Few things call out a greeting to visitors and passersby quite like a bright yellow front doorway. An association with happiness, high power and warmth can make yellow a fantastic selection for the entry to your house. If you live in a cool climate with many cloudy, overcast days, yellow accents can cheer up the outside of your house on even the dreariest mornings. Because of its durability, this color is best paired with neutral hues –white, grays, toned-down blues and tans.

Check out these inspirational pictures featuring yellow front doors together with sample palettes of entrance door, trim and siding colors.

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1. Yellow Door With Warm Wood Siding

Even though it reads as orange, this gorgeous wood siding acts as a neutral. The gray fiber cement siding board reads as a neutral also, so you could paint that this doorway any color you prefer. Yellow is a great option because it pairs nicely with the similarly warm-hued wood but provides a nice comparison to the cool gray.

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Example palette: Get a similar appearance with (clockwise from top left, all from Sherwin-Williams): Funky Yellow SW6913, Site White SW7070 and Internet Gray SW7075, with hot redwood siding.

Dotter & Solfjeld Architecture + Design

2. Yellow Door Having a Cool Gray Exterior

This yellow with a touch of green in it looks fantastic against the blue-gray siding. The white trim provides a crisp accent. This fresh, contemporary palette perfectly showcases the intriguing architecture.

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Example palette: Get a similar appearance with (clockwise from top left, all from Valspar): Lavish Lime 6008-10B, Ultra White 7006-24 and Blue Twilight 5001-1C.

M+A Architecture Studio

3. Yellow Door With Corrugated Metal Siding

Corrugated steel panels are really well known in contemporary residential architecture. But they are easily able to look industrial and cold if not paired with the right accent colours. Warm and friendly hues like orange and yellow are all fantastic choices with this substance. This pure yellow door creates a welcoming splash of color against the black and gray.

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Example palette: Get a similar appearance with (clockwise from top left, both from Pratt & Lambert): Summer Petal 15-7 and Deep Charcoal 25-18, with cool corrugated metal siding.

LDa Architecture & Interiors

4. Yellow Door Having a White Exterior

Yellow doors aren’t just for contemporary houses. A soft white color on the outside of your home means you have your selection of the rainbow for the front door color, regardless of what architectural style your house could be.

I’d suggest a bold shade, so it really stands out against the white. Bright yellow with vibrant charcoal-gray accents has plenty of effect against the soft, light color of the home.

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Example palette: Get a similar appearance with (clockwise from top left, all from Kelly-Moore): Rajah Gold KM3471-3, Metro 75 and Papier Blanc OW226-1.

5. Yellow Door Using a Light Gray Exterior

This highlighter-yellow entry features a significant wow factor and is best paired with light, soft neutrals, like the white and light gray used here. With this color greeting, how could you not feel a surge of enjoyment every time you entered your house?

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Example palette: Get a similar appearance with (clockwise from top left, all from Pittsburgh Paint): Fresh Lemonade 110-6, Silver Feather 530-1 and Fog 517-3.

Lisa Hallett Taylor

6. Yellow Door Using a Dark Brown Exterior

Yellow works with other neutrals apart from gray. For example, it looks fantastic against this dark brown stained wood siding. Broad swathes of dark brown can look dull and lifeless, so pairing the color with a vibrant hue, like this fairly orange yellowish, adds a little zest.

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Example palette: Get a comparable appearance and even throw in a fun accent color, with (clockwise from top left, from Benjamin Moore): Lemon Freeze 2025-50, Fernwood Green 2145-40 and Clinton Brown HC-67.

Intexure Architects

7. Greenish-Yellow Interior Door

The inside of your door does not necessarily have to match the exterior color, but if you do go with a bold color on both sides, consider how the hue will impact your interior space. With light neutrals dominating this space, the greenish-yellow doorway delivers a nice dash of color.

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Example palette: This chartreuse yellow door would look fantastic with a dark khaki-green outside accent color and a gentle beige-gray house color. Clockwise from top left, all from Sherwin-Williams: Lively Yellow SW6702, Connected Gray SW6165 and Popular Gray SW6071.

Susan Wallace

Susan Wallace

8. Yellow Door Having a Dark Blue-Gray Exterior

This wonderful screen door by metal artisan Susan Wallace requires no additional embellishment, but I really like this greenish-gold hue on the door’s frame. The cool blue siding sets both off nicely. This must be a fun home to trick-or-treat at on Halloween night!

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Example palette: Get a similar appearance with (clockwise from top left, all from Mythic Paint): Gold Beach 086-5, Ports of Fancy 136-6 and Castle Rock 134-3.

Tell usPerhaps you have used yellow on the outside of your house? Post a photo in the Comments section below.

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