Logo milestone · 1960
The Dallas Texans’ helmet logo showed the state of Texas with a gold star marking the location of Dallas. [2] [3]
Kansas City Chiefs Logo
Logo files, variants & history · AI, PNG · updated 2 mo ago
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Brand profile
About Kansas City Chiefs
Professional American football team
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the AFC West division and play home games at Arrowhead Stadium.
The team was established in 1959 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL) and started playing in 1960 as the Dallas Texans, owned by league founder Lamar Hunt.
It moved to Kansas City in 1963 and adopted its current name, then joined the NFL in 1970 through the AFL–NFL merger.
KCUR, citing the Kansas City Call, reports that the name was chosen to honour the region’s Native American heritage and in reference to the nickname of Kansas City mayor Harold Roe Bartle.
Company: National Football League.
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Kansas City Chiefs logo files at a glance
Kansas City Chiefs has 2 downloadable files in AI, PNG in this archive. 1 logo record is catalogued; that is not the number of verified redesigns.
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Brand heritage
Logo history & brand milestones
One logo record is catalogued. The milestones below are dated separately from it.
The Dallas Texans’ 1960 helmet logo and the 1963 arrowhead designed by Lamar Hunt, which the team still uses, with Bob Taylor’s 1963 figure logo, as recorded by the team, KCUR and Wikipedia. Company and product dates are labelled separately from design changes.
Company milestone · 1963
Lamar Hunt moved the team to Kansas City, where it adopted the name Kansas City Chiefs. [1] [4]
Logo milestone · 1963
An arrowhead with interlocking KC, designed by Lamar Hunt himself, replaced the Texas logo on the helmet. Hunt based the interlocking letters on the SF inside an oval on the San Francisco 49ers’ helmets. [2] [3] [4]
Logo milestone · 1963
Dallas Times Herald cartoonist Bob Taylor, who had drawn a gunslinger logo for the Texans, was commissioned to produce a Kansas City logo: a Native American figure running with a football over a map of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa and Arkansas. [2]
Company milestone · 1970
The Chiefs joined the NFL as a result of the AFL–NFL merger. [1]
Company milestone · 1972
The Chiefs moved into the newly built Arrowhead Stadium at the Truman Sports Complex. [1]
Research sources
- Kansas City Chiefs ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
- Logos and uniforms of the Kansas City Chiefs ↗ · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-25
- Tradition, Tradition ↗ · Kansas City Chiefs, 2014-08-14 · accessed 2026-09-25
- How did the Kansas City Chiefs get their name? A fake tribe, a fan contest and Lamar Hunt ↗ · KCUR, 2025-02-06 · accessed 2026-09-25
Compiled 2026-09-25 by AI-assisted source review. Each statement links its sources; an editor has not yet independently confirmed them.
Colour sample
Sampled artwork colours
Black (primary sample)Primary
- HEX
- #000000
- RGB
- 0, 0, 0
Text contrast on white21:1 · AAA
Text contrast on near-black1.11:1 · Fail
Red (accent sample)Accent
- HEX
- #BB1133
- RGB
- 187, 17, 51
Text contrast on white6.48:1 · AA
Text contrast on near-black2.91:1 · Fail
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Design context
Logo design & typography notes
The team’s red and gold colours date from the Dallas Texans; Chiefs.com notes that the red of the first Kansas City helmets was closer to a blood red.
Inside the white arrowhead the overlapping initials have a thin black outline. Wikipedia notes that the C of KC has appeared with an open face in some uses and closed in others.
KCUR reports that the team eventually dropped the cartoon Native American logo.
From the researched record (AI-assisted source review); see research sources.
Reference
Frequently asked
Who designed the Kansas City Chiefs logo?
Arrowhead KC logo (1963) is credited to Lamar Hunt. Running-figure Chiefs logo (1963) is credited to Bob Taylor. The designer of the specific file version shown on this page is not recorded. [2] [3] [4]
Can I use the Kansas City Chiefs logo?
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When did Kansas City Chiefs change its logo?
1960: The Dallas Texans’ helmet logo showed the state of Texas with a gold star marking the location of Dallas. 1963: An arrowhead with interlocking KC, designed by Lamar Hunt himself, replaced the Texas logo on the helmet. Hunt based the interlocking letters on the SF inside an oval on the San Francisco 49ers’ helmets. 1963: Dallas Times Herald cartoonist Bob Taylor, who had drawn a gunslinger logo for the Texans, was commissioned to produce a Kansas City logo: a Native American figure running with a football over a map of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa and Arkansas. [2] [3] [4]
What file formats are available for the Kansas City Chiefs logo in this archive?
Available file formats: AI, PNG. Dimensions, source and usage conditions are listed for each file below.
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- 2026-08-02
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