The New York Times vs Obsidian
64 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #0f0f0f Text
#121212 → #eeeeee Brand
#121212 → #7c3aed Border
#dfdfdf → #2a2a2a Display font
NYT Cheltenham → Inter Body size
18px → 16px colors 54 changed
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bg #ffffff → #0f0f0f ~
surface #ffffff → #161616 ~
text #121212 → #eeeeee ~
text-strong #000000 → #ffffff ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #a3a3a3 ~
text-faint #999999 → #737373 ~
brand #121212 → #7c3aed ~
border #dfdfdf → #2a2a2a ~
border-soft #ebebeb → #1f1f1f ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → #3a3a3a ~
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) → rgba(0,0,0,0.50) ~
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.18) → rgba(0,0,0,0.70) ~
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.5) → rgba(0,0,0,0.65) ~
success #1a7f37 → #4ade80 ~
success-soft #e7f4ec → #14321f ~
warning #b27c00 → #fbbf24 ~
warning-soft #fbf3e0 → #33270a ~
danger #d0021b → #f87171 ~
danger-soft #ffe5e8 → #3a1717 ~
info #326891 → #a78bfa +
bg-deep #0a0a0a +
surface-elev #1f1f1f +
surface-hover #262626 +
text-secondary #b0b0b0 +
brand-hover #6d28d9 +
brand-active #5b21b6 +
brand-text #a78bfa +
brand-text-hover #c4b5fd +
brand-soft #2a1a4a +
on-brand #ffffff +
border-brand #7c3aed +
shadow-ambient rgba(0,0,0,0.40) −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface-soft #f7f7f7 −
surface-strong #ededed −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
text-soft #727272 −
brand-red #d0021b −
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-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) −
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":"Inter","size":60} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"Inter","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"Inter","size":32} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"Inter","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"SFMono-Regular","size":13} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 8px ~
card 14px → 12px spacing 3 changed
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xs 2px → 0px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px