Butter Creme Color

#fee5ba

Butter Creme is pale, warm-toned shade of orange. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with blue cyan, mid magenta or green cyan

Inverse Color #011a45
Complementary Color #bad3fe
Color Shade: orange (37.94° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 86.27% (better contrasting with black)
Butter Creme Color Sample
Butter Creme Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fee5ba

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Butter Creme Color. The Doeskin color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more saturated alternative called Early Dawn (#fff9e6) for more energetic effect. Try Sheer Peach as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#bad3fe is the best complementary color to Butter Creme. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fee5ba complementary color is Periwinkle, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of mid red, orange, and mid yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Peach are #fec3ba and #f5feba. Thus found on the left and right of #fee5ba on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Your Pink and Pale Prim colors as they work well with Butter Creme.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Butter Creme palette consists of #c3bafe and #baf4fe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#bad3fe). Try Melrose and French Pass colors in combination with #fee5ba, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.

Triadic Palette

The triadic palette of #fee5ba offers a combination of violet and green cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Butter Creme. Thus Mauve and Aero Blue giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Butter Creme contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle, Snowy Mint, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fee5ba square combo is a palette of orange, mid green, blue cyan and mid magenta shades that work together well.

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Butter Creme tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#bad3fe) and two others. The Aero Blue is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cotton Candy – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #bafee5 and #febad2.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fee5ba is made of 38% red, 34% green and 28% blue. In a HSL mode Butter Creme has a hue angle of 37.94°, a saturation of 97.14% and a lightness of 86.27%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fee5ba is made of 0% cyan, 9.81% magenta, 26.67% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #fee5ba
RGB Decimal rgb(254,229,186)
RGB Percentage 38%, 34%, 28%
CMYK 0, 9.81, 26.67, 0.39
HSL hsl(37.94,97.14%,86.27%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(37.94,26.77%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(91.9778,2.2065,24.1133)
XYZ xyz(77.7553,80.6546,57.9241)
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