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How to Craft Yellow Dye in Minecraft

Yellow Dye in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Dyeing wool, leather armor, glass, concrete, terracotta and more. Minecraft has used the name Yellow Dye since 1.14.

The recipe wants 1 Dandelion or sunflower, and a Crafting Table to run it on. Each attempt hands back 1 Yellow Dye.

Yellow Dye Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Yellow Dye is minecraft:yellow_dye. In commands the namespace may be left off, so yellow_dye works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p yellow_dye
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p yellow_dye 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve yellow_dye 1

Cheats have to be on for Yellow Dye to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Yellow Dye is used to color a wide variety of blocks and items. Yellow Dye uses a shapeless recipe, so the ingredients can go in any cells of the grid as long as all of them are present.

Minecraft has used the name Yellow Dye since 1.14, the oldest release whose language file lists it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with dandelion or sunflower (dandelion or sunflower).

Cost Per Finished Item

The rate here is 1 dandelion or sunflower for every yellow dye that comes out.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Dandelion or sunflowerDandelion or sunflowerDandelion or sunflower1xDandelion or sunflower

Collect Dandelion or sunflower (dandelion or sunflower) first; the Crafting Table does the rest.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Dandelion or sunflowerDandelion or sunflowerDandelion or sunflower

  2. 2

    Yellow Dye

Minecraft crafting recipe for Yellow Dye: 1 x Dandelion or sunflower in a crafting table, making 1 Yellow Dye.

Tips & Notes

  • Because this one is shapeless, Dandelion or sunflower can go in any cells you like. The grid only checks that they are all present.
  • Line up 1x Dandelion or sunflower before you open the Crafting Table. Dandelion or sunflower: dandelion or sunflower.

Uses for Yellow Dye

  • Dyeing wool, leather armor, glass, concrete, terracotta and more

What Yellow Dye Goes Into

2 other recipes list Yellow Dye as an ingredient.

Yellow Concrete PowderCrafting TableYellow Stained GlassCrafting Table

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Yellow Dye on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Yellow Dye in Minecraft?
The list for a Yellow Dye is short: 1 Dandelion or sunflower, worked at a Crafting Table. The cells do not matter here, so drop it in anywhere, and one craft produces one Yellow Dye.
What can you make with Yellow Dye?
Yellow Dye is an ingredient in 2 other recipes on this site, including Yellow Concrete Powder and Yellow Stained Glass. The section above links to each of them.
Where do you find the materials for a Yellow Dye?
A Yellow Dye draws its parts from several different places. Dandelion or sunflower: dandelion or sunflower.
How many Yellow Dyes do you get from one craft?
The Yellow Dye recipe makes one Yellow Dye per craft.
What is the item ID for Yellow Dye in Minecraft?
In Java 26.2 the Yellow Dye goes by minecraft:yellow_dye; yellow_dye without the namespace does the same job in a command.
What is the give command for Yellow Dye?
/give @p yellow_dye gives you a Yellow Dye. Swap @p for a player name to hand it to someone else, and put 64 on the end for a whole stack.
Is the Yellow Dye recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
A Yellow Dye works the same on both: 1 Dandelion or sunflower at a Crafting Table, the same pattern, one at a time, whether you are on Java or Bedrock.
Does it matter where you put the ingredients for a Yellow Dye?
No, a Yellow Dye is a shapeless recipe, so 1 Dandelion or sunflower can go in any slots you like. Only the set of ingredients is checked, not their arrangement.
What version of Minecraft added the Yellow Dye?
Minecraft 1.14 is the earliest release that spells out yellow dye. Nothing about it has changed since: the pattern above is today's.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
1 Dandelion or sunflower in, 1 Yellow Dye out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same ingredient.
How far back it goes
Java 1.14 is the earliest release that calls it this. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The cost per item
Counted, not played: 1 Yellow Dye per craft.

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