Beautiful and Cheerful (Bright) Yellow Web Designs

posted on 11th August 2010 by Callum Chapman with the tags: "Bright", "Web Design", "Yellow" .

Yellow is one of those colours in design that is generally much harder to use and actually get away with using it. Because it can be so bright, it tends to be much harsher on the eyes and therefore is often avoided.

It can work well though (especially when used with black). This showcase features a small handful of beautiful and cheerful (bright) yellow web designs that work well on both a visual appearance and usability basis. What’s your favourite?

Showcases ~ 13 comments read more...

Helveticons

We Make

Phil Thompson

Postography

Vijufest

Design977

Icreon

Bryllup247

Benny Roth

Yello

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Krishna 11 Aug 2010
Ahh my sites not so bright..but its got yellow in it!
maybe next time I’ll make the list!
Alan 11 Aug 2010
Loving the Benny Roth design haha.
A Web Designer 11 Aug 2010
Yellow is the new black!
Callum Chapman 11 Aug 2010
@Krishna: Haha!
@Alan: My fave is Bryllup247
@A Web Designer: You could say that!
A Web Designer 11 Aug 2010
Also looks like Yellow and Helvetica go hand in hand.
Ryan Fowles 11 Aug 2010
Saw your tweet about thoughts on yellow in web design, in some cases it works amazingly however get the shade of yellow wrong within the colour scheme an it turns into a horrible FAIL !!!
Lovin the “Icreon” and “Design977″ pages though awesome example of how well it can work !!
Ben 11 Aug 2010
Wow! These designs are really bright. Kind of hurts my eyes:)
Luke 12 Aug 2010
@Ben I agree with you mate, slightly bright, I’ve never really gone for a yellow based website but what @awebdesigner said it pretty true Helvetica and yellow do go hand in hand
the Success Ladder 12 Aug 2010
Great article, thanks for sharing this. I have subscribed to your RSS feed and am looking forward to reading more from you.
Keep up the good work and don’t stop posting please.
Pusparaj 13 Aug 2010
Thanks for including me.
Good Web Design 13 Aug 2010
Haha. last one is cool!
Gregory Despain 24 Aug 2010
Love This post ty so much :0
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