Fresh Butter
290 · #F1DF9F · LRV 69 — warm yellow tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
- 1Honey Tea52
- 2Jackfruit62
- 3Fresh Butter69
- 4Butter Up74
- 5Lemon Chiffon79
What Color Is Fresh Butter, Really?
Fresh Butter reads as a warm yellow tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Benjamin Moore 290 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Fresh Butter
Fresh 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 Fresh Butter
At LRV 69, Fresh Butter 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.
Most complaints about Fresh 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 Benjamin Moore 290 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 | SoléSW 6896 · Sherwin-Williams | 2.8 | 74 | Color page → |
| Behr | FlourishP330-3A · Behr | 1.2 | 71 | Color page → |
| Valspar | Kelsey's Curls8002-25C · Valspar | 1.8 | 75 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Turning OakleafPPG1107-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.2 | 75 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Yellow Duckling45YY 72/342 · Glidden | 1.8 | 72 | Color page → |
| Dutch Boy | Almost Ivory121-3DB · Dutch Boy | 0.7 | 75 | Color page → |
Similar Benjamin Moore Colors
The nearest shades to Fresh Butter within Benjamin Moore'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 #F1DF9F in HSL space. Pair Fresh Butter with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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