Honey Butter
320C-3 · #F7D394 · LRV 69 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Honey Tea52
- 2Jackfruit62
- 3Honey Butter69
- 4Butter Up74
- 5Lemon Chiffon79
What Color Is Honey Butter, Really?
Honey Butter reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Behr 320C-3 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Honey Butter
Honey Butter is an easy whole-room color for living spaces and bedrooms, and light enough to carry onto trim or a ceiling if you want a soft, seamless look. Yellows lift kitchens, hallways and kids' rooms with warmth.
How Lighting Changes Honey Butter
At LRV 69, Honey Butter is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its orange undertone is the part to watch: it gets picked up by whatever sits next to it, so test it against your trim, floor and the room's main light before committing. It holds its undertone in most exposures, which is what makes light shades like this so forgiving room to room.
Most complaints about Honey Butter are a light mismatch. Upload a photo of your actual room and see it on your walls — then ask for the same wall in north light or evening lamps before you buy a single sample.
Need It From Another Brand?
Any paint counter can custom-tint Behr 320C-3 directly. If you would rather stay in one brand's own deck, these are the closest stock matches, measured as ΔE2000. Under 2 is a difference you will not see on the wall.
| Brand | Closest color | ΔE | LRV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sherwin-Williams | JonquilSW 6674 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.7 | 68 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Honeywheat179 · Benjamin Moore | 1.7 | 67 | Color page → |
| Valspar | EggnogV053-2 · Valspar | 1.4 | 67.9 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Maybe MauiPPG1210-4 · PPG / Glidden | 2.0 | 69 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Maybe MauiPPG1210-4 · Glidden | 2.0 | 69 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Cultivated212-3DB · Dutch Boy | 0.7 | 68 | Color page → |
Similar Behr Colors
The nearest shades to Honey Butter within Behr's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.
WCAG 2.1: AA is 4.5 : 1 for normal text, 3 : 1 for large text, AAA is 7 : 1.
Coordinated palette
Generated by hue-rotating #F7D394 in HSL space. Pair Honey Butter with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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