Drewlevinson — decoded design system

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Drewlevinson's design system, decoded live by Mozaika: measured color roles, type scale, buttons with real hover/focus states, motion and the brand's own tokens.

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Decoded design system

Drewlevinson's decoded design system: background #FAF7F2, text #000000, link #1A1612, primary #1A1612; type scale h1 144px / h2 56px / body 14px; 8px spacing base; 0px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #1A1612 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #1A1612 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• primary, link are all #1A1612 — one role, not several (the action color).

Typography

• Heading: Playfair Display
• Body: Source Sans 3
• h1: 144px
• h2: 56px
• body: 14px

Spacing

• base unit: 8px
• scale: 4px, 6px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 24px, 32px, 40px, 48px, 64px

Radii

• base: 0px
• button: 0px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 250ms (dominant) with cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1).

• durations: 250ms · 150ms
• easings: cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1) · ease-out
• animated properties: color, transform, border-color, background-color

Native design tokens

…and 91 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary focus: border-radius 1px · outline 2px solid rgb(166, 78, 51)

Layout (measured)

• container max-width: 1200px
• nav: 57px fixed
• common grid: 2 columns

Motion choreography (measured)

Scroll reveal: 8 elements rest at opacity 0, translateY(12px), animate in over 500ms.

Stagger: div ×3 — 60ms apart.

Themes

dark counterpart: background #16130F, text #FFFFFF.

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 640px · 768px · 1024px · 1280px
• mobile (390px): hero 55px · nav inline

Install it

Drop this measured system into any shadcn/Tailwind project in one command:

npx shadcn add https://mozaika.design/r/decode/drewlevinson.me

Or as a Meta Astryx theme — a ready defineTheme file with the measured hover/press states baked in:

curl -o src/themes/drewlevinson.theme.ts https://mozaika.design/api/astryx/decode/drewlevinson.me.ts

registry item · astryx theme · or query it over MCP: get_design_system("Drewlevinson")

Export: DESIGN.md

# Drewlevinson — Design System

> light — deep decode (measured live)

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FAF7F2` |
| surface | `#EBE8E3` |
| border | `#D4D1CD` |
| text | `#000000` |
| text_muted | `#5F5D5B` |
| primary | `#1A1612` |
| link | `#1A1612` |
| button_bg | `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)` |
| button_text | `#1A1612` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#1A1612` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `primary`, `link` are all `#1A1612` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#F9F6F1` 96.6% · `#655F5A` 3.4%

## Typography

- Heading: **Playfair Display** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- Body: **Source Sans 3** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 144px / 900 · lh 130px · tracking -4.32px |
| h2 | 56px / 700 · lh 62px |
| h3 | 32px / 700 · lh 38px |
| body | 14px / 300 · lh 21px |
| small | 13px / 400 · lh 19px · tracking 1.54px |
| eyebrow | 11px / 600 · tracking 2.02px |

- Weight ladder: 300 · 400 · 600 · 700 · 900 — use these exact measured weights, not the 400/600 defaults.

> **Fonts —** Playfair Display may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). Source Sans 3 may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts).

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 4px, 6px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 24px, 32px, 40px, 48px, 64px — snap all gaps/padding to these
- section rhythm: 160px top/bottom padding per section (measured)

## Radius
- base: 0px
- button: 0px
- card: 50px
- pill: 9999px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)` / `#1A1612` | none | 0px | 0px 0px 0px 0px | 700 17.6px / -0.352px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary focus: border-radius `1px` · outline `2px solid rgb(166, 78, 51)`

## Motion
- durations: 250ms (dominant) · 150ms
- easings: `cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)` (dominant) · `ease-out`
- animated properties: color, transform, border-color, background-color

Micro-interactions use the dominant duration + easing; nothing on the page animates slower than the longest duration above — don't invent springier motion.

## Their own tokens (verbatim from :root)

| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| `--d1-bg` | `#faf7f2` |
| `--d1-fg` | `#1a1612` |
| `--d1-accent` | `#a64e33` |
| `--d1-accent2` | `#8a5e38` |
| `--d1-muted` | `#736759` |
| `--d1-card` | `#fff` |
| `--d1-border` | `#e8dfd4` |
| `--d1-highlight` | `#f0e8dc` |
| `--d1-plate` | `#f3f0eb` |
| `--d1-on-accent` | `#fff` |
| `--d1-nav-bg` | `#faf7f2f5` |
| `--d1-overlay-bg` | `#faf7f2fa` |

_…and 89 more measured on the page._

Prefer these names when extending their system — it's the brand's actual vocabulary.

## Layout (measured)
- container max 1200px · common grid: 2-col
- nav: 57px fixed · border-bottom 1px solid rgb(232, 223, 212) · bg rgba(250, 247, 242, 0.96)

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 900 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 900 | 1072 | 2 | 16 | 160/160 | 7/93 |

## Motion choreography (measured)
- stagger: `div` ×3 — 60ms apart
- scroll reveal: 8 elements rest at opacity 0, translateY(12px), animate in over 500ms (8 revealed during the drive).

Rebuild the timeline, not just the durations — order, delays and staggers above are the choreography.

## Themes (both measured)
- dark counterpart: bg `#16130F` · text `#FFFFFF`
- tokens that flip between modes:
  - `--d1-bg`: `#faf7f2` → `#16130f`
  - `--d1-fg`: `#1a1612` → `#f2ebe1`
  - `--d1-accent`: `#a64e33` → `#e08560`
  - `--d1-accent2`: `#8a5e38` → `#e5b189`
  - `--d1-muted`: `#736759` → `#a2958a`
  - `--d1-card`: `#fff` → `#211c16`
  - `--d1-border`: `#e8dfd4` → `#3a322a`
  - `--d1-highlight`: `#f0e8dc` → `#1e1a15`

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 640px · 768px · 1024px · 1280px
- mobile (390px): hero 55px · body 16px · nav: inline

## How to apply
Paste the Tailwind `@theme` (or CSS variables) as your base, then build each
section to its spec — verify every color, radius, and font against these tokens.
Hover/focus states, shadows and motion timings above are measured from the live page — match them exactly, don't re-guess them.

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