CSS named color

Peru #CD853F

The CSS keyword peru is #CD853F. It is a light soft orange in the orange family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.678, chroma 0.123 and hue 62.2°.

Relative luminance: 0.3011
OKLCH L · C · h: 0.678 · 0.123 · 62.2
Best text: Black 7.02:1
Hue family: Orange

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#CD853F color codes

HEX: #CD853F
RGB: rgb(205, 133, 63)
HSL: hsl(30, 59%, 53%)
OKLCH: oklch(0.678 0.123 62.2)
OKLab: oklab(0.678 0.057 0.109)
CIELAB (D65): L* 61.75, a* 21.40, b* 47.92
XYZ (D65): X 34.46, Y 30.12, Z 8.70
CMYK (naive): cmyk(0%, 35%, 69%, 20%)

CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.

Legibility

Contrast: is #CD853F accessible?

Black text on it reaches 7.02:1, passing AAA. White text fails at 2.99:1.

WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.

Open the Contrast System

Black text on it

7.02:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc +47
White text on it

2.99:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −61
As text on black

7.02:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA passes
- APCA Lc −45
As text on white

2.99:1
- AA fails
- AA large fails
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +56

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

For text on white

#AB6518 4.55:1

Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.68 to 0.57 reaches 4.55:1 on white, keeping the hue.

Compare both in the Contrast System
For text on black

#CD853F 7.02:1

It already reaches 7.02:1 on black, so no change is needed.

Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.

Studio

Adjust #CD853F live

Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.

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Scale

Shades and tints of #CD853F

Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #CD853F sits at step 400.

50#FFF3E8

White
1.09
Black
19.23
100#FFE6D1

White
1.20
Black
17.49
200#FFCCA0

White
1.45
Black
14.39
300#F3AD6D

White
1.90
Black
11.00
400This color#CD853F

White
2.99
Black
7.02
500#BA732B

White
3.76
Black
5.57
600#A05C06

White
5.21
Black
4.02
700#814800

White
7.34
Black
2.86
800#5F3300

White
10.71
Black
1.96
900#3F2000

White
14.81
Black
1.41
950#251000

White
18.21
Black
1.15

Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.

Gamut

How vivid #CD853F can get

At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.156; #CD853F uses 79% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.178 there: 14% more.

sRGB
Display P3
Rec. 2020
Dominant wavelength

OKLCH chroma: 0.123
sRGB edge: 0.156
Display P3 edge: 0.178
Rec. 2020 edge: 0.181
Dominant wavelength: 586 nm
Excitation purity: 67%
Chromaticity: x 0.4703, y 0.4110

This color#CD853F
Most vivid in sRGB#DA7E00
Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.678 0.178 62.2)

On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.

Use the wider color where screens show it

.accent {
  color: #cd853f;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
  .accent { color: color(display-p3 0.8327 0.4927 0); }
}

Mixing

Mixing #CD853F

Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.

White #FFFFFF

sRGB50%#E6C29F
OKLab50%#E8C2A2
OKLCH50%#E8C2A2

Black #000000

sRGB50%#674320
OKLab50%#4E3012
OKLCH50%#4E3012

Its complement #49A0DD

sRGB50%#8B938E
OKLab50%#989898
OKLCH50%#C47AB9

In CSS

/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #cd853f, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #cd853f 50%, white);

In use

#CD853F in an interface

A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.

Light page

Button labelText, 4.5:17.02:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:12.99:1 Fails
Large headingLarge text, 3:12.99:1 Fails
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:12.99:1 Fails

For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #AB6518 4.55:1

Dark page

Button labelText, 4.5:17.02:1 Passes
Link and body-size textText, 4.5:16.26:1 Passes
Large headingLarge text, 3:16.26:1 Passes
Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:16.26:1 Passes

Color vision

How #CD853F looks with color blindness

Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 24.3; protanopia changes it least, 18.0.

Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.

Simulate a whole page What each type sees

Protanopia

No working red (long-wavelength) cones

#9B8B37 ΔE2000 18.0

Distinct

Reads as soft amber
Deuteranopia

No working green (medium-wavelength) cones

#AC9C40 ΔE2000 18.6

Distinct

Reads as light soft amber
Tritanopia

No working blue (short-wavelength) cones

#DF7576 ΔE2000 23.4

Distinct

Reads as light soft red
Achromatopsia

No cone color vision; lightness only

#959595 ΔE2000 24.3

Distinct

Reads as gray

Pairing check

Checked against its complement, #49A0DD. Their lightness contrast is only 1.04:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.

Vision	The pair	ΔE2000	Verdict
Normal vision	#CD853F · #49A0DD	45.5	Stays distinct
Protanopia	#9B8B37 · #84A1E0	47.5	Stays distinct
Deuteranopia	#AC9C40 · #7092DC	50.9	Stays distinct
Tritanopia	#DF7576 · #00AFB5	52.1	Stays distinct
Achromatopsia	#959595 · #999999	1.3	Easily confused

Harmony

Color harmonies for #CD853F

Its complement is #49A0DD, a light soft blue, on the cool side of the wheel.

Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.

Open the Harmony Studio

Base#CD853F
Complement#49A0DD

Complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

−30°#D97966
Base#CD853F
+30°#B3952D

Analogous

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#CD853F
+120°#00B09E
+240°#A684D6

Triadic

Open in Harmony Studio

Base#CD853F
+150°#00AAC2
+210°#7E92E3

Split-complementary

Open in Harmony Studio

Code

Design tokens

Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.

CSS custom property

:root {
  --color-peru: #cd853f;
}

Tailwind config

// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        peru: '#cd853f',
      },
    },
  },
};

Tailwind v4 theme

/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";

@theme {
  --color-peru: oklch(0.678 0.123 62.2);
}

Design token (W3C DTCG)

{
  "color": {
    "peru": {
      "$type": "color",
      "$value": {
        "colorSpace": "srgb",
        "components": [0.8039, 0.5216, 0.2471],
        "hex": "#cd853f"
      },
      "$description": "CSS named color peru"
    }
  }
}

SwiftUI color

import SwiftUI

enum Palette {
    static let peru = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.804, green: 0.522, blue: 0.247, opacity: 1)
}

Jetpack Compose color

import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color

object Palette {
    val Peru = Color(0xFFCD853F)
}

Matches

The nearest match in each system

The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.

Tools

Open #CD853F in the tools

Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.

Peru #CD853F

#CD853F color codes

Contrast: is #CD853F accessible?

Black text on it

White text on it

As text on black

As text on white

Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1

Adjust #CD853F live

Shades and tints of #CD853F

How vivid #CD853F can get

Mixing #CD853F

#CD853F in an interface

How #CD853F looks with color blindness

Protanopia

Deuteranopia

Tritanopia

Achromatopsia

Pairing check

Color harmonies for #CD853F

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Split-complementary

Design tokens

CSS custom property

Tailwind config

Tailwind v4 theme

Design token (W3C DTCG)

SwiftUI color

Jetpack Compose color

The nearest match in each system

Similar colors

Open #CD853F in the tools