canary yellow

noun

: a light to a moderate or vivid yellow

Examples of canary yellow in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Pamela Anderson paired her dramatic off-the-shoulder canary yellow gown with 48 carats of diamonds. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 10 Sep. 2026

The chocolatey hue can also be styled with punchier colors, like canary yellow, baby pink, or my personal favorite, aqua blue. — Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 8 Sep. 2026

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

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

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