Creamed Butter Color

#fffcd3

Creamed Butter 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 #00032c
Complementary Color #d3d5fe
Color Shade: warm yellow (55.91° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 91.37% (better contrasting with black)
Creamed Butter Color Sample
Creamed Butter Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fffcd3

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Creamed Butter Color. The Ginger Lemon Tea color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Firefly Glow (#fff3a1) for more calm effect. Try Candle Flame as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#d3d5fe is the best complementary color to Creamed Butter. 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 #fffcd3 complementary color is Periwinkle, 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 are #fee6d3 and #ebfed3. Thus found on the left and right of #fffcd3 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Karry and Snow Flurry colors as they work well with Creamed Butter.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Creamed Butter palette consists of #e6d3fe and #d3ebfe colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#d3d5fe). Try Fog and Onahau colors in combination with #fffcd3, 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 #fffcd3 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 Creamed Butter. Thus Blue Chalk and Frosted Mint giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Creamed Butter contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Periwinkle, Aero Blue, and Pig Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #fffcd3 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. Creamed Butter tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#d3d5fe) and two others. The Frosted Mint is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Cosmos – 120° from the complementary Periwinkle. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #d3fefc and #fed3d5.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fffcd3 is made of 36% red, 35% green and 29% blue. In a HSL mode Creamed Butter has a hue angle of 55.91°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 91.37%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fffcd3 is made of 0% cyan, 1.18% magenta, 17.25% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #fffcd3
RGB Decimal rgb(255,252,211)
RGB Percentage 36%, 35%, 29%
CMYK 0, 1.18, 17.25, 0
HSL hsl(55.91,100%,91.37%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(55.91,17.25%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(98.2667,-5.5587,20.0296)
XYZ xyz(87.8083,95.584,75.4496)
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