Sweet Butter
At first glance, Sweet Butter belongs to the yellow family; in a room, light and context can make it far more elusive. A red undertone may emerge most clearly where the paint meets a cleaner white, stone surface or contrasting textile. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#FCDB94LRV
69.64
Coordinating Colors
At LRV 89 vs 70, Mascarpone is decisively the brighter choice.
Swiss Coffee reflects far more light (LRV 82 vs 70), opening up a space where Sweet Butter encloses it.
A 10-point LRV gap (80 vs 70) makes Ylang Ylang the marginally brighter of the two.
A 4-point LRV gap (70 vs 66) makes Sweet Butter the marginally brighter of the two.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 67), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 67), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Complementary Colors
At LRV 70 vs 45, Sweet Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
A 7-point LRV gap (70 vs 63) makes Sweet Butter the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 70 vs 13, Sweet Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 46, Sweet Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 9, Sweet Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 70 vs 46, Sweet Butter is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Soleil reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 10-point LRV gap (79 vs 70) makes Popcorn Kernel the marginally brighter of the two.
A 7-point LRV gap (77 vs 70) makes Shooting Star the marginally brighter of the two.
Sweet Nectar reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 70), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Sweet Butter reads slightly lighter (LRV 70 vs 58), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
A 7-point LRV gap (70 vs 63) makes Sweet Butter the marginally brighter of the two.
A 6-point LRV gap (70 vs 64) makes Sweet Butter the marginally brighter of the two.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 70 vs 70), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 5-point LRV gap (70 vs 64) makes Sweet Butter the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
A sunny yellow deepened with the barest hint of orange.