Nearest-color comparison

Burly Wood vs Pale Gold

Burly Wood #DEB887 vs Pale Gold #E6BE8A: RGB distance 10.4 and contrast 1.07:1. Compare hue, luminance, saturation, WCAG and practical use.

Burly Wood and Pale Gold are very close, with an RGB distance of 10.4. Pale Gold is lighter by 0.0392, and Pale Gold is more saturated by 8 percentage points. Their mutual contrast is 1.07:1. The pair is too close for a readable foreground/background combination and works better as neighboring palette colors.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Burly Wood#DEB887

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Burly Wood and Pale Gold across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance10.4

Pair contrast1.07:1

Luminance delta0.0392

Hue delta0 deg

Lighter colorPale Gold

More saturatedPale Gold

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Burly Wood

Burly Wood is #DEB887, a warm orange with hue 34°, saturation 57% and luminance 0.5156. Beside Pale Gold, it is darker and less saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 11.31:1.

HEX#DEB887 RGB222, 184, 135 HSL34, 57, 70 CMYK0, 17, 39, 13 Luminance0.5156 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Pale Gold

Pale Gold is #E6BE8A, a warm orange with hue 34°, saturation 65% and luminance 0.5548. Beside Burly Wood, it is lighter and more saturated. Of the two standard text choices, black text gives the higher contrast at 12.1:1.

HEX#E6BE8A RGB230, 190, 138 HSL34, 65, 72 CMYK0, 17, 40, 10 Luminance0.5548 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Burly Wood or Pale Gold

Choose Burly WoodChoose Burly Wood when the design calls for balanced orange color at #DEB887, with warm temperature and 70% HSL lightness.

Choose Pale GoldChoose Pale Gold when #E6BE8A, its balanced orange character, or its 72% HSL lightness is the closer match.

Use togetherTreat them as tonal alternatives or adjacent palette steps, not as text and background. Their contrast is only 1.07:1. They share balanced tone characteristics.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyBurly WoodPale Gold

HEX#DEB887#E6BE8A

RGB222, 184, 135230, 190, 138

HSL34, 57, 7034, 65, 72

CMYK0, 17, 39, 130, 17, 40, 10

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneBalancedBalanced

Luminance0.51560.5548

Black contrast11.31:112.1:1

White contrast1.86:11.74:1

Shared tonesBalanced

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Burly Woodblack text - 11.31:1

Pale Goldblack text - 12.1:1

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Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Burly Wood#DEB887

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

#F2E3CF#F2E3CF

#F6E8D5#F6E8D5

#87ADDE#87ADDE

#89B1E6#89B1E6

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    "bestText": {
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      "label": "black text",
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    },
    "description": "Burly Wood is #DEB887, a warm orange color with balanced character. Compared with Pale Gold, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/burly-wood/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "pale-gold",
    "name": "Pale Gold",
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    "bestText": {
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      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 12.1
    },
    "description": "Pale Gold is #E6BE8A, a warm orange color with balanced character. Compared with Burly Wood, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for metallic palettes, product finishes, and premium packaging, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/pale-gold/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-gold.json"
  }
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Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 10.4,
  "contrastRatio": 1.07,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 0,
    "saturation": 8,
    "lightness": 2
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0392,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "balanced"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Pale Gold",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Pale Gold"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.07,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Burly Wood",
      "background": "#DEB887",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 11.31
    },
    {
      "color": "Pale Gold",
      "background": "#E6BE8A",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 12.1
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Pale Gold is better when the design needs balanced orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E6BE8A.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-gold.json"
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Full JSON dataset

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