Burly Wood Screen
A full-screen solid burly wood color (#DEB887). Fill your whole display, or download the burly wood screen as an image in 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K or any size you type in.
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What is a burly wood screen?
A burly wood screen is simply a web page filled edge to edge with one solid color — Burly Wood, hex #DEB887, or rgb(222, 184, 135). It is a light, warm color: in HSL it sits at 34° hue, 57% saturation and 70% lightness, and its relative luminance is 51.6%. burly-wood is one of the standard CSS color names, so it renders identically in every browser.
Burly Wood screen at a glance
How a full-screen burly wood (#DEB887) behaves as a light, a test pattern and a background — measured from the color itself.
| Brightness | 52% of a white screen | A medium light level — comfortable as ambient light. |
|---|---|---|
| Blue light | low (17% of its light) | Less blue than a white screen (33%). |
| Night use | Better for daytime | For a night light, turn the brightness down or choose a warmer screen such as red or orange. |
| Text on it | Black text · 11.3:1 | Excellent contrast for captions or signs (WCAG AAA). |
| Display test | Mixed sub-pixel levels | Good for spotting uneven backlight, banding and tint across the panel. |
What people use a burly wood screen for
Brown screens produce a warm, low-key neutral wash that works as a cozy ambient light, a muted backdrop for still-life photography, or a calm placeholder colour for signage and mock-ups. Being a dark, desaturated orange, brown keeps blue light low.
As a test pattern, a flat burly wood field makes a dead or stuck pixel jump out, and it exercises the red and green sub-pixels.
#DEB887) — this is also the preview image shown when you share the page.How to use the burly wood screen
The color is already set to Burly Wood (#DEB887). Tap Open full screen, or the preview, to fill your whole display with burly wood; press Esc or tap again to exit. To keep a copy, pick a size — 1920 × 1080 for a desktop wallpaper, 1080 × 1920 for a phone or 3840 × 2160 for a 4K TV — and tap Download PNG or JPG. The file is created in your browser and saved as burly-wood-screen-1920x1080.png, with no watermark. A flat burly wood image compresses to a few kilobytes even at 4K.
Every resolution, aspect ratio and device tip (phones, TVs, projectors, second monitors) is in the full color screen guide.
Burly Wood screen color codes
The full-screen color and every download use exactly these values. Tap any row to copy it.
Contrast against white text 1.86:1 · against black text 11.31:1. See the full Burly Wood color page for harmonies, shades and tints, or open it in the color picker.
Colors that go with a burly wood screen
Using two screens side by side, a split display or a burly wood wallpaper with accents? These named colors sit in harmony with Burly Wood on the color wheel:
Build a full scheme from burly wood in the color matcher or the palette generator, or blend it into another color with the gradient creator for a gradient wallpaper.
Popular color screens
The colors people reach for most often as a full-screen background or light:
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Burly Wood screen — FAQ
What is the hex code for a burly wood screen?
A burly wood screen uses the color Burly Wood, hex #DEB887 — rgb(222, 184, 135). The full-screen view and every download use exactly that value, and burly-wood also works as a CSS color name.
How do I make my whole screen burly wood?
Open this page and tap Open full screen (or tap the preview). Your browser fills the entire display with burly wood and hides its own toolbars; press Esc or tap the screen to come back. To keep it, download it in 1080p, 4K or any size as a free PNG or JPG — no sign-up or watermark.
How bright is a burly wood screen?
A burly wood screen gives off about 52% of the light of a white screen at the same brightness setting, a comfortable level for ambient light. About 17% of its light is blue (a white screen is 33%), which counts as low blue light.
What color text is easiest to read on a burly wood screen?
Black text, with a contrast ratio of 11.3:1, which passes the WCAG guideline for normal text. Check any other pairing in the contrast checker.