Duck Butter
#ddc75b
Soft, buttery yellow-green for gentle dividers
About Duck Butter
Duck Butter looks like soft butter spread across sunlit paper, not like a sharp highlighter. Compared with Golden Kingdom, 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 Nature, but without the pressed, slightly louder edge of Dijon Mustard.
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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On White #ffffff
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
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