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Card title
Elevated panel with ember shadow fill and crimson badge accent.
Aged parchment · Editorial classic · Historical feel
Aged ivory page with faded sepia ink
Inspired by historic books, classical text settings, and literary magazines. This design captures warm paper fibers, faded sepia ink, and classic high-contrast serif details.
00 — Color Identity
Accent roles
Each accent has a specific role in the design language. Click any swatch below to copy its hex value.
Sepia Ink
#78350F
Primary text highlighting
Faded Rust
#92400E
Rules, dividers
Amber Hue
#D97706
Decorative links
Sunlight Glint
#F59E0B
Soft highlight overlays
01 — Foundation
Color palette
Click any swatch to copy its hex value. Accent colors are shared across modes; surface tokens update when you switch between light and dark.
Accent — shared
Surfaces — dark mode
02 — Tokens
CSS variables
Drop this block into your project's global stylesheet. Includes shared accents plus light and dark
surface tokens — toggle data-theme on <html> to switch.
03 — Typography
Type scale
EB Garamond + Spectral
EB Garamond displays rich historical typography weight. Spectral handles readable and calm paragraph layers.
Vintage Parchment
Section title
Subsection label
Use the text token for primary copy and text-mid for supporting paragraphs. Keep line height
around 1.7–1.8 for readability in both light and dark modes.
Eyebrow · Metadata · Captions
04 — Components
UI patterns
Common building blocks using the palette. Uppercase labels and heavy weight are part of the theme voice.
Buttons
Tags
Accent
Neutral
Filled
Navigation
Section header
Feature spotlight
Supporting copy sits in text-mid with a short accent rule underneath the headline.
Cards
Draft
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Card title
Hover lifts the card slightly — keep motion on transform only.
Live
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Card title
Forge background on the card header creates depth without extra imagery.
05 — Contrast & Harmony
Design theory
Mathematical color relationships and accessibility validation. Checks compliance against W3C WCAG 2.1 contrast ratios.
Theme Metrics
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Core colors
4.5:1
Min contrast target
WCAG Contrast Validation
Aa
Pass AAA
Aa
Pass AA
Aa
Pass AA
Accent Color Spectrum
Visual segments detailing color pairing distribution across accents.
Generates high-contrast analogous and monochromatic relationships to ensure active components are highly visible.
06 — Spacing & Geometry
Layout System
Proportional spacing scale guidelines. Built on a modular unit grid to govern container padding, margins, and layout gutters.
Proportional Spacing Scale
--sp-1
4px
--sp-2
8px
--sp-3
12px
--sp-4
16px
--sp-5
24px
--sp-6
32px
Layout Symmetrical Grid
Visual representation of wide-margin gutters and core content boundaries.
Gutter
Max Content Width (1240px)
Gutter
Leverages a symmetrical layout grid to structure blocks. Wide margins ensure high-fidelity reading focus across viewport transitions.
07 — Guidelines
Design principles
Core behavioral guidelines to preserve the design language's integrity when scaling templates.
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Classic margins
Rely on generous, classic editorial layouts and centered typographic blocks.
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Ink-washed details
Keep colors warm and desaturated, referencing natural paper fibers.
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Serif hierarchy
Emphasize headers with bold serif forms and delicate inline decorations.