Colour to colour
Khaki to Brown gradient
Khaki (#f0e68c) into Brown (#a52a2a) — 77° 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, #f0e68c 0%, #a52a2a 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, #f0e68c 0%, #a52a2a 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, #f0e68c 0%, #efe38a 8.28%, #eddc86 16.03%, #ead080 23.35%, #e5c277 30.32%, #dfb16e 37.03%, #d89f63 43.56%, #d08b59 50%, #c8784f 56.44%, #c06645 62.97%, #b7543c 69.68%, #b04435 76.65%, #aa372f 83.97%, #a62e2b 91.72%, #a52a2a 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: #d08b59; background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 26.43% 85.86%, rgba(165, 42, 42, 0.728) 0%, rgba(165, 42, 42, 0) 56.89%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 58.57% 20.76%, rgba(240, 230, 140, 0.766) 0%, rgba(240, 230, 140, 0) 58.29%); background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 26.43% 85.86%, oklch(from #a52a2a l c h / 0.7281) 0%, rgb(from #a52a2a r g b / 0) 56.89%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 58.57% 20.76%, oklch(from #f0e68c l c h / 0.7657) 0%, rgb(from #f0e68c r g b / 0) 58.29%);
Report
- white ink: worst 1.28:1 at 0% (fails AA); black ink: worst 2.96:1 at 100% (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).
- Banding medium: ~8px bands at 1440px — add grain 15 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.
Export
.gradient {
background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #f0e68c 0%, #ecd984 7.14%, #e8cc7d 14.29%, #e4bf76 21.43%, #dfb26e 28.57%, #daa567 35.71%, #d59860 42.86%, #d08b59 50%, #cb7f52 57.14%, #c5724b 64.29%, #bf6444 71.43%, #b9573e 78.57%, #b24937 85.71%, #ac3b30 92.86%, #a52a2a 100%);
background-image: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #f0e68c 0%, #a52a2a 100%);
}bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#f0e68c] to-[#a52a2a]
<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="#f0e68c"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#ecd984"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#e8cc7d"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#e4bf76"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#dfb26e"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#daa567"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#d59860"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#d08b59"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#cb7f52"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#c5724b"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#bf6444"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#b9573e"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#b24937"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#ac3b30"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#a52a2a"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
{
"khaki-to-brown": {
"$type": "gradient",
"$value": [
{
"color": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [
0.941,
0.902,
0.549
],
"hex": "#f0e68c"
},
"position": 0
},
{
"color": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [
0.647,
0.165,
0.165
],
"hex": "#a52a2a"
},
"position": 1
}
],
"$extensions": {
"com.brandsweets": {
"kind": "linear",
"css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #f0e68c 0%, #a52a2a 100%)",
"interpolation": "oklab",
"angle": 135,
"name": "khaki-to-brown",
"contrast": {
"white": {
"ratio": 1.28,
"at": 0,
"passesAA": false,
"passesAALarge": false
},
"black": {
"ratio": 2.964,
"at": 1,
"passesAA": false,
"passesAALarge": false
},
"suggestedInk": "#000000"
}
}
},
"$description": "Khaki to Brown, interpolated in oklab."
}
}More from Khaki
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 khaki to brown hero gradient in oklch that passes AA for white text, with grain if it bands
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