Usually they would be. I’m sure there is a rare exception for why you would want to create it as a raster image, but for the usual cases I run across CSS is far

Usually they would be. I’m sure there is a rare exception for why you would want to create it as a raster image, but for the usual cases I run across CSS is far more flexible. Embedded gradient images for use in emails for clients without CSS gradient support, possibly. In this specific case I can see why layered CSS gradients would be non-trivial to assemble, but it’s a trade off. Example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14926189/creating-a-gradient-mesh-in-css-jquery https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14926189/creating-a-grad...