Peru

#ae8762

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

This is Peru, a soft orange at 29 degrees. 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 #ae8762, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#ae8762

RGB174, 135, 98

HSL29, 32%, 53%

HSV29, 44%, 68%

CMYK0%, 22%, 44%, 32%

Lab59.17, 9.98, 25.59

XYZ28.32, 27.21, 15.31

Decimal11437922

Web safe#999966

Pantone4645 C

Shades of peru

#a47b54 #946f4c #846344 #74573c #644b33 #543f2b #443323 #34271b #241b13 #140f0a

Tints of peru

#b59271 #bd9d7f #c4a88e #ccb39c #d3bfab #dbcab9 #e2d5c8 #eae0d6 #f1ebe5 #f9f6f3

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#6289ae Analogous#ae6263 Analogous#aead62 Triadic#62ae87 Triadic#8762ae Split complementary#62aead Split complementary#6263ae

Peru in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 22, 44, 32.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #ae8762 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 22 44 32

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 24 44 38

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 #ae8762 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #ae8762; }
.text { color: #ae8762; }
.border { border: 2px solid #ae8762; }

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 #ae8762 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #ae8762 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 #ae8762 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 #ae8762 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 #ae8762 are worked out. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.