Farrow and Ball Butterweed 9802

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What are Farrow and Ball Butterweed undertones?
Is Butterweed 9802 cool or warm?
How light temperature affects on Butterweed
Monochromatic color scheme
Complementary color scheme
Color comparison and matching
Color codes
Color equivalents

Official page:	Butterweed 9802
Code:	9802
Name:	Butterweed
Brand:	Farrow and Ball

What color is Farrow and Ball Butterweed?

Farrow and Ball Butterweed 9802 is a light, softened yellow with a clear warm cast and a slightly muted, chalky appearance. Its pale yellow base keeps it bright without reading as sharp or citrusy, making it especially useful where a room needs gentle color rather than strong contrast. In daylight, Butterweed can appear airy and lightly creamy, while warmer lamps bring out more of its mellow golden character. It suits kitchen walls, breakfast nooks, and softly painted cabinetry, particularly alongside warm white trim, natural oak, linen, and aged brass. For contrast, pair this shade with dusty blue-grey textiles or deeper olive-green details.

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What are Farrow and Ball Butterweed undertones?

Butterweed is a light, clear yellow with moderate softness rather than a deep or muted look. In the supplied digital sample, it leans slightly toward green within its yellow family, which can keep it from reading as a golden or orange-yellow. Farrow & Ball describes it as a “clear and lively yellow,” a description that matches its visibly bright yellow character. Warm artificial light may make it appear richer and more golden, while cool daylight can make its cleaner, slightly green-leaning yellow cast more noticeable.

Manufacturer information used in this description: official color page.

HEX value:

#EBE393

RGB code:

235, 227, 147

Is Farrow and Ball Butterweed cool or warm?

warm

cool

At 55° on the HSL hue wheel, this Yellow sits firmly on the warm side.

9802 Butterweed HSL code: 55, 69%, 75%

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 Butterweed

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 Farrow and Ball Butterweed:

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

9802
Butterweed

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 Butterweed with a orange hue, complementary colors are those with a blue hue close to 235, such as Farrow and Ball Graupel and Titmouse Blue.

9802
Butterweed

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