Butter Up
At first glance, Butter Up belongs to the yellow family; in a room, light and context can make it far more elusive. Its beige classifications hint at the directions it may take as daylight, lamps and neighboring colors move around it. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
#F6DDA3LRV
73.80
Butter Up's Color Strip
Butter Up is the second shade on this 7-color strip, sitting between Friendly Yellow and Naples Yellow. The strip spans from Friendly Yellow at the lightest end to Trinket at the deepest. Strip 135 puts these related shades in sequence, making it simple to find the tone that suits your room.
Butter Up in Rooms
Follow Butter Up from one space to another and watch how light, scale and surrounding materials reshape its character. 6 sourced room photos offer a closer look at the color in lived-in settings.
1 Kitchen Cabinets Photo
Butter Up (6681) brings its yellow character into cabinetry, where color becomes part of the room’s architecture. Its brighter saturation allows the hue to remain present rather than fading quietly into the background.
Sherwin Williams Butter Up kitchen cabinets color
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5 House Photos
These 5 house images show how Butter Up (6681) can sit beside roofing, masonry, timber, planting and trim. The beige hue classifications suggest the subtle directions the color may take as the room changes.
SW Butter Up exterior paint
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SW 6681 house exterior
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SW Butter Up house exterior color review
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SW Butter Up house exterior color
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Sherwin Williams Butter Up house exterior color
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Coordinating Colors
Butter Up reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 45), opening up a space where Sawgrass Basket encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 32, Butter Up is decisively the brighter choice.
Trim Color
Similar Colors
With LRVs of 76 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 76 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
With LRVs of 75 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
They call it Mellow reads slightly lighter (LRV 79 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 76 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Butter Up reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 68), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Complementary Colors
Butter Up reflects far more light (LRV 74 vs 45), opening up a space where Blue Beyond encloses it.
Liberty Blue reflects far more light (LRV NaN vs NaN), opening up a space where Butter Up encloses it.
At LRV 74 vs 8, Butter Up is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 74 vs 6, Butter Up is decisively the brighter choice.
Lighter Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 76 vs 74), so neither reads brighter in a room.
French Vanilla reads slightly lighter (LRV 83 vs 74), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Yellow Beam reflects far more light (LRV 86 vs 74), opening up a space where Butter Up encloses it.
With LRVs of 75 and 74, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Darker Colors
Butter Up reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 64), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Butter Up reads slightly lighter (LRV 74 vs 69), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This pure, creamy yellow will warm any room and put a spring in your step. Works well in kitchens and other gathering spaces.