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HTML

<div class="styled-select">
            <select name="yearpicker" id="yearpicker"></select>
          </div>

CSS

body {
    background: red
}
.styled-select select {
	-webkit-appearance: none;
    -moz-appearance: none;
    appearance: none;
    text-indent: 0.5px;
    text-overflow: '';
	margin-left: 10px;
	margin-top: 30px;
	width: 215px;
	height: 39px;
	padding-left:10px;
	line-height: 1;
	border: 0;
	border-radius: 0;
	color:#B4D234;
	font-size: 20px;
	overflow: hidden;
	background: transparent;
	background: url('http://www.francescoceccarelli.net/select_arrow.png') no-repeat right #fff;

}
select::-ms-expand {
	display: none;
}

JavaScript

for (i = new Date().getFullYear(); i > 2000; i--)
{
    $('#yearpicker').append($('<option />').val(i).html("Year " + i));
}