Spring Trend Report: Butter Yellow

Butter yellow's a soft shade that's everywhere

Mar 26, 2025

Courtesy of 16Arlington, Toteme, and Miu Miu via Instagram

This spring, many fashion trends are blooming. If you feel like a baddie, wear Corporate Goth for the day. Ready for the weekend? Then rev it up with one of the hot colors of the season, orange, or go floral. Today, we’re going to concentrate on the butter yellow fashion trend. It’s an explosion of color right now.

How the butter yellow fashion trend started

First seen on Spring/Summer 25 runways from Toteme, 16Arlington, Miu Miu and the like, fashion buyers and the public fell in love with it. Butter yellow is an optimistic shade. It’s reminiscent of a classic spring flower, daffodils. Butter y’s a soft, almost pastel hue that works with every skin tone. Carry a butter yellow bag or wear butter yellow shoes to add a dose of sunshine to your day.

How to find the right butter yellow shade for you

Every color has a warm, cool, neutral, dark, and true tone. Warm tones are created by adding orange or red to a color. Dark tones are made when black or blue is added to the original shade. Cool or neutral tones are created when a color is mixed with its complementary hue, and true colors are primary shades that aren’t mixed with anything.

Let’s apply that information to finding a foundation. When you’re looking for a makeup base, you look for something that matches your complexion and undertone, so do the same when choosing what colors to wear. Depending on your skin tone, look for warm, neutral, dark, or true tones within that color. Use the same information for makeup when choosing clothing, especially in butter yellow. Yes, you can have a warm, cool, or neutral butter yellow.