Dancing Butterfly (Behr PPL-20)
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Dancing Butterfly (Behr PPL-20) is a very light, warm yellow from Behr: LRV 88.9, so it reflects about 89 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Dancing Butterfly
Four Behr colors picked for Dancing Butterfly by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper yellow, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Behr did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Dancing Butterfly, ranked by CIEDE2000 (deltaE): under 1.0 is indistinguishable, 1.0 to 2.3 very close, 2.3 to 5 noticeably different, over 5 clearly different.
| Brand | Closest color | Code | LRV | deltaE | How close |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | Pineapple Cream | SW 1668 | 82 | 2.4 | noticeably different |
| Benjamin Moore | Lightning Bolt | 323 | 82.8 | 0.5 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Summer Morning | 3007-2C | 87 | 1.3 | very close |
| PPG Paints | Joyful | 1107-2 | 85 | 1.2 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Behr
The Behr yellow colors nearest to Dancing Butterfly (LRV 88.9 (estimated)) by LRV.
Lighter than Dancing Butterfly
Darker than Dancing Butterfly
Color data
| Brand | Behr |
|---|---|
| Color code | PPL-20 |
| Hex | #FCF3C6 |
| RGB | 252, 243, 198 |
| HSL | 50°, 90%, 88% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 88.9 (estimated from the hex) |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 95.5, -4.0, 22.8 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Dancing Butterfly (Behr PPL-20), published as #FCF3C6
#EBE8C5
#FFFEC5
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Dancing Butterfly (Behr PPL-20)?
- Dancing Butterfly has an LRV of 88.9 (estimated from its hex value). LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Dancing Butterfly is a very light color.
- What is the closest match to Dancing Butterfly in another brand?
- Lightning Bolt (BM 323) from Benjamin Moore, at a deltaE of 0.5 (indistinguishable).
- Is Dancing Butterfly warm or cool?
- Behr lists Dancing Butterfly as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 22.8; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0); LRV is not published by Behr for this color and is estimated here from the color's own hex value. Color differences are CIEDE2000 values computed by this site from the hex values (data snapshot 2026-10-01). Color names and codes belong to their manufacturers.