Hollandaise

#ffee44

Light, creamy yellow-green with golden warmth for contrast

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About Hollandaise

Hollandaise reads like a spoon of bright yellow butter catching the last light of the kitchen. It's not the pale, cooler glow of and it doesn't have 's heavier, natural "yellow weight." This shade sits more golden and thicker in feeling, with a softer, buttery undertone than the punchy saturation of .

Use it when you want "yellow but controlled" in product detail pages and shopping surfaces, especially for highlights like pricing chips, rating accents, and promo badges. You'll also see it work in food and catering apps, where it looks richer than a simple tone, and in dashboards for retail and hospitality, where you need attention without the alarm-bell intensity.

Quirk: on bright white, Hollandaise can look slightly sweeter and flatter. Pair it with deep olives or soft charcoals to keep the butteriness from turning washed out, and keep the type weight decisive so it doesn't blend into adjacent creams.

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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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On Gray 100 #f5f5f5

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On Gray 900 #18181b

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14.82:1AAA

On Black #000000

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