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Western Michigan University brand colors

Western Michigan University's visual identity page states "our primary colors are brown and gold," naming 7406 Gold and 4625 Brown, each with a Pantone reference, a CMYK build, an RGB triple and a hex, alongside white.

Official site: wmich.edu

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Western Michigan University brand colors: 7406 Gold #F1C500, 4625 Brown #532E1F, White #FFFFFF

Every color

ColorRoleHexRGBHSLPantoneCMYKPreview
7406 Goldprimary#F1C500241, 197, 049, 100%, 47%74060/13/100/1Fill screen
4625 Brownsecondary#532E1F83, 46, 3117, 46%, 22%462514/75/91/76Fill screen
Whiteneutral light#FFFFFF255, 255, 2550, 0%, 100%--0/0/0/0Fill screen

Contrast pairs

7406 Gold passes AA for body text on black, at 12.7 to 1.

Of 18 ordered pairs in this palette, 12 clear 4.5 to 1 for body text and 12 clear 3 to 1 for large text. Row is the text color, column is the background.

Text color7406 Gold4625 BrownWhiteWhiteBlack
7406 Gold7.27406 Gold on 4625 Brown, passes AA for body text1.67406 Gold on White, fails AA for body text1.67406 Gold on White, fails AA for body text12.77406 Gold on Black, passes AA for body text
4625 Brown7.24625 Brown on 7406 Gold, passes AA for body text11.84625 Brown on White, passes AA for body text11.84625 Brown on White, passes AA for body text1.84625 Brown on Black, fails AA for body text
White1.6White on 7406 Gold, fails AA for body text11.8White on 4625 Brown, passes AA for body text21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text
White1.6White on 7406 Gold, fails AA for body text11.8White on 4625 Brown, passes AA for body text21.0White on Black, passes AA for body text
Black12.7Black on 7406 Gold, passes AA for body text1.8Black on 4625 Brown, fails AA for body text21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text21.0Black on White, passes AA for body text

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