As originally mentioned in #41. Since then, ::selection became supported in the major browsers (e.g. it became unprefixed in Firefox in v62, released on 5 Sep 2018), so it should now be safe to use.
Some options:
A lemon-lime color resembling the fluorescent yellow of highlighter markers:
::selection { background-color: #EF6; }
A warmer yellow (maize), similar to Gold but not as dark:
As originally mentioned in #41. Since then, ::selection became supported in the major browsers (e.g. it became unprefixed in Firefox in v62, released on 5 Sep 2018), so it should now be safe to use.
Some options: