Nearest-color comparison

Raw Sienna vs Peru

Raw Sienna and Peru are different orange colors with HEX values #D68A59 and #CD853F. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 28, their contrast ratio is 1.09:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Raw Sienna and Peru are visually related colors. Raw Sienna is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.09:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Raw Sienna#D68A59

Peru#CD853F

Quick Difference Summary

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

RGB distance28

Pair contrast1.09:1

Luminance delta0.0308

Hue delta6 deg

Lighter colorRaw Sienna

More saturatedRaw Sienna

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

orange color

Raw Sienna

Raw Sienna is #D68A59, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Peru, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for earth-tone palettes, interior design, and material-inspired branding, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#D68A59 RGB214, 138, 89 HSL24, 60, 59 CMYK0, 36, 58, 16 Luminance0.3319 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

orange color

Peru

Peru is #CD853F, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Raw Sienna, 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 Raw Sienna or Peru

Choose Raw SiennaRaw Sienna is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #D68A59.

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

PropertyRaw SiennaPeru

HEX#D68A59#CD853F

RGB214, 138, 89205, 133, 63

HSL24, 60, 5930, 59, 53

CMYK0, 36, 58, 160, 35, 69, 20

FamilyOrangeOrange

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneEarth ToneEarth Tone

Luminance0.33190.3011

Black contrast7.64:17.02:1

White contrast2.75:12.99:1

Shared tonesEarth Tone

Accessibility and Contrast

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

Raw Siennablack text - 7.64:1

Perublack text - 7.02:1

Related Palette Strip

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

Raw Sienna#D68A59

Peru#CD853F

#E8BDA1#E8BDA1

#E1B589#E1B589

#58A3D5#58A3D5

#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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      "label": "black text",
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    },
    "description": "Raw Sienna is #D68A59, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Peru, it is lighter and more saturated. Use it for earth-tone palettes, interior design, and material-inspired branding, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/raw-sienna/",
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  },
  {
    "slug": "peru",
    "name": "Peru",
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      63
    ],
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    ],
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    ],
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    "contrast": {
      "black": 7.02,
      "white": 2.99
    },
    "wcag": {
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    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 7.02
    },
    "description": "Peru is #CD853F, a warm orange color with earth tone character. Compared with Raw Sienna, 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.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/peru/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peru.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 28,
  "contrastRatio": 1.09,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 6,
    "saturation": 1,
    "lightness": 6
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0308,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "earth-tone"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Raw Sienna",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Raw Sienna"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.09,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Raw Sienna",
      "background": "#D68A59",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 7.64
    },
    {
      "color": "Peru",
      "background": "#CD853F",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 7.02
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

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  "chooseFirstWhen": "Raw Sienna is better when the design needs earth tone orange character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #D68A59.",
  "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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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/raw-sienna-vs-peru.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/raw-sienna.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peru.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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