #dbad95 8.28%, #daab91 16.03%, #d8a78b 23.35%, #d5a284 30.32%, #d29d7b 37.03%, #ce9771 43.56%, #ca9167 50%, #c68a5d 56.44%, #c38453 62.97%, #bf7f49 69.68%, #bc7a41 76.65%, #ba763a 83.97%, #b97435 91.72%, #b87333 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 2.48 failsblack 7.03 AAbanding high
css
background-color: #ca9167;
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 50.77% 83.93%, rgba(184, 115, 51, 0.747) 0%, rgba(184, 115, 51, 0) 54.38%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 61.14% 43.03%, rgba(220, 174, 150, 0.824) 0%, rgba(220, 174, 150, 0) 53.35%);
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 50.77% 83.93%, oklch(from #b87333 l c h / 0.747) 0%, rgb(from #b87333 r g b / 0) 54.38%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 61.14% 43.03%, oklch(from #dcae96 l c h / 0.8243) 0%, rgb(from #dcae96 r g b / 0) 53.35%);

Report

  • white ink: worst 1.99:1 at 0% (fails AA); black ink: worst 5.54:1 at 100% (AA) → use black text.
  • Banding high: ~15px bands at 1440px — add grain 30 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.

Export

css
.gradient {
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #dcae96 0%, #d9aa8f 7.14%, #d7a689 14.29%, #d4a182 21.43%, #d29d7b 28.57%, #cf9975 35.71%, #cd956e 42.86%, #ca9167 50%, #c88c60 57.14%, #c58859 64.29%, #c28452 71.43%, #c0804b 78.57%, #bd7b43 85.71%, #bb773b 92.86%, #b87333 100%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #dcae96 0%, #b87333 100%);
}
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#dcae96] to-[#b87333]
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="#dcae96"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#d9aa8f"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#d7a689"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#d4a182"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#d29d7b"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#cf9975"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#cd956e"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#ca9167"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#c88c60"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#c58859"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#c28452"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#c0804b"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#bd7b43"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#bb773b"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#b87333"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg
{
  "dusty-rose-to-copper": {
    "$type": "gradient",
    "$value": [
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.863,
            0.682,
            0.588
          ],
          "hex": "#dcae96"
        },
        "position": 0
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.722,
            0.451,
            0.2
          ],
          "hex": "#b87333"
        },
        "position": 1
      }
    ],
    "$extensions": {
      "com.brandsweets": {
        "kind": "linear",
        "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #dcae96 0%, #b87333 100%)",
        "interpolation": "oklab",
        "angle": 135,
        "name": "dusty-rose-to-copper",
        "contrast": {
          "white": {
            "ratio": 1.993,
            "at": 0,
            "passesAA": false,
            "passesAALarge": false
          },
          "black": {
            "ratio": 5.538,
            "at": 1,
            "passesAA": true,
            "passesAALarge": true
          },
          "suggestedInk": "#000000"
        }
      }
    },
    "$description": "Dusty Rose to Copper, interpolated in oklab."
  }
}

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live endpoint

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