Dulux Buttercup Cloud

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What are Dulux Buttercup Cloud undertones?
Is Buttercup Cloud cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Buttercup Cloud
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

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Name:	Buttercup Cloud
Brand:	Dulux

What color is Dulux Buttercup Cloud?

Dulux Buttercup Cloud is a pale, creamy yellow with a soft, sunlit cast rather than a sharp citrus brightness. Its high lightness keeps it airy on broad walls, where it can read as a gentle vanilla tone in cooler daylight and show more buttery warmth under evening lamps. This shade suits kitchens, breakfast nooks, children’s rooms, and north-facing spaces that benefit from a little visual warmth. Pair it with warm whites, light oak, woven natural fibres, or muted sage green for an easy, grounded palette. Buttercup Cloud can also bring a quiet lift to painted cabinetry or a small accent area without making the room feel intensely yellow.

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What are Dulux Buttercup Cloud undertones?

Buttercup Cloud 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:

#FDEEBD

RGB code:

253, 238, 189

Is Dulux Buttercup Cloud cool or warm?

warm

cool

At 46° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.

Buttercup Cloud HSL code: 46, 94%, 87%

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 Buttercup Cloud

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 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:

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Coordinating colors.
Colors that go with Dulux Buttercup Cloud:

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.

Darker shades

Buttercup Cloud

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 Buttercup Cloud with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 226, such as Dulux Sapphire Springs 2 and Honest Indigo.

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Color codes

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Format	Code
HEX	#FDEEBD
RGB Decimal	253, 238, 189
RGB Percent	99.22%, 93.33%, 74.12%
HSV	Hue: 46° Saturation: 25.3% Value: 99.22%
HSL	hsl(46, 94, 87)
CMYK	Cyan: 0.0 Magenta: 5.93 Yellow: 25.3 Key: 0.78
YIQ	Y: 236.899 I: 24.684 Q: -12.076
XYZ	X: 80.267 Y: 85.708 Z: 60.445
CIE Lab	L:94.187 a:-2.334 b:25.605
CIE Luv	L:94.187 u:11.845 v:36.998
Decimal	16641725
Hunter Lab	92.579, -7.249, 26.094