Butter Icing (PPG 1062-1)
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Butter Icing (PPG 1062-1) is a light, warm off-white from PPG Paints: LRV 78, so it reflects about 78 percent of the light that hits it.
Colors that go with Butter Icing
Four PPG Paints colors picked for Butter Icing by this site's color math: a trim white, a deeper neutral, a quiet contrast from another family, a dark accent. PPG Paints did not choose these pairings.
Closest match in every other brand
Each brand's closest color to Butter Icing, 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 | Polite White | SW 6056 | 74 | 1.4 | very close |
| Benjamin Moore | Early Sunset | 2096-70 | 77 | 1.0 | very close |
| Behr | Almost Pink | PPH-30 | 78.5 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
| Valspar | Santa Fe Spirit | 2001-10C | 76 | 0.8 | indistinguishable |
Lighter and darker in PPG Paints
The PPG Paints off-white colors nearest to Butter Icing (LRV 78) by LRV.
Lighter than Butter Icing
Darker than Butter Icing
Color data
| Brand | PPG Paints |
|---|---|
| Color code | 1062-1 |
| Hex | #EFE3D9 |
| RGB | 239, 227, 217 |
| HSL | 27°, 41%, 89% |
| LRV (light reflectance value) | 78 |
| Lab L*, a*, b* | 90.9, 2.4, 6.3 |
| Undertone | Warm |
| Temperature | warm |
| Color family | Off-white |
Same paint, two kinds of light
Butter Icing (PPG 1062-1), published as #EFE3D9
#DED9D7
#FFEDD9
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Common questions
- What is the LRV of Butter Icing (PPG 1062-1)?
- Butter Icing has an LRV of 78. LRV runs from 0 (black) to 100 (pure white) and measures the share of light a surface reflects, so Butter Icing is a light color.
- What is the closest match to Butter Icing in another brand?
- Almost Pink (Behr PPH-30) from Behr, at a deltaE of 0.8 (indistinguishable).
- Is Butter Icing warm or cool?
- PPG Paints lists Butter Icing as warm, with a Warm undertone. Its Lab b* value is 6.3; 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.