Move over Barbie pink… there’s a new trending shade in town. Every year brings a wave of popular colors. For example, in 2023, the release of the Barbie movie sparked a major obsession with hot pink and various shades of the color. But for 2025, the color of the year is officially butter yellow. This soft and creamy tone is popping up everywhere. From fashion and home decor and butter yellow nails, this trend can be adopted through many different outlets.
Butter yellow gives off a cheerful and bubbly vibe while still feeling soft and modern. Plus, unlike brighter yellows, this shade has a calming and minimalist feel that makes it easy to style.
One of the easiest (and cutest!) ways to try out the butter yellow trend is with a fresh manicure. You don’t need to buy new clothes or redecorate your room, just paint your nails and enjoy the pretty pop of color every time you look at your hands. Plus, this color is especially perfect for the spring and summer, thanks to its pastel and sunshiney vibe. So, without further ado, here are 15 adorable butter yellow nail ideas.
Butter Yellow Nails
1. Yellow Tropical Flowers
First up on the list are these yellow tropical flower nails. They’re bursting with vacation and summer vibes, and I love how the flower design extends across each nail instead of just being used as an accent.
2. Solid Color Butter Yellow Nails
You can’t go wrong with a classic solid color manicure. It’s perfect if you’re going for something simple, timeless, and free of any designs.
3. Pastel Tones
Butter yellow is already a beautiful muted yellow shade. And pairing it with another soft color like this pink creates a really cute “spring-ready” look.
4. Stay Wavy
Stay wavy with this fun yellow design. The nude base really lets the wave lines stand out, and surprisingly, it doesn’t look too busy. You can extend the wave pattern across all your nails like this look, or keep it simple by adding it to just a few accent nails.
5. French Tip Flowers
Umm, hello? How cute are these floral nails!? They look amazing for a spring or summer manicure. What I love most is the nude base and the half shaped flowers. They give the whole design a modern look without making it feel too busy, like full flowers might have.
6. Chrome Nails
Let your nails shine with a chrome finish design. You can go for a chrome look on a solid color manicure; or play around with a design like French tips and layer the chrome finish over it all.
7. Multi Patterns
Waves, French tips, and a solid color. if you can’t decide which direction to go with your manicure, mix and match a few of your favorite designs into one look.
8. Butter Yellow Lemons
Squeeze the day with these lemon nails that look equally cute and delicious.
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9. Double French Tips
If you’re looking for a subtle way to elevate your French tips, try a double French tip. Like how this design adds a white tip above the yellow tip.
10. Ombre Sunset
Another great way to incorporate the yellow shade into your nails in a fun and unexpected way, is with an ombre gradient design. This particular look gives off major sunrise vibes, and I love how the pink transitions so smoothly into the yellow.
11. Intricate French Tips
Here’s a super creative way to jazz up traditional French tip nails. Instead of the usual straight line, the tips are rounded around the nails for a fun and unique twist.
12. Bursting with Sunshine
Butter yellow is more of a soft and muted shade, but if you want to add a bit more vibrancy to your nails for a summer design; try a warmer tone of butter yellow.
13. Butter Yellow French Tip Nails
Among all the intricate nail designs mentioned earlier, I can’t forget to include the classic French tip. What more can I say? French tips are timeless, elegant, and the perfect minimalist designn.
14. Chrome French Tips
I know… you’re probably thinking that there was already an example of chrome French nails earlier. But here’s another one because the chrome nail trend has been so popular in the past few years, and I can see why. It does such a great job in adding great texture and visual interest to a manicure.
15. Butter Yellow Square Square Nails
Out of all the almond shaped nails on this list, here’s a square nail design to balance things out and round out the collection of ideas.
