Dog color
Yellow
Yellow: the yellow Labrador (cream to fox red), yellow canaries and budgies, yellow poultry skin, legs and beaks, and yellow eyes.
131 Dog breeds list Yellow. It is in a club standard for 43 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 39 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Yellow
| Breed | UKC | AKC | FCI | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Leopard Hound | Standard (“yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Leopard HoundEyes | Standard (“any shade of yellow or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Barbet | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Fault | Standard (“Yellow”) | No ruling |
| BloodhoundEyes | Disqualifying (“Yellow (hawk) eyes”) | Standard (“varying from deep hazel to yellow”) | Disqualifying (“Light yellow (hawk eyes)”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Light yellow (hawk eyes)”) |
| Boykin SpanielEyes | Standard (“varying shades of yellow or brown”) | Standard (“Eyes range from yellow to amber to varying shades of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Broholmer | Standard (“yellow with a black mask”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow with or without a black mask”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bulldog | Standard (“Solid red, fawn, or yellow”) | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Carolina Dog | Standard (“pale-yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Carolina DogEyes | Standard (“yellow”) | Standard (“yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Catahoula Leopard Dog | Standard (“an endless variety of coat colors”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cesky Terrier | Standard (“Yellow, gray and white markings are permissible”) | Standard (“White, brown and yellow markings are permitted”) | Standard (“yellow, grey or white markings are permitted”) | Standard (“Yellow and grey markings allowed”) | Standard (“yellow, grey, or white markings are permitted”) |
| Chesapeake Bay RetrieverEyes | Standard (“Eye color is yellow or amber”) | Standard (“of yellowish or amber color”) | Standard (“of yellowish or amber color”) | Standard (“of yellow or amber colour”) | Standard (“of yellowish or amber color”) |
| Czechoslovakian VlcakEyes | No ruling | Standard (“color can vary from amber to yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dachshund | Standard (“red-yellow and yellow”) | Disqualifying | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| DachshundSmooth | Standard (“red-yellow and yellow”) | Disqualifying | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| DachshundWirehaired | Standard (“red-yellow and yellow”) | Disqualifying | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| DachshundLonghaired | Standard (“red-yellow and yellow”) | Disqualifying | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Danish-Swedish Farmdog | Standard (“dogs that have yellow or liver patches”) | Standard (“yellow”) | Standard (“yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Foxhound | Standard (“Any good hound color is acceptable”) | Standard (“the various "pies" compounded of white and ... yellow”) | Standard (“Any recognized hound colour”) | Not recognised | Standard (“Any recognised Hound colour”) |
| Estrela Mountain Dog | Standard (“yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“yellow”) | Standard (“burnt yellow”) | Standard (“yellow”) |
| Fila BrasileiroEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“from dark brown to yellow”) | No ruling | Standard (“from dark brown to yellow”) |
| HarrierEyes | No ruling | Standard (“lighter hazel to yellow in lighter dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Labrador Retriever | Standard (“any solid shade of yellow from red to pale cream”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“yellow”) | Standard (“yellow”) | Standard (“yellow”) |
| Leonberger | Standard (“Lion yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“Lion yellow”) | Standard (“Lion gold”) | Standard (“Lion yellow”) |
| Mountain Cur | Standard (“yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| MudiEyes | Standard (“other colors may have brow, amber, or yellow eyes”) | Disqualifying (“yellow eyes in black dogs”) | Disqualifying (“Yellow eyes in black dogs”) | Fault (“Yellow eyes in black dogs highly undesirable”) | Disqualifying (“Yellow eyes in black dogs”) |
| Norrbottenspets | No ruling | Standard (“The ideal overlay color is any nuance of red or yellow”) | Standard (“the ideal colour that is in all nuances of red and yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Peruvian Inca OrchidEyes | Standard (“to yellow”) | Standard (“up to yellow”) | Standard (“to yellow”) | No ruling | Standard (“to yellow”) |
| Plott Hound | Standard (“Any shade of brindle”) | Standard (“Yellow Brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portuguese Podengo | Standard (“Yellow ... of any shade”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow ... in all shades from light to dark”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | No ruling |
| Portuguese Podengo Pequeno | Standard (“Yellow ... of any shade”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow ... in all shades from light to dark”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | No ruling |
| Portuguese Pointer | Standard (“any shade of yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow of light, medium and dark shades”) | Standard (“Yellow of light, medium and dark shades”) | No ruling |
| Portuguese Sheepdog | Standard (“yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pumi | Standard (“the fawn may run from cream through yellow to red”) | Not recognised | Standard (“primary colours: red, yellow, cream”) | Standard (“primary colours of red, yellow, cream”) | Standard (“primary colours: red, yellow, cream”) |
| Rafeiro do Alentejo | No ruling | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Scottish Deerhound | Standard (“yellows”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“yellows”) | Standard (“yellows”) | Standard (“yellows”) |
| Spanish Greyhound | Standard (“Yellow”) | No ruling | Standard (“Yellow”) | No ruling | Standard (“Yellow”) |
| Spanish Mastiff | Standard (“yellow”) | Standard (“Yellow”) | Standard (“yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Swedish Vallhund | Standard (“yellow/brown sable”) | Fault (“Yellow”) | Standard (“greyish yellow, reddish yellow”) | Standard (“Greyish Yellow”) | Standard (“greyish yellow, reddish yellow”) |
| Wirehaired Pointing GriffonEyes | Standard (“Dark yellow or brown in color”) | Standard (“Eye color ranges in all shades of yellow and brown”) | Standard (“Dark yellow or brown”) | Standard (“Dark yellow or brown”) | No ruling |
| Xoloitzcuintli | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | No ruling | Disqualifying | Standard (“White & Yellow”) | Disqualifying |
| XoloitzcuintliCoated | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | No ruling | Disqualifying | Standard (“White & Yellow”) | Disqualifying |
| XoloitzcuintliEyes | Standard (“ranges from yellow to a very dark brown”) | Standard (“The color varies from yellow to black”) | Standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber or yellow tones”) | Standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber or yellow tones”) | Standard (“black, brown, hazel, amber, or yellow tones”) |
| Dutch Shepherd | Fault | Alternate (“Yellow”) | Not recognised | No ruling | Not recognised |
Breeds where Yellow is a fault
| Breed | UKC | AKC | FCI | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghan HoundEyes | Fault (“yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Airedale TerrierEyes | No ruling | Fault (“Yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| AkbashEyes | Fault (“Very pale yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Australian Cattle DogEyes | Fault (“yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Basset HoundEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light or yellow eye highly undesirable”) | Fault (“Light or yellow eye undesirable”) | Fault (“Light or yellow eye undesirable”) |
| Belgian TervurenEyes | No ruling | Fault (“light, yellow or round eyes are a fault”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Black and Tan CoonhoundEyes | No ruling | Fault (“Penalize yellow or light eyes”) | Fault (“Yellow or light eyes”) | Fault (“Yellow or light eyes undesirable”) | No ruling |
| BoerboelEyes | No ruling | Fault (“Yellow (bird of prey) eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BorzoiEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Eyes small; yellow”) | No ruling | Fault (“Eyes small; yellow”) |
| Bouvier des FlandresEyes | Fault (“yellow or light eyes”) | Fault (“yellow or light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BullmastiffEyes | Fault (“Light or yellow eyes”) | No ruling | Fault (“Light or yellow eyes highly undesirable”) | Fault (“Light or yellow eyes undesirable”) | Fault (“Light or yellow eyes undesirable”) |
| Cairn TerrierEyes | No ruling | Fault (“yellow ... objectionable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| CanaanEyes | Fault (“yellow eyes are serious faults”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Carpathian SheepdogEyes | No ruling | Fault (“Yellow eyes”) | Fault (“Yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cirneco dell’EtnaEyes | No ruling | Fault (“Brown or yellow iris is a fault to be severely penalized”) | Not recognised (“never grey, brown or yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Curly-Coated RetrieverEyes | Not recognised (“but never harsh or yellow”) | Fault (“Harsh yellow eyes and loose haws are undesirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dogo ArgentinoEyes | Disqualifying | No ruling | Fault (“light or yellow”) | No ruling | Fault (“light or yellow”) |
| Drentsche PatrijshondEyes | No ruling | Fault (“neither dark nor the light colour of the bird of prey”) | Fault (“neither dark nor the light colour of the bird of prey”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Springer SpanielEyes | Fault (“Eyes that jut or are round, golden or harsh”) | Fault (“eyes that are yellow or brassy in color, are highly undesirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Entlebucher Mountain DogEyes | Fault (“Yellow hawk eyes”) | Disqualifying (“yellow hawk eyes”) | Disqualifying (“Yellow hawk eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Finnish LapphundEyes | No ruling | Fault (“yellow or blue eyes are a serious fault”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| French BulldogEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Light eyes (hawk eye)”) | No ruling | Fault (“Light eyes (hawk eye)”) |
| German Longhaired PointerEyes | No ruling | Fault (“Pale hawk-eyes”) | Fault (“Pale hawk-eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| German Shorthaired PointerEyes | No ruling | Fault (“Light yellow eyes are not desirable and are a fault”) | Fault (“Yellowish « bird of prey » eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| German Wirehaired PointerEyes | No ruling | Fault (“Yellow eyes are not desirable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Great DaneEyes | Fault (“yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Great PyreneesEyes | Fault (“Yellow eyes”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Yellow eyes”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Yellow eyes”) |
| Hamiltonstovare | Fault (“Two colored (yellow and white”) | Disqualifying (“Two-coloured (yellow-white”) | Disqualifying (“Two-coloured (yellow-white”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“Bi-coloured (yellow-white”) |
| HavaneseEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Bird of prey eyes”) | No ruling | Fault (“Bird of prey eyes”) |
| Icelandic SheepdogEyes | Fault (“yellow eyes”) | Fault (“yellow ... eyes”) | Fault (“yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Irish TerrierEyes | Fault (“Light or yellow eyes”) | Fault (“The light or yellow eye is most objectionable, and is a bad fault”) | Fault (“A yellow or light eye is most objectionable”) | Fault (“A light or yellow eye undesirable”) | Fault (“A light or yellow eye undesirable”) |
| Kai KenEyes | Fault (“Yellow or bird-of-prey eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kangal Shepherd DogEyes | Fault (“Pale yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Karelian Bear DogEyes | Fault (“Yellow eyes”) | Fault (“Yellow eyes”) | Fault (“Yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kerry Blue TerrierEyes | Fault (“Yellow eyes”) | Fault (“Anything approaching a yellow eye is very undesirable”) | Fault (“Yellow or light coloured eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Labrador RetrieverEyes | Fault (“yellow eyes”) | Fault (“yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Nederlandse KooikerhondjeEyes | No ruling | Fault (“Blue or yellow eye(s)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| NewfoundlandEyes | Fault (“Yellow eyes”) | No ruling | Fault (“yellow eyes”) | Fault | Fault (“yellow eyes”) |
| Norwegian Elkhound | Fault (“Yellow or brown shading”) | Fault (“Yellow or brown shading”) | Fault (“Colour in brown or yellow”) | Fault (“Any pronounced variation from the grey colour ... undesirable”) | Fault (“Colour in brown or yellow”) |
| Old English SheepdogEyes | Fault (“yellow eyes”) | Fault (“an ... yellow eye is most objectionable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| OtterhoundEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Yellow eye undesirable”) | Fault (“Yellow eye undesirable”) | Fault (“Yellow eye undesirable”) |
| Parson Russell TerrierEyes | No ruling | Fault (“yellow eye”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pembroke Welsh CorgiEyes | Fault (“yellow- ... colored eyes”) | Fault (“yellow ... eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Perro de Presa CanarioEyes | Disqualifying (“yellow eyes”) | Fault (“Light eyes (yellow)”) | Fault (“Light eyes (yellow)”) | No ruling | Fault (“Light eyes (yellow)”) |
| Redbone CoonhoundEyes | No ruling | Fault (“Yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| RottweilerEyes | Fault (“Yellow eyes”) | Fault (“Yellow (bird of prey) eyes”) | Disqualifying (“yellow eyes”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“yellow eyes”) |
| SamoyedEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“yellow eyes”) | No ruling | Fault (“yellow eyes”) |
| Shiba InuEyes | Fault (“yellow ... eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Slovensky Cuvac | No ruling | Fault (“Yellowish shading at set on of ears permitted but not desired”) | Fault (“Yellowish shading at set on of ears permitted but not desired”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Small Munsterlander PointerEyes | Disqualifying (“bird of prey eyes”) | Fault (“Eyes too light or light-yellow hawk eyes are severe faults”) | Disqualifying (“Bird’s eye”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Bird’s eye”) |
| Smooth Fox TerrierEyes | No ruling | Fault (“Anything approaching a yellow eye is most objectionable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Soft Coated Wheaten TerrierEyes | Disqualifying (“yellow eyes”) | Fault (“anything approaching a yellow eye”) | Disqualifying (“yellow eyes”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“yellow eyes”) |
| StabyhounEyes | Fault (“Yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Standard Schnauzer | Not recognised | Fault (“shadings or mixtures thereof in the topcoat such as ... yellow”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Taiwan DogEyes | No ruling | Fault (“Yellow coloured eyes”) | Fault (“Yellow coloured eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| TosaEyes | Fault (“yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Treeing Walker CoonhoundEyes | No ruling | Fault (“yellow or light eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Vizsla | No ruling | Fault (“Sandy Yellow”) | Disqualifying (“Dark brown or pale yellow colour”) | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| VizslaEyes | Fault (“Light yellow or yellow-colored eyes”) | Fault (“Yellow or any other color is faulty”) | Disqualifying (“Light yellow eyes”) | Fault (“Yellow or black eye undesirable”) | Fault (“Yellow or black eye undesirable”) |
| Welsh Springer SpanielEyes | Fault (“Yellow, or mean-looking eyes”) | Fault (“Yellow or mean-looking eyes are to be heavily penalized”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| WhippetEyes | Fault (“Yellow or light eyes”) | Fault (“yellow eyes are to be strictly penalized”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Wire Fox TerrierEyes | No ruling | Fault (“anything approaching a yellow eye is most objectionable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Wirehaired Vizsla | No ruling | Fault (“Sandy Yellow”) | Fault (“Red, brownish, light yellow or lightened colour shadings are undesirable”) | Fault (“Dark brown or pale yellow undesirable”) | Fault (“Red, brownish, light yellow, or lightened colour shadings are undesirable”) |
| Wirehaired VizslaEyes | No ruling | Fault (“Yellow eyes are a serious fault”) | Disqualifying (“Light yellow eyes”) | Fault (“Yellow or black eye undesirable”) | Disqualifying (“Light yellow eyes”) |
Breeds where Yellow is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | UKC | AKC | FCI | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Water SpanielEyes | Disqualifying (“Yellow (lemon) eyes”) | Disqualifying (“Disqualify yellow eyes”) | Disqualifying (“Disqualify yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AzawakhEyes | Disqualifying (“Yellow (bird of prey) eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BeauceronEyes | Disqualifying (“yellow eyes”) | Disqualifying (“yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Berger PicardEyes | No ruling | Disqualifying (“yellow eyes”) | Disqualifying (“light eye tending to yellow”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“light eye tending to yellow”) |
| Bohemian ShepherdEyes | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Predatory eye colour (i.e. very pale yellow)”) | Disqualifying (“Predatory eye colour (i.e. very pale yellow)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BriardEyes | Disqualifying (“yellow eyes”) | Disqualifying (“yellow eyes”) | Disqualifying (“eye too light (yellow)”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“eye too light (yellow)”) |
| Ca de BouEyes | Disqualifying (“Yellow eyes”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Light or yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cane CorsoEyes | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Yellow bird of prey”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Carpathian Sheepdog | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“Coat color that is brown, brindle, yellow or flecked in these colors”) | Disqualifying (“Coat color that is brown, brindle, yellow or flecked in these colors”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Croatian SheepdogEyes | Disqualifying (“Yellow eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Doberman PinscherEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Disqualifying (“yellow eyes (bird of prey eye)”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“yellow eyes (bird of prey eye)”) |
| Dutch ShepherdEyes | No ruling | Disqualifying (“distinctly yellow or blue eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Finnish SpitzEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Eyes bright yellow”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Eyes bright yellow”) |
| Flat-Coated Retriever | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“Yellow”) | Not recognised | Not recognised (“Yellow”) | Not recognised |
| LeonbergerEyes | Disqualifying (“Yellow (without any trace of brown pigment)”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Eyes without any brown”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Eyes without any brown”) |
| Norwegian ElkhoundEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Yellow or blue eyes”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Yellow or blue eyes”) |
| Polish Lowland SheepdogEyes | No ruling | Disqualifying (“yellow (bird-of-prey) eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pyrenean ShepherdEyes | No ruling | No ruling | Disqualifying (“light yellow eyes”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“light yellow eyes”) |
| Bracco Italiano | Not recognised | Not recognised (“It is not lemon or yellow”) | Not recognised | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Flat-Coated RetrieverEyes | No ruling | Not recognised (“not large, round or yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Irish Water SpanielEyes | No ruling | Not recognised (“dark amber but never yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Romanian Mioritic Shepherd DogEyes | Not recognised (“never yellow”) | Not recognised (“never yellow”) | Not recognised (“never yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hortaya borzayaEyes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Color changes
How Yellow can appear or change over an animal's life.
Bluechanges toYellow
Eyes · With age · from 2 weeks