Benjamin Moore Sweet Butter 171
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| Official page: | Sweet Butter 171 |
| Code: | 171 |
| Name: | Sweet Butter |
| Brand: | Benjamin Moore |
What color is Benjamin Moore Sweet Butter?
Benjamin Moore Sweet Butter 171 is a light, creamy yellow with a clear golden warmth that keeps it from reading pale or chalky. Its #FCDB94 color value suggests a sunny, softly saturated tone that can look richer in afternoon light and gentler under diffuse morning light. Sweet Butter brings welcome color to kitchens, breakfast rooms, and laundry spaces, especially alongside warm white trim or natural oak. It also suits cabinetry or a painted interior door when a full room of yellow feels like too much. Pair it with muted greens, terracotta accents, woven rattan, and aged brass for a grounded, lived-in look.
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What are Benjamin Moore Sweet Butter undertones?
Sweet Butter is a light, soft warm cream. The HEX sample leans yellow-orange; 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:
RGB code:
252, 219, 148
Is Benjamin Moore Sweet Butter cool or warm?
warm
cool
At 41° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.
171 Sweet Butter HSL code: 41, 95%, 78%
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 Sweet Butter
Natural Lighting. During the day, natural light shifts from about 2000 K at sunrise/sunset to 5500–6500 K at noon.
In addition, natural-light temperature depends on its direction:
| Direction of sunlight | Visible temp. | Hue | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| North | Cool | Bluish | All day |
| East | Warm | Yellow | Before noon |
| West | Warm | Orange-red | After noon |
| South | Warm | Orange-yellow | All 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:
4000K
Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Benjamin Moore Sweet Butter:
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
Darker shades
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 Sweet Butter with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 221, such as Benjamin Moore Summer Blue and Windmill Wings.
LRV of Sweet Butter
Sweet Butter has an LRV of 69.64% and refers to Light colors that reflect most of the incident light. Why LRV is important?
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 69.64%, 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
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Not sure what the difference between HEX and RGB is? We break down color models in plain language. Understanding color models
| Format | Code |
|---|---|
| HEX | #FCDB94 |
| RGB Decimal | 252, 219, 148 |
| RGB Percent | 98.82%, 85.88%, 58.04% |
| HSV | Hue: 41° Saturation: 41.27% Value: 98.82% |
| HSL | hsl(41, 95, 78) |
| CMYK | Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 13.1 Yellow: 41.27 Key: 1.18 |
| YIQ | Y: 220.773 I: 42.48 Q: -15.114 |
| XYZ | X: 70.823 Y: 73.5 Z: 38.465 |
| CIE Lab | L:88.686 a:2.066 b:39.109 |
| CIE Luv | L:88.686 u:25.348 v:51.839 |
| Decimal | 16571284 |
| Hunter Lab | 85.732, -2.572, 33.411 |
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