Butter Color
Butter is a yellow color with hex code #FFFF81. This page covers its meaning, all color values, harmonies, colors that go with butter, shades, tints, similar colors, CSS examples, FAQs, and WCAG contrast ratios.
Butter Color Values
What Does Butter Mean?
Butter belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. As a lighter shade, Butter reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
In the ISCC-NBS color naming system, Butter is classified as a yellow (nearest centroid: light greenish yellow, #EAE679).
Color Harmonies
Complementary
Analogous
Triadic
Colors That Go With Butter
Butter and #8080FF are complements, parked opposite each other on the wheel. Together they hit maximum contrast, so a rough 70/30 split keeps the pairing from shouting.
Analogous neighbors — #FFBF80 and #BFFF80, which sit beside butter on the wheel. Pairings like this feel calm and settled, which suits backgrounds and gradients.
For an energetic three-color palette, pair butter with triadic partners #80FFFF and #FF80FF. All three sit evenly spaced around the wheel, so the scheme stays lively without clashing.
Build and test these combinations in our Color Wheel Tool or check text readability with the Contrast Checker.
Tints and Shades
Tints (lighter)
Shades (darker)
Similar Colors
- Faded Yellow —
#FEFF7F(Delta E 1) - Pale Yellow —
#FFFF84(Delta E 1) - Banana —
#FFFF7E(Delta E 1) - Yellowish Tan —
#FCFC81(Delta E 2) - Light Yellow —
#FFFE7A(Delta E 3)
CSS Examples
.text { color: #FFFF81; }
.background { background-color: #FFFF81; }
.border { border: 2px solid #FFFF81; }
.shadow { box-shadow: 0 4px 6px #FFFF8140; }WCAG Contrast
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the hex code for butter?
Butter has the hex code #FFFF81. In RGB notation it is rgb(255, 255, 129), in HSL it is hsl(60, 100%, 75%), and its OKLCH value is 0.975, 0.148, 108.9.
What does the color butter mean?
Yellow-family colors like butter carry distinct psychological associations. Butter belongs to the yellow family of colors. Yellow is the brightest thing in daylight, which makes it impossible to ignore and easy to overdo. School buses and hazard tape exist to exploit that visibility. In artwork, small amounts of yellow energize a piece; large fields of it tire the eye surprisingly fast. As a lighter shade, Butter reads as airy and understated, comfortable working in backgrounds and across big surfaces.
What colors go with butter?
Butter has three easy routes: its complement #8080FF for punch, its neighbors #FFBF80 and #BFFF80 for something calmer, or triadic partners #80FFFF and #FF80FF when you want energy.
Is butter a standard web color?
No — Butter is not a CSS keyword. Use its hex value #FFFF81 or any RGB/HSL equivalent in your stylesheets.
How do I make butter lighter or darker?
To lighten butter, add white to create tints; to darken it, add black to create shades. The tints and shades table above shows five computed steps of each, from #FFFFEB (lightest tint) to #424200 (darkest shade).
About Butter
Butter is classified as a Yellow in the ISCC-NBS color naming system, within the Yellow hue family. It has The color is recognized by XKCD, meodai.
Use our Color Converter to convert #FFFF81 to any other color format, or explore the Color Wheel to find harmonious color combinations.