Butter Cookie is pale, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or warm cyan
| Inverse Color | #0f1b4d |
| Complementary Color | #b1bdf0 |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (48.39° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 81.96% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Butter Cookie Color. The Ranier White color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Spinning Wheel (#f6edda) for more calm effect. Try White Sand as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#b1bdf0 is the best complementary color to Butter Cookie. Cool blue shades generally complement the warm yellow hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #f0e4b2 complementary color is Perano, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Double Colonial White are #f0c5b1 and #dcf0b1. Thus found on the left and right of #f0e4b2 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Mandys Pink and Caper colors as they work well with Butter Cookie.
The split-complementary Butter Cookie palette consists of #c4b1f0 and #b1dcf0 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#b1bdf0). Try Biloba Flower and Blizzard Blue colors in combination with #f0e4b2, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #f0e4b2 offers a combination of cool magenta and warm cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Butter Cookie. Thus Moon Raker and Mint Tulip giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Butter Cookie contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Perano, Madang, and Azalea split by 90° on the color wheel. #f0e4b2 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Butter Cookie tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#b1bdf0) and two others. The Mint Tulip is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Mandys Pink – 120° from the complementary Perano. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #b1f0e4 and #f0b1be.
In a RGB color space, hex #f0e4b2 is made of 37% red, 35% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Butter Cookie has a hue angle of 48.39°, a saturation of 67.39% and a lightness of 81.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #f0e4b2 is made of 0% cyan, 4.71% magenta, 24.32% yellow and 5.88% black ink.
| HEX | #f0e4b2 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(240,228,178) |
| RGB Percentage | 37%, 35%, 28% |
| CMYK | 0, 4.71, 24.32, 5.88 |
| HSL | hsl(48.39,67.39%,81.96%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(48.39,25.83%,94.12%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.4257,-3.5415,25.9232) |
| XYZ | xyz(71.7145,77.2264,53.2459) |