CSS named color
Burlywood #DEB887
Burlywood (CSS keyword burlywood) has the hex code #DEB887 and the RGB value rgb(222, 184, 135): a very light, muted tan.
One of the X11 wood and leather tones, alongside tan, peru and sandybrown; the X11 color list does not document where the name comes from. It is a light, sandy tan.
Color codes for Burlywood
| CSS keyword | burlywood |
|---|---|
| HEX | #DEB887 |
| RGB | rgb(222, 184, 135) |
| HSL | hsl(34, 57%, 70%) |
| HWB | hwb(34 53% 13%) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.5% 0.078 73.4) |
| CMYK (naive, no ICC profile) | cmyk(0%, 17%, 39%, 13%) |
| Decimal | 14,596,231 |
| Hue family | Browns and tans |
Contrast and accessibility
On burlywood, black text has a contrast ratio of 11.31:1 and passes AAA at any text size; white text reaches 1.85:1.
WCAG 2.2 contrast ratios (success criteria 1.4.3 and 1.4.6: AA needs 4.5:1 for normal text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1 and 4.5:1). APCA Lc is the lightness contrast from the APCA-W3 0.0.98G model proposed for WCAG 3; a higher absolute value is more readable, and Lc 75 is its suggested minimum for body text.
| Pair | Ratio | AA | AA large | AAA | AAA large | APCA Lc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black text on burlywood | 11.31:1 | Pass | Pass | Pass | Pass | 68.9 |
| White text on burlywood | 1.85:1 | Fail | Fail | Fail | Fail | −39.1 |
| Burlywood text on white | 1.85:1 | Fail | Fail | Fail | Fail | 34.9 |
| Burlywood text on black | 11.31:1 | Pass | Pass | Pass | Pass | −67.6 |
Tints and shades
Each step mixes burlywood with white (tints) or black (shades) in gamma-encoded sRGB, the same result as color-mix(in srgb, burlywood, white 25%) in CSS.
Tints (mixed with white)
- 5%
#e0bc8d - 15%
#e3c399 - 25%
#e6caa5 - 35%
#ead1b1 - 45%
#edd8bd - 55%
#f0dfc9 - 65%
#f3e6d5 - 75%
#f7ede1 - 85%
#faf4ed - 95%
#fdfbf9
Shades (mixed with black)
- 5%
#d3af80 - 15%
#bd9c73 - 25%
#a78a65 - 35%
#907858 - 45%
#7a654a - 55%
#64533d - 65%
#4e402f - 75%
#382e22 - 85%
#211c14 - 95%
#0b0907
Color harmonies
Rotating the hue in OKLCH while keeping lightness and chroma, burlywood's complementary color is #9CC3F1 (close to lightskyblue), its analogous colors are #EBAF97 and #C8C287, and its triadic partners are #81CFCD and #D1B1E3. For text on top, black gives the higher contrast.
| Harmony | Rotation | Color |
|---|---|---|
| Complementary | +180° | #9cc3f1 |
| Analogous | −30°, +30° | #ebaf97#c8c287 |
| Triadic | +120°, +240° | #81cfcd#d1b1e3 |
| Split-complementary | +150°, +210° | #86cbe4#b8b9f0 |
Computed in OKLCH: the hue is rotated by 180° (complementary), ±30° (analogous), ±120° (triadic) and 180° ±30° (split-complementary) while lightness and chroma stay fixed. Results that fall outside sRGB are brought back with the CSS Color 4 gamut mapping algorithm. Because this uses OKLCH, the values differ from tools that rotate hue in HSL, but every color keeps the same perceived lightness.
Warm or cool?
Burlywood is a warm color: its hue is 34° on the HSL wheel, in the red, orange and yellow range (0° to about 70°, plus reds above 330°) that is conventionally called warm.
Nearest named and Tailwind colors
Distance is ΔE OK, the Euclidean distance in OKLab multiplied by 100. Values under about 2 are hard to tell apart side by side.
Nearest CSS named colors
| Color | HEX | ΔE OK |
|---|---|---|
| tan | #d2b48c | 2.3 |
| sandybrown | #f4a460 | 5.8 |
| darkkhaki | #bdb76b | 6.3 |
Nearest Tailwind v4 colors
| Color | HEX | ΔE OK |
|---|---|---|
| orange-300 | #ffb86a | 6.1 |
| olive-400 | #abab9c | 9.1 |
| red-300 | #ffa2a2 | 9.3 |
Code snippets
.element {
color: burlywood;
background-color: #deb887;
border-color: rgb(222 184 135);
outline-color: oklch(80.5% 0.078 73.4);
}<div class="bg-[#deb887] text-black">...</div>
/* or register it once in your CSS (Tailwind v4) */
@theme {
--color-burlywood: #deb887;
}
/* then use bg-burlywood, text-burlywood, border-burlywood */import SwiftUI
extension Color {
static let burlywood = Color(red: 0.871, green: 0.722, blue: 0.529)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
val Burlywood = Color(0xFFDEB887)import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
const burlywood = Color(0xFFDEB887);<!-- res/values/colors.xml -->
<color name="burlywood">#DEB887</color>Frequently asked questions
- What is the hex code for burlywood?
- The hex code for burlywood is #DEB887. The same color is rgb(222, 184, 135), hsl(34, 57%, 70%) and oklch(80.5% 0.078 73.4), and in CSS you can also write the keyword burlywood directly.
- Is burlywood a warm or cool color?
- Burlywood is a warm color: its hue is 34° on the HSL wheel, in the red, orange and yellow range (0° to about 70°, plus reds above 330°) that is conventionally called warm.
- What colors go with burlywood?
- Rotating the hue in OKLCH while keeping lightness and chroma, burlywood's complementary color is #9CC3F1 (close to lightskyblue), its analogous colors are #EBAF97 and #C8C287, and its triadic partners are #81CFCD and #D1B1E3. For text on top, black gives the higher contrast.
- Can you use white text on burlywood?
- White text on burlywood has a contrast ratio of 1.85:1, which fails AA even for large text under WCAG 2.2. Black text reaches 11.31:1 and passes both AA and AAA. In APCA terms that is Lc −39.1 for white and Lc 68.9 for black.
- What is the RGB value of burlywood?
- Burlywood is rgb(222, 184, 135): red 222, green 184 and blue 135 on the 0 to 255 scale, or 87.1%, 72.2% and 52.9%. As a decimal integer it is 14596231.
Last reviewed by Arielton Oberek.