These pillows are super soft, plump, and tailored very well. In my opinion, they are much too nice to use/have outdoors. The yellow color is more of a buttery (light mustard-ish) look, not a bright, sunshine or lemon yellow color. The only drawback that I noticed is the nonremovable, designer label on each of the pillows, albeit small, is black. This minute imperfection stands out unless you arrange the pillows a certain way.