UAB is a WCAG AA compliant university
UAB follows WCAG AA. Use this guide to choose color combinations with enough contrast, readability, and accessibility for the widest audience. All combinations—including those that fail WCAG AA—are listed so only passing, compliant options are used.
Definitions
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are international standards from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative that make digital content more usable for everyone.
Normal Text is defined "normal" or "regular" text as any text that is not considered "large". For Level AA conformance, normal text requires a luminance contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1.
Large text is defined as 14 point (typically 18.66px) and bold or larger, or 18 point (typically 24px) or larger.
Text Size Thresholds for Color Contrast Compliance (WCAG 2.2 AA)
Non-Bolded
Bold (700+)
Non-text elements (UI/graphics) require ≥ 3:1 contrast against adjacent color (WCAG 2.2 SC 1.4.11); applies to icons, input borders, and focus rings, excludes decorative/disabled/logos.
Note: Ratios assume solid colors on flat backgrounds (no opacity/gradients/images).
References:
What is WCAG? · 1.4.3 Contrast (Minimum) · 1.4.11 Non-text ContrastContrast does not mean approval. Passing contrast requirements doesn’t mean a color pairing is brand-approved. Review Guidelines for Primary and Secondary Color Usage for usage guidance. The chart is intended to clarify accessibility constraints (what passes and what fails), not to indicate approved color pairings.
Color Accessibility Chart
UAB Green
#1a5632
| R 26 G 86 B 50
| Pass Fail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color Name | Contrast Ratio | Normal Text | Large Text | Non-Text Element | Examples |
|
UAB Gold
#fdb913
|
5.01:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 30%
#ffe6aa
|
7.08:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 15%
#fff2d2
|
7.80:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 10%
#fff8e8
|
8.20:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Dragon’s Lair Green
#033319
|
1.62:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green
#90d408
|
4.79:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 30%
#d7efa6
|
6.93:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 15%
#eaf7d0
|
7.73:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 10%
#f4fbe7
|
8.18:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen
#17b045
|
3.03:1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 30%
#ace2bc
|
5.93:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 15%
#d3f0db
|
7.13:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 10%
#e8f7ed
|
7.83:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue
#42caf0
|
4.52:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 30%
#bbecfa
|
6.81:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 15%
#dbf5fc
|
7.63:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 10%
#edf9fd
|
8.08:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
White
#ffffff
|
8.67:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Black
#000000
|
2.42:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
UAB Gold
#fdb913
| R 253 G 185 B 19
| Pass Fail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color Name | Contrast Ratio | Normal Text | Large Text | Non-Text Element | Examples |
|
UAB Green
#1a5632
|
5.01:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold
#fdb913
|
|||||
|
UAB Gold 30%
#ffe6aa
|
1.41:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 15%
#fff2d2
|
1.56:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 10%
#fff8e8
|
1.64:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Dragon’s Lair Green
#033319
|
8.13:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green
#90d408
|
1.04:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 30%
#d7efa6
|
1.38:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 15%
#eaf7d0
|
1.54:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 10%
#f4fbe7
|
1.63:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen
#17b045
|
1.65:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 30%
#ace2bc
|
1.18:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 15%
#d3f0db
|
1.42:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 10%
#e8f7ed
|
1.56:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue
#42caf0
|
1.11:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 30%
#bbecfa
|
1.36:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 15%
#dbf5fc
|
1.52:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 10%
#edf9fd
|
1.61:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
White
#ffffff
|
1.73:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Black
#000000
|
12.13:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
Dragon’s Lair Green
#033319
| R 3 G 51 B 25
| Pass Fail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color Name | Contrast Ratio | Normal Text | Large Text | Non-Text Element | Examples |
|
UAB Green
#1a5632
|
1.62:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold
#fdb913
|
8.13:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 30%
#ffe6aa
|
11.50:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 15%
#fff2d2
|
12.66:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 10%
#fff8e8
|
13.31:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green
#90d408
|
7.78:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 30%
#d7efa6
|
11.26:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 15%
#eaf7d0
|
12.55:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 10%
#f4fbe7
|
13.28:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen
#17b045
|
4.92:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 30%
#ace2bc
|
9.63:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 15%
#d3f0db
|
11.57:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 10%
#e8f7ed
|
12.71:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue
#42caf0
|
7.33:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 30%
#bbecfa
|
11.06:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 15%
#dbf5fc
|
12.39:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 10%
#edf9fd
|
13.12:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
White
#ffffff
|
14.08:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Black
#000000
|
1.49:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
Campus Green
#90d408
| R 144 G 212 B 8
| Pass Fail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color Name | Contrast Ratio | Normal Text | Large Text | Non-Text Element | Examples |
|
UAB Green
#1a5632
|
4.79:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold
#fdb913
|
1.04:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 30%
#ffe6aa
|
1.48:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 15%
#fff2d2
|
1.63:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 10%
#fff8e8
|
1.71:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Dragon’s Lair Green
#033319
|
7.78:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green
#90d408
|
|||||
|
Campus Green 30%
#d7efa6
|
1.45:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 15%
#eaf7d0
|
1.61:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 10%
#f4fbe7
|
1.71:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen
#17b045
|
1.58:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 30%
#ace2bc
|
1.24:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 15%
#d3f0db
|
1.49:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 10%
#e8f7ed
|
1.63:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue
#42caf0
|
1.06:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 30%
#bbecfa
|
1.42:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 15%
#dbf5fc
|
1.59:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 10%
#edf9fd
|
1.69:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
White
#ffffff
|
1.81:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Black
#000000
|
11.61:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
Ever Loyal Evergreen
#17b045
| R 23 G 176 B 69
| Pass Fail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color Name | Contrast Ratio | Normal Text | Large Text | Non-Text Element | Examples |
|
UAB Green
#1a5632
|
3.03:1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold
#fdb913
|
1.65:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 30%
#ffe6aa
|
2.34:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 15%
#fff2d2
|
2.58:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 10%
#fff8e8
|
2.71:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Dragon’s Lair Green
#033319
|
4.92:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green
#90d408
|
1.58:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 30%
#d7efa6
|
2.29:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 15%
#eaf7d0
|
2.55:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 10%
#f4fbe7
|
2.70:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen
#17b045
|
|||||
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 30%
#ace2bc
|
1.96:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 15%
#d3f0db
|
2.35:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 10%
#e8f7ed
|
2.59:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue
#42caf0
|
1.49:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 30%
#bbecfa
|
2.25:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 15%
#dbf5fc
|
2.52:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 10%
#edf9fd
|
2.67:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
White
#ffffff
|
2.86:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Black
#000000
|
7.33:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
Bham Sky Blue
#42caf0
| R 66 G 202 B 240
| Pass Fail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color Name | Contrast Ratio | Normal Text | Large Text | Non-Text Element | Examples |
|
UAB Green
#1a5632
|
4.52:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold
#fdb913
|
1.11:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 30%
#ffe6aa
|
1.57:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 15%
#fff2d2
|
1.73:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 10%
#fff8e8
|
1.81:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Dragon’s Lair Green
#033319
|
7.33:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green
#90d408
|
1.06:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 30%
#d7efa6
|
1.53:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 15%
#eaf7d0
|
1.71:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 10%
#f4fbe7
|
1.81:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen
#17b045
|
1.49:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 30%
#ace2bc
|
1.31:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 15%
#d3f0db
|
1.58:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 10%
#e8f7ed
|
1.73:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue
#42caf0
|
|||||
|
Bham Sky Blue 30%
#bbecfa
|
1.51:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 15%
#dbf5fc
|
1.69:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 10%
#edf9fd
|
1.79:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
White
#ffffff
|
1.92:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Black
#000000
|
10.94:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
Color Name
#1a5632
| R 26 G 86 B 50
| Pass Fail | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Color Name | Contrast Ratio | Normal Text | Large Text | Non-Text Element | Examples |
|
UAB Gold
#fdb913
|
5.01:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 30%
#ffe6aa
|
7.08:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 15%
#fff2d2
|
7.80:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
UAB Gold 10%
#fff8e8
|
8.20:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Dragon’s Lair Green
#033319
|
1.62:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green
#90d408
|
4.79:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 30%
#d7efa6
|
6.93:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 15%
#eaf7d0
|
7.73:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Campus Green 10%
#f4fbe7
|
8.18:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen
#17b045
|
3.03:1 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 30%
#ace2bc
|
5.93:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 15%
#d3f0db
|
7.13:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Ever Loyal Evergreen 10%
#e8f7ed
|
7.83:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue
#42caf0
|
4.52:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 30%
#bbecfa
|
6.81:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 15%
#dbf5fc
|
7.63:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Bham Sky Blue 10%
#edf9fd
|
8.08:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
White
#ffffff
|
8.67:1 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Blazers Blazers |
|
Black
#000000
|
2.42:1 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Blazers Blazers |