Butter
CA128 · #F3D5AD · LRV 70 — warm red-orange tone, light — bounces daylight without going clinical.
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What Color Is Butter, Really?
Butter reads as a warm red-orange tone — light — bounces daylight without going clinical. The notes below cover how Rodda CA128 behaves in different light and the closest matches at competing US brands.
Best Rooms and Uses for Butter
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 Butter
At LRV 70, 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 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 Rodda CA128 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 | Inviting IvorySW 6372 · Sherwin-Williams | 0.8 | 70 | Color page → |
| Behr | Pale HoneyPPU6-08 · Behr | 0.5 | 70 | Color page → |
| Benjamin Moore | Manila2158-50 · Benjamin Moore | 0.2 | 70 | Color page → |
| Valspar | French Pastry3002-6C · Valspar | 0.8 | 68.8 | Color page → |
| PPG / Glidden | Chai Tea LattePPG1089-3 · PPG / Glidden | 2.4 | 70 | Color page → |
| Glidden | Just Peachy20YY 67/216 · Glidden | 1.4 | 67 | Color page → |
Similar Rodda Colors
The nearest shades to Butter within Rodda'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 #F3D5AD in HSL space. Pair Butter with one accent and one neutral — the swatches below are starting points, not final picks.
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