linear-gradient in Yahoo Mail
Not supported linear-gradient is not supported in Yahoo Mail.
Works in 9 of 21 · partial in 2 · not supported in 10
Which clients
- Works
- Gmail, Gmail iOS, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Thunderbird, HEY Mail, Proton Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman
- Partial
- Gmail Android, Samsung Mail
- Not supported
- Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook Classic, Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, AOL Mail
Your reader in Yahoo Mail sees the email without linear-gradient, even if it looks right where you tested it.
What to do instead in Yahoo Mail
Add solid color fallback for gradient backgrounds
<td style="background-color: #667eea;
background-image: linear-gradient(135deg, #667eea, #764ba2);
padding: 40px; color: #fff;">
Content here
</td>Show the original
<td style="background: linear-gradient(135deg, #667eea, #764ba2);
padding: 40px; color: #fff;">
Content here
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What Yahoo Mail does with linear-gradient
The Emailens probe for linear-gradient on a real install counted as Yahoo Mail, captured 14 Oct 2026. It shows the problem, not the fix. Where linear-gradient is supported it shows: amber to white gradient (grey means unsupported).
caniemail: linear-gradient is not supported in Yahoo Mail.
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Every feature in Yahoo Mail · linear-gradient in every client
Questions
- How many email clients support linear-gradient?
- It works in 9 of 21, partial in 2, not supported in 10.
- What do I use instead of linear-gradient in Yahoo Mail?
- Add solid color fallback for gradient backgrounds.
- Does linear-gradient work in Yahoo Mail iOS?
- linear-gradient is not supported in Yahoo Mail iOS. Closest to Yahoo Mail: Yahoo Mail iOS, which agrees on 282 of the 298 features both are tested on.
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Real captures 14 Oct 2026 on 10 installs · caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 29 Dec 2021 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping