Peru

#9e6d31

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for peru, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Peru sits in the orange range, deep and soft. Oranges like this feel warm and approachable in branding. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Peru color values

Every conversion for #9e6d31, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9e6d31

RGB158, 109, 49

HSL33, 53%, 41%

HSV33, 69%, 62%

CMYK0%, 31%, 69%, 38%

Lab50.01, 13.47, 40.32

XYZ20.12, 18.43, 5.4

Decimal10382641

Web safe#996633

Pantone730 C

Shades of peru

#91642d #835a29 #765124 #684820 #5b3f1c #4d3518 #402c14 #322310 #25190b #171007

Tints of peru

#b47c38 #c58b43 #cc9859 #d2a66f #d9b385 #e0c19a #e7ceb0 #eddcc6 #f4e9dc #fbf7f1

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#31629e Analogous#9e3631 Analogous#999e31 Triadic#319e6d Triadic#6d319e Split complementary#31989e Split complementary#37319e

Peru in print

The cmyk build is well inside gamut, so what you see on screen is close to what prints. The cmyk build is 0, 31, 69, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9e6d31 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 31 69 38

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 33 67 44

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Peru in css

Copy #9e6d31 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9e6d31; }
.text { color: #9e6d31; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e6d31; }

How peru looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

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Peru and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9e6d31 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9e6d31 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Peru on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9e6d31 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around peru? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn peru into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9e6d31 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from peru, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #9e6d31 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.