CSS named colour

Peru

#cd853f

A CSS named colour: peru is valid anywhere a colour is expected.

RGB: rgb(205 133 63)
HSL: 30°, 59%, 53%
OKLCh: 67.8% 0.123 62.2

Peru in every format

Web & CSSThe everyday formats for stylesheets and design tools.

Hex	`#cd853f`
RGB	`rgb(205 133 63)`
RGB legacy	`rgb(205, 133, 63)`
RGB percent	`rgb(80.39% 52.16% 24.71%)`
HSL	`hsl(29.6 58.7% 52.5%)`
HSL legacy	`hsl(29.6, 58.7%, 52.5%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(29.6, 69.3%, 80.4%)`
HWB	`hwb(29.6 24.7% 19.6%)`
Nearest name	`peru`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 69.3%, 19.6%)`Naive conversion. Real print work needs an ICC profile.

Perceptual & wide gamutModern CSS colour spaces for uniform scales and P3 displays.

OKLCh	`oklch(67.819% 0.12275 62.182)`Modern CSS colour space for even palettes — better than HSL when building scales.
OKLab	`oklab(67.819% 0.05728 0.10856)`
CIE LCh	`lch(62.253% 54.012 63.68)`
CIE Lab	`lab(62.253% 23.948 48.413)`
Display P3	`color(display-p3 0.7635 0.5342 0.2988)`
Rec. 2020	`color(rec2020 0.6776 0.4987 0.2437)`
srgb-linear	`color(srgb-linear 0.6105 0.2346 0.0497)`Light-linear sRGB — the same numbers a shader wants for maths.
CIE XYZ (D65)	`color(xyz-d65 0.3446 0.3011 0.087)`

ShadersGLSL, HLSL and WGSL vectors in both encoded and linear form.

GLSL vec3 — sRGB	`vec3(0.804, 0.522, 0.247)`Encoded values. Use when writing straight to the framebuffer.
GLSL vec3 — linear	`vec3(0.61, 0.235, 0.05)`Light-linear values. Use for lighting, blending and mixing.
GLSL vec4 — sRGB	`vec4(0.804, 0.522, 0.247, 1.0)`
GLSL vec4 — linear	`vec4(0.61, 0.235, 0.05, 1.0)`
GLSL ivec3	`ivec3(205, 133, 63)`
HLSL float3 — sRGB	`float3(0.804, 0.522, 0.247)`
HLSL float3 — linear	`float3(0.61, 0.235, 0.05)`
HLSL float4 — sRGB	`float4(0.804, 0.522, 0.247, 1.0)`
HLSL half4 — sRGB	`half4(0.804, 0.522, 0.247, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3f — sRGB	`vec3f(0.804, 0.522, 0.247)`
WGSL vec4f — sRGB	`vec4f(0.804, 0.522, 0.247, 1.0)`
WGSL vec3<f32> — linear	`vec3<f32>(0.61, 0.235, 0.05)`

Engines & appsConstructors for Unity, Unreal, Godot, Flutter, SwiftUI and Android.

Unity Color	`new Color(0.804f, 0.522f, 0.247f, 1.0f)`Color for everyday scripting (0–1). Color32 when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unity Color32	`new Color32(205, 133, 63, 255)`
Unreal FLinearColor	`FLinearColor(0.6105f, 0.2346f, 0.0497f, 1.0f)`FLinearColor for materials and lighting. FColor when you need whole numbers from 0 to 255.
Unreal FColor	`FColor(205, 133, 63, 255)`Whole numbers from 0 to 255 — use when an API asks for FColor, not FLinearColor.
Godot Color	`Color(0.804, 0.522, 0.247, 1)`
Flutter Color	`Color(0xFFCD853F)`Packed ARGB, so alpha comes first.
Android Color	`Color.rgb(205, 133, 63)`
SwiftUI Color	`Color(red: 0.804, green: 0.522, blue: 0.247)`
UIKit UIColor	`UIColor(red: 0.804, green: 0.522, blue: 0.247, alpha: 1)`

Raw valuesPacked integers and plain arrays.

0x hex	`0xCD853F`
0x hex (ARGB)	`0xFFCD853F`
Array 0–1	`[0.804, 0.522, 0.247]`
Array 0–255	`[205, 133, 63]`
Decimal integer	`13468991`

Contrast and accessibility

WCAG 2 ratios are what audits and legislation reference. APCA is shown alongside because WCAG 2 is known to misjudge mid-tone backgrounds, and it is the basis of the WCAG 3 draft.

Pairing	WCAG 2 ratio	Level	APCA	Suitable for
Peru on white	2.99:1	Fail	Lc 56	Large headings only
Peru on black	7.02:1	AAA	Lc 45	Large headings only

Peru text on a white background

Peru text on a black background

White text on Peru

Black text on Peru

Tonal scale

Hue held fixed while lightness walks OKLCh, ready to use as a design system ramp.

50#fff2db
100#ffe5c3
200#ffce98
300#f9b579
400#de9756
500#bf7831
600#a25f13
700#864900
800#6e3700
900#5a2900
950#371400

Tints and shades

Mixed perceptually toward white and black, so the steps feel evenly spaced.

Tint 1#d69962
Tint 2#e0ae83
Tint 3#e8c2a2
Tint 4#f0d6c1
Tint 5#f8ebe0
Shade 1#a0672f
Shade 2#764b20
Shade 3#4e3012
Shade 4#291706
Shade 5#090401

Colours that work with Peru

Complementary, triadic and analogous partners, rotated in OKLCh so they keep the same apparent brightness.

#49a0dd
#00b09e
#a684d6
#d97966
#b3952d

Closest CSS names

peruexact match
darkgoldenrodΔEok 0.051
chocolateΔEok 0.061
darksalmonΔEok 0.087
coralΔEok 0.091
darkorangeΔEok 0.092