Peru

#e09342

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

This is Peru, a strong orange at 31 degrees. A mid orange this warm suits food, sport and friendly brands. Teals and blues on the opposite side of the wheel give it contrast and warm browns keep it earthy.

Peru color values

Every conversion for #e09342, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e09342

RGB224, 147, 66

HSL31, 72%, 57%

HSV31, 71%, 88%

CMYK0%, 34%, 71%, 12%

Lab67.36, 22.01, 53.2

XYZ42.16, 37.11, 10.09

Decimal14717762

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone157 C

Shades of peru

#dc862c #cd7922 #b66c1e #a05f1a #8a5217 #734413 #5d370f #472a0c #311d08 #1a1004

Tints of peru

#e39d53 #e6a765 #e9b176 #ebbb87 #eec599 #f1cfaa #f4d8bc #f7e2cd #faecde #fcf6f0

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#428fe0 Analogous#e04442 Analogous#dee042 Triadic#42e093 Triadic#9342e0 Split complementary#42dee0 Split complementary#4442e0

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, 34, 71, 12.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e09342 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 34 71 12

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 35 69 18

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 #e09342 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e09342; }
.text { color: #e09342; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e09342; }

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 #e09342 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e09342 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 #e09342 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 #e09342 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 #e09342 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. 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 figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.