Yellow Color Palettes: 288 Palettes With Hex Codes

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#F5C800

215 yellows in the library

Pick any swatch to see its codes, its contrast and the palette it comes from.

01Put it to work

Can you read text on it?

White text looks like thisHard to read

Avoid for text. Use it for shapes and backgrounds instead. Contrast 1.6 to 1

Black text looks like thisVery easy to read

Fine for any text, even small print. Contrast 12.3 to 1

Black text reads better here. The contrast number compares how light the text is with how light the colour behind it is. It runs from 1, where the text disappears, to 21, black on white. The web accessibility standard asks for at least 4.5 for normal text and 3 for big headlines.

Pick a swatch above to see it in its own palette, next to the colours it was chosen to sit with.

02Tints and shades

A ramp from 50 to 950 around #F5C800, in equal perceptual steps, for backgrounds, borders and hover states. Click a step to copy it.

03288 palettes with yellow

04The styles that use it

Prairie Style6 Art Deco Architecture6 Neubrutalism5 Memphis5 Afrofuturism5 Vernacular Architecture5 Mid-Century Modern5 Indie Groovy5 Metallic Typography5 Cubism4 Performing Arts4 Mixed Media4 Italo Disco4 Steampunk4 Grunge4 Bronze Age4 Kidcore4 Solarpunk4 Classical Architecture4 De Stijl4 Popping Colors4 Art Nouveau4 Music3 Bauhaus3 Skeuomorphism3 Luxury Minimal3 Maximalism3 Psychedelic3 Trinket Design3 Punk3 Art Deco3 Corporate Memphis3 Architectural Postmodernism3 Bauhaus Architecture3 Scandinavian Architecture3 Soft Minimalism3 Constructivist Architecture3 Structuralism3 Pueblo Revival3 Gothic Architecture3

And 112 more, in the palettes above.

05Questions

How many yellow colour palettes are there?

The Omoro library has 288 palettes with at least one yellow, across 215 distinct yellow swatches, each with its hex code.

What colours go with yellow?

In the library's palettes, yellow most often sits beside brown, blue and red, with black and grey as the neutrals.

Which design styles use yellow?

Prairie Style, Art Deco Architecture and Neubrutalism use it most. 152 styles use it in all.

Goes withBrown 39%Blue 37%Red 33%Green 22%Orange 19%Pink 13%

06Shades of yellow

Mustard Yellow

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