Pineapple #563C0D

Pineapple (#563C0D) is a dark, soft orange with an OKLCH hue of 78°, lightness 0.38 and chroma 0.07. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#563C0D
RGBrgb(86, 60, 13)
HSLhsl(39, 74%, 19%)
HSVhsv(39, 85%, 34%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 30%, 85%, 66%)
CIE Lablab(27.4 6.6 31.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.377 0.070 78)

How Pineapple behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Pineapple shifts subtly: leans toward red; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.6), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Pineapple in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 10.25:1 and against black 2.05:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid black text on this color entirely.

Colors that go with Pineapple

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#c0ac8f · #9c8664 · #79613b · #563c0d · #331f00 · #100600

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#64653d · #5e5123 · #563c0d · #4c2a05 · #3f1a08 · #300d09

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#aebca0 · #ac936d · #6b8252 · #56614b · #563c0d · #382300

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#cdc1b1 · #6583ae · #675e51 · #563c0d · #31230c · #150a00

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#edf2f9 · #a8a298 · #575a5f · #563c0d · #302921 · #000102

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#edf2fa · #c3c9d2 · #969ca6 · #1b232e · #01030b · #563c0d

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#eaf3ff · #8ba4c8 · #3f5b84 · #563c0d · #152a4a · #100600

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#eaf3ff · #7babc0 · #575382 · #563c0d · #003040 · #010007

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#e1f7f7 · #75afb0 · #6b4c75 · #563c0d · #371f3f · #000202

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e4f7ef · #7eaf9b · #3f5b84 · #563c0d · #411c30 · #000007

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#705832 · #8B7555 · #A69377 · #C2B29B · #DFD3C0

Shades

#493206 · #3D2801 · #311E00 · #251500 · #190D00

Muted

#523E1D · #4E3F28 · #494032

Using Pineapple

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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