Ohio Revised Code General Provisions § 5.04

The coat of arms of the state shall consist of the following device:  a circular shield;  in the right foreground of the shield a full sheaf of wheat bound and standing erect;  in the left foreground, a cluster of seventeen arrows bound in the center and resembling in form the sheaf of wheat;  in the background, a representation of Mount Logan, Ross county, as viewed from Adena state memorial;  over the mount, a rising sun three-quarters exposed and radiating thirteen rays to represent the thirteen original colonies shining over the first state in the northwest territory, the exterior extremities of which rays form a semicircle;  and uniting the background and foreground, a representation of the Scioto river and cultivated fields.

The coat of arms of the state shall correspond substantially with the following design:

When the coat of arms of the state is reproduced in color, the colors used shall be substantially the same as the natural color of the terrain and objects shown.