1 The horizontal logo
The supplied file, used as it comes.
The wordmark is dark brown on dark brown. The crest survives, but the words alongside it very nearly disappear.
This is what the file was drawn for. No white panel is needed, because the background is genuinely transparent.
2 The crest alone
Smaller, and it leaves room for the menu — but the three figures are transparent, so they take the colour of whatever sits behind them.
The blue and sand shapes hold up well. The Holy Family, however, is drawn as white space, so here the figures fill with brown instead of white — recognisable, but not the artwork as designed.
The figures read as white, as intended, because the page behind them is pale.
3 Crest with the name set as text
A third possibility: use the crest as artwork and set the name in the site’s own lettering, so its colour can be chosen to suit the bar. This works on either background and stays sharp at every screen size, because the words are text rather than part of the picture.
Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia
The Catholic Church in UAE, Oman & Yemen
The figures still fill with brown, as in 2a. Option 4 shows the same layout with the figures in solid white.
Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia
The Catholic Church in UAE, Oman & Yemen
Everything reads correctly, and the lettering matches the rest of the site rather than being a picture of lettering.
4 Crest and text, with the crest filled for the dark bar
Option 3a with the crest prepared so its figures read as white on any background.
Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia
The Catholic Church in UAE, Oman & Yemen
This crest is made from the supplied file. The pale areas inside the shield — the Holy Family and the gaps between the bands — are filled with solid white, as the crest appears on paper; the drawing itself is unchanged, and everything outside the shield stays transparent. If the designer has an official version for dark backgrounds, it would take its place.
What the files contain
| File | Size | Transparent | Hard to see on the dark bar | Hard to see on the light bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizontal, transparent | 2539 × 827 | 88% | 61% | 39% |
| Crest only | 685 × 709 | 71% | 38% | 62% |
| Colour, JPEG | 2518 × 813 | none — JPEG cannot carry transparency | unusable over any coloured bar | |
Neither file contains a single solid white pixel: every pale area is a transparent hole. That is why the figures change colour with the background, and it is the reason a version drawn for dark backgrounds would settle the question for good.