Butterscotch
Sherwin-Williams's Butterscotch is a yellow shade whose quieter details emerge through comparison. An LRV of 24.9 places it through the middle of the scale, where color and depth can remain visible as the light changes. Its related shades below reveal where the color harmonizes—and where contrast brings it fully to life.
Hex
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24.94
Butterscotch's Color Strip
Butterscotch is the seventh shade on this 7-color strip, the deepest shade in this coordinated family. Color strip 129 groups these shades together so you can see how each reads next to its neighbors.
Butterscotch in Rooms
Follow Butterscotch 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.
5 Living Room Photos
The 5 living room images turn a yellow swatch into something more spatial and expressive. Its midtone saturation keeps the color expressive without letting it dominate every surface around it.
An accent wall in Butterscotch draws focus across the living room's main seating area.
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Warm Butterscotch walls create an inviting backdrop for comfortable living room furnishings.
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Living room walls painted in Butterscotch complement natural wood and neutral upholstery.
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An arched doorway frames the living room in rich Butterscotch tones.
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Curved archway painted in Butterscotch adds architectural interest to the living room.
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1 Bedroom Photo
Butterscotch (6377) offers a starting mood rather than a finished formula: Its warm classification can feel inviting beside tactile, natural materials. Test it under gentle morning light and low evening lamps.
Children's bedroom walls in Butterscotch create a cheerful, nurturing sleeping space.
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Coordinating Colors
At LRV 78 vs 25, Vanillin is decisively the brighter choice.
At LRV 25 vs 13, Butterscotch is decisively the brighter choice.
Lemon Meringue reflects far more light (LRV 83 vs 25), opening up a space where Butterscotch encloses it.
Trim Color
At LRV 78 vs 25, Vanillin is decisively the brighter choice.
Similar Colors
Their light reflectance is nearly identical (LRV 26 vs 25), so neither reads brighter in a room.
A 4-point LRV gap (29 vs 25) makes Gold Coast the marginally brighter of the two.
Rookwood Amber reads slightly lighter (LRV 29 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 25 and 23, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Tassel reads slightly lighter (LRV 30 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Butterscotch reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 26 and 25, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
With LRVs of 25 and 24, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Bosc Pear reads slightly lighter (LRV 32 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Complementary Colors
Butterscotch reflects far more light (LRV 25 vs 6), opening up a space where Mount Etna encloses it.
Debonair reads slightly lighter (LRV 34 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Butterscotch reflects far more light (LRV 25 vs 7), opening up a space where Tarragon encloses it.
Butterscotch reflects far more light (LRV 25 vs 11), opening up a space where Rain Cloud encloses it.
Butterscotch reflects far more light (LRV 25 vs 7), opening up a space where Sea Mariner encloses it.
Starry Night reflects far more light (LRV 69 vs 25), opening up a space where Butterscotch encloses it.
A 5-point LRV gap (25 vs 20) makes Butterscotch the marginally brighter of the two.
Lighter Colors
A 7-point LRV gap (32 vs 25) makes Eastlake Gold the marginally brighter of the two.
At LRV 41 vs 25, Vintage Gold is decisively the brighter choice.
Different Gold reads slightly lighter (LRV 32 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 25 and 24, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
Bosc Pear reads slightly lighter (LRV 32 vs 25), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Darker Colors
Butterscotch reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 18), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
Butterscotch reads slightly lighter (LRV 25 vs 21), a gap that shows most in low-lit rooms.
With LRVs of 25 and 24, the two reflect almost the same amount of light.
A 5-point LRV gap (25 vs 20) makes Butterscotch the marginally brighter of the two.
Color Codes
Manufacturer description
This decadent orange with yellow undertones adds a rich, warm vitality to living and dining rooms. Balance it with a cool, dark shade like Night Owl.