What is the color of normal healthy urine?

The normal and healthy urine color is pale yellow. The human body produces urine as a way to rid itself of harmful toxins like ammonia, which is broken down into urea by the kidneys, getting it ready for disposal. Urine also contains water, sugar, and urobilins.

The broken-down products of bilirubin are urobilins. Bilirubin is the broken-down product of the old blood cells. Bilirubin is what gives color to bile, feces and bruises, and most bilirubin is gathered from the blood stream by the liver. From there, bilirubin is broken down by the gall bladder and intestines, and then excreted by the bowel. There are some bilirubin, that stays in the blood until it is picked up by the kidneys, where it's the broken down into urobilins and removed from the body in urine. Urobilins are the pigment that gives urine its yellow color.

Urine is usually pale yellow, but it can range from clear to deep amber or straw color in a healthy person. The intensity of yellow color in the urine is determined by how hydrated a person is. An individual who is very hydrated has more water to release through urinating, and thus has a lesser concentrate of urobilin in the urine. While, an individual who is very dehydrated will have a much higher concentration, and thus much darker urine.

source: mdinfo