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Butter Cookie

CSP-995 · #E9E0C0 · LRV 72 · warm yellow tone

CSP-995 · #E9E0C0 · LRV 72 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.

Butter CookieBenjamin Moore · CSP-995
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Butter Cookie
BENJAMIN MOORE · CSP-995 · #E9E0C0
Brand · codeBenjamin MooreCSP-995 · all Benjamin Moore neutrals
LRV72Light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
Undertonewarm yellow tone
FamilyNeutral
Hex · RGB · HSL#E9E0C0 · 233, 224, 192 · 47°, 48%, 83%Display values from the brand. Match it at another brand
Sheen we recommendEggshell on walls · satin on trim and cabinetsWhich sheen where, explained
Where it sits, light to dark
  1. 1Agreeable Gray60
  2. 2Balboa Mist66
  3. 3Butter Cookie72
  4. 4Pearly White77
  5. 5Dover White83
Undertone and depth

What Color Is Butter Cookie, Really?

Butter Cookie reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore CSP-995 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.

Room by room

Best Rooms and Uses for Butter Cookie

Butter Cookie 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. Greige-leaning neutrals like this are the safe whole-home choice when you want warmth without committing to a color.

Light by light

How Lighting Changes Butter Cookie

At LRV 72, Butter Cookie is a light color that bounces daylight around a room without tipping into stark white. Its yellow 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.

Test it in your light, not a showroom's

Most complaints about Butter Cookie 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.

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Need It From Another Brand?

Any paint counter can custom-tint Benjamin Moore CSP-995 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.

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Similar Benjamin Moore Colors

The nearest shades to Butter Cookie within Benjamin Moore's own range, ranked by perceptual color distance — useful when you want the same look a touch lighter, darker, or warmer.

Contrast, for text and signage
Black text on Butter Cookie · 15.9 : 1 · passes AA and AAAWhite text on Butter Cookie · 1.3 : 1 · fails for text

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 #E9E0C0 in HSL space. Pair Butter Cookie with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.

COMPLEMENTARY
#E9E0C0 + #C0C9E9
TRIADIC
#E9E0C0 · #C0E9E0 · #E0C0E9
ANALOGOUS
#E9CBC0 · #E9E0C0 · #DEE9C0

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