School Bus
#ffd800
Cleaner school-bus yellow-green, higher saturation focus
About School Bus
School Bus looks like the stripe on a freshly painted vehicle that's been sitting in daylight. It's a bus-yellow that's not honeyed or softened, more matter-of-fact and job-ready. Compared to Gold, it reads a touch more saturated and less metal-adjacent, so it doesn't feel like finished coin in UI. Compared with Soviet Gold, it's slightly less frosty and less aggressively "coin-bright," so it lands more like printed school paint than a glare.
I use it for premium price emphasis when you need attention fast but still want a clean, legible yellow rather than Candlelight's warm glow. Tier markers and step-complete badges in ecommerce checkout, retail dashboards, and fintech flows get a more neutral, high-clarity pop from this shade. It also works well for promo callouts on product tiles where you want the highlight to feel deliberate, not bargain-bin.
Keep an eye on backgrounds: too much School Bus together can feel flat next to deeper greens, so pair it with charcoal, off-whites, or olive for real separation.
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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
On Gray 100 #f5f5f5
On Gray 900 #18181b
On Black #000000
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