YouTube vs Medium
70 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#0f0f0f → #ffffff Text
#ffffff → #242424 Brand
#ff0000 → #1a8917 Border
#3f3f3f → rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.1) Display font
YouTube Sans → GT Super Body size
14px → 16px colors 63 changed
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bg #0f0f0f → #ffffff ~
surface #272727 → #ffffff ~
surface-soft #1f1f1f → #fafafa ~
text #ffffff → #242424 ~
text-strong #ffffff → #000000 ~
text-muted #aaaaaa → #8e8e8e ~
text-soft #717171 → #6b6b6b ~
brand #ff0000 → #1a8917 ~
brand-hover #cc0000 → #0f730c ~
brand-active #aa0000 → #0a5d09 ~
brand-deep #990000 → #0a5d09 ~
border #3f3f3f → rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.1) ~
border-soft #272727 → rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.06) ~
border-strong #5e5e5e → rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.25) ~
success #0db750 → #1a8917 ~
warning #f1c21b → #c89a16 ~
danger #cc0000 → #c94a4a ~
info #3ea6ff → #386dba +
bg-soft #fafafa +
surface-elev #ffffff +
text-faint #a8a8a8 +
text-on-brand #ffffff +
brand-soft rgba(26, 137, 23, 0.08) +
link #242424 +
link-hover #1a8917 +
link-underline rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.4) +
border-focus #1a8917 +
shadow-color rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.06) +
shadow-color-md rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.12) +
shadow-color-lg rgba(36, 36, 36, 0.18) +
selection-bg rgba(26, 137, 23, 0.15) +
highlight-yellow #fff8c5 +
member-only #c89a16 −
bg-deep #000000 −
bg-light #ffffff −
surface-strong #3f3f3f −
surface-card transparent −
surface-overlay rgba(0,0,0,0.85) −
surface-light #f9f9f9 −
text-body #ffffff −
text-inverse #0f0f0f −
text-disabled #717171 −
text-light #0f0f0f −
text-light-muted #606060 −
brand-shorts #ff0033 −
accent-link #3ea6ff −
accent-link-light #065fd4 −
accent-premium #f1c21b −
accent-music #ff0033 −
accent-tv #ff0000 −
accent-kids #ff0000 −
border-light #e5e5e5 −
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.4) −
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.5) 0 8px 24px −
scrim-thumb linear-gradient(0deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.7) 0%, transparent 60%) −
progress-watched #ff0000 −
progress-rail rgba(255,255,255,0.2) −
progress-buffer rgba(255,255,255,0.4) −
recording-dot #ff0000 −
live-badge-bg #ff0000 −
duration-badge-bg rgba(0,0,0,0.6) −
shorts-tab #ff0033 −
community-tab #3ea6ff typography 5 changed
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display {"family":"YouTube Sans","size":72} → {"family":"GT Super","size":56} ~
h1 {"family":"YouTube Sans","size":40} → {"family":"GT Super","size":40} ~
h2 {"family":"YouTube Sans","size":32} → {"family":"GT Super","size":32} ~
body {"family":"YouTube Sans","size":14} → {"family":"sohne","size":16} ~
label {"family":"Roboto Mono","size":11} → {"family":"source-code-pro","size":13} radius identical
No differences.
spacing 2 changed
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lg 32px → 48px ~
xl 48px → 96px