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Whether simple or sophisticated, sunny yellow is a great wedding color because it lends itself to a wide array of flower choices and color pairings. Scroll for inspiration and yellow wedding flower tips.

Yellow is probably my favorite flower color because it is just so cheerful. As such, it makes a lovely wedding flower choice; reflecting the joy of the day’s events. As with any other color, yellow flowers range in shades from the lightest, creamy yellow to a deep golden ochre. Shades such as butter, golden rod, pale yellow, sunny yellow, honey, flax, lemon, peach, mustard and dijon can also be included. Also some flowers have hints of yellow along side other hues within the same flowers. This provides an opportunity to incorporate multiple pleasing colors.

Statement flowers are large, usually round shaped flowers that are the main eye-catchers of the floral design. Since yellow is a color that many flowers are available in, it may be difficult to choose which statement flowers to use. Clarifying a distinct wedding style may help you pick flowers to achieve the look you are going for. Here are some statement flowers that are available in yellow shades.

Secondary flowers are similar to statement flowers, only smaller in size and sometimes cheaper in price, depending on the variety chosen. Using yellow secondary flowers will still make a cheerful visual impact, but in a slightly less commanding way. Popular secondary flowers in yellow can be found below.

Filler flowers are like finishing touches on an arrangement that provide textural interest and can often fill in holes within the design. Filler flowers are also often cheaper and can help you stay within your budget. Although they certainly fulfill an important visual role, choosing yellow filler flowers would add just a sprinkling of yellow throughout the arrangement. Popular yellow filler flowers include the following flowers.

Height flowers are not always needed, depending on the type or style of a particular arrangement, but these long stems can add drama to create a larger scale arrangement if needed. Popular yellow height flowers may include the photos in the gallery below.

If you want to use yellow as one of your wedding colors, there are several other colors you can choose from to create a gorgeous color palette. To create a monochromatic yellow wedding palette, use flowers of the same shade or a variety of yellow shades.

Analogous palettes include colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. Colors analogous to yellow include orange shades and green shades.

Yellow’s complimentary color, the hue directly across the color wheel, is purple. This is a difficult palette to get right, and honestly, I don’t see it used in weddings very often. But below are a few examples that are so beautiful.

Tertiary complimentary colors to yellow include shades of red (i.e. pink) and blue. As the three primary colors, combinations of flowers in shades of these hues are very visually appealing.

If you have clicked on any of the links in this article so far, you were take to the website FiftyFlowers.com. I have used this bulk flower company for many years now and consider it the best flower market for DIY couples. They consistently offer the most affordable prices for flowers (available to those without a business license or wholesale account). I also regularly use their website for initial design planning and pricing research. To top it all off, they ship the flowers directly to your door! 

If you are researching yellow wedding flower options, you can search the “wedding color” tab as a great starting place, even if you plan to use a florist. But if you want to DIY the flowers for your wedding or other event, I can’t recommend them enough.

However, if sustainability and decreasing your carbon footprint is a priority of yours, please realize that Fifty Flowers (and most other online flower retailers I’ve seen) use large scale flowers farms in distant countries, such as Ecuador. 

Using local, or at least American Grown flowers is a way to lower your carbon footprint, support American Farmers and source some truly special seasonal blooms for your floral designs. If this is important to you, I recommend researching local farms in your area on the Slow flowers Directory. American Flower Farming and floristry as a whole has been experiencing a resurgence in recent years similar to the farm-to-table efforts in the food and restaurant industries. The Slow Flower Directory allows you to search for farmers in your area and provides websites and/or contact information for member businesses with compatible values.