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# Yellow is a safety colour first
- URL: https://kontur.samadesign.dev/yellow-is-a-safety-colour-first/
- Published: 2026-09-22T14:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-22T14:00:00.000Z
- Description: Before it was a trend, yellow was a warning. Why the colour of caution keeps showing up in good design.
- Author: Lena Hartmann
- Tags: Process, #Import 2026-10-10 22:54

Yellow is the colour the eye picks up first in daylight. That is why it marks the edge of a step, the handle of a tool and the line you should not cross.

## Borrowing from industry

Designers like yellow for the same reason engineers do: it gets attention without asking for it. Used once on a page or a facade, it tells you exactly where to look.

## Once is enough

Used everywhere, it stops meaning anything. The best yellow is the one you only see where it matters.