Mushroom Screen
A full-screen solid mushroom color (#BDB0A0). Fill your whole display, or download the mushroom screen as an image in 480p, 720p, 1080p, 1440p, 4K or any size you type in.
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What is a mushroom screen?
A mushroom screen is simply a web page filled edge to edge with one solid color — Mushroom, hex #BDB0A0, or rgb(189, 176, 160). It is a light, warm color: in HSL it sits at 33° hue, 18% saturation and 68% lightness, and its relative luminance is 44.4%. The closest standard CSS color is Dark Gray (#A9A9A9).
Mushroom screen at a glance
How a full-screen mushroom (#BDB0A0) behaves as a light, a test pattern and a background — measured from the color itself.
| Brightness | 44% of a white screen | A medium light level — comfortable as ambient light. |
|---|---|---|
| Blue light | moderate (27% of its light) | About as much blue as a white screen. |
| 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 · 9.9:1 | 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 mushroom screen for
Mushroom is a muted, low-saturation color, so it makes a calm, distraction-free background for focus, reading or a video call, and it does not cast a strong tint onto faces.
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 mushroom field makes a dead or stuck pixel jump out, and it exercises the red, green and blue sub-pixels.
#BDB0A0) — this is also the preview image shown when you share the page.How to use the mushroom screen
The color is already set to Mushroom (#BDB0A0). Tap Open full screen, or the preview, to fill your whole display with mushroom; 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 mushroom-screen-1920x1080.png, with no watermark. A flat mushroom 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.
Mushroom screen color codes
The full-screen color and every download use exactly these values. Tap any row to copy it.
Contrast against white text 2.13:1 · against black text 9.88:1. See the full Mushroom color page for harmonies, shades and tints, or open it in the color picker.
Colors that go with a mushroom screen
Using two screens side by side, a split display or a mushroom wallpaper with accents? These named colors sit in harmony with Mushroom on the color wheel:
Build a full scheme from mushroom 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:
Colors similar to Mushroom
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Mushroom screen — FAQ
What is the hex code for a mushroom screen?
A mushroom screen uses the color Mushroom, hex #BDB0A0 — rgb(189, 176, 160). The full-screen view and every download use exactly that value. The nearest standard CSS name is Dark Gray (#A9A9A9).
How do I make my whole screen mushroom?
Open this page and tap Open full screen (or tap the preview). Your browser fills the entire display with mushroom 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 mushroom screen?
A mushroom screen gives off about 44% of the light of a white screen at the same brightness setting, a comfortable level for ambient light. About 27% of its light is blue (a white screen is 33%), which counts as moderate blue light.
What color text is easiest to read on a mushroom screen?
Black text, with a contrast ratio of 9.9:1, which passes the WCAG guideline for normal text. Check any other pairing in the contrast checker.