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Yahoo!style guide

Yahoo!’s website (yahoo.com) uses Apple Color Emoji for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Blue (#6001D2), Blue Violet (#7D2EFF) and Royal Blue (#0057B8), with #232A31 text on #FFFFFF. Captured from the live site on 21 October 2026.

Website
yahoo.com
Typefaces
Apple Color Emoji, SFMono-Regular, gelica
Palette
4 neutrals, 12 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
21 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://www.yahoo.com/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the yahoo.com homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of yahoo.com on a 1440 px desktop screen, 21 Oct 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

yahoo.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 (#232A31) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • White 28.6%
  • Blue 10.1%
  • Cool Charcoal 9%
  • Blue Violet 8.8%
  • Cool Off White 8.6%
  • Near Black 8.2%
  • Royal Blue 4.9%
  • Deep Sky Blue 4.3%
  • Medium Blue 3.6%
  • Medium Purple 3%
  • Light Lavender 2.4%
  • Light Coral 2.2%
  • Indigo 2.1%
  • Fire Brick 1.7%
  • Yellow 1.3%
  • Deep Lavender 1.3%

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
    14.51:1 AAA
    On white
    —

    Background, text, graphic · body, .bg-\[linear-gradient\(0deg\2c _\#FFF_0\%\2c _\#F8FAFB_100\%\)\]

  • Cool Charcoal

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    29 14 0 81
    On text
    —
    On white
    14.51:1 AAA

    Background, text, border · .bg-\[\#232A31\], .bg-ymp-gray-12

  • Cool Off White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    4 2 0 9
    On text
    11.36:1 AAA
    On white
    1.28:1 Fail

    Background, text, border · .bg-\[\#e0e4e9\], .bg-ymp-gray-3

  • Near Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 92
    On text
    1.27:1 Fail
    On white
    18.42:1 AAA

    Text, background, border · .\[\&_button\[data-content\]\[data-active\]\]\:text-yn-foreground-primary button, .uds-color-mode-dark .dark\:bg-ymp-carbon-13

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    54 100 0 18
    On text
    1.68:1 Fail
    On white
    8.63:1 AAA

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

  • Blue Violet

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    51 82 0 0
    On text
    2.56:1 Fail
    On white
    5.67:1 AA

    Background, text, border · --tw-ring-color, .bg-always-brand

  • Royal Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    100 53 0 28
    On text
    2.11:1 Fail
    On white
    6.87:1 AA

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

  • Deep Sky Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    93 34 0 0
    On text
    5.63:1 AA
    On white
    2.58:1 Fail

    Text, graphic, background · .uds-color-mode-dark .dark\:bg-ymp-uh-sky, .uds-color-mode-dark .dark\:text-ymp-uh-sky

  • Medium Blue

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    55 88 0 31
    On text
    1.43:1 Fail
    On white
    10.12:1 AAA

    Background, text, border · .uds-color-mode-dark .dark\:bg-ymp-purple-11, --mulberry

  • Medium Purple

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    44 51 0 0
    On text
    4.50:1 AA
    On white
    3.22:1 AA large

    Background, text, border · .bg-ymp-purple-6, .uds-color-mode-dark .dark\:bg-ymp-purple-6

  • Light Lavender

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    8 10 0 0
    On text
    11.88:1 AAA
    On white
    1.22:1 Fail

    Background, border · .bg-\[\#ebe5ff\], .bg-ymp-purple-1

  • Light Coral

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 59 57 0
    On text
    5.18:1 AA
    On white
    2.80:1 Fail

    Text, background, border · .uds-color-mode-dark .dark\:bg-ymp-dark-red-10, .uds-color-mode-dark .dark\:text-\[\#ff696d\]

  • Indigo

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    54 100 0 51
    On text
    1.02:1 Fail
    On white
    14.28:1 AAA

    Background, text · .uds-color-mode-dark .dark\:bg-ymp-purple-12, .text-ymp-purple-12

  • Fire Brick

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 100 95 27
    On text
    2.15:1 Fail
    On white
    6.74:1 AA

    Text, background, border · .bg-ymp-red-10, .text-\[\#bb000a\]

  • Yellow

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    1 0 70 2
    On text
    13.06:1 AAA
    On white
    1.11:1 Fail

    Background, text · .bg-always-accent, .bg-\[\#f9fb4d\]

  • Deep Lavender

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    16 19 0 0
    On text
    9.81:1 AAA
    On white
    1.48:1 Fail

    Text, background · .uds-color-mode-dark .dark\:text-ymp-dark-purple-3, .active\:bg-ymp-purple-3:active

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(to right,)

  • linear-gradient(to top,)

  • linear-gradient(to bottom,)

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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.

Apple Color Emoji

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

SFMono-Regular

System font, or not loaded on this page · 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 · 5 rules
  • 20pxline 20px · 6 rules
  • 18pxline 1.375rem · 7 rules
  • 16pxline 1.5rem · 11 rules
  • 15pxline 1.375rem · 10 rules
  • 14pxline 1.25rem · 5 rules
  • 13pxline 1rem · 11 rules
  • 12pxline 1rem · 7 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 · 8×
  • 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 transparent

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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 three typefaces: Apple Color Emoji (headings and body text), a system font; gelica, self-hosted; centra, self-hosted.
What are Yahoo!’s brand colours?
The main colours on yahoo.com are Blue (#6001D2), Blue Violet (#7D2EFF), Royal Blue (#0057B8), Deep Sky Blue (#12A9FF), Medium Blue (#5015B0) and Medium Purple (#907CFF).
What colour is Yahoo!’s text and background?
Body text is #232A31 on a #FFFFFF background.
Where is Yahoo!’s logo from?
The logo shown in this guide was found on yahoo.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 yahoo.com’s public web pages on 21 October 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

yahoo-com-tokens.css

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/* yahoo.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/yahoo.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #232A31;
  --background: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-cool-charcoal: #232A31;
  --colour-cool-off-white: #E0E4E9;
  --colour-near-black: #141414;
  --colour-blue: #6001D2;
  --colour-blue-violet: #7D2EFF;
  --colour-royal-blue: #0057B8;
  --colour-deep-sky-blue: #12A9FF;
  --colour-medium-blue: #5015B0;
  --colour-medium-purple: #907CFF;
  --colour-light-lavender: #EBE5FF;
  --colour-light-coral: #FF696D;
  --colour-indigo: #39007D;
  --colour-fire-brick: #BB000A;
  --colour-yellow: #F8FB4C;
  --colour-deep-lavender: #D5CFFF;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(to right,);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(to top,);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(to bottom,);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-body: ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol';
  --font-other: ui-monospace, 'SFMono-Regular', 'Menlo', 'Monaco', 'Consolas', 'Liberation Mono';

  /* 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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Other websites using Apple Color Emoji as their main typeface
Websites whose lead colour is closest to Yahoo!’s

Captured from yahoo.com on 21 October 2026. SiteStyleGuide isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Yahoo!; this guide describes the public website for reference.