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Khaki to Turquoise gradient

Khaki (#f0e68c) into Turquoise (#40e0d0) — 82° 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.

Khaki → Turquoise
black text · worst 12.79:1 · AA
white 1.28 failsblack 12.79 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 1.28 failsblack 12.79 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #f0e68c 0%, #40e0d0 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 1.28 failsblack 12.79 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklch shorter hue, #f0e68c 0%, #40e0d0 100%)

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

sRGB82%
OKLab74%
OKLCH92%

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 1.28 failsblack 12.79 AAbanding high
css
linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #f0e68c 0%, #eee68d 8.28%, #e9e691 16.03%, #e1e696 23.35%, #d6e69c 30.32%, #c9e6a3 37.03%, #bbe5aa 43.56%, #abe5b2 50%, #9ae4b9 56.44%, #88e3bf 62.97%, #76e2c5 69.68%, #63e1c9 76.65%, #53e1cd 83.97%, #45e0cf 91.72%, #40e0d0 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 1.35 failsblack 14.26 AAbanding high
css
background-color: #abe5b2;
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 23.3% 79.08%, rgba(64, 224, 208, 0.721) 0%, rgba(64, 224, 208, 0) 50.39%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 29.86% 31.98%, rgba(240, 230, 140, 0.734) 0%, rgba(240, 230, 140, 0) 57.65%);
background-image: radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 23.3% 79.08%, oklch(from #40e0d0 l c h / 0.7207) 0%, rgb(from #40e0d0 r g b / 0) 50.39%), radial-gradient(circle farthest-corner at 29.86% 31.98%, oklch(from #f0e68c l c h / 0.7338) 0%, rgb(from #f0e68c r g b / 0) 57.65%);

Report

  • white ink: worst 1.28:1 at 0% (fails AA); black ink: worst 12.79:1 at 100% (AA) → use black text.
  • Banding high: ~8px bands at 1440px — add grain 16 (≈2% soft-light noise) or shorten the ramp.

Export

css
.gradient {
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #f0e68c 0%, #e7e692 7.14%, #dde698 14.29%, #d4e69d 21.43%, #cae6a3 28.57%, #c0e5a8 35.71%, #b6e5ad 42.86%, #abe5b2 50%, #a0e4b6 57.14%, #94e4bb 64.29%, #87e3bf 71.43%, #79e2c4 78.57%, #69e2c8 85.71%, #57e1cc 92.86%, #40e0d0 100%);
  background-image: linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #f0e68c 0%, #40e0d0 100%);
}
tailwind v4
bg-linear-to-br/oklab from-[#f0e68c] to-[#40e0d0]
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="#f0e68c"/><stop offset="7.14%" stop-color="#e7e692"/><stop offset="14.29%" stop-color="#dde698"/><stop offset="21.43%" stop-color="#d4e69d"/><stop offset="28.57%" stop-color="#cae6a3"/><stop offset="35.71%" stop-color="#c0e5a8"/><stop offset="42.86%" stop-color="#b6e5ad"/><stop offset="50%" stop-color="#abe5b2"/><stop offset="57.14%" stop-color="#a0e4b6"/><stop offset="64.29%" stop-color="#94e4bb"/><stop offset="71.43%" stop-color="#87e3bf"/><stop offset="78.57%" stop-color="#79e2c4"/><stop offset="85.71%" stop-color="#69e2c8"/><stop offset="92.86%" stop-color="#57e1cc"/><stop offset="100%" stop-color="#40e0d0"/></linearGradient></defs><rect width="1440" height="600" fill="url(#bs-gradient)"/></svg>
dtcg
{
  "khaki-to-turquoise": {
    "$type": "gradient",
    "$value": [
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.941,
            0.902,
            0.549
          ],
          "hex": "#f0e68c"
        },
        "position": 0
      },
      {
        "color": {
          "colorSpace": "srgb",
          "components": [
            0.251,
            0.878,
            0.816
          ],
          "hex": "#40e0d0"
        },
        "position": 1
      }
    ],
    "$extensions": {
      "com.brandsweets": {
        "kind": "linear",
        "css": "linear-gradient(135deg in oklab, #f0e68c 0%, #40e0d0 100%)",
        "interpolation": "oklab",
        "angle": 135,
        "name": "khaki-to-turquoise",
        "contrast": {
          "white": {
            "ratio": 1.28,
            "at": 0,
            "passesAA": false,
            "passesAALarge": false
          },
          "black": {
            "ratio": 12.791,
            "at": 1,
            "passesAA": true,
            "passesAALarge": true
          },
          "suggestedInk": "#000000"
        }
      }
    },
    "$description": "Khaki to Turquoise, interpolated in oklab."
  }
}

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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
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