Y Combinator vs The New York Times
90 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#000000 → #121212 Brand
#f26625 → #121212 Border
#cccccc → #dfdfdf Display font
Verlag → NYT Cheltenham Body size
16px → 18px colors 77 changed
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text #000000 → #121212 ~
text-soft #525252 → #727272 ~
text-faint #a0a0a0 → #999999 ~
text-muted #cccccc → #5a5a5a ~
brand #f26625 → #121212 ~
link #000099 → #326891 ~
link-hover #000066 → #1a4972 ~
link-visited #828282 → #5a5a5a ~
border #cccccc → #dfdfdf ~
border-strong #828282 → #9a9a9a +
bg-section #f7f7f5 +
bg-dark #121212 +
surface-soft #f7f7f7 +
surface-strong #ededed +
surface-quote #fbf6e9 +
brand-red #d0021b +
brand-red-hover #a8001a +
brand-red-soft #ffe5e8 +
on-brand-red #ffffff +
on-ink #ffffff +
border-soft #ebebeb +
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 #1a7f37 +
success-soft #e7f4ec +
warning #b27c00 +
warning-soft #fbf3e0 +
danger #d0021b +
danger-soft #ffe5e8 +
info #326891 +
info-soft #e7eef5 +
live-red #d0021b +
live-pulse #ff334b +
cooking-orange #cc4b00 +
games-blue #6493b0 +
wirecutter-yellow #ffd400 −
bg-paste #f6f6ef −
bg-warm-tint #fff6f0 −
bg-cool #fafafa −
surface-elevated #ffffff −
text-medium #404040 −
text-meta #828282 −
brand-classic #ff6600 −
brand-hover #e85d00 −
brand-deep #cc4f00 −
brand-soft rgba(242, 102, 37, 0.10) −
on-brand #ffffff −
accent-startup-school #ff8c42 −
accent-warm-cream #fff6f0 −
link-yc #000000 −
selected-bg #fff6f0 −
disabled #cccccc −
cta-bg #f26625 −
cta-text #ffffff −
ink-100 #000000 −
ink-200 #404040 −
ink-300 #525252 −
ink-400 #828282 −
ink-500 #a0a0a0 −
ink-600 #cccccc −
ink-700 #e6e6e6 −
ink-800 #f6f6ef −
border-subtle #e6e6e6 −
border-orange rgba(242, 102, 37, 0.40) −
shadow-color rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06) −
shadow-warm rgba(242, 102, 37, 0.15) −
success-bg #e8f5e0 −
success-text #2d5016 −
warning-bg #fff4d6 −
warning-text #7a5e00 −
danger-bg #fde0d4 −
danger-text #8a2a0a −
info-bg #e0e8f5 −
info-text #000099 typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"Verlag","size":80} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Verlag","size":48} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":30} ~
h2 {"family":"Verlag","size":32} → {"family":"NYT Cheltenham","size":24} ~
body {"family":"Verdana","size":16} → {"family":"NYT Imperial","size":18} ~
label {"family":"Monaco","size":11} → {"family":"NYT Karnak Condensed","size":11} radius 3 changed
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button 0px → 4px ~
card 0px → 14px ~
pill 0px → 9999px spacing 5 changed
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xs 1px → 2px ~
sm 2px → 4px ~
md 6px → 12px ~
lg 12px → 24px ~
xl 20px → 40px