Yellow is one of the color families shipped with this release. Bright attention — markers, badges, sunlight..
Shades#
100200300400500600700800900950
Palette table#
| Shade | Class fragment | Value | Best role |
|---|---|---|---|
100 | yellow-100 | #fefce8 | Very light — section backgrounds, badges on light UI, tinted code blocks. |
200 | yellow-200 | #fef9c3 | Light — borders on light themes, dividers with personality, chip backgrounds. |
300 | yellow-300 | #fef08a | Soft — secondary borders, disabled states with color, placeholder decorations. |
400 | yellow-400 | #fde047 | Medium-light — icons on dark surfaces, decorative accents, chart lines. |
500 | yellow-500 | #facc15 | The primary step — buttons, links, brand fills, key interactive elements. |
600 | yellow-600 | #eab308 | Hover step — hover states for 500 elements, or primary on very light UIs. |
700 | yellow-700 | #ca8a04 | Active step — pressed states, emphasized text on light tinted backgrounds. |
800 | yellow-800 | #a16207 | Dark — text on light palettes, headers in tinted sections, dark UI fills. |
900 | yellow-900 | #854d0e | Very dark — deep section backgrounds, high-contrast text carriers. |
950 | yellow-950 | #713f12 | Darkest — near-black tinted backgrounds, hero surfaces, footer tones. |
Use it#
<div class="bg-yellow-500 text-white p-6 rounded-xl">Yellow surface</div>
<p class="text-yellow-600 dark:text-yellow-400">Adaptive text</p>
<div class="border border-yellow-200 dark:border-yellow-800 bg-yellow-50 dark:bg-yellow-950 p-4 rounded-lg">Panel</div>Per-usage guides#
Yellow textstext-yellow-* in practice.Yellow backgroundsbg-yellow-* in practice.Yellow bordersborder-yellow-* in practice.Yellow gradientsfrom-yellow-* in practice.
Contrast#
Flip point: shades 50–400 want dark text (text-slate-900); shades 500+ (approx.) want white text. Verify with the accessibility/color-contrast|contrast guide.
Related palettes#
colors/amber|amber · colors/lime|lime · colors/color-pairing|Pairing recipes