National Football League · American Football Conference · Northern Division

Steelers colors

The Pittsburgh Steelers play in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and use 2 registered colours: Gold and Black. Every value below is listed in hexadecimal, red green blue, hue saturation lightness, and approximate cyan magenta yellow black, with contrast results computed from the values themselves.

These values are not yet verified

The colour values on this page are illustrative placeholders used while the site is being built. Each one must be traced to the team's own published brand assets and dated before it is presented as fact — see the method page. Do not use these figures for print or production yet.

Colour values

2 colours

Each swatch is rendered in CSS from the numeric value, not from a logo image. The figure on each chip is its contrast against white.

1.76:1

Gold

primary

Hex#FFB612

Red green blue255, 182, 18

Hue saturation lightness42, 100%, 54%

Cyan magenta yellow black0, 29, 93, 0

17.89:1

Black

secondary

Hex#101820

Red green blue16, 24, 32

Hue saturation lightness210, 33%, 9%

Cyan magenta yellow black50, 25, 0, 87

Which pairings carry text

4 pairings measured

Computed with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines relative luminance formula. These decide whether a player name, a score or body copy stays readable.

Gold on Black

10.18:1 AAA

Black on Gold

10.18:1 AAA

Gold on White

1.76:1 Fails

Black on White

17.89:1 AAA

Strongest and weakest combination

The highest-contrast pairing available from this palette is Black on White at 17.89:1 — use it for anything carrying text.

The weakest is Gold on White at 1.76:1, which is not usable for text at any size.

Copy-ready values

:root {
  /* Pittsburgh Steelers */
  --steelers-gold: #FFB612;
  --steelers-black: #101820;
}

Put these colours on a shirt

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About the Pittsburgh Steelers palette

The Pittsburgh Steelers were founded in 1933 and compete in the American Football Conference of the National Football League. Their primary colour, Gold #FFB612, is a light, strongly saturated yellow.

The National Football League divides its thirty-two teams between two conferences, and uniform colour is regulated more tightly here than in any other major league: a team must register its colours with the league, and opposing teams are required to wear contrasting jerseys so that broadcast audiences can tell them apart.

Within the Northern Division the Steelers face Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns. Those are the matchups where two palettes appear in one frame, so they are the pairings most worth checking for a clash.