# Yellow Base

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**Also called:** Yellow  
**Rarity:** Common  
**Inheritance:** Polygenic  
**Category:** Base color  
**Typical adult price:** $80 to $200

**Definition.** A Yellow Base crested gecko is a crested gecko whose ground color is a bright, saturated yellow.

Polygenic base color with bright yellow ground color, common and beginner-friendly.

Yellow base describes animals whose ground color is solidly yellow. One of the most common base colors. Strong yellow base animals display saturated, pure yellow rather than a muted or olive tone.

**Genetics models.** Traditionally lumped in with polygenic base color. Foundation Genetics models Yellow Base as a dominant, naturally hypo-melanistic base that serves as the substrate for combos like Cream and Buckskin. In practice both readings converge: yellow-based animals readily produce yellow-based offspring, and the depth of the yellow still responds to selective pairing.

**Key features:**
- Bright, saturated yellow ground color
- Common and widely available
- Works as canvas for most pattern types

**Often combined with:** Harlequin, Flame, Dalmatian, Pinstripe

**Current asking prices (Geck Inspect Price Index, 2026-10-06).** Asking prices on public crested gecko listings, converted to USD, not sale prices. Full dataset: https://geckinspect.com/data/price-index.json

| Market | Listings | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 410 | $150 | $200 | $350 |
| United States | 182 | $156 | $292 | $425 |
| South Korea | 36 | $106 | $242 | $410 |

_Source: Geck Inspect Morph Guide. Updated 2026-10-13. Cite https://geckinspect.com/MorphGuide/yellow-base_