canary yellow

noun

: a light to a moderate or vivid yellow

Examples of canary yellow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The fish itself is shiny silver with vertical yellow stripes, so Sinot applied a shimmery silver shadow to Larsson's lids and added a bright canary yellow color to her inner corners and under her lower lashline. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 3 Aug. 2026

Tatler specifically pointed to Kate’s canary yellow Roksanda dress (a rewear from 2022) at Royal Ascot last month as a favorite look from this year. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 31 July 2026

Call it the canary yellow uniforms in the coal mine — except the Red Sox have shot up the elevator shaft, bursting from their subterranean crypt. — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 20 July 2026

Brazil had high hopes of lifting the trophy for the first time since 2002 and finally adding a sixth star to its famed canary yellow jersey, but the long wait continues. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for canary yellow

• violoncello
• cello
• fellow
• jello
• mellow
• melo
• velo
• marshmallow
• morello
• othello
• schoolfellow
• portobello