Butter Cupcake Color

#ffdd99

Butter Cupcake 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 #026
Complementary Color #99baff
Color Shade: orange (40° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 80% (better contrasting with black)
Butter Cupcake Color Sample
Butter Cupcake Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #ffdd99

If you're looking for a similar orange shade, there are some better alternatives to Butter Cupcake Color. The Tequila color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a warm red bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Antigua Sunrise (#ffe7c8) for more calm effect. Try Simply Peachy as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#99baff is the best complementary color to Butter Cupcake. Blue cyan shades generally complement the orange hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #fd9 complementary color is Anakiwa, 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 White are #fa9 and #edff99. Thus found on the left and right of #fd9 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching White and Jonquil colors as they work well with Butter Cupcake.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Butter Cupcake palette consists of #a999ff and #99edff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#99baff). Try Melrose and Anakiwa colors in combination with #fd9, 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 #fd9 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 Cupcake. Thus White and White giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Butter Cupcake contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Anakiwa, White, and Lavender Rose split by 90° on the color wheel. #fd9 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 Cupcake tetradic combo consists of blue cyan complementary color (#99baff) and two others. The White is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Carnation Pink – 120° from the complementary Anakiwa. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9fd and #ff99ba.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #ffdd99 is made of 41% red, 35% green and 24% blue. In a HSL mode Butter Cupcake has a hue angle of 40°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 80%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffdd99 is made of 0% cyan, 13.33% magenta, 40% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #ffdd99
RGB Decimal rgb(255,221,153)
RGB Percentage 41%, 35%, 24%
CMYK 0, 13.33, 40, 0
HSL hsl(40,100%,80%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(40,40%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(89.5206,2.7418,37.7124)
XYZ xyz(72.8462,75.2728,40.8267)
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