The Washington Post vs Pika
68 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #fcfaf7 Text
#000000 → #0d0d0d Brand
#000000 → #ffd184 Border
#cccccc → rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.10) Display font
Postoni → telkaExtended Body size
18px → 16px colors 58 changed
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bg #ffffff → #fcfaf7 ~
surface-soft #f8f8f8 → #fbf7f0 ~
text #000000 → #0d0d0d ~
text-muted #444444 → #5c5c5c ~
text-soft #666666 → #8a8a8a ~
text-faint #999999 → #b8b8b8 ~
brand #000000 → #ffd184 ~
link #2a64a6 → #0d0d0d ~
link-hover #173e6e → #000000 ~
border #cccccc → rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.10) ~
border-strong #888888 → rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.18) +
bg-alt #f5f1ea +
brand-deep #f5be63 +
brand-soft rgba(255, 209, 132, 0.30) +
on-brand #222222 +
ink-cta-bg #000000 +
ink-cta-text #ffffff +
dark-cta-bg #222222 +
selected-bg rgba(255, 209, 132, 0.30) +
disabled #b8b8b8 +
border-subtle rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.05) +
success-bg rgba(34, 197, 94, 0.12) +
success-text #15803d +
warning-bg rgba(245, 190, 99, 0.20) +
warning-text #92600c +
danger-bg rgba(220, 38, 38, 0.10) +
danger-text #b91c1c +
info-bg rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.06) +
info-text #0d0d0d −
bg-section #f5f5f5 −
bg-dark #000000 −
surface-strong #eeeeee −
surface-quote #f5f0e6 −
brand-tagline #000000 −
brand-red #cf202f −
brand-red-hover #a8001a −
brand-red-soft #ffe5e7 −
link-visited #5a5a5a −
on-brand-red #ffffff −
on-ink #ffffff −
border-soft #e0e0e0 −
border-rule #000000 −
border-rule-heavy #000000 −
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(0,0,0,0.55) −
success #177a3a −
success-soft #e3f2e7 −
warning #a06200 −
warning-soft #faf0db −
danger #cf202f −
danger-soft #ffe5e7 −
info #2a64a6 −
info-soft #e3edf7 −
live-red #cf202f −
live-pulse #ff3344 −
democracy-tagline-bg #000000 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Postoni","size":72} → {"family":"telkaExtended","size":80} ~
h1 {"family":"Postoni","size":28} → {"family":"telkaExtended","size":48} ~
h2 {"family":"Postoni","size":22} → {"family":"telkaExtended","size":32} ~
body {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} → {"family":"telka","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Courier New","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