diff --git a/pkg/cmd/search/code/code.go b/pkg/cmd/search/code/code.go
index 9d109950d..5aa15825e 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/search/code/code.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/search/code/code.go
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func displayResults(io *iostreams.IOStreams, results search.CodeResult, limit in
 					break
 				}
 				if io.IsStdoutTTY() {
-					tp.AddField(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", cs.YellowBold(strconv.Itoa(row+1)), line))
+					tp.AddField(fmt.Sprintf("%s: %s", cs.CyanBold(strconv.Itoa(row+1)), line))
 				} else {
 					tp.AddField(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s: %s", code.Repo.FullName, code.Path, line))
 				}
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func buildOutput(tm search.TextMatch, cs *iostreams.ColorScheme) (string, map[in
 	var out strings.Builder
 	for i, c := range tm.Fragment {
 		if shouldHighlight[i] {
-			out.WriteString(cs.Yellow(string(c)))
+			out.WriteString(cs.CyanBold(string(c)))
 			linesToPrint[line] = true
 		} else {
 			out.WriteRune(c)
diff --git a/pkg/iostreams/color.go b/pkg/iostreams/color.go
index 12ff49c54..6cb5a607a 100644
--- a/pkg/iostreams/color.go
+++ b/pkg/iostreams/color.go
@@ -9,17 +9,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	magenta    = ansi.ColorFunc("magenta")
-	cyan       = ansi.ColorFunc("cyan")
-	red        = ansi.ColorFunc("red")
-	yellow     = ansi.ColorFunc("yellow")
-	blue       = ansi.ColorFunc("blue")
-	green      = ansi.ColorFunc("green")
-	gray       = ansi.ColorFunc("black+h")
-	bold       = ansi.ColorFunc("default+b")
-	cyanBold   = ansi.ColorFunc("cyan+b")
-	greenBold  = ansi.ColorFunc("green+b")
-	yellowBold = ansi.ColorFunc("yellow+b")
+	magenta   = ansi.ColorFunc("magenta")
+	cyan      = ansi.ColorFunc("cyan")
+	red       = ansi.ColorFunc("red")
+	yellow    = ansi.ColorFunc("yellow")
+	blue      = ansi.ColorFunc("blue")
+	green     = ansi.ColorFunc("green")
+	gray      = ansi.ColorFunc("black+h")
+	bold      = ansi.ColorFunc("default+b")
+	cyanBold  = ansi.ColorFunc("cyan+b")
+	greenBold = ansi.ColorFunc("green+b")
 
 	gray256 = func(t string) string {
 		return fmt.Sprintf("\x1b[%d;5;%dm%s\x1b[m", 38, 242, t)
@@ -73,13 +72,6 @@ func (c *ColorScheme) Yellowf(t string, args ...interface{}) string {
 	return c.Yellow(fmt.Sprintf(t, args...))
 }
 
-func (c *ColorScheme) YellowBold(t string) string {
-	if !c.enabled {
-		return t
-	}
-	return yellowBold(t)
-}
-
 func (c *ColorScheme) Green(t string) string {
 	if !c.enabled {
 		return t