Buttercup Fool 5 vs Pale Citrus

Buttercup Fool 5 and Pale Citrus are both Dulux yellows. The gap between them is ΔE 1.7 — “near-identical”. Buttercup Fool 5 is the lighter of the two. Both cost about £14.40 per litre.

	Buttercup Fool 5	Pale Citrus
Hex	#FCE5B4	#F8E6B5
Lightness (L*)	92	92
Price / litre	£14.40	£14.40

Looking across brands instead? See Buttercup Fool 5’s cross-brand matches and cheaper alternatives, or Pale Citrus’s.