Butter Yellow Color

#fffd74

Butter Yellow is soft, 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 #00028b
Complementary Color #7375ff
Color Shade: warm yellow (59.14° hue)
Color Temperature: warm
Lightness: 72.75% (better contrasting with black)
Butter Yellow Color Sample
Butter Yellow Color Sample

Better Alternatives To #fffd74

If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Butter Yellow Color. The Energy Yellow color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Drover (#fbeb9b) for more calm effect. Try Vis Vis as it also a bit more faded and calm.

Complementary Palette

#7375ff is the best complementary color to Butter Yellow. 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 #fffd74 complementary color is Cornflower Blue, 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 Paris Daisy are #ffb773 and #bbff73. Thus found on the left and right of #fffd74 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Macaroni and Cheese and Reef colors as they work well with Butter Yellow.

Split-complementary Palette

The split-complementary Butter Yellow palette consists of #b773ff and #73bbff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#7375ff). Try Heliotrope and Malibu colors in combination with #fffd74, 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 #fffd74 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 Yellow. Thus Heliotrope and Aquamarine giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.

Square Palette

The square color palette of Butter Yellow contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cornflower Blue, Aquamarine, and Hot Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #fffd74 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 Yellow tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#7375ff) and two others. The Aquamarine is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Bittersweet – 120° from the complementary Cornflower Blue. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #73fffd and #ff7376.

Conversion Table

In a RGB color space, hex #fffd74 is made of 41% red, 41% green and 19% blue. In a HSL mode Butter Yellow has a hue angle of 59.14°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 72.75%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #fffd74 is made of 0% cyan, 0.78% magenta, 54.51% yellow and 0% black ink.

HEX #fffd74
RGB Decimal rgb(255,253,116)
RGB Percentage 41%, 41%, 19%
CMYK 0, 0.78, 54.51, 0
HSL hsl(59.14,100%,72.75%)
HSV (or HSB) hsv(59.14,54.51%,100%)
CIE-LAB lab(97.1348,-16.5153,64.5739)
XYZ xyz(79.5177,92.7715,30.2387)
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