Pinecone Hill is pale, warm-toned shade of yellow green. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with violet, mid red or blue cyan
| Inverse Color | #9c96a0 |
| Complementary Color | #655e69 |
| Color Shade: | yellow green (96° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 39.22% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar yellow green shade, there are some better alternatives to Pinecone Hill Color. The Harbour Mist Grey color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a cool yellow bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Retreat (#7a8076) for more calm effect. Try Iron River as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#655e69 is the best complementary color to Pinecone Hill. Violet shades generally complement the yellow green hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #63695f complementary color is Salt Box, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of mid yellow, yellow green, and mid green colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Willow Grove are #68695e and #5e695f. Thus found on the left and right of #63695f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Storm Dust and Finlandia colors as they work well with Pinecone Hill.
The split-complementary Pinecone Hill palette consists of #695e68 and #5f5e69 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#655e69). Try Old Lavender and Mid Gray colors in combination with #63695f, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #63695f offers a combination of red magenta and blue cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Pinecone Hill. Thus Scorpion and Shuttle Gray giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Pinecone Hill contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Salt Box, Nevada, and Scorpion split by 90° on the color wheel. #63695f square combo is a palette of yellow green, mid cyan, violet and mid red shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Pinecone Hill tetradic combo consists of violet complementary color (#655e69) and two others. The Shuttle Gray is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Flint – 120° from the complementary Salt Box. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #5e6369 and #69655e.
In a RGB color space, hex #63695f is made of 33% red, 35% green and 32% blue. In a HSL mode Pinecone Hill has a hue angle of 96°, a saturation of 5% and a lightness of 39.22%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #63695f is made of 2.36% cyan, 0% magenta, 3.93% yellow and 58.82% black ink.
| HEX | #63695f |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(99,105,95) |
| RGB Percentage | 33%, 35%, 32% |
| CMYK | 2.36, 0, 3.93, 58.82 |
| HSL | hsl(96,5%,39.22%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(96,9.52%,41.18%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(43.6274,-4.3647,4.8269) |
| XYZ | xyz(12.2627,13.582,12.8018) |