What font does American Heritage Dictionary use?

American Heritage Dictionary’s website uses two typefaces: Georgia (headings), a system font; Minion New (body text), self-hosted.

What are American Heritage Dictionary’s brand colours?

The main colours on ahdictionary.com are Deep Steel Blue (#096D9D), Chocolate (#D86B28), Royal Blue (#005FBF), Beige (#E4DEC1), Purple (#6D3757) and Light Steel Blue (#478DAD).

What colour is American Heritage Dictionary’s text and background?

Body text is #000000 on a #E5EFF4 background.

Is this American Heritage Dictionary’s official style guide?

No. SiteStyleGuide made it from ahdictionary.com’s public web pages on 21 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with American Heritage Dictionary. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

American Heritage Dictionary Style Guide: Colours, Fonts & Logo

Identity & metadata

What browsers, search engines and social cards show before anyone reaches the page, from the homepage’s <head>.

Title &
description

Page title: American Heritage Dictionary - Search; ● 37 / 60 characters
Meta description: The much-anticipated Fifth Edition of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language is the premier resource about words for people who seek to know more and find fresh perspectives. Exhaustively researched and thoroughly revised, the Fifth Edition contains 10,000 new words and senses, over 4,000 dazzling new full-color images, and authoritative, up-to-date guidance on usage from the celebrated American Heritage Usage Panel.; ▲ 438 / 160 characters
og:title: The American Heritage Dictionary entry:
og:description: The American Heritage Dictionary entry:

In search results

American Heritage Dictionaryhttps://ahdictionary.com/

American Heritage Dictionary - Search

The much-anticipated Fifth Edition of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language is the premier resource about words for people who seek to know mo…

When shared

No og:image, so no picture

ahdictionary.com

The American Heritage Dictionary entry:

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Logo & favicons

No logo could be found on the homepage.

Logo

Favicons

1 found

32 px · ICO shortcut icon

American Heritage Dictionary - Search

Light browser tab

American Heritage Dictionary - Search

Dark browser tab

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Colour

Read from the site’s stylesheets and weighted by where each colour is used. Names are the nearest standard colour name. Click a swatch to copy its hex code.

Contrast is against the site’s text colour (#000000) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used

Deep Steel Blue 21.3%
Black 11.4%
Grey 9.6%
White 9.5%
Chocolate 9.3%
Warm Off White 8.1%
Royal Blue 6.4%
Beige 5.2%
Purple 4.8%
Light Steel Blue 4.4%
Dark Slate Blue 3.9%
Saddle Brown 3.4%
Light Steel Blue 2.6%

By how often each colour appears in the site’s CSS, weighted by where (body, headings, buttons), not by area on the screen.

Neutrals

Text, backgrounds and structure

Black

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 100

On text
—

On white
21.00:1 AAA

Text, background, border · .container3 h3, .CSSTableGenerator td
Grey

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 52

On text
4.89:1 AA

On white
4.29:1 AA large

Text, border · #footer p, #footer a
White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 0 0 0

On text
21.00:1 AAA

On white
—

Background, text · h1.productSlider, .jcarousel-skin-tango .jcarousel-item-placeholder
Warm Off White

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 1 7 3

On text
19.03:1 AAA

On white
1.10:1 Fail

Background · .brownGradient, #header

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first

Deep Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
94 31 0 38

On text
3.69:1 AA large

On white
5.70:1 AA

Background, text, border · .blueGradient, h2
Chocolate

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 50 81 15

On text
6.05:1 AA

On white
3.47:1 AA large

Text, border · h1, .rightBanner h1
Royal Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 50 0 25

On text
3.39:1 AA large

On white
6.20:1 AA

Background · .tableseg tr:first-child td, .tableseg tr:first-child:hover td
Beige

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 3 15 11

On text
15.52:1 AAA

On white
1.35:1 Fail

Background · .brownGradient
Purple

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 50 20 57

On text
2.33:1 Fail

On white
9.00:1 AAA

Text · .container3 h2, .container3 a
Light Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
59 18 0 32

On text
5.68:1 AA

On white
3.70:1 AA large

Background · .blueGradient
Dark Slate Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
100 50 0 50

On text
2.02:1 Fail

On white
10.41:1 AAA

Background · .tableseg tr:first-child td, .tableseg tr:first-child:hover td
Saddle Brown

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
0 46 88 42

On text
3.42:1 AA large

On white
6.15:1 AA

Text · h2 a, a
Light Steel Blue

HEX

RGB

HSL

OKLCH

CMYK
30 17 0 0

On text
13.78:1 AAA

On white
1.52:1 Fail

Background · .yui-skin-sam .yuimenuitem-selected, .yui-skin-sam .yui-ac-content li.yui-ac-prehighlight

Gradients

linear-gradient(top, #f7f4e5 0%,#e4dec1 100%)
linear-gradient(top, #096d9d 18%,#478dad 50%,#096d9d 84%)
linear-gradient(bottom, #005fbf 5%, #003f7f 100%)

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Typography

Faces from Google Fonts are shown in the real thing. Others are licensed to the site, so they show in your device’s copy if you have one, or a stand-in if not.

Georgia

Aa 400 Aa 700

Georgia

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 400, 700 · headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400 Aa 700

Minion New

Self-hosted · weights 400, 700 · body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400 Aa 700

Verdana

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 400, 700 · headings · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400 Aa 700

arial

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 400, 700 · buttons · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 ! ? & @ % $ – ’ “ ”

Type scale

From the site’s CSS

Heading 1 18px / 20px weight 400 · Georgia

American Heritage Dictionary

Heading 2 13px / 16px weight 700 · uppercase · Helvetica

American Heritage Dictionary - Search

Heading 3 100%

American Heritage Dictionary - Search

Heading 4 100%

American Heritage Dictionary - Search

Heading 5 100%

American Heritage Dictionary - Search

Heading 6 100%

American Heritage Dictionary - Search

Body 14px / 1 Minion New

The much-anticipated Fifth Edition of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language is the premier resource about words for peop…

Paragraph 12px / 16px

The much-anticipated Fifth Edition of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language is the premier resource about words for peop…

Small 100%

The much-anticipated Fifth Edition of The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language is the premier resource about words for peop…

Button — arial

Get started

Link 10px / 13px weight 700 · Georgia

Read more about American Heritage Dictionary

Sizes in use

Most common across the site

19pxline 16px · 2 rules
18pxline 20px · 6 rules
16pxline 13px · 1 rules
14pxline 13px · 6 rules
13pxline 16px · 1 rules
12pxline 16px · 7 rules
11pxline 12px · 2 rules
10pxline 13px · 10 rules

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Elements

The main button and link as the site’s CSS draws them, and the corner radii and shadows it uses most.

Elements

Link

Read our latest news today.

a · #945012

Corner radius

6px · 8×

Shadows

10px 10px 5px #888888

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Layout

Breakpoints from the site’s media queries and the widths its content is held to, with how often each appears.

Grid

No breakpoints or content widths could be read.

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Notes

Plain checks on what was found. Worth fixing if you look after this site.

Notes

● FineThe title is 37 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
▲ CheckThe description is 438 characters. Search results usually show about 160.
▲ CheckThe page doesn’t declare its language (the lang attribute on <html>).

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Questions

Quick answers, from the same capture as the rest of this guide.

Questions

What font does American Heritage Dictionary use?: American Heritage Dictionary’s website uses two typefaces: Georgia (headings), a system font; Minion New (body text), self-hosted.
What are American Heritage Dictionary’s brand colours?: The main colours on ahdictionary.com are Deep Steel Blue (#096D9D), Chocolate (#D86B28), Royal Blue (#005FBF), Beige (#E4DEC1), Purple (#6D3757) and Light Steel Blue (#478DAD).
What colour is American Heritage Dictionary’s text and background?: Body text is #000000 on a #E5EFF4 background.
Is this American Heritage Dictionary’s official style guide?: No. SiteStyleGuide made it from ahdictionary.com’s public web pages on 21 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with American Heritage Dictionary. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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Design tokens

Everything above as CSS variables, ready to paste into a project. Members can download the tokens as files for Figma (Tokens Studio), Style Dictionary and Tailwind.

Tokens

ahdictionary-com-tokens.css

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/* ahdictionary.com design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/ahdictionary.com) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #000000;
  --background: #E5EFF4;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-grey: #7A7A7A;
  --colour-white: #FFFFFF;
  --colour-warm-off-white: #F7F4E5;
  --colour-deep-steel-blue: #096D9D;
  --colour-chocolate: #D86B28;
  --colour-royal-blue: #005FBF;
  --colour-beige: #E4DEC1;
  --colour-purple: #6D3757;
  --colour-light-steel-blue: #478DAD;
  --colour-dark-slate-blue: #003F7F;
  --colour-saddle-brown: #945012;
  --colour-light-steel-blue-2: #B3D4FF;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(top, #f7f4e5 0%,#e4dec1 100%);
  --gradient-2: linear-gradient(top, #096d9d 18%,#478dad 50%,#096d9d 84%);
  --gradient-3: linear-gradient(bottom, #005fbf 5%, #003f7f 100%);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-headings: 'Georgia';
  --font-body: 'Minion New', sans-serif;
  --font-buttons: 'arial', sans-serif;
  --font-other: 'Minion New Italic', 'Bookman', 'URW Bookman L', 'Palatino Linotype', serif;

  /* Type scale */
  --text-h1: 18px;
  --leading-h1: 20px;
  --text-h2: 13px;
  --leading-h2: 16px;
  --text-h3: 100%;
  --text-h4: 100%;
  --text-h5: 100%;
  --text-h6: 100%;
  --text-body: 14px;
  --leading-body: 1;
  --text-p: 12px;
  --leading-p: 16px;
  --text-small: 100%;
  --text-a: 10px;
  --leading-a: 13px;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 6px;
}

{
    "site": "ahdictionary.com",
    "source": "https://sitestyleguide.com/ahdictionary.com",
    "text": "#000000",
    "background": "#E5EFF4",
    "colours": [
        {
            "name": "Black",
            "hex": "#000000",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                0,
                0
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Grey",
            "hex": "#7A7A7A",
            "rgb": [
                122,
                122,
                122
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "White",
            "hex": "#FFFFFF",
            "rgb": [
                255,
                255,
                255
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Warm Off White",
            "hex": "#F7F4E5",
            "rgb": [
                247,
                244,
                229
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Deep Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#096D9D",
            "rgb": [
                9,
                109,
                157
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Chocolate",
            "hex": "#D86B28",
            "rgb": [
                216,
                107,
                40
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Royal Blue",
            "hex": "#005FBF",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                95,
                191
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Beige",
            "hex": "#E4DEC1",
            "rgb": [
                228,
                222,
                193
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Purple",
            "hex": "#6D3757",
            "rgb": [
                109,
                55,
                87
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#478DAD",
            "rgb": [
                71,
                141,
                173
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Dark Slate Blue",
            "hex": "#003F7F",
            "rgb": [
                0,
                63,
                127
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Saddle Brown",
            "hex": "#945012",
            "rgb": [
                148,
                80,
                18
            ]
        },
        {
            "name": "Light Steel Blue",
            "hex": "#B3D4FF",
            "rgb": [
                179,
                212,
                255
            ]
        }
    ],
    "fonts": [
        {
            "name": "Georgia",
            "stack": "Georgia",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        },
        {
            "name": "Minion New",
            "stack": "'Minion New', sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Verdana",
            "stack": "Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        },
        {
            "name": "arial",
            "stack": "arial, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400,
                700
            ],
            "source": "System font, or not loaded on this page"
        },
        {
            "name": "Minion New Italic",
            "stack": "'Minion New Italic', Bookman, 'URW Bookman L', 'Palatino Linotype', serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        },
        {
            "name": "Minion New Bold",
            "stack": "'Minion New Bold', arial, sans-serif",
            "weights": [
                400
            ],
            "source": "Self-hosted"
        }
    ]
}

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American Heritage Dictionarystyle guide

Title &
description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

Black

Grey

White

Warm Off White

Colours

Deep Steel Blue

Chocolate

Royal Blue

Beige

Purple

Light Steel Blue

Dark Slate Blue

Saddle Brown

Light Steel Blue

Gradients

Georgia

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

Blackboard

The Hollywood Reporter

Slate Magazine

The Library of Congress

ProBlogger

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fidelity.com

American Heritage Dictionarystyle guide

Title &description

Logo

Favicons

Colour

Balance

Neutrals

Black

Grey

White

Warm Off White

Colours

Deep Steel Blue

Chocolate

Royal Blue

Beige

Purple

Light Steel Blue

Dark Slate Blue

Saddle Brown

Light Steel Blue

Gradients

Georgia

Type scale

Sizes in use

Elements

Grid

Notes

Questions

Tokens

Share

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Blackboard

The Hollywood Reporter

Slate Magazine

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The Library of Congress

ProBlogger

about.me

fidelity.com

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description