I believe if you ease into yellow with an accessory or textile here and there, you'll quickly find it growing on you and ...

For example, adding grey to yellow creates a dulled mustard tone, while mixing orange with blue reduces its intensity to a warm brown. On the color wheel, muted tones sit between bright ...

Warm colors — including reds, oranges and yellows — evoke feelings of energy, passion and warmth. Warm and cool colors play ...

but a more muted yellow probably is. So again, it may not matter the color so much, as the brightness of that color.