Nearest-color comparison

Butterscotch vs Peru

Butterscotch and Peru are different orange colors with HEX values #E3963E and #CD853F. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 27.8, their contrast ratio is 1.24:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Butterscotch and Peru are visually related colors. Butterscotch is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.24:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Butterscotch#E3963E

Peru#CD853F

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Butterscotch and Peru across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance27.8

Pair contrast1.24:1

Luminance delta0.0838

Hue delta2 deg

Lighter colorButterscotch

More saturatedButterscotch

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Butterscotch

Butterscotch is #E3963E, a warm orange color with vibrant character. Compared with Peru, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for warm accents, food branding, and interior palettes, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#E3963E RGB227, 150, 62 HSL32, 75, 57 CMYK0, 34, 73, 11 Luminance0.3849 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Peru

Peru is #CD853F, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Butterscotch, it is darker and less saturated. Use it for web design, css color systems, and ui prototyping, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#CD853F RGB205, 133, 63 HSL30, 59, 53 CMYK0, 35, 69, 20 Luminance0.3011 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Butterscotch or Peru

Choose ButterscotchButterscotch is better when the design needs vibrant orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #E3963E.

Choose PeruPeru is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #CD853F.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertyButterscotchPeru

HEX#E3963E#CD853F

RGB227, 150, 62205, 133, 63

HSL32, 75, 5730, 59, 53

CMYK0, 34, 73, 110, 35, 69, 20

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneVibrantEarth Tone

Luminance0.38490.3011

Black contrast8.7:17.02:1

White contrast2.41:12.99:1

Shared tonesNone

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Butterscotchblack text - 8.7:1

Perublack text - 7.02:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Butterscotch#E3963E

Peru#CD853F

#EFC28F#EFC28F

#E1B589#E1B589

#3F8CE4#3F8CE4

#4087CE#4087CE

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    },
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    },
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Differences

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  },
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  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [],
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  "moreSaturatedColor": "Butterscotch"
}

Accessibility

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  "pairContrastRatio": 1.24,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Butterscotch",
      "background": "#E3963E",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 8.7
    },
    {
      "color": "Peru",
      "background": "#CD853F",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 7.02
    }
  ]
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Use cases

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  "chooseSecondWhen": "Peru is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #CD853F.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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Full JSON dataset

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