Warm, cheerful, and inviting, a yellow kitchen can transform your space from boring to beautiful with a simple lick of paint. Whether you want to infuse your space with a burst of energy or create a calm and soft-colored kitchen look, these yellow kitchens will show you the endless possibilities.
Yellow has been used more often in home design in recent years. And that’s not surprising, as it’s such a versatile color whether you want to create a warm and deep space using ochre tones or add a subtle color with butter yellow, whatever yellow tone you choose will bring a sunny vibe to your home.
I’ve also added the paint color used on the walls or the cabinets in these kitchens (if the information was available) so you can recreate these yellow kitchen ideas in your own home. Let’s look at these yellow kitchen ideas, which will show you the strength of this beautiful color.
Yellow Kitchen Cabinets
Yellow is a color we see more used for the tone of kitchen cupboards. From ochre yellow to a subtle honey-beige shade. Yellow cabinets look good in modern and traditional kitchens.
photo: Inigo
photo: Inigo
Color: India Yellow by Farrow & Ball
A small, playful, maximalist home in London features a bright yellow kitchen paired with white subway tiles, a blue dining table, and pink and orange textiles.
photo: Funda
Pair wooden cabinets with a sleek kitchen island in a vibrant yellow shade.
photo: deVOL Kitchens
This deVOL Kitchen combines a buttery yellow shade with brown/purple, greige, and off-white. It’s the perfect example of a light white/neutral base with warm color accents.
photo: Accolade Makelaars
photo: Accolade Makelaars
This modern kitchen pairs mid-yellow cabinets with a white island and concrete worktops. The color is beautiful, though the real star of this kitchen is probably that wooden ceiling.
photo: Inigo
Color: Haymarket by Mylands
The historic farmhouse of Mrs. Trufflepig features a beautiful country kitchen with bright yellow cabinets, a stone floor, and a round vintage dining table.
photo: Inigo
photo: Inigo
Color: Sudbury Yellow by Farrow Ball
The kitchen in a charming English cottage has cabinets painted in a sunny yellow shade from Farrow and Ball and views of the cottage garden.
Guild House Hotel
The Nordroom
Color: Limitless by PPG
The cabinets of this traditional kitchen are inspired by PPG’s Color of the Year 2024.
photo: G.P. Schafer
Architect G.P. Schafer restored a 19th-century carriage house in Charleston which features this stunning pale yellow kitchen with a wooden floor and an exposed brick wall.
photo: deVOL Kitchens
photo: deVOL Kitchens
Color: Scullery Yellow by deVOL Kitchens
This Mediterranean-style deVOL kitchen shows how to create a vibrant and colorful kitchen that also feels warm and inviting.
photo: deVOL Kitchens
Color: Scullery Yellow by deVOL Kitchens
The deVOL kitchen in Pearl Lowe’s bohemian beach house features a warm yellow prep table painted in deVOL’s own Scullery Yellow shade.
photo: G.P. Schafer
another kitchen from G.P. Schafer with pale yellow cupboards in a beautiful barn house.
photo: Inigo
photo: Inigo
This kitchen in a Victorian apartment pairs muted colors from Paint and Paper Library with a vibrant yellow cabinet and fridge.
photo: Funda
photo: Funda
photo: HusmanHagberg
photo: HusmanHagberg
The butter yellow kitchen cabinets in this Swedish family apartment are paired with the ‘Natural Owl’ wallpaper from C.F.A.Voysey.
photo: The Modern House
Color: India Yellow by Farrow & Ball
Don’t shy away from vibrant colors in small spaces, this London apartment showcases the beauty of a popping kitchen in an open plan living space.
photo: Inigo
The kitchen in a colorful Georgian house is a lovely space with cabinets painted in a soft yellow shade that are combined with caesar stone worktops and splashback.
photo: Norban
Pink and yellow is a lovely combination of colors in this tiny midcentury kitchen in a Swedish studio apartment.
photo: wrede
The light yellow kitchen cabinets in a Swedish home are paired with light gray and a warm wooden floor.
styling by Lindholm & photography by Johansson for Historiska Hem
styling by Lindholm & photography by Johansson for Historiska Hem
The kitchen in a Nordic apartment adds a warm atmosphere to the room thanks to its ochre yellow cabinets.
photo: Inigo
The modern kitchen in a historic home has floor-to-ceiling cabinets painted in a sunny yellow shade. These are paired with a blue kitchen island that features a breakfast bar.
photo: The Nordroom
photo: Johanna Bradford
photo: Alvhem
This Scandinavian apartment features a soft yellow kitchen that is combined with wood paneling and light colors.
photo: Pluck
Yellow is versatile and can be combined with many other colors, from natural shades like gray or blue to pink and green, as you can see in this modern kitchen.
credit: PPG
Color: Limitless by PPG/Glidden
This kitchen is created by PPG using their color of the year 2024 ‘Limitless’, a lovely honey beige shade that looks beautiful in a kitchen.
Yellow Walls and Tiles
Yellow tiles or walls are another way to add a color punch to your kitchen space. Here are some great examples, from ochre tones to butter yellow.
photo: Inigo
A Georgian home in England is packed with history and color and you can certainly see that in the kitchen. The kitchen is adorned with plank and muntin paneling, painted in a warm ochre hue, and features a sturdy brick subfloor.
photo: Inigo
photo: Inigo
Blue and yellow is a great color combination, as you can see in this colorful historic house.
photo: Shootfactory
photo: Shootfactory
A Victorian house in London pairs modern black cabinets with ochre yellow tiles and a very pale yellow wall color.
photo: Inigo
Color: Muga by Paint and Paper Library
The kitchen in the renovated country house of Clarence & Graves features warm yellow walls paired with blue cabinets, red and white striped wallpaper, and a pink rug. The utility room pairs coral pink deVOL cabinets with yellow House of Hackney ‘Indienne’ wallpaper.
photo: Inigo
photo: Inigo
The kitchen in a Welsh cottage features a warm and muted color combination with a deep ochre shade on the walls and green cabinets.
photo: deVOL Kitchens
Color: India Yellow by Farrow Ball
This deVOL kitchen in their New York showroom shows that you can combine a warm yellow shade with another warm color (Refectory Red by deVOL) or a neutral gray shade.
photo: deVOL Kitchens
photo: deVOL Kitchens
Color: Cat’s Paw by Farrow & Ball
This kitchen in deVOL’s St. John’s Square showroom features natural wooden Haberdasher cabinets paired with a soft yellow hue on the walls.
photo: Inigo
The kitchen in a historic English country house pairs cabinets painted in ‘De Nimes’ by Farrow & Ball with a sunny yellow wall color.
photo: Inigo
photo: Inigo
This cottage kitchen in England features pale, warm yellow walls paired with blue color accents.
photo: Inigo
photo: Shootfactory
Ochre yellow tiles and cabinets turn a utility room in a Victorian home into a space you want to spent time in.
styling by JosefssonLjung and photography by Maria Sahlander for Stadshem
Color: Yellow Gold by Auro
This minimalistic kitchen in a Swedish apartment features sunny yellow accents walls which transform the space from boring to cheerful.
photo: Funda
Sunny, vibrant, and natural. In this Dutch kitchen, they paired sunny yellow walls and ceiling with green doors and sea-green tiles.
Yellow Kitchen Floor
design: @untillemonsrsweet and photo: Veronica Rodriguez
design: @untillemonsrsweet and photo: Veronica Rodriguez
Unusual, but very beautiful. The kitchen in a color blocked home in London features a bright yellow floor.
