Mastercard vs Substack
66 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#F3F0EE → #ffffff Text
#0a0a0a → #363737 Brand
#c6f432 → #ff6719 Border
#E8E4DE → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) Display font
MarkForMC → Cahuenga Body size
16px → 19px colors 54 changed
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bg #F3F0EE → #ffffff ~
surface #F3F0EE → #ffffff ~
border #E8E4DE → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) ~
border-soft #F0EBE5 → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) ~
border-strong #141413 → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.20) ~
shadow-soft rgba(0,0,0,0.04) → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) ~
shadow-medium rgba(0,0,0,0.08) → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.10) ~
on-brand #F3F0EE → #ffffff ~
success #067F5B → #0d8050 ~
warning #A35316 → #d97706 ~
danger #CF4500 → #dc2626 ~
info #3860BE → #2563eb +
bg-elev #fafaf7 +
bg-cream #fbf9f4 +
bg-soft #f6f6f3 +
surface-warm #fafaf7 +
text #363737 +
text-strong #1a1a1a +
text-soft #666c70 +
text-faint #a8a8a8 +
text-muted #878787 +
text-link #363737 +
brand #ff6719 +
brand-hover #e85412 +
brand-deep #cc4a0e +
brand-tint rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.10) +
brand-tint-strong rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.18) +
border-warm rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) +
selection-bg rgba(255, 103, 25, 0.20) +
reading-rule rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) −
bg-lifted #FCFBFA −
surface-soft #F4F4F4 −
surface-card #FFFFFF −
surface-dark #141413 −
brand-red #EB001B −
brand-yellow #F79E1B −
brand-ink #141413 −
signal-orange #CF4500 −
light-signal-orange #F37338 −
clay-brown #9A3A0A −
text-ink #141413 −
text-charcoal #262627 −
text-slate #696969 −
text-granite #555555 −
text-graphite #565656 −
text-dust #D1CDC7 −
text-on-dark #FFFFFF −
text-on-brand #F3F0EE −
text-on-orange #FFFFFF −
link-blue #3860BE −
border-on-dark rgba(255,255,255,0.3) −
ghost-watermark #E8E2DA −
scrim rgba(20,20,19,0.4) −
shadow-deep rgba(0,0,0,0.25) typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"MarkForMC","size":72} → {"family":"Cahuenga","size":56} ~
h1 {"family":"MarkForMC","size":40} → {"family":"Cahuenga","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"MarkForMC","size":32} → {"family":"Cahuenga","size":32} ~
body {"family":"MarkForMC","size":16} → {"family":"Spectral","size":19} ~
label {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":11} → {"family":"Monaco","size":13} radius 2 changed
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button 20px → 6px ~
card 24px → 12px spacing 5 changed
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xs 8px → 4px ~
sm 16px → 8px ~
md 32px → 16px ~
lg 96px → 32px ~
xl 64px → 48px