Butter Tart Color

#fee99f

Butter Tart is calm, 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 #011660
Complementary Color #9fb4fe
Color Shade: warm yellow (46.74° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 80.98% (better contrasting with black)
Butter Tart Color Sample
Butter Tart Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fee99f

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Butter Tart Color. The Sandy Beach color for instance is a lighter and a bit more vibrant option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Oasis (#feefce) for more calm effect. Try Grandis as it also a bit more vibrant and energetic.

Complementary Palette

#9fb4fe is the best complementary color to Butter Tart. 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 #fee99f complementary color is Melrose, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.

Analogous Palette

The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Cream Brulee are #feb99f and #e3fe9f. Thus found on the left and right of #fee99f on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Wax Flower and Jonquil colors as they work well with Butter Tart.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Butter Tart palette consists of #b99ffe and #9fe3fe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#9fb4fe). Try Melrose and Anakiwa colors in combination with #fee99f, 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 #fee99f 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 Tart. Thus Mauve and Anakiwa giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Butter Tart contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Melrose, Mint Green, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fee99f square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm 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 Tart tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#9fb4fe) and two others. The Anakiwa is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Sweet Pink – 120° from the complementary Melrose. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9ffee9 and #fe9fb4.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fee99f is made of 39% red, 36% green and 25% blue. In a HSL mode Butter Tart has a hue angle of 46.74°, a saturation of 97.94% and a lightness of 80.98%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fee99f is made of 0% cyan, 8.24% magenta, 37.26% yellow and 0.39% black ink.

HEX #fee99f
RGB Decimal rgb(254,233,159)
RGB Percentage 39%, 36%, 25%
CMYK 0, 8.24, 37.26, 0.39
HSL hsl(46.74,97.94%,80.98%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(46.74,37.4%,99.61%)
CIE-LAB lab(92.5094,-3.0819,38.5749)
XYZ xyz(76.27,81.8519,44.58)
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