The New York Times vs SpaceX
68 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #000000 Text
#121212 → #f0f0fa Brand
#121212 → #f0f0fa Border
#dfdfdf → rgba(240, 240, 250, 0.25) Display font
NYT Cheltenham → D-DIN-Bold Body size
18px → 16px colors 57 changed
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bg #ffffff → #000000 ~
surface #ffffff → #000000 ~
text #121212 → #f0f0fa ~
text-faint #999999 → rgba(240, 240, 250, 0.4) ~
brand #121212 → #f0f0fa ~
link #326891 → #f0f0fa ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #ffffff ~
border #dfdfdf → rgba(240, 240, 250, 0.25) ~
border-soft #ebebeb → rgba(240, 240, 250, 0.15) ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → rgba(240, 240, 250, 0.55) ~
success #1a7f37 → #5be38a ~
warning #b27c00 → #ffb84a ~
danger #d0021b → #ff4a4a ~
info #326891 → #7ab8ff +
bg-overlay rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5) +
text-on-bg #f0f0fa +
text-mute rgba(240, 240, 250, 0.7) +
brand-deep #000000 +
ghost-fill rgba(240, 240, 250, 0.1) +
ghost-fill-hover rgba(240, 240, 250, 0.18) +
ghost-border rgba(240, 240, 250, 0.35) +
ghost-border-strong rgba(240, 240, 250, 0.55) +
divider rgba(240, 240, 250, 0.15) +
rule-strong rgba(240, 240, 250, 0.4) +
on-brand #000000 +
white-100 #ffffff +
scrim-light rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3) +
scrim-deep rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7) +
shadow-token transparent −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface-soft #f7f7f7 −
surface-strong #ededed −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
text-strong #000000 −
text-muted #5a5a5a −
text-soft #727272 −
brand-red #d0021b −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e8 −
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) −
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.5) −
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":"D-DIN-Bold","size":48} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"D-DIN-Bold","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"D-DIN-Bold","size":32} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"D-DIN","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"D-DIN","size":11} radius 2 changed
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card 14px → 0px ~
pill 9999px → 32px spacing 4 changed
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xs 2px → 3px ~
sm 4px → 5px ~
lg 24px → 20px ~
xl 40px → 30px