What is the hex code for Burlywood?

Burlywood is #deb887. In CSS the keyword burlywood, the hex #deb887, rgb(222, 184, 135) and hsl(34, 57%, 70%) all paint the same color.

What is the opposite of Burlywood on the color wheel?

The opposite (complementary) color is #87adde, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.

Can I use Burlywood for text?

Burlywood as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.86:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 11.31:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.

CSS color names · Browns

Burlywood color: hex #deb887, RGB and HSL

Burlywood is the CSS keyword burlywood, hex #deb887, rgb(222, 184, 135), hsl(34, 57%, 70%). It is a light, vivid orange in the browns family. Below: the colors that go with it, its tints and shades, how it reads as text, and a complete interface palette built from it.

CSS name: burlywood
Hex: #deb887
RGB: rgb(222, 184, 135)
HSL: hsl(34, 57%, 70%)
On white: 1.86:1 — fails AA; use as a fill, not text
On black: 11.31:1 — passes AA for body text

.example {
  color: burlywood;          /* keyword */
  color: #deb887;          /* hex */
  color: rgb(222, 184, 135); /* rgb */
  color: hsl(34, 57%, 70%); /* hsl */
}

What colors go with burlywood

Each match keeps burlywood's saturation and lightness and rotates only the hue, so the relationship is the wheel's and nothing else. Any of these can be an accent beside burlywood as the primary; the harmony guides explain which rule suits which interface.

Complementary

The opposite hue, 180° away — the strongest contrast, best kept to one accent per screen.

#87adde

Split-complementary

The two neighbors of the complement, at 150° and 210° — most of the contrast with less tension, and two accents instead of one.

#87d9de

#8c87de

Triadic

Two hues at 120° and 240° — three evenly spaced signals, the scheme charts and category colors want.

#87deb8

#b887de

Analogous

The neighbors at −30° and +30° — calm and cohesive, with emphasis coming from weight and size rather than hue.

#de8c87

#d9de87

Tints and shades of burlywood

Tints add lightness toward white; shades remove it toward black. The hue and saturation stay fixed, so every step still reads as burlywood — these are the hover, pressed, disabled and surface variants a single brand color needs.

Tints (lighter)

#e3c49b

#e9d0af

#efdcc3

#f4e7d7

#faf3eb

Shades (darker)

#d19c58

#bb8033

#8c6026

#5d401a

#2f200d

A UI color palette built from burlywood

The eight semantic roles an interface actually uses, derived from burlywood as the primary with the split-complementary rule: secondary and accent rotate around the wheel, and the five neutrals take the hue at lightness steps tuned for light and dark mode. This is the same derivation the palette generator runs — open it there to change the rule, drag the anchors, or export the set as CSS variables.

Light mode

primary: #deb887
secondary: #87d9de
accent: #8c87de
background: #fdfdfc
surface: #f7f5f3
text: #221b11
muted: #8d7659
border: #ebe6e0

Dark mode

primary: #deb887
secondary: #87d9de
accent: #8c87de
background: #1a150f
surface: #272016
text: #f6f5f3
muted: #b5a897
border: #483a28

Open burlywood in the palette generator

Using burlywood in an interface

Browns are muted oranges, and they behave like neutrals with warmth: the light ones make paper-like page backgrounds, the mid tones make borders and muted text, and the dark ones can carry body text. Brands that want to feel crafted or organic lean on this family. Whichever role burlywood takes, define it once as a token rather than repeating the keyword: the semantic palette guide covers the eight roles, and the guides to complementary, triadic and the other color schemes explain how to weight the matches above.

What is the hex code for Burlywood?: Burlywood is #deb887. In CSS the keyword burlywood, the hex #deb887, rgb(222, 184, 135) and hsl(34, 57%, 70%) all paint the same color.
What colors go with Burlywood?: Its complement is #87adde, the split-complementary pair is #87d9de and #8c87de, the triadic partners are #87deb8 and #b887de, and the analogous neighbors are #de8c87 and #d9de87. In an interface, use Burlywood for most colored elements and one of these for a single accent, at roughly an 80/20 split.
What is the opposite of Burlywood on the color wheel?: The opposite (complementary) color is #87adde, the same saturation and lightness rotated 180° around the HSL wheel. Complementary pairs give the strongest contrast, which is why the complement should be used sparingly rather than at equal weight.
Can I use Burlywood for text?: Burlywood as text on white has a contrast ratio of 1.86:1, which fails WCAG AA for body text (4.5:1) and for large text (3:1). On black it is 11.31:1, which passes for body text. Use it as text on dark surfaces, or as a fill with dark text on top.