Brand rules, page specifications, approved direction, content requirements and production checks. September 2026.
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This is the designer and developer handoff for the agreed Sylhet Falcons direction. The HTML files are editable, linked static prototypes. They are not a deployed website, live fixture feed, working enquiry service or finished policy set.
Open index.html for the homepage. Use the PDF for the full brief and the handoff files for content, tokens, CMS requirements and launch checks.
Brand architecture
Name
Meaning
Use
Sylhet Falcons
Official public club name
Primary name in navigation, headlines, metadata and communication.
HMSS Cricket Club
The descriptor carried in the supplied logo
Retain the existing crest wording; do not replace the club name with HMSS.
HMSS
Habiganj / Moulvibazar / Sylhet / Sunamganj
Our own United Sylhet identity; equal district prominence.
BTCB
External competition/association, as supplied by the club
Keep separate from club identity. Do not expand the acronym without confirmation.
United Sylhet. We Rise Together.
One club. Four districts. Proud, inclusive and ambitious. National recognition is an ambition, not an accreditation claim.
Logo, colour and type
Keep the supplied logo unchanged. It is a 1536 x 559 raster image with a black background. A designer must prepare approved vector, transparent, single-colour and compact variants before final deployment.
Proposed clear space: 25% of the visible crest height on all sides. Full lockup: at least 180 CSS px wide; prefer 194-220 px in navigation and 360-490 px in the hero. On mobile, this prototype uses a 152 px crest as a provisional exception; replace with an approved compact mark if the descriptor is too small.
black#080904
ink#10140E
green#214D29
greenDeep#12351E
burgundy#561B17
gold#D4AD58
goldBright#F0CE6E
ivory#FCFCC5
cream#F5EDCF
muted#BEB99F
Barlow Condensed + Inter
Production: Barlow Condensed 400/500 for headings and Inter 400/500 for reading. The original concept character subsets are embedded in this preview; the original Google Fonts import supplies the full faces when online. Obtain complete licensed font masters for deployment. See ORIGINAL_CONCEPT_RESTORED.md for exact source and font details.
Role
Desktop
Mobile
Hero
102 px / 0.92
60 px / 0.92
Section heading
62-68 px / 0.95
44 px / 0.95
Card heading
30-32 px / 1.05
28-30 px / 1.05
Body
16-17 px / 1.7
16 px / 1.7
Labels
12-15 px / 1.3
12-14 px / 1.3
Layout and responsive rules
1440 px desktop reference; 1180 px maximum content width. Test 1024, 850, 768, 520, 390 and 320 px. Gutters are 22 px on most sizes and 18 px below 520 px.
Pattern
Desktop
Below 850 px
Below 520 px
Navigation
Links + partner CTA
Menu disclosure
Compact logo + menu
Hero
Copy + crest
Stacked
Copy, actions, crest
Fact bar
Four columns
Two by two
Two by two
Districts
Four columns
Two by two
Single column
Content cards
Two / three columns
Two or one as specified
Single column
Footer
Horizontal groups
Wrapped
Stacked
The homepage uses the original v4 CSS: 1180 px maximum frame, 22 px base gutters (14 px at 520 px and below), 100 px main section padding (72 px on small screens), and 44 px minimum action height. Inner-page components inherit the same brand system. Do not override the homepage to fit a new spacing scale.
Competition feature, next fixture and squad announcement.
HMSS story, four district tiles and shared-identity statement.
Unity, Development and Ambition principles.
Partnership invitation.
Club information and legal footer.
After confirmed news exists, a compact three-story news grid may follow the competition block. It should not displace the primary cricket information. Do not add a board wall to the homepage.
Approved direction and copy
Hero
Built on our own HMSS identity, Sylhet Falcons unite Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Sylhet and Sunamganj under one badge. As Sylhet Division's sole team, we compete in BTCB's 12-team, five-day tournament.
HMSS story
HMSS is our own United Sylhet identity - bringing Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Sylhet and Sunamganj together beneath the Sylhet Falcons badge. It defines who we represent, wherever the competition takes us.
Partnerships
Partner with Sylhet Falcons and connect your organisation with supporters and communities across Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Sylhet and Sunamganj.
Name, role, number, portrait/credit, approved bio, season
Hide missing stats and personal details.
News
Title, slug, excerpt, body, category, image/credit, publication date
Only show dates and authors approved for publication.
Board
Official name, confirmed title, portrait/consent, short bio, responsibility
Dedicated page only; no unconfirmed roles.
Partners
Name, logo/permission, URL, tier, rights period
Publish only signed/approved partnerships.
Documents
Title, version, approval/review date, file/size
Only link documents that exist.
Accessibility and interaction
Use WCAG 2.2 AA as the production target, not as an untested compliance claim. Minimum normal-text contrast 4.5:1; large-text and meaningful non-text contrast 3:1. Do not communicate status with colour alone.
One H1 per page; semantic landmarks and meaningful heading order.
Visible focus and a skip link; mobile menu opens by keyboard and closes with Escape.
Contact inputs have labels, native required/email validation and a truthful live preview message.
No autoplay, ticker motion, external embeds or analytics in this prototype.
Review at 200% text size and 400% zoom, and with reduced motion enabled.
Final QA sign-off on mobile and desktop before launch.
Reference direction
The cricket-first information hierarchy is informed by official club sites: Lancashire Cricket groups fixtures/results, teams and news separately from its Club/officers material; Surrey / The Kia Oval presents current news, upcoming matches and results prominently. These are navigation and content references, not copied designs. Reviewed 12 September 2026.
The visual identity, HMSS meaning and competition statements in this pack come from the supplied club brief and logo. This handoff is not a fresh audit of the live sylhetfalcons.com website.