HEX Color #BD9249 (Peru)

About #BD9249

The precise color #BD9249 is an excellent choice for modern design projects. It is closely associated with the named CSS color Peru. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 189, 146, and 73.

While screens use RGB, printing presses rely on Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (black). To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 23% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 37.8 degrees, it sits comfortably in the orange spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#BD9249

RGB189, 146, 73

HSL37.8°, 46.8%, 51.4%

CMYK0%, 23%, 61%, 26%

HSV37.8°, 61.4%, 74.1%

LAB63.2, 8.0, 44.2

XYZ32.5, 31.9, 10.7

Decimal12423753

Color Harmonies

Complementary

#BD9249 #4973BC

Analogous

#BC5749 #ADBC49

Triadic

#49BC92 #9149BC

Tetradic

#49BC58 #4973BC #BC49AD

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

#BD9249

#C49E5D

#CBAA71

#D3B685

#DAC299

#E1CEAE

#E9DAC2

#F0E6D6

#F7F2EA

#FFFFFF

Shades (Adding Black)

#BD9249

#A88140

#937138

#7E6130

#695128

#544020

#3F3018

#2A2010

#151008

#000000

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.85:1

Text on #FFFFFF

FAIL

7.37:1

Text on #000000

AAA

2.72:1

Text on #F8FAFC

FAIL

6.27:1

Text on #0F172A

AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #BD9249; }

.text-color { color: #BD9249; }

.border-color { border: 2px solid #BD9249; }

Similar Colors

Peru

#CD853F