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Social Butterfly SW 6898
On-screen approximation from the published RGB value. Order a physical sample before you decide.
Undertone: Saturated orange (a color, not a neutral)
In CIELAB, Social Butterfly sits at L* 79.3, a* 13.2, b* 59.6. Its hue angle is 78° and its chroma is 61.0, so it reads as an outright orange rather than a neutral. It classifies as warm. Among Sherwin-Williams colors with a similar LRV (±5), it is warmer (more yellow) than 99%.
LRV 55.6: light
Light Reflectance Value runs from 0 (absolute black) to 100 (perfect white). At 55.6, Social Butterfly is lighter than 67% of Sherwin-Williams colors. The most forgiving range for whole-house walls. Keeps rooms bright without glare.
Closest Benjamin Moore match to Social Butterfly
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunflower Fields | 174 | 1.01 | Very close | |
| Corn Husk | 307 | 1.33 | Very close | |
| Oxford Gold | 315 | 2.23 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Closest Behr match to Social Butterfly
Ranked by CIEDE2000 color difference (ΔE) computed from published RGB values. Below 2 is hard to tell apart on the wall; above 4 is a different color. Behr does not publish LRV, so Behr values here are estimates.
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twenty Carat | 310B-6 | 1.90 | Very close | |
| Glorious Gold | 300B-6 | 2.06 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Goldenrod Field | PMD-20 | 2.75 | Close — difference visible side by side |
Similar Sherwin-Williams colors
| Color | Code | ΔE2000 | How close | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfield | SW 6676 | 1.92 | Very close | |
| Bee | SW 6683 | 2.28 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Goldenrod | SW 6677 | 2.50 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Brittlebush | SW 6684 | 3.17 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Nasturtium | SW 6899 | 3.97 | Close — difference visible side by side | |
| Olden Amber | SW 9013 | 4.20 | Similar, clearly different |
Lighter and darker versions
Colors from Sherwin-Williams with nearly the same hue and saturation, one step lighter or darker.
- Rayo de Sol SW 9020 · lighter, LRV 59.5
- Sundance SW 6897 · lighter, LRV 62.4
- June Day SW 6682 · lighter, LRV 62.7
- Stirring Orange SW 6889 · darker, LRV 51.4
- Goldenrod SW 6677 · darker, LRV 50.1
- Eye Catching SW 6914 · darker, LRV 50.1
Colors that go with Social Butterfly
Sherwin-Williams's own coordinating colors for Social Butterfly:
- Grays Harbor SW 6236
- Summit Gray SW 7669
Color-theory pairings — the nearest Sherwin-Williams color to each rotated hue, keeping the same lightness and saturation:
- Undercool SW 6957 · complementary (180°)
- Stone Fruit SW 9699 · analogous (−30°)
- Center Stage SW 6920 · analogous (+30°)
- Belize SW 6945 · triadic (120°)
- Sleepy Hollow SW 9145 · triadic (240°)
Social Butterfly vs popular colors
- Natural (Benjamin Moore ES-10, ΔE 6.0) is darker (LRV 45.7 vs 55.6), more blue/cool, more muted.
- Cedar (Benjamin Moore ES-40, ΔE 9.3) is darker (LRV 41.1 vs 55.6), more blue/cool, more red/pink, more muted.
- Concord Ivory (Benjamin Moore HC-12, ΔE 11.0) is lighter (LRV 60.0 vs 55.6), more blue/cool, more green, more muted.