Peru

#9e7b4f

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

Peru is a mid orange with balanced warmth. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. It sits well next to deep blues for contrast, or soft tans for a grounded palette.

Peru color values

Every conversion for #9e7b4f, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#9e7b4f

RGB158, 123, 79

HSL33, 33%, 46%

HSV33, 50%, 62%

CMYK0%, 22%, 50%, 38%

Lab54.03, 7.9, 29.16

XYZ22.59, 22.0, 10.45

Decimal10386255

Web safe#996666

Pantone730 C

Shades of peru

#907048 #826641 #755b3a #675033 #59452d #4b3b26 #3e301f #302518 #221b11 #14100a

Tints of peru

#ad885a #b5946b #bea17c #c6ad8d #cfb99e #d7c5af #e0d2c0 #e8ded1 #f1eae2 #f9f6f3

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#4f729e Analogous#9e534f Analogous#9a9e4f Triadic#4f9e7b Triadic#7b4f9e Split complementary#4f9a9e Split complementary#534f9e

Peru in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 22, 50, 38.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #9e7b4f on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 50 38

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 50 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 read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Peru in css

Copy #9e7b4f straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #9e7b4f; }
.text { color: #9e7b4f; }
.border { border: 2px solid #9e7b4f; }

How peru looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Peru and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #9e7b4f against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #9e7b4f against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Peru on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #9e7b4f 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 the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn peru into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #9e7b4f 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

The figures for #9e7b4f come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.