The New York Times vs Windsurf
62 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #f6eede Text
#121212 → #0b100f Brand
#121212 → #34e8bb Border
#dfdfdf → #c0c1c6 Display font
NYT Cheltenham → tomatoGrotesk Body size
18px → 16px colors 52 changed
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bg #ffffff → #f6eede ~
text #121212 → #0b100f ~
text-muted #5a5a5a → #5a615d ~
text-faint #999999 → #8a8f8b ~
brand #121212 → #34e8bb ~
link #326891 → #0b100f ~
link-hover #1a4972 → #0fbf97 ~
border #dfdfdf → #c0c1c6 ~
border-soft #ebebeb → #e3e0d6 ~
success #1a7f37 → #0fbf97 ~
warning #b27c00 → #c08a2e ~
danger #d0021b → #d8413f ~
info #326891 → #4380b4 +
bg-soft #fbf7ee +
surface-dark #0b100f +
surface-dark-soft #141a18 +
text-on-dark #ffffff +
text-body #3a423f +
text-on-dark-muted rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7) +
brand-deep #0fbf97 +
on-brand #003326 +
border-dark rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12) +
ring rgba(67, 128, 180, 0.5) +
shadow-tint rgba(11, 16, 15, 0.10) −
bg-section #f7f7f5 −
bg-dark #121212 −
surface-soft #f7f7f7 −
surface-strong #ededed −
surface-quote #fbf6e9 −
text-strong #000000 −
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-strong #9a9a9a −
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":"tomatoGrotesk","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} → {"family":"tomatoGrotesk","size":48} ~
h2 {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} → {"family":"tomatoGrotesk","size":40} ~
body {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} → {"family":"Inter","size":16} ~
label {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} → {"family":"SFMono-Regular","size":13} radius 2 changed
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button 4px → 8px ~
card 14px → 12px spacing 3 changed
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xs 2px → 0px ~
lg 24px → 32px ~
xl 40px → 64px