Nearest-color comparison

Soft Yellow vs Butter

Soft Yellow and Butter are different yellow colors with HEX values #FFF8B8 and #FFF1A8. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 17.5, their contrast ratio is 1.05:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.

Soft Yellow and Butter are very close colors. Soft Yellow is the lighter option. They share similar temperature behavior. Their mutual contrast is 1.05:1, so the pair is too low for text and better treated as a palette relationship.

Differences Use cases Accessibility JSON

Soft Yellow#FFF8B8

Butter#FFF1A8

Quick Difference Summary

The main measurable differences between Soft Yellow and Butter across RGB distance, luminance, hue, saturation, and contrast.

RGB distance17.5

Pair contrast1.05:1

Luminance delta0.0486

Hue delta4 deg

Lighter colorSoft Yellow

More saturatedSoft Yellow

Side-by-Side Color Profiles

yellow color

Soft Yellow

Soft Yellow is #FFF8B8, a warm yellow color with light and pastel character. Compared with Butter, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FFF8B8 RGB255, 248, 184 HSL54, 100, 86 CMYK0, 3, 28, 0 Luminance0.9186 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

yellow color

Butter

Butter is #FFF1A8, a warm yellow color with pastel character. Compared with Soft Yellow, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for highlight colors, editorial accents, and warm backgrounds, with black text as the safer foreground option.

HEX#FFF1A8 RGB255, 241, 168 HSL50, 100, 83 CMYK0, 5, 34, 0 Luminance0.87 Best textblack text

Color page WCAG HEX atlas

When to Use Soft Yellow or Butter

Choose Soft YellowSoft Yellow is better when the design needs light and pastel yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFF8B8.

Choose ButterButter is better when the design needs pastel yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFF1A8.

Use togetherUse these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs.

Technical Comparison Table

PropertySoft YellowButter

HEX#FFF8B8#FFF1A8

RGB255, 248, 184255, 241, 168

HSL54, 100, 8650, 100, 83

CMYK0, 3, 28, 00, 5, 34, 0

FamilyYellowYellow

TemperatureWarmWarm

ToneLight, PastelPastel

Luminance0.91860.87

Black contrast19.37:118.4:1

White contrast1.08:11.14:1

Shared tonesPastel

Accessibility and Contrast

Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.

Soft Yellowblack text - 19.37:1

Butterblack text - 18.4:1

Related Palette Strip

A compact visual strip showing the two compared colors with nearby harmony and variant context.

Soft Yellow#FFF8B8

Butter#FFF1A8

White#FFFFFF

#B8BFFF#B8BFFF

#A8B7FF#A8B7FF

colorsBoth named color records with HEX, RGB, HSL, CMYK, luminance, WCAG, and links

differencesRGB distance, HSL deltas, luminance delta, contrast, and shared attributes

accessibilityPair contrast and safer text choices for each color

useCasesWhen to choose each color and when to use them together

relatedApiMachine-readable comparison and color endpoints

Structured sections

Colors

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    "name": "Soft Yellow",
    "hex": "#FFF8B8",
    "rgb": [
      255,
      248,
      184
    ],
    "hsl": [
      54,
      100,
      86
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      3,
      28,
      0
    ],
    "family": "yellow",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "light",
      "pastel"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.9186,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 19.37,
      "white": 1.08
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 19.37
    },
    "description": "Soft Yellow is #FFF8B8, a warm yellow color with light and pastel character. Compared with Butter, it is lighter and similar in saturation. Use it for soft ui backgrounds, pastel palettes, and gentle product design, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/soft-yellow/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-yellow.json"
  },
  {
    "slug": "butter",
    "name": "Butter",
    "hex": "#FFF1A8",
    "rgb": [
      255,
      241,
      168
    ],
    "hsl": [
      50,
      100,
      83
    ],
    "cmyk": [
      0,
      5,
      34,
      0
    ],
    "family": "yellow",
    "temperature": "warm",
    "tone": [
      "pastel"
    ],
    "luminance": 0.87,
    "contrast": {
      "black": 18.4,
      "white": 1.14
    },
    "wcag": {
      "AA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "AAA": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ]
    },
    "bestText": {
      "text": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 18.4
    },
    "description": "Butter is #FFF1A8, a warm yellow color with pastel character. Compared with Soft Yellow, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for highlight colors, editorial accents, and warm backgrounds, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
    "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/butter/",
    "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/butter.json"
  }
]

Differences

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  "rgbDistance": 17.5,
  "contrastRatio": 1.05,
  "hslDelta": {
    "hue": 4,
    "saturation": 0,
    "lightness": 3
  },
  "luminanceDelta": 0.0486,
  "sameFamily": true,
  "sameTemperature": true,
  "sharedTones": [
    "pastel"
  ],
  "lighterColor": "Soft Yellow",
  "moreSaturatedColor": "Soft Yellow"
}

Accessibility

{
  "pairContrastRatio": 1.05,
  "textRecommendation": "Do not use this pair for text; use it for neighboring palette colors, decoration, or low-emphasis surfaces.",
  "safeText": [
    {
      "color": "Soft Yellow",
      "background": "#FFF8B8",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 19.37
    },
    {
      "color": "Butter",
      "background": "#FFF1A8",
      "foreground": "#000000",
      "label": "black text",
      "ratio": 18.4
    }
  ]
}

Use cases

{
  "chooseFirstWhen": "Soft Yellow is better when the design needs light and pastel yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFF8B8.",
  "chooseSecondWhen": "Butter is better when the design needs pastel yellow character, warm temperature, and the specific HEX value #FFF1A8.",
  "useTogetherWhen": "Use these colors together as related palette neighbors, subtle material differences, or tonal alternatives rather than readable foreground/background pairs."
}

Related API

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  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/compare/soft-yellow-vs-butter.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/soft-yellow.json",
  "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/butter.json"
]

Full JSON dataset

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  "summary": "Soft Yellow and Butter are different yellow colors with HEX values #FFF8B8 and #FFF1A8. According to Colors Encyclopedia, their RGB distance is 17.5, their contrast ratio is 1.05:1, and the comparison helps choose between tone, temperature, and accessibility behavior.",
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    },
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      },
      "description": "Butter is #FFF1A8, a warm yellow color with pastel character. Compared with Soft Yellow, it is darker and similar in saturation. Use it for highlight colors, editorial accents, and warm backgrounds, with black text as the safer foreground option.",
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/butter/",
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