For me it is a flavor of chartreuse (d9e86d).

benatkin · on May 10, 2023

mine's ff4400 :D

Or #f40 in CSS.

I see here there's no 420, so I'm gonna give 420420 a shot. :D https://news.ycombinator.com/topcolors

Make that #cbd420 - it doesn't add a light foreground for a dark background.

beaker52 · on May 10, 2023

Somehow, for reasons I can’t explain, I know that’s hn-orange without even looking.

Edit: I figured it out. The user settings page shows the color - mine is set to ff6600 which was close enough to trigger parts of my brain.

benatkin · on May 10, 2023

Wow!

Yeah it's just a bit off the standard one. I seem to remember getting it from an HN redesigned site or something.