Buttercup
Benjamin Moore's Buttercup is a yellow shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. Its warm classification can bring a gentle glow to the color, particularly beside natural wood and softer whites. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
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38.76
Buttercup in Rooms
Follow Buttercup from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 3 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
3 Living Room Photos
Against upholstery, timber, art and metal accents, Buttercup (2154-30) may feel quieter, sharper or more atmospheric than the digital swatch alone. An LRV of 38.8 lets the color hold its identity across both brighter and more shaded parts of the room.
Hallway walls in Buttercup brighten the transition between rooms.
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Stairwell in Buttercup creates an uplifting passage through the home.
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Corridor painted Buttercup draws natural light throughout the interior.
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Coordinating Colors
Buttercup reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 34), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Chantilly Lace reflects far more light (LRV 90 vs 39), opening up a space where Buttercup encloses it.
At LRV 59 vs 39, Mt. Rainier Gray is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 83 vs 39, Decorator's White is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 39 and 37, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 40 and 39, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 40 and 39, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 39 vs 38), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
Buttercup reflects far more light (LRV 39 vs 17), opening up a space where Mozart Blue encloses it.
Buttercup reflects far more light (LRV 39 vs 25), opening up a space where Old Blue Jeans encloses it.
At LRV 39 vs 5, Buttercup is decisively the brighter choice.
Buttercup reflects far more light (LRV 39 vs 5), opening up a space where Winding Waterway encloses it.
Lighter Colors
Buttercup reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 35), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 40 and 39, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 12-point LRV gap (51 vs 39) makes Roasted Sesame Seed the marginally brighter of the two.
Dorset Gold reads slightly lighter (LRV 49 vs 39), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Buttercup reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 33), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Buttercup reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 31), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Buttercup reads slightly lighter (LRV 39 vs 27), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 40 and 39, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
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Manufacturer description
Like its namesake flower, this yellow-gold can make a big statement even in small amounts.