The New York Times vs Volkswagen
76 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#121212 → #3c3c3c Brand
#121212 → #001e50 Border
#dfdfdf → #dde1e6 Display font
NYT Cheltenham → VW Head Body size
18px → 16px colors 64 changed
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bg-dark #121212 → #001e50 ~
surface-soft #f7f7f7 → #f4f5f7 ~
text #121212 → #3c3c3c ~
text-strong #000000 → #1a1a1a ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #6a7280 ~
text-faint #999999 → #9aa3ad ~
brand #121212 → #001e50 ~
link #326891 → #001e50 ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #0040a0 ~
border #dfdfdf → #dde1e6 ~
border-soft #ebebeb → #eceef1 ~
border-strong #9a9a9a → #b6bdc7 ~
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) → rgba(0,30,80,0.12) ~
success #1a7f37 → #1f8b46 ~
warning #b27c00 → #f0a020 ~
danger #d0021b → #cb2026 ~
info #326891 → #00b0f0 +
bg-soft #f4f5f7 +
bg-card #ffffff +
bg-strong #e8eaee +
bg-dark-elev #0a2e6a +
bg-deep #000914 +
bg-id #00b0f0 +
surface-card #ffffff +
surface-table #fafbfc +
text-ink #001e50 +
brand-hover #000f2c +
brand-deep #000914 +
brand-disabled #cdd5df +
brand-id #00b0f0 +
brand-id-deep #0090d0 +
on-brand #ffffff +
on-dark #ffffff +
on-dark-soft #bcc6d2 +
on-id #001e50 +
accent-r-line-red #cb2026 +
accent-gti-red #cb2026 +
border-on-dark rgba(255,255,255,0.18) +
ring #001e50 +
shadow-soft rgba(0,30,80,0.06) +
shadow-deep rgba(0,9,20,0.32) −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
surface-strong #ededed −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
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-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":"VW Head","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"VW Head","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"VW Head","size":32} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"VW Text","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"JetBrains Mono","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 → 48px ~
xl 40px → 96px