Duck Butter

#ddc75b

Soft, buttery yellow-green for gentle dividers

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About Duck Butter

Duck Butter looks like soft butter spread across sunlit paper, not like a sharp highlighter. Compared with , it's less settled and more creamy, with a lighter, more honeyed feel rather than that weighty, wheat-gold steadiness. It also sits closer to the mustard side than Force of , but without the pressed, slightly louder edge of .

I use it when I want a warm status color that reads friendly and finished, especially for dashboards and finance apps where you need highlights that feel human, not cautionary. It's great for UI moments like "in progress" pills, category chips in retail systems, and step breadcrumbs in logistics portals. On marketing pages for food, gardening supplies, or craft brands, it plays nicely over warm creams and off-whites, and it holds up when you need the one you reach for as a secondary accent.

Pair with olive drab or cocoa charcoal. If your background is too cool, Duck Butter can start to feel a touch yellowed, so keep the neutrals warm.

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WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios. AA requires 4.5:1 for normal text, 3:1 for large. AAA requires 7:1 / 4.5:1.

On White #ffffff

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1.69:1Fail

On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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1.55:1Fail

On Gray 900 #18181b

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10.46:1AAA

On Black #000000

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12.39:1AAA

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