Buttery

#ffc283

Soft, creamy butter yellow with gentle golden warmth

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About Buttery

Buttery is what happens when you stop trying to be neutral and just lean into the warmth. It's more saturated and golden than 's steeped restraint, but it doesn't tip into the fruit-forward territory claims. This is the one that actually looks like butter, that rich, unambiguous yellow-orange that sits somewhere between a warm cream and a gentle heat.

Use it in food and beverage apps, recipe platforms, and hospitality dashboards where you need color that reads intentional without feeling heavy-handed. It works in beauty packaging and wellness interfaces too, the kind where the product itself is already doing storytelling and you need the interface to support that, not compete. Unlike Cashew Nut's pale whisper, Buttery has backbone. Unlike 's collaborative approach, it actually asserts itself.

The thing to watch: it's golden enough that it can read slightly cooler and less saturated on dim or warm-tinted screens, test it in actual brightness contexts. Pair it with deeper browns or warm grays and it settles. Put it on pure white and you'll see the full force of that saturation.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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11.22:1AAA

On Black #000000

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13.30:1AAA

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