Obsidian vs The New York Times
64 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#0f0f0f → #ffffff Text
#eeeeee → #121212 Brand
#7c3aed → #121212 Border
#2a2a2a → #dfdfdf Display font
Inter → NYT Cheltenham Body size
16px → 18px colors 54 changed
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bg #0f0f0f → #ffffff ~
surface #161616 → #ffffff ~
text #eeeeee → #121212 ~
text-strong #ffffff → #000000 ~
text-muted #a3a3a3 → #5a5a5a ~
text-faint #737373 → #999999 ~
brand #7c3aed → #121212 ~
border #2a2a2a → #dfdfdf ~
border-soft #1f1f1f → #ebebeb ~
border-strong #3a3a3a → #9a9a9a ~
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.50) → rgba(0,0,0,0.04) ~
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.70) → rgba(0,0,0,0.18) ~
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.65) → rgba(0,0,0,0.5) ~
success #4ade80 → #1a7f37 ~
success-soft #14321f → #e7f4ec ~
warning #fbbf24 → #b27c00 ~
warning-soft #33270a → #fbf3e0 ~
danger #f87171 → #d0021b ~
danger-soft #3a1717 → #ffe5e8 ~
info #a78bfa → #326891 +
bg-section #f7f7f5 +
bg-dark #121212 +
surface-soft #f7f7f7 +
surface-strong #ededed +
surface-quote #fbf6e9 +
text-soft #727272 +
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-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) +
info-soft #e7eef5 +
live-red #d0021b +
live-pulse #ff334b +
cooking-orange #cc4b00 +
games-blue #6493b0 +
wirecutter-yellow #ffd400 −
bg-deep #0a0a0a −
surface-elev #1f1f1f −
surface-hover #262626 −
text-secondary #b0b0b0 −
brand-hover #6d28d9 −
brand-active #5b21b6 −
brand-text #a78bfa −
brand-text-hover #c4b5fd −
brand-soft #2a1a4a −
on-brand #ffffff −
border-brand #7c3aed −
shadow-ambient rgba(0,0,0,0.40) typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Inter","size":60} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Inter","size":40} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} ~
h2 {"family":"Inter","size":32} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} ~
body {"family":"Inter","size":16} → {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} ~
label {"family":"SFMono-Regular","size":13} → {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 8px → 4px ~
card 12px → 14px spacing 3 changed
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xs 0px → 2px ~
lg 32px → 24px ~
xl 64px → 40px