Y Combinator vs The Washington Post
88 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#ffffff → #ffffff Text
#000000 → #000000 Brand
#f26625 → #000000 Border
#cccccc → #cccccc Display font
Verlag → Postoni Body size
16px → 18px colors 75 changed
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text-soft #525252 → #666666 ~
text-faint #a0a0a0 → #999999 ~
text-muted #cccccc → #444444 ~
brand #f26625 → #000000 ~
link #000099 → #2a64a6 ~
link-hover #000066 → #173e6e ~
link-visited #828282 → #5a5a5a ~
border-strong #828282 → #888888 +
bg-section #f5f5f5 +
bg-dark #000000 +
surface-soft #f8f8f8 +
surface-strong #eeeeee +
surface-quote #f5f0e6 +
brand-tagline #000000 +
brand-red #cf202f +
brand-red-hover #a8001a +
brand-red-soft #ffe5e7 +
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 −
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":"Postoni","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"Verlag","size":48} → {"family":"Postoni","size":28} ~
h2 {"family":"Verlag","size":32} → {"family":"Postoni","size":22} ~
body {"family":"Verdana","size":16} → {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} ~
label {"family":"Monaco","size":11} → {"family":"Courier New","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