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Unofficial A style guide made by SiteStyleGuide from geocities.com’s public web pages. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Yahoo!. The real site is geocities.com ↗

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Unofficial style guide

Yahoo!style guide

Yahoo!’s website (geocities.com) sets its headings in YA Sans VF and its body text in Apple Color Emoji. Its palette is led by Light Blue Violet (#7D2EFF), Deep Blue Violet (#6B27D9) and Light Fire Brick (#C62626), with #1A1919 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 2 November 2026.

Typefaces
YA Sans VF, Apple Color Emoji, gelica
Palette
4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
2 Nov 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.yahoo.com/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the geocities.com homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of geocities.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 2 Nov 2026.

Identity & metadata

What browsers, search engines and social cards show before anyone reaches the page, from the homepage’s <head>.

Title &
description

Page title
Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos
▲ 71 / 60 characters
Meta description
Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo!
● 127 / 160 characters
Site name
Yahoo!
og:title
Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos
og:description
Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo!
Language
en-US

In search results

Yahoo!https://www.yahoo.com/

Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sport…

Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo!

When shared

The image Yahoo! shares with links

geocities.com

Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos

Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more e…

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Colour

Read from the site’s stylesheets and weighted by where each colour is used. Names are the nearest standard colour name. Click a swatch to copy its hex code.

Contrast is against the site’s text colour (#1A1919) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • White 28.2%
  • Near Black 16.8%
  • Light Blue Violet 13%
  • Charcoal 7.3%
  • Deep Blue Violet 5.3%
  • Off White 5%
  • Light Fire Brick 4.1%
  • Blue 3.7%
  • Sea Green 2.8%
  • Light Royal Blue 2.6%
  • Lavender 2.5%
  • Deep Fire Brick 2.5%
  • Sienna 2.3%
  • Deep Royal Blue 1.9%
  • Indigo 1.2%
  • Thistle 0.9%

By how often each colour appears in the site’s CSS, weighted by where (body, headings, buttons), not by area on the screen.

Neutrals

Text, backgrounds and structure
  • White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 0
    On text
    17.40:1 AAA
    On white
    1.01:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · body, .bg-elevation-2

  • Near Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 4 4 90
    On text
    —
    On white
    17.54:1 AAA

    Text, border, background · .uds-checkbox-variant-primary-root:is(:disabled,:has(:disabled)).uds-checkbox-va, .\[\&_button\[data-content\]\[data-active\]\]\:text-yn-foreground-primary button

  • Charcoal

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 2 2 77
    On text
    1.52:1 Fail
    On white
    11.51:1 AAA

    Text, background, graphic · .uds-menuitem-itemcheckbox-variant-default-root.uds-menuitem-itemcheckbox-varian, .uds-banner-variant-brand-secondary-root .uds-banner-variant-brand-secondary-tit

  • Off White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 2 14
    On text
    12.67:1 AAA
    On white
    1.38:1 Fail

    Background, border, text · .uds-chip-toggle-variant-primary-root:hover:where(:not(:active,:disabled,:has(:d, .uds-chip-toggle-variant-primary-root:active:where(:not(:disabled,:has(:disabled

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Light Blue Violet

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    51 82 0 0
    On text
    3.10:1 AA large
    On white
    5.67:1 AA

    Text, background, border · .uds-checkbox-variant-primary-root:is(:disabled,:has(:disabled)).uds-checkbox-va, --tw-ring-color

  • Deep Blue Violet

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    51 82 0 15
    On text
    2.44:1 Fail
    On white
    7.20:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .uds-menuitem-itemcheckbox-variant-default-root:hover:where(:not(:active,:disabl, .uds-menuitem-itemcheckbox-variant-default-root:focus.uds-menuitem-itemcheckbox-

  • Light Fire Brick

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 81 81 22
    On text
    3.10:1 AA large
    On white
    5.67:1 AA

    Background, text, border · .uds-radio-variant-alert-root:active:where(:not(:disabled,:has(:disabled))).uds-, .uds-radio-variant-alert-root:hover:where(:not(:active,:disabled,:has(:disabled)

  • Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    54 100 0 18
    On text
    2.03:1 Fail
    On white
    8.63:1 AAA

    Text, border, graphic · .billBoardTitleHighlight .\[\.billBoardTitleHighlight_\&\]\:border-ymp-uh-grape-, .bg-ymp-uh-grape-jelly

  • Sea Green

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    99 0 40 54
    On text
    3.08:1 AA large
    On white
    5.70:1 AA

    Text, background, border · .uds-button-variant-positive-root, .uds-button-variant-positive-root:is(:disabled,:has(:disabled))

  • Light Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    73 45 0 28
    On text
    3.08:1 AA large
    On white
    5.71:1 AA

    Text, background · .uds-button-variant-info-root, .uds-button-variant-info-root:is(:disabled,:has(:disabled))

  • Lavender

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    8 9 0 1
    On text
    14.31:1 AAA
    On white
    1.23:1 Fail

    Background, border · .uds-chip-toggle-variant-brand-secondary-root:hover:where(:not(:active,:disabled, .uds-chip-toggle-variant-brand-secondary-root:active:where(:not(:disabled,:has(:

  • Deep Fire Brick

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 84 84 33
    On text
    2.43:1 Fail
    On white
    7.21:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .uds-radio-variant-alert-secondary-root:hover:where(:not(:active,:disabled,:has(, .uds-button-variant-alert-secondary-root .uds-button-variant-alert-secondary-ico

  • Sienna

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 54 81 35
    On text
    3.09:1 AA large
    On white
    5.67:1 AA

    Text, background · .uds-button-variant-warning-root, .uds-button-variant-warning-root:is(:disabled,:has(:disabled))

  • Deep Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 53 0 28
    On text
    2.55:1 Fail
    On white
    6.87:1 AA

    Text, background, graphic · .bg-\[\#0057b8\], .text-\[\#0057b8\]

  • Indigo

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    51 82 0 39
    On text
    1.63:1 Fail
    On white
    10.79:1 AAA

    Text, border, graphic · .text-purple-12, .text-purple-13

  • Thistle

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    11 16 0 0
    On text
    12.78:1 AAA
    On white
    1.37:1 Fail

    Background, border · .bg-purple-3, .bg-ymp-purple-2

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(to right,)

  • linear-gradient(to bottom,)

  • linear-gradient(to left,)

Dark mode

Switched on by the site
  • Blue Violet

    #7D2EFF

  • Deep Sky Blue

    #12A9FF

  • Cool Charcoal

    #232A31

  • Off White

    #F3F2EF

  • Medium Purple

    #907CFF

  • Charcoal

    #323232

  • Near Black

    #141414

  • White

    #FFFFFF

  • Near Black

    #1F1F1F

  • Cool Near Black

    #101518

  • Cool Off White

    #E0E4E9

  • Light Grey

    #B0B0B0

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Typography

Faces from Google Fonts are shown in the real thing. Others are licensed to the site, so they show in your device’s copy if you have one, or a stand-in if not.

YA Sans VF

Aa 450 Aa 1000

YA Sans VF

Served from s.yimg.com · weights 450, 500, 600, 1000 · headings, buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

Apple Color Emoji

System font, or not loaded on this page · body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400

gelica

Self-hosted · weights 400 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400 Aa 800

centra

Self-hosted · weights 400, 500, 700, 800 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 ! ? & @ % $ – ’ “ ”

Type scale

From the site’s CSS
Paragraph 15px / 19px weight 600

Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo!

Small 80%

Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo!

Button 100% none

Get started

Link —

Read more about Yahoo!

Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 24pxline 2rem · 6 rules
  • 20pxline 20px · 6 rules
  • 18pxline 1.375rem · 8 rules
  • 16pxline 1rem · 25 rules
  • 15pxline 1.375rem · 10 rules
  • 14pxline max(16px,0.9625rem) · 13 rules
  • 13pxline 1rem · 11 rules
  • 12pxline 1rem · 8 rules

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Elements

The main button and link as the site’s CSS draws them, and the corner radii and shadows it uses most.

Elements

Corner radius

  • 9999px · 96×
  • .75rem · 12×
  • .5rem · 10×
  • calc( + 2px + 2px) · 7×
  • 16px · 6×
  • 1rem · 5×

Shadows

  • 0 0 #0000,0 0 #0000,0 0 #0000
  • 0 0 0 transparent,0 0 0 transparent
  • 0 0 0 2px transparent,0 0 0 calc(2px + 2px) rgb(24 25 26)
  • 0 0 transparent,0 0 transparent,0 0 #0000,0 0 #0000,0 0 #0000

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Layout

Breakpoints from the site’s media queries and the widths its content is held to, with how often each appears.

Grid

Breakpoints

320
375
425
640
768
1024
1280
1536

On a scale of 0 to 1536 px.

Content widths (max-width)

1280 px
1024 px
768 px
640 px
375 px
320 px

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Notes

Plain checks on what was found. Worth fixing if you look after this site.

Notes

  • ▲ CheckThe title is 71 characters. Google usually cuts titles near 60, so the end may not show in results.

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Questions

Quick answers, from the same capture as the rest of this guide.

Questions

What font does Yahoo! use?
Yahoo!’s website uses four typefaces: YA Sans VF (headings), served from s.yimg.com; Apple Color Emoji (body text), a system font; gelica, self-hosted; centra, self-hosted.
What are Yahoo!’s brand colours?
The main colours on geocities.com are Light Blue Violet (#7D2EFF), Deep Blue Violet (#6B27D9), Light Fire Brick (#C62626), Blue (#6001D2), Sea Green (#017647) and Light Royal Blue (#3265B7).
What colour is Yahoo!’s text and background?
Body text is #1A1919 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is Yahoo!’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on geocities.com’s homepage. For official logo files and usage rules, check Yahoo!’s own brand or press page.
Is this Yahoo!’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from geocities.com’s public web pages on 2 November 2026, and isn’t affiliated with Yahoo!. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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Design tokens

Everything above as CSS variables, ready to paste into a project. Members can download the tokens as files for Figma (Tokens Studio), Style Dictionary and Tailwind.

Tokens

geocities-com-tokens.css

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/* geocities.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/geocities.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #1A1919;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FEFEFE;
  --colour-near-black: #1A1919;
  --colour-charcoal: #3A3939;
  --colour-off-white: #DCDBD8;
  --colour-light-blue-violet: #7D2EFF;
  --colour-deep-blue-violet: #6B27D9;
  --colour-light-fire-brick: #C62626;
  --colour-blue: #6001D2;
  --colour-sea-green: #017647;
  --colour-light-royal-blue: #3265B7;
  --colour-lavender: #EAE5FD;
  --colour-deep-fire-brick: #AB1C1B;
  --colour-sienna: #A64D1F;
  --colour-deep-royal-blue: #0057B8;
  --colour-indigo: #4C1C9B;
  --colour-thistle: #E2D6FF;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(to right,);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(to bottom,);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(to left,);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'YA Sans VF', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;
  --font-buttons: 'YA Sans VF', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;
  --font-body: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';
  --font-other: 'gelica', 'gelica Fallback';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-p: 15px;
  --leading-p: 19px;
  --text-small: 80%;
  --text-button: 100%;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 9999px;
  --radius-2: .75rem;
  --radius-3: .5rem;
  --radius-4: calc( + 2px + 2px);
  --radius-5: 16px;
  --radius-6: 1rem;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 320px;
  --breakpoint-2: 375px;
  --breakpoint-3: 425px;
  --breakpoint-4: 640px;
  --breakpoint-5: 768px;
  --breakpoint-6: 1024px;
  --breakpoint-7: 1280px;
  --breakpoint-8: 1536px;
  --max-width-1: 1280px;
  --max-width-2: 1024px;
  --max-width-3: 768px;
  --max-width-4: 640px;
  --max-width-5: 375px;
  --max-width-6: 320px;
}

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