# Sand Strike gradient

Sand Strike is a yellow gradient from WebGradients (MIT), rendered in OKLab.

### Sand Strike

- Slug: `sand-strike` · Page: https://brandsweets.com/gradients/sand-strike
- Stops: #c1c161, #d4d4b1 · angle 0° · source webgradients
- Families: yellow · Moods: warm, muted, light, pastel, monochrome, calm
- CSS: `linear-gradient(0deg in oklab, #c1c161 0%, #d4d4b1 100%)`
- Tailwind: `bg-linear-to-t/oklab from-[#c1c161] to-[#d4d4b1]`
- Contrast (worst point): white 1.52:1 fail · black 11.07:1 AA · banding high
- Maker: https://brandsweets.com/gradients/new/v1.c1c161-d4d4b1?a=0
- Colors: https://brandsweets.com/colors/c1c161, https://brandsweets.com/colors/d4d4b1

## The same stops in other spaces

- sRGB (the source's own look): `linear-gradient(0deg in srgb, #c1c161 0%, #d4d4b1 100%)`
- OKLCH shorter hue: `linear-gradient(0deg in oklch shorter hue, #c1c161 0%, #d4d4b1 100%)`

Family pages: https://brandsweets.com/gradients/yellow

## Gradient maker

Every maker URL is the gradient's state: `/gradients/new/v1.<hex>-<hex>[_pos]?a=135&in=oklch&hue=shorter&e=soft&g=8`. Hand one to a human, let them refine, and read the link they return.

## Connect an agent

Point any MCP client at the BrandSweets gradients endpoint for the same engine and corpus:

- Endpoint: https://mcp.brandsweets.com/gradients/mcp
- Tools: `make_gradient` (2–5 colours → CSS with the interpolation space, Tailwind v4, SVG, PNG URL, DTCG token + the contrast/banding/gamut report), `brand_gradients` (brand slug or palette → brand gradient, hero, button, variants).
- Resource: `gradients://corpus` — the whole bundled corpus as JSON.