The New York Times vs Mastercard
78 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #F3F0EE Text
#121212 → #0a0a0a Brand
#121212 → #c6f432 Border
#dfdfdf → #E8E4DE Display font
NYT Cheltenham → MarkForMC Body size
18px → 16px colors 66 changed
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bg #ffffff → #F3F0EE ~
surface #ffffff → #F3F0EE ~
surface-soft #f7f7f7 → #F4F4F4 ~
brand-red #d0021b → #EB001B ~
border #dfdfdf → #E8E4DE ~
border-soft #ebebeb → #F0EBE5 ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → #141413 ~
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.5) → rgba(20,20,19,0.4) ~
success #1a7f37 → #067F5B ~
warning #b27c00 → #A35316 ~
danger #d0021b → #CF4500 ~
info #326891 → #3860BE +
bg-lifted #FCFBFA +
surface-card #FFFFFF +
surface-dark #141413 +
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 +
shadow-soft rgba(0,0,0,0.04) +
shadow-medium rgba(0,0,0,0.08) +
shadow-deep rgba(0,0,0,0.25) +
on-brand #F3F0EE −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface-strong #ededed −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
text #121212 −
text-strong #000000 −
text-muted #5a5a5a −
text-soft #727272 −
text-faint #999999 −
brand #121212 −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e8 −
link #326891 −
link-hover #1a4972 −
link-visited #5a5a5a −
on-brand-red #ffffff −
on-ink #ffffff −
border-rule #121212 −
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) −
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) −
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.18) −
success-soft #e7f4ec −
warning-soft #fbf3e0 −
danger-soft #ffe5e8 −
info-soft #e7eef5 −
live-red #d0021b −
live-pulse #ff334b −
cooking-orange #cc4b00 −
games-blue #6493b0 −
wirecutter-yellow #ffd400 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":72} → {"family":"MarkForMC","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"MarkForMC","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"MarkForMC","size":32} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"MarkForMC","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"JetBrains Mono","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 20px ~
card 14px → 24px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 8px ~
sm 4px → 16px ~
md 12px → 32px ~
lg 24px → 96px ~
xl 40px → 64px