YouTube vs The Washington Post
85 token-level differences between these two design systems.
Background
#0f0f0f → #ffffff Text
#ffffff → #000000 Brand
#ff0000 → #000000 Border
#3f3f3f → #cccccc Display font
YouTube Sans → Postoni Body size
14px → 18px colors 73 changed
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bg #0f0f0f → #ffffff ~
surface #272727 → #ffffff ~
surface-strong #3f3f3f → #eeeeee ~
surface-soft #1f1f1f → #f8f8f8 ~
text #ffffff → #000000 ~
text-strong #ffffff → #000000 ~
text-muted #aaaaaa → #444444 ~
text-soft #717171 → #666666 ~
brand #ff0000 → #000000 ~
border #3f3f3f → #cccccc ~
border-soft #272727 → #e0e0e0 ~
border-strong #5e5e5e → #888888 ~
shadow-card rgba(0,0,0,0.4) → rgba(0,0,0,0.04) ~
shadow-modal rgba(0,0,0,0.5) 0 8px 24px → rgba(0,0,0,0.18) ~
success #0db750 → #177a3a ~
warning #f1c21b → #a06200 ~
danger #cc0000 → #cf202f ~
info #3ea6ff → #2a64a6 +
bg-section #f5f5f5 +
bg-dark #000000 +
surface-quote #f5f0e6 +
text-faint #999999 +
brand-tagline #000000 +
brand-red #cf202f +
brand-red-hover #a8001a +
brand-red-soft #ffe5e7 +
link #2a64a6 +
link-hover #173e6e +
link-visited #5a5a5a +
on-brand-red #ffffff +
on-ink #ffffff +
border-rule #000000 +
border-rule-heavy #000000 +
shadow-elev rgba(0,0,0,0.08) +
scrim rgba(0,0,0,0.55) +
success-soft #e3f2e7 +
warning-soft #faf0db +
danger-soft #ffe5e7 +
info-soft #e3edf7 +
live-red #cf202f +
live-pulse #ff3344 +
democracy-tagline-bg #000000 −
bg-deep #000000 −
bg-light #ffffff −
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-hover #cc0000 −
brand-active #aa0000 −
brand-deep #990000 −
brand-shorts #ff0033 −
on-brand #ffffff −
accent-link #3ea6ff −
accent-link-light #065fd4 −
accent-premium #f1c21b −
accent-music #ff0033 −
accent-tv #ff0000 −
accent-kids #ff0000 −
border-light #e5e5e5 −
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":"Postoni","size":72} ~
h1 {"family":"YouTube Sans","size":40} → {"family":"Postoni","size":28} ~
h2 {"family":"YouTube Sans","size":32} → {"family":"Postoni","size":22} ~
body {"family":"YouTube Sans","size":14} → {"family":"Franklin ITC","size":18} ~
label {"family":"Roboto Mono","size":11} → {"family":"Courier New","size":11} radius 2 changed
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button 8px → 4px ~
card 12px → 14px spacing 5 changed
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xs 4px → 2px ~
sm 8px → 4px ~
md 16px → 12px ~
lg 32px → 24px ~
xl 48px → 40px