Nearest-color comparison

Burly Wood vs Tan

Burly Wood and Tan are different orange colors with HEX values #DEB887 and #D2B48C. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 13.6, their contrast ratio is 1.06:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Burly Wood and Tan are very close colors. Burly Wood is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.06:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Burly Wood#DEB887

Tan#D2B48C

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance13.6

Pair contrast1.06:1

Luminance delta0.0332

Hue delta0 deg

Lighter colorBurly Wood

More saturatedBurly Wood

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Burly Wood

Burly Wood is #DEB887, a warm orange color with balanced character. Compared with Tan, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

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

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Tan

Tan is #D2B48C, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Burly Wood, 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.

HEX#D2B48C RGB210, 180, 140 HSL34, 44, 69 CMYK0, 14, 33, 18 Luminance0.4824 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Burly Wood or Tan

Choose Burly WoodBurly Wood is better when the design needs balanced orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #DEB887.

Choose TanTan is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #D2B48C.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyBurly WoodTan

HEX#DEB887#D2B48C

RGB222, 184, 135210, 180, 140

HSL34, 57, 7034, 44, 69

CMYK0, 17, 39, 130, 14, 33, 18

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneBalancedEarth Tone

Luminance0.51560.4824

Black contrast11.31:110.65:1

White contrast1.86:11.97:1

Shared tonesNone

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

Tanblack text - 10.65:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Burly Wood#DEB887

Tan#D2B48C

#F2E3CF#F2E3CF

#ECE0CF#ECE0CF

#87ADDE#87ADDE

#8DABD3#8DABD3

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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    "name": "Burly Wood",
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    "rgb": [
      222,
      184,
      135
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    "hsl": [
      34,
      57,
      70
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      17,
      39,
      13
    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
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    ],
    "luminance": 0.5156,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 11.31,
      "white": 1.86
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
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        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
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      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 11.31
    },
    "description": "Burly Wood is #DEB887, a warm orange color with balanced character. Compared with Tan, it is lighter and more 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/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burly-wood.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "tan",
    "name": "Tan",
    "hex": "#D2B48C",
    "rgb": [
      210,
      180,
      140
    ],
    "hsl": [
      34,
      44,
      69
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      14,
      33,
      18
    ],
    "family": "orange",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "earth-tone"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.4824,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 10.65,
      "white": 1.97
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.65
    },
    "description": "Tan is #D2B48C, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Burly Wood, 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/tan/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tan.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 13.6,
  "contrastRatio": 1.06,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 0,
    "saturation": 13,
    "lightness": 1
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0332,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [],
  "lighterColor": "Burly Wood",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Burly Wood"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.06,
  "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": "Tan",
      "background": "#D2B48C",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 10.65
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseFirstWhen": "Burly Wood is better when the design needs balanced orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #DEB887.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Tan is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #D2B48C.",
  "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/compare/burly-wood-vs-tan.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burly-wood.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tan.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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  "summary": "Burly Wood and Tan are different orange colors with HEX values #DEB887 and #D2B48C. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 13.6, their contrast ratio is 1.06:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
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      "cmyk": [
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    "sameTemperature": true,
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