The New York Times vs Plain
74 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#121212 → #000000 Brand
#121212 → #1ad379 Border
#dfdfdf → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) Display font
NYT Cheltenham → ABC Favorit Body size
18px → 16px colors 62 changed
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text #121212 → #000000 ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #b8b8b8 ~
text-soft #727272 → #5b5b5b ~
text-faint #999999 → #8a8a8a ~
brand #121212 → #1ad379 ~
link #326891 → #000000 ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #1ad379 ~
border #dfdfdf → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08) ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.16) +
bg-secondary #f5f5f5 +
bg-tertiary #fafafa +
surface-elev #fafafa +
text-medium #1a1a1a +
brand-hover #0fb866 +
brand-deep #0a8f4f +
brand-soft #e8faf0 +
brand-tint #b8f0d2 +
on-brand #000000 +
cta-bg #1ad379 +
cta-text #000000 +
selected-bg #f5f5f5 +
disabled #b8b8b8 +
border-subtle rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04) +
border-brand rgba(26, 211, 121, 0.30) +
success-bg #e8faf0 +
success-text #0a8f4f +
warning-bg #fff4e0 +
warning-text #7a4a00 +
danger-bg #fde6e6 +
danger-text #a82020 +
info-bg #eef2f7 +
info-text #1a1a1a −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface-soft #f7f7f7 −
surface-strong #ededed −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
brand-red #d0021b −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e8 −
link-visited #5a5a5a −
on-brand-red #ffffff −
on-ink #ffffff −
border-soft #ebebeb −
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) −
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.5) −
success #1a7f37 −
success-soft #e7f4ec −
warning #b27c00 −
warning-soft #fbf3e0 −
danger #d0021b −
danger-soft #ffe5e8 −
info #326891 −
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":"ABC Favorit","size":96} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"ABC Favorit","size":64} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"ABC Favorit","size":48} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"ABC Favorit","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"ABC Favorit Mono","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 6px ~
card 14px → 8px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 1px ~
sm 4px → 2px ~
md 12px → 6px ~
lg 24px → 16px ~
xl 40px → 32px