Yandex Logo

About Yandex

Operating as a Russian technology company, Yandex traces its origins to 2000 and is based in Moscow, Russia. Within the technology & software landscape, its core activities span Internet industry, software industry and Internet. The organization was founded by Arkady Volozh and Ilya Segalovich. Yandex operates as part of Yandex IJSC. Official brand communications and services are published at yandex.com.

The Yandex Logo: Design and Meaning

In its canonical form, the Yandex emblem occupies a wide horizontal wordmark layout (1022×246 pixels, 4.15:1 aspect ratio). Colorimetric analysis of the artwork shows a 2-color palette led by black (#000000, RGB 0, 0, 0 at 84% visual coverage), paired with dark orange (#FC3F1D, 16%).

The visual history of Yandex spans 4 documented design eras beginning in 2004, including earlier emblems from 2004–2008, 2008–2021 and 2021–2022. The current iteration has represented the brand since 2021. For design, editorial and production workflows, this page provides 4 verified asset variants (transparent, on white background, black and white). The master raster file is a 1022×246 px transparent PNG (20 KB) with an isolated alpha channel, accompanied by a lightweight 2 KB scalable SVG vector for infinite-resolution print, signage and UI scaling, plus dedicated black and white one-color versions for dark backgrounds, embossing and screen printing.