The rug is fine.  Having read other reviews, I knew that the yellow is rather dull color and the lighter yellow is beige.  So it was as expected.  It's not a high quality rug.  There was a knot - a small part seemed to have had some glue and had hardened, but it was luckily slightly raised, so we trimmed the top.  Also, there are some longer fiber sticking out - which all could be trimmed.  And it does shed quite a lot in the beginning, so I vacuumed a lot before putting in under the coffee table.
But all those were manageable and are rather minor things considering the price.  After having taken care of those, it looks fine.  It's thick and comfortable.