moar --colors=8 > output.txt doesn't write colors

[timotheecour]

in most programs (eg rg, yq, less etc), there's an option to write colors even if output is redirected (to stdout or a file etc).
Can we either honor the flag --colors=8 when specified, or add a flag --usecolors=yes|no|auto to specify whether coloring should be used (yes would force regardless of stdout redirection, auto would depend on whether stdout is redirected)

I use moar because it just works for syntax highlight (eg use case where other tools fail: mikefarah/yq#1162 (comment)) but now am facing the issue that it doesn't work if I need to redirect it somehow

[walles]

What is the less command line option for it to force color when redirecting output?

I find that unexpected for a pager, especially less which doesn't do any coloring that I'm aware of, so a concrete example would be super!