The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word LEMON which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Shade of yellow crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| LEMON | 26 % | 5 |
| MAIZE | 15 % | 5 |
| BUTTERCUP | 12 % | 9 |
| OCHER | 12 % | 5 |
| GOLDENROD | 6 % | 9 |
| CANARY | 6 % | 6 |
| AMBER | 6 % | 5 |
| GOLD | 6 % | 4 |
| TOPAZ | 3 % | 5 |
| STRAW | 3 % | 5 |
| BUFF | 3 % | 4 |
| LIME | 3 % | 4 |
Why may LEMON be the right solution?
The answer to "Shade of yellow" is "LEMON" because lemons are typically yellow in color.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shade of yellow
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lemon
- golden
- canary
- buttercup
- lemon juice
- grape
- niagara
- raisin
- cherry
- grapevine
- vine
- mint
Crossword Answer definitions
LEMON noun- A yellowish citrus fruit.
- A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
- A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
- A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
- A defective or inadequate item or individual.
- (shortened from “lemon flavour”) Favor.
- A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon).
- To flavour with lemon.
- Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
- Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
- (from "lemon tart") Smart; cheeky, vocal.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result LEMON
- Iced-tea add-in
- Ade juice
- Ade variety
- Detroit dud
- Problematic car
- Symbol of sourness
- A real dud
- Water garnish
- Auto freshener option
- Subject of many a "Car Talk" call
More clues leading to the result MAIZE
- Early Thanksgiving fare
- Ethanol source
- See 30-Across
- Sweet corn
- Corn
- Pale yellow shade
- Some ears
- Thanksgiving veggie
- Corn, to Brits
- With 84-Down, succotash
More clues leading to the result BUTTERCUP
- Small yellow flowering herb
- High cholesterol dish?
- Flower toxic to cows, ironically
- Yellow wildflower
- "Little" G & S character.
- Gilbert and Sullivan role.
- Little G. & S. girl.
- Colorful spring flower
- Shade of yellow
- Yellow flower
More clues leading to the result OCHER
- Earthy tone
- Earthy pigment
- Autumn color
- Reddish yellow
- Yellow pigment
- Earth pigment
- Earth tone
- Reddish pigment
- Pompeii pigment
- Orange-yellow hue
More clues leading to the result GOLDENROD
- "Dorothy followed a __ of bricks"
- *Flower mistakenly associated with many allergies
- Shade of yellow
- Cane for Midas?
- King Midas's gun?
- Kentucky's state flower
- Vivid yellow shade
- Symbol of three states.
- Nebraska symbol.
- State flower of Nebraska.
More clues leading to the result CANARY
- Stool pigeon
- Stoolie
- One who cracks under interrogation, slangily
- Bright yellow
- Yellow bird
- Tweety, e.g.
- Household warbler
- Singer in a cage
- Spain's ___ Islands
- Vivid yellow
More clues leading to the result AMBER
- Fossil resin
- Resin
- Waves of grain color
- "Jurassic Park" mosquito preserver
- The color of honey
- Forever __
- Insect-trapping goo
- Honey-colored
- Old bug-trapper
- Yellowish-brown
More clues leading to the result GOLD
- Au
- Precious metal
- Top Olympics prize
- Sarah Hughes took it
- See 7-Down
- Sourdough bread?
- Prospector's prize
- Sourdough's dream
- Sourdough's hope
- Top prize
More clues leading to the result TOPAZ
- November birthstone
- Hitchcock espionage film
- Blue ___ (state gemstone of Texas)
- Hitchcock film that has uncredited appearances by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara
- Yellow gemstone
- Hitchcock classic
- Fall birthstone
- Hitchcock thriller of 1969
- 1969 Hitchcock film
- 7 on the Mohs scale
More clues leading to the result STRAW
- Camel's backbreaker
- Scarecrow filler
- Sipper
- Horse stall bedding
- "That's the last ______!"
- Soda sipper
- Sucker
- Common object operated with air pressure
- Scarecrow's guts
- Scarecrow stuffing
More clues leading to the result BUFF
- Totally jacked
- Having a toned bod
- Enthusiast
- Put a shine on
- Like a bodybuilder
- Ripped, in gym lingo
- In fine muscular form
- Ripped
- Toned
- In the ___ (nude)