Peru

#d98921

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

Peru is a mid orange with confident warmth. 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 #d98921, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#d98921

RGB217, 137, 33

HSL34, 74%, 49%

HSV34, 85%, 85%

CMYK0%, 37%, 85%, 15%

Lab63.96, 23.15, 62.75

XYZ37.84, 32.75, 5.77

Decimal14256417

Web safe#cc9933

Pantone144 C

Shades of peru

#c67d1e #b3711b #a06518 #8d5915 #7a4d13 #674110 #54350d #41290a #2e1d07 #1b1104

Tints of peru

#e09432 #e39f47 #e6aa5c #e9b571 #edc086 #f0cb9b #f3d6b0 #f6e1c5 #f9ecda #fdf7f0

Colors that go with peru

Complementary#2171d9 Analogous#d92d21 Analogous#cdd921 Triadic#21d989 Triadic#8921d9 Split complementary#21cdd9 Split complementary#2d21d9

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, 37, 85, 15.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #d98921 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 37 85 15

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

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 38 82 21

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

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

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 #d98921 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #d98921; }
.text { color: #d98921; }
.border { border: 2px solid #d98921; }

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 #d98921 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #d98921 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 #d98921 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 #d98921 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

Every value on this page for #d98921 is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. 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. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.