The New York Times vs PostHog
77 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #eeefe9 Text
#121212 → #23251d Brand
#121212 → #cd8407 Border
#dfdfdf → rgba(35,37,29,0.12) Display font
NYT Cheltenham → IBM Plex Sans Variable Body size
18px → 16px colors 65 changed
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bg #ffffff → #eeefe9 ~
text #121212 → #23251d ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #4d4f46 ~
text-soft #727272 → #6e7065 ~
text-faint #999999 → #a8aaa1 ~
brand #121212 → #cd8407 ~
border #dfdfdf → rgba(35,37,29,0.12) ~
border-soft #ebebeb → rgba(35,37,29,0.06) ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → rgba(35,37,29,0.24) ~
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) → rgba(35,37,29,0.06) ~
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) → rgba(35,37,29,0.10) +
bg-deep #e6e7df +
bg-cooler #f5f6ef +
surface-warm #faf9f3 +
surface-alt #d2d3cc +
surface-dark #1d1f17 +
text-on-dark #eeefe9 +
text-on-brand #23251d +
brand-hover #eb9d2a +
brand-active #a36a05 +
brand-deep #7d5104 +
brand-warm #f35454 +
brand-warm-hover #ff7575 +
brand-warm-deep #c43838 +
brand-blue #1d4aff +
brand-blue-hover #2754ff +
brand-blue-deep #0d2ec4 +
accent-mint #76eaa3 +
accent-purple #9d4cf2 +
border-dark rgba(255,255,255,0.10) +
on-brand #23251d +
semantic-success #76eaa3 +
semantic-warning #cd8407 +
semantic-danger #f35454 +
semantic-info #1d4aff −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface-soft #f7f7f7 −
surface-strong #ededed −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
text-strong #000000 −
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-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":"IBM Plex Sans Variable","size":88} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans Variable","size":60} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans Variable","size":44} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"IBM Plex Sans Variable","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"Source Code Pro","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 8px ~
card 14px → 12px spacing 5 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 48px