#BB5511Bloodhound (#BB5511) is a mid-tone, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 47°, lightness 0.57 and chroma 0.15. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #BB5511 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(187, 85, 17) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 83%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 91%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 55%, 91%, 27%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(48.4 37.8 53.6) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.569 0.150 47) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Bloodhound is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#bc5108 — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged#be540d — ΔE 0.6, is virtually unchanged#bb5511 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#bc5613 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Bloodhound in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 4.75:1 and against black 4.42:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
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.
#ffbc9b · #e78b5b · #bb5511 · #963f00 · #632700 · #351000
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.
#c1923c · #c0741d · #bb5511 · #a64030 · #8e2f3d · #732343
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.
#ccb527 · #a0965f · #bb5511 · #913e03 · #692a00 · #2d2600
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.
#ffd3be · #01c7ff · #bb5511 · #6d5042 · #5c2a0e · #331607
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e4f5fd · #a28d83 · #bb5511 · #545f65 · #352117 · #000204
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.
#e7f4fa · #becdd4 · #91a2aa · #152b35 · #000911 · #bb5511
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d4dbb5 · #40aaf6 · #bb5511 · #864d59 · #23355c · #090931
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e1f6ff · #00a7aa · #bb5511 · #1b5baf · #002d2e · #000420
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d6fcec · #30a983 · #bb5511 · #5b4aac · #27115f · #000301
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e4fadc · #6da358 · #bb5511 · #006786 · #3e024d · #000409
#CA6F3E · #D9885F · #E7A17F · #F5BB9E · #FFD5C0
#9E4300 · #7F3400 · #612600 · #451800 · #2C0B00
#AE5F34 · #A1674A · #926E5C
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.