The New York Times vs Shopify
80 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #000000 Text
#121212 → #FFFFFF Brand
#121212 → #c6f432 Border
#dfdfdf → rgba(0,0,0,0.08) Display font
NYT Cheltenham → NeueHaasGrotesk Body size
18px → 18px colors 69 changed
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bg #ffffff → #000000 ~
surface #ffffff → #02090A ~
text #121212 → #FFFFFF ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #A1A1AA ~
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.18) → rgba(0,0,0,0.25) ~
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.5) → rgba(0,0,0,0.75) +
bg-deep-teal #02090A +
bg-dark-forest #061A1C +
bg-forest #102620 +
surface-elev #061A1C +
surface-elev-2 #102620 +
border-card #1E2C31 +
border-light #E4E4E7 +
border-shade-30 #D4D4D8 +
brand-white #FFFFFF +
brand-black #000000 +
accent-neon #36F4A4 +
accent-aloe #C1FBD4 +
accent-pistachio #D4F9E0 +
accent-aloe-deep #9BE9B7 +
text-shade-30 #D4D4D8 +
text-shade-50 #71717A +
text-shade-60 #52525B +
text-shade-70 #3F3F46 +
link-muted #9797A2 +
link-sage #9DABAD +
link-lavender #BDBDCA +
link-mint #99B3AD +
on-brand #000000 +
on-accent #000000 +
shadow-card-1 rgba(0,0,0,0.10) +
shadow-card-inset rgba(255,255,255,0.03) +
ring #36F4A4 −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface-soft #f7f7f7 −
surface-strong #ededed −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
text-strong #000000 −
text-soft #727272 −
text-faint #999999 −
brand #121212 −
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 #dfdfdf −
border-soft #ebebeb −
border-strong #9a9a9a −
border-rule #121212 −
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.04) −
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) −
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":"NeueHaasGrotesk","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"NeueHaasGrotesk","size":70} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"NeueHaasGrotesk","size":55} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"Inter-Variable","size":18} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"SFMono-Regular","size":12} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 12px ~
card 14px → 20px spacing 4 changed
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xs 2px → 4px ~
sm 4px → 8px ~
md 12px → 16px ~
lg 24px → 32px