Butter is soft, warm-toned shade of warm yellow. It is better contrasting with black. This color combines beautifully with cool blue, warm magenta or mid cyan
| Inverse Color | #00007e |
| Complementary Color | #8181ff |
| Color Shade: | warm yellow (60° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 75.29% (better contrasting with black) |
If you're looking for a similar warm yellow shade, there are some better alternatives to Butter Color. The VIC 20 Creme color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a orange bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Creamy Sunshine Pastel (#fffbb0) for more calm effect. Try Portafino as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#8181ff is the best complementary color to 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 #ffff81 complementary color is Malibu, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm red, warm yellow, and cool yellow colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Dolly are #ffc081 and #c0ff81. Thus found on the left and right of #ffff81 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Macaroni and Cheese and Reef colors as they work well with Butter.
The split-complementary Butter palette consists of #bf81ff and #81bfff colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#8181ff). Try Heliotrope and Malibu colors in combination with #ffff81, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #ffff81 offers a combination of mid magenta and mid cyan shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Butter. Thus Blush Pink and Anakiwa giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Butter contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Malibu, Aquamarine, and Hot Pink split by 90° on the color wheel. #ffff81 square combo is a palette of warm yellow, cool green, cool blue and warm magenta shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Butter tetradic combo consists of cool blue complementary color (#8181ff) and two others. The Anakiwa is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Vivid Tangerine – 120° from the complementary Malibu. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #81feff and #ff8181.
In a RGB color space, hex #ffff81 is made of 40% red, 40% green and 20% blue. In a HSL mode Butter has a hue angle of 60°, a saturation of 100% and a lightness of 75.29%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #ffff81 is made of 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 49.41% yellow and 0% black ink.
| HEX | #ffff81 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(255,255,129) |
| RGB Percentage | 40%, 40%, 20% |
| CMYK | 0, 0, 49.41, 0 |
| HSL | hsl(60,100%,75.29%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(60,49.41%,100%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(97.7789,-16.4552,59.5383) |
| XYZ | xyz(80.9624,94.365,34.716) |