Benjamin Moore Butter 2023-60

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Official page:Butter 2023-60
Code:2023-60
Name:Butter
Brand:Benjamin Moore

What color is Benjamin Moore Butter?

Benjamin Moore Butter 2023-60 is a very light, creamy yellow with a soft warmth that reads closer to whipped butter than bright sunshine. Its high-value color keeps it airy on walls, while the gentle yellow cast adds more presence than an off-white. In daylight, Butter can look clean and lightly golden; under warm evening bulbs, it takes on a richer cream appearance. It suits kitchens, breakfast rooms, nurseries, and north-facing spaces that benefit from a warmer visual temperature. Pair it with crisp white trim, pale natural oak, woven textures, or muted blue-gray accents for contrast.

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What are Benjamin Moore Butter undertones?

Butter is a near-white, soft pale yellow. The HEX sample leans yellow; this describes its measurable digital hue direction, not a hidden paint pigment. Warm bulbs can make it look creamier or more golden, while cool daylight may mute that warmth and pull it closer to beige or greige.

HEX value:

#FCF5C4

RGB code:

252, 245, 196

Is Benjamin Moore Butter cool or warm?

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Color wheel

At 52° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.

2023-60 Butter HSL code: 52, 90%, 88%

Hue - degree on a color wheel from 0 to 360. 0 is red, 120 is green, and 240 is blue.
Saturation is expressed as a percentage. At 0%, it appears as a shade of grey, and at 100%, it is in full color.
Lightness is also a percentage value. 0% is black, and 100% is white.

How light temperature affects Butter

Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.

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In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:

Direction of sunlightVisible temp.HueDuration
NorthCoolBluishAll day
EastWarmYellowBefore noon
WestWarmOrange-redAfter noon
SouthWarmOrange-yellowAll day

Artificial Lighting. When choosing bulbs, pay attention to their color temperature in Kelvins.
Use the slider to see how this Yellow shade looks under different lighting:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Butter:

Monochromatic color scheme

Monochromatic color scheme

This scheme consists of various shades, tints, and tones of a single color. While it offers a perfect combination of hues, without accent décor it may become monotonous.

Lighter shades

2023-60
Butter

Darker shades

Complementary color scheme

Complementary color scheme

This color scheme is a combination of two shades that are opposite each other on the color wheel. The high contrast between these colors creates a vibrant and dynamic visual effect. For the color Butter with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 232, such as Benjamin Moore Blue and Summer Blue.

LRV of Butter

Butter has an LRV of 85.57% and refers to White colors that reflect almost all lightWhy LRV is important?

Light Reflectance Value scale illustration

Light Reflectance Value measures the amount of visible and usable light that reflects from a painted surface.
Simply put, the higher the LRV of a paint color, the brighter the room you will get.
The scale goes from 0% (absolute black, absorbing all light) to 100% (pure white, reflecting all light).

Act like a pro: When choosing paint with an LRV of 85.57%, pay attention to your bulbs' brightness. Light brightness is measured in lumens. The lower the paint's LRV, the higher lumen level you need. Every square foot of room needs at least 40 lumens. That means for a 200 ft2 living room you'll need about 8000 lumens of light – e.g., eight 1000 lm bulbs.

Color codes

We have collected almost every possible color code you could ever need.
Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models

FormatCode
HEX#FCF5C4
RGB Decimal252, 245, 196
RGB Percent98.82%, 96.08%, 76.86%
HSVHue: 52° Saturation: 22.22% Value: 98.82%
HSLhsl(52, 90, 88)
CMYKCyan: 0.0 Magenta: 2.78 Yellow: 22.22 Key: 1.18
YIQY: 241.507 I: 19.917 Q: -13.768
XYZX: 82.76 Y: 89.987 Z: 65.219
CIE LabL:95.992 a:-5.269 b:24.498
CIE LuvL:95.992 u:6.831 v:36.273
Decimal16577988
Hunter Lab94.862, -10.279, 25.64

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