I added:
XTerm*VT100.color3: #707000
to ~/.Xresources to try to fix this. The result is a horrible olive
colour on my screen, but at least it's now visible. (The default
yellow colour for X is #ffff00 which is fine against a dark
background, but almost invisible against white).
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