A seat colored yellow is meant to alert travelers that there is something different about the seat. Usually, the seat has one poor feature, such as no window, limited recline or legroom, reduced seat width, etc, but it does not have enough poor qualities to warrant being colored red.

On SeatGuru's aircraft seating charts, a yellow-colored seat indicates a "Be Aware" seat that has one or more specific drawbacks you should consider before booking. These are not necessarily "bad" seats (which are marked in red), but they are also not "good" seats (marked in green). Common reasons for a yellow rating include restricted recline (often found in the row in front of an exit or at the very back of a cabin), a missing window or a misaligned window, or proximity to high-traffic areas like the lavatories or the galley, which can result in increased noise and light disturbance. Other yellow flags might include "misaligned" seats that don't line up with the seat in front, leading to awkward legroom, or seats with reduced width because the tray table is stored in the armrest (common in bulkhead or exit rows). If you hover your mouse or tap on a yellow seat in the SeatGuru map, a pop-up box will provide a detailed explanation of why that specific seat is flagged, allowing you to decide if the trade-off—such as extra legroom in an exit row—is worth the potential lack of recline or floor storage.