The Creek

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The Creek Brand Kit

The single source of truth for The Creek's brand assets, colors, typography, and voice. Designed to be used by staff, designers, and AI tools to produce consistently on-brand work.

Agent Instructions

Start with brand-kit.json — it contains all structured brand data in a single machine-readable file. For tone, logo usage, and writing rules, read brand-guidelines.md. All asset paths in the JSON are relative to the brand kit root. When producing branded output, default to Black (#231F20) and White (#FFFFFF) as the primary colors. Use Gotham Bold for headlines and CTAs, Bebas Neue Pro for subheads, and Avenir for body copy. Prefer the horizontal combination mark logo in most contexts. For ministry-specific content, apply the ministry's accent_color from the sub_brands array alongside black and white.

Repository

Key Files

brand-kit.json

Brand Kit

Machine-readable brand data. Contains colors, typography, logo paths, voice summary, ministry sub-brands, and usage rules. Start here.

Primary Reference
brand-guidelines.md

Brand Guidelines

Human and agent-readable guidelines covering tone of voice, logo usage rules, writing standards, formatting, and terminology.

Voice + Usage
logos/

Logo Files

PNG files for the horizontal combination mark (preferred), stacked combination mark, secondary icon, and secondary V2 variants. Each in black and white.

Assets
fonts/

Brand Fonts

Self-hosted font files: Gotham Bold (headers/CTAs), Bebas Neue Pro Regular (subheads), and Avenir Regular (body copy).

Typography
ministries/

Ministry Logos

Logo assets for all ministry sub-brands: Life Groups, Marriage + Parenting, Men's Formation, Women's Formation, Outreach, Safety + Security, and Special Needs Ministry.

Assets
guidelines/

Style Guide PDFs

The original The Creek style guide and ministry brand style guides. Reference for visual design decisions.

Reference

brand-kit.json

JSON Schema

Key Description
brand Legal name (Indian Creek Christian Church), brand name (The Creek), and website URL.
locations Primary campus address with lat/lng coordinates.
color_system.palette.primary Black (#231F20) — main brand color. Includes RGB, CMYK, and text_on value.
color_system.palette.secondary White (#FFFFFF) — co-primary. Used for logo reversal, backgrounds, and negative space.
color_system.palette.neutrals Dark Gray (#6D6E71, Pantone 424 C) and Medium Gray (#A7A9AC, Pantone 7543 C) with Pantone and CMYK values.
color_system.palette.accents Four accent colors: Blue (#95B1C1), Burgundy (#984445), Teal (#598D7F), Peach (#F79A70). Each with Pantone and text_on values.
color_system.interface Five-step neutral scale (softest → strongest) with light and dark mode values for UI contexts.
color_system.semantic Success, warning, danger, and info states — forecolor and background for light and dark modes.
typography.primary Gotham Bold — logo wordmark, headlines, and CTAs. Self-hosted OTF.
typography.secondary Bebas Neue Pro — subheadings. Self-hosted TTF.
typography.body Avenir — body copy. Upper/lowercase only; never all caps. Self-hosted TTF.
typography.accent Portrait Script — decorative accent only. Never for readable copy. Never all caps.
logos.lockups Five lockup types (combination_mark_horizontal, combination_mark_stacked, logo_mark, secondary_horizontal, secondary_stacked). Each with dark and light variant PNG assets.
logos.rules Logo usage rules: black or white only, preferred lockup order, clearspace, no alterations.
sub_brands Seven ministry brands, each with a unique accent_color and logo assets (combination_mark and wordmark in dark/light). Includes logo usage rules for internal vs. external contexts.
voice Brand voice summary, tone descriptors (warm, welcoming, clear, authentic, hopeful, community-focused), and language to avoid.
rules Top-level rules array — the primary guardrails for AI agents and designers producing branded output.

Colors

Brand Colors

Black and white are the primary brand colors. All other colors are secondary to them. Full values (hex, RGB, CMYK, Pantone) are in brand-kit.json under color_system.palette.

Primary

Black #231F20
White #FFFFFF

Neutrals

Dark Gray #6D6E71 · Pantone 424 C
Medium Gray #A7A9AC · Pantone 7543 C

Accents

Nepal #95B1C1 · Pantone 536 C
Solid Pink #984445 · Pantone 7608 C
Patina #598D7F · Pantone 625 C
Tan Hide #F79A70 · Pantone 163 C

Typography

Brand Fonts

Font files are in fonts/. Full role and casing guidance is in brand-kit.json under typography.

Primary · Headlines & CTAs
The Creek
Gotham Bold Logo wordmark, headers, and CTA text. Upper/lowercase or all caps.
Secondary · Subheadings
Life Groups
Bebas Neue Pro Subheadings. Upper/lowercase or all caps depending on context.
Body · Copy
Welcome to The Creek. We're glad you're here.
Avenir All body copy. Upper/lowercase only — never all caps.
Accent · Decorative Only
Welcome
Portrait Script Decorative accent only. Never for readable copy. Never all caps.

Sub-Brands

Ministry Brands

Each ministry has a unique accent color that pairs with black and white. Full logo paths and color values are in brand-kit.json under sub_brands.

Life Groups

life-groups
Teal #598D7F

Marriage + Parenting

marriage-parenting
Aqua #9ECDC9

Men's Formation

mens-formation
Olive #919373

Women's Formation

womens-formation
Blush #D9ACA3

Outreach

outreach
Orange #F89B49

Safety + Security

safety-security
Silver #CED1D0

Special Needs Ministry

special-needs
Yellow #F8D982