diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 846f6fd..67310eb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ Chinese HUD labels are available as an explicit opt-in. English stays the defaul
 | `gitStatus.enabled` | boolean | true | Show git branch in HUD |
 | `gitStatus.showDirty` | boolean | true | Show `*` for uncommitted changes |
 | `gitStatus.showAheadBehind` | boolean | false | Show `↑N ↓N` for ahead/behind remote |
+| `gitStatus.pushWarningThreshold` | number | 0 | Color the ahead count with the warning color at or above this unpushed-commit count (`0` disables it) |
+| `gitStatus.pushCriticalThreshold` | number | 0 | Color the ahead count with the critical color at or above this unpushed-commit count (`0` disables it) |
 | `gitStatus.showFileStats` | boolean | false | Show file change counts `!M +A ✘D ?U` |
 | `display.showModel` | boolean | true | Show model name `[Opus]` |
 | `display.showContextBar` | boolean | true | Show visual context bar `████░░░░░░` |
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 6edc0d8..d06e6c1 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ export interface HudConfig {
     showDirty: boolean;
     showAheadBehind: boolean;
     showFileStats: boolean;
+    pushWarningThreshold: number;
+    pushCriticalThreshold: number;
   };
   display: {
     showModel: boolean;
@@ -111,6 +113,8 @@ export const DEFAULT_CONFIG: HudConfig = {
     showDirty: true,
     showAheadBehind: false,
     showFileStats: false,
+    pushWarningThreshold: 0,
+    pushCriticalThreshold: 0,
   },
   display: {
     showModel: true,
@@ -263,6 +267,13 @@ function validateThreshold(value: unknown, max = 100): number {
   return Math.max(0, Math.min(max, value));
 }
 
+function validateCountThreshold(value: unknown): number {
+  if (typeof value !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(value)) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  return Math.max(0, Math.floor(value));
+}
+
 export function mergeConfig(userConfig: Partial<HudConfig>): HudConfig {
   const migrated = migrateConfig(userConfig);
   const language = validateLanguage(migrated.language)
@@ -296,6 +307,8 @@ export function mergeConfig(userConfig: Partial<HudConfig>): HudConfig {
     showFileStats: typeof migrated.gitStatus?.showFileStats === 'boolean'
       ? migrated.gitStatus.showFileStats
       : DEFAULT_CONFIG.gitStatus.showFileStats,
+    pushWarningThreshold: validateCountThreshold(migrated.gitStatus?.pushWarningThreshold),
+    pushCriticalThreshold: validateCountThreshold(migrated.gitStatus?.pushCriticalThreshold),
   };
 
   const display = {
diff --git a/src/render/lines/project.ts b/src/render/lines/project.ts
index f17b4d7..3613e29 100644
--- a/src/render/lines/project.ts
+++ b/src/render/lines/project.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as path from 'node:path';
 import type { RenderContext } from '../../types.js';
 import { getModelName, formatModelName, getProviderLabel } from '../../stdin.js';
 import { getOutputSpeed } from '../../speed-tracker.js';
-import { git as gitColor, gitBranch as gitBranchColor, label, model as modelColor, project as projectColor, red, green, yellow, dim, custom as customColor } from '../colors.js';
+import { git as gitColor, gitBranch as gitBranchColor, warning as warningColor, critical as criticalColor, label, model as modelColor, project as projectColor, red, green, yellow, dim, custom as customColor } from '../colors.js';
 import { t } from '../../i18n/index.js';
 
 function hyperlink(uri: string, text: string): string {
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ export function renderProjectLine(ctx: RenderContext): string | null {
     const gitInner: string[] = [linkedBranch];
 
     if (gitConfig?.showAheadBehind) {
-      if (ctx.gitStatus.ahead > 0) gitInner.push(gitBranchColor(`↑${ctx.gitStatus.ahead}`, colors));
+      if (ctx.gitStatus.ahead > 0) {
+        gitInner.push(formatAheadCount(ctx.gitStatus.ahead, gitConfig, colors));
+      }
       if (ctx.gitStatus.behind > 0) gitInner.push(gitBranchColor(`↓${ctx.gitStatus.behind}`, colors));
     }
 
@@ -105,6 +107,26 @@ export function renderProjectLine(ctx: RenderContext): string | null {
   return parts.join(' \u2502 ');
 }
 
+function formatAheadCount(
+  ahead: number,
+  gitConfig: RenderContext['config']['gitStatus'] | undefined,
+  colors: RenderContext['config']['colors'] | undefined,
+): string {
+  const value = `↑${ahead}`;
+  const criticalThreshold = gitConfig?.pushCriticalThreshold ?? 0;
+  const warningThreshold = gitConfig?.pushWarningThreshold ?? 0;
+
+  if (criticalThreshold > 0 && ahead >= criticalThreshold) {
+    return criticalColor(value, colors);
+  }
+
+  if (warningThreshold > 0 && ahead >= warningThreshold) {
+    return warningColor(value, colors);
+  }
+
+  return gitBranchColor(value, colors);
+}
+
 export function renderGitFilesLine(ctx: RenderContext, terminalWidth: number | null = null): string | null {
   const gitConfig = ctx.config?.gitStatus;
   if (!(gitConfig?.showFileStats ?? false)) return null;
diff --git a/tests/config.test.js b/tests/config.test.js
index 187e984..0f758c2 100644
--- a/tests/config.test.js
+++ b/tests/config.test.js
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ test('loadConfig returns valid config structure', async () => {
   assert.equal(typeof config.gitStatus.enabled, 'boolean');
   assert.equal(typeof config.gitStatus.showDirty, 'boolean');
   assert.equal(typeof config.gitStatus.showAheadBehind, 'boolean');
+  assert.equal(typeof config.gitStatus.pushWarningThreshold, 'number');
+  assert.equal(typeof config.gitStatus.pushCriticalThreshold, 'number');
 
   // display object with expected properties
   assert.equal(typeof config.display, 'object');
@@ -114,6 +116,20 @@ test('mergeConfig preserves explicit showMemoryUsage=true', () => {
   assert.equal(config.display.showMemoryUsage, true);
 });
 
+test('mergeConfig defaults git push thresholds to disabled', () => {
+  const config = mergeConfig({});
+  assert.equal(config.gitStatus.pushWarningThreshold, 0);
+  assert.equal(config.gitStatus.pushCriticalThreshold, 0);
+});
+
+test('mergeConfig preserves explicit git push thresholds', () => {
+  const config = mergeConfig({
+    gitStatus: { pushWarningThreshold: 15, pushCriticalThreshold: 30 },
+  });
+  assert.equal(config.gitStatus.pushWarningThreshold, 15);
+  assert.equal(config.gitStatus.pushCriticalThreshold, 30);
+});
+
 test('mergeConfig defaults showOutputStyle to false', () => {
   const config = mergeConfig({});
   assert.equal(config.display.showOutputStyle, false);
diff --git a/tests/render.test.js b/tests/render.test.js
index f853637..cc530b5 100644
--- a/tests/render.test.js
+++ b/tests/render.test.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function baseContext() {
       showSeparators: false,
       pathLevels: 1,
       elementOrder: ['project', 'context', 'usage', 'memory', 'environment', 'tools', 'agents', 'todos'],
-      gitStatus: { enabled: true, showDirty: true, showAheadBehind: false, showFileStats: false },
+      gitStatus: { enabled: true, showDirty: true, showAheadBehind: false, showFileStats: false, pushWarningThreshold: 0, pushCriticalThreshold: 0 },
       display: { showModel: true, showProject: true, showContextBar: true, contextValue: 'percent', showConfigCounts: true, showDuration: true, showSpeed: false, showTokenBreakdown: true, showUsage: true, usageBarEnabled: false, showTools: true, showAgents: true, showTodos: true, showSessionTokens: false, showSessionName: false, showClaudeCodeVersion: false, showMemoryUsage: false, showOutputStyle: false, autocompactBuffer: 'enabled', usageThreshold: 0, sevenDayThreshold: 80, environmentThreshold: 0, customLine: '' },
       colors: {
         context: 'green',
@@ -1501,6 +1501,8 @@ test('renderSessionLine combines showFileStats with showDirty and showAheadBehin
     showDirty: true,
     showAheadBehind: true,
     showFileStats: true,
+    pushWarningThreshold: 0,
+    pushCriticalThreshold: 0,
   };
   ctx.gitStatus = {
     branch: 'feature',
@@ -1518,6 +1520,38 @@ test('renderSessionLine combines showFileStats with showDirty and showAheadBehin
   assert.ok(line.includes('✘1'), 'expected deleted count');
 });
 
+test('renderProjectLine colors ahead count at warning threshold', () => {
+  const ctx = baseContext();
+  ctx.config.gitStatus = {
+    enabled: true,
+    showDirty: true,
+    showAheadBehind: true,
+    showFileStats: false,
+    pushWarningThreshold: 10,
+    pushCriticalThreshold: 20,
+  };
+  ctx.gitStatus = { branch: 'main', isDirty: false, ahead: 12, behind: 0 };
+
+  const line = renderProjectLine(ctx);
+  assert.ok(line?.includes('\x1b[33m↑12\x1b[0m'), 'ahead count should use warning color');
+});
+
+test('renderProjectLine colors ahead count at critical threshold', () => {
+  const ctx = baseContext();
+  ctx.config.gitStatus = {
+    enabled: true,
+    showDirty: true,
+    showAheadBehind: true,
+    showFileStats: false,
+    pushWarningThreshold: 10,
+    pushCriticalThreshold: 20,
+  };
+  ctx.gitStatus = { branch: 'main', isDirty: false, ahead: 25, behind: 0 };
+
+  const line = renderProjectLine(ctx);
+  assert.ok(line?.includes('\x1b[31m↑25\x1b[0m'), 'ahead count should use critical color');
+});
+
 test('renderGitFilesLine renders tracked files with per-file line diffs', () => {
   const ctx = baseContext();
   ctx.stdin.cwd = '/tmp/my-project';