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Baylor University brand colors

Baylor publishes just two official brand colors, and is unusually specific about why the uncoated Pantone differs: PMS 1235 prints towards orange on uncoated stock, so PMS 116u is substituted. The kind of detail most brand guides leave to the printer.

Official site: baylor.edu

Every color

ColorRoleHexRGBHSLPantoneCMYKPreview
Baylor Greenprimary#15473421, 71, 52157, 54%, 18%3435c / 3435u93, 10, 90, 70Fill screen
University Goldsecondary#FFB81C255, 184, 2841, 100%, 55%1235c / 116u0, 29, 100, 0Fill screen

Contrast pairs

Baylor Green passes AA for body text on white, at 10.6 to 1.

Of 12 ordered pairs in this palette, 8 clear 4.5 to 1 for body text and 8 clear 3 to 1 for large text. Row is the text color, column is the background.

Text colorBaylor GreenUniversity GoldWhiteBlack
Baylor Green6.1Baylor Green on University Gold, passes AA for body text10.6Baylor Green on White, passes AA for body text2.0Baylor Green on Black, fails AA for body text
University Gold6.1University Gold on Baylor Green, passes AA for body text1.7University Gold on White, fails AA for body text12.1University Gold on Black, passes AA for body text
White10.6White on Baylor Green, passes AA for body text1.7White on University Gold, fails AA for body text21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text
Black2.0Black on Baylor Green, fails AA for body text12.1Black on University Gold, passes AA for body text21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text

Sources

All 92 colleges & universities, A to Z

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