Sweet Butter (BM 171)
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Sweet Butter (BM 171) is a light, warm yellow from Benjamin Moore: LRV 69.6, so it reflects about 70 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Sweet Butter
Four Benjamin Moore colors picked for Sweet Butter by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper yellow, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. Benjamin Moore did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Sweet Butter, 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 | Sunny Veranda | SW 9017 | 76 | 1.3 | very close |
| Behr | Lemon Pound Cake | 320B-4 | 75.1 | 0.7 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Toasted Wheat | 3001-2B | 75 | 0.6 | indistinguishable |
| PPG Paints | Maybe Maui | 1210-4 | 69 | 1.6 | very close |
Lighter and darker in Benjamin Moore
The Benjamin Moore yellow colors nearest to Sweet Butter (LRV 69.6) by LRV.
Lighter than Sweet Butter
Darker than Sweet Butter
Color data
| Brand | Benjamin Moore |
|---|---|
| Color code | 171 |
| Hex | #FCDB94 |
| RGB | 252, 219, 148 |
| HSL | 41°, 95%, 78% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 69.6 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 88.7, 2.1, 39.1 |
| Undertone | Warm Yellow |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Yellow |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Sweet Butter (BM 171), published as #FCDB94
#ECD193
#FFE593
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Sweet Butter (BM 171)?
- Sweet Butter has an LRV of 69.6. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Sweet Butter is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Sweet Butter in another brand?
- Toasted Wheat (Valspar 3001-2B) from Valspar, at a deltaE of 0.6 (indistinguishable).
- Is Sweet Butter warm or cool?
- Benjamin Moore lists Sweet Butter as warm, with a Warm Yellow undertone. Its Lab b* value is 39.1; a higher b* is warmer and yellower, a lower one cooler and bluer.
Sources: LRV and hex as published by the manufacturer, via PaintDB (CC BY 4.0). 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.