Fishwife — decoded design system

eatfishwife.com · light · playful · tailwind · deep decode — measured live

Fishwife'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

Fishwife's decoded design system: background #FFFCF3, text #010101, accent #FDCD62, link #202020, primary #FDCD62; type scale h1 70px / h2 60px / body 16px; 8px spacing base; 8px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #FDCD60 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #FDCD60 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• primary #FDCD62, accent #FDCD62, button_bg #FDCD60 are visually the same color (Δ2) — treat as one role (the action color).
• accent #FDCD62 — THE accent / action color — interactive & must-notice only (buttons, links, focus, one key highlight); never large fills or backgrounds. Scarcity is what makes it read as designed.
• link #202020 — reads as a neutral UI color, not a link accent — verify against the reference (action = #FDCD60).
• secondary #397CC0 — optional secondary accent — LOW decode confidence; use rarely (a status color or a single decorative moment) or omit it entirely. Prefer one accent unless the reference clearly shows two.

Typography

• Heading: Recoleta
• Body: Albert Sans
• h1: 70px
• h2: 60px
• body: 16px

Spacing

• base unit: 8px
• scale: 2px, 4px, 8px, 10px, 11px, 12px, 16px, 24px, 26px, 32px

Radii

• base: 8px
• button: 3.35544e+07px

Shadows (elevation)

• subtle: rgb(1, 1, 1) 0px 0px 0px 0px
• card: rgba(63, 63, 68, 0.4) 0px 4px 10px 0px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 200ms (dominant) with cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1).

• durations: 200ms · 300ms · 500ms
• easings: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) · linear
• animated properties: transform, box-shadow, opacity, color

Native design tokens

…and 85 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary hover: height 63.5938px
• primary focus: outline 1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16)

Layout (measured)

• container max-width: 650px
• common grid: 2 columns

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: div.animate-fade-in-up×4 → div.animate-fade-in-up×4 → img.animate-fade-in-up → img.animate-fade-in-up → ul.swiper-wrapper → div.swiper-wrapper

Scroll reveal: 10 elements rest at opacity 0, translateY(50px), animate in over 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1).

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 390px · 480px · 500px · 640px · 768px · 1024px
• mobile (390px): hero 15px · nav inline

Install it

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

npx shadcn add mozaika.design/r/decode/eatfishwife.com

registry item · or query it over MCP: get_design_system("Fishwife")

Export: DESIGN.md

# Fishwife — Design System

> light, playful, high, tailwind — deep decode (measured live)

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FFFCF3` |
| surface | `#EFECE4` |
| border | `#D8D6CE` |
| text | `#010101` |
| text_muted | `#61605C` |
| primary | `#FDCD62` |
| accent | `#FDCD62` |
| link | `#202020` |
| secondary | `#397CC0` |
| button_bg | `#FDCD60` |
| button_text | `#010101` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#FDCD60` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `primary` `#FDCD62`, `accent` `#FDCD62`, `button_bg` `#FDCD60` are visually the same color (Δ2) — treat as one role (your action color).
- **accent** `#FDCD62` — THE accent / action color — interactive & must-notice only (buttons, links, focus, one key highlight); never large fills or backgrounds. Scarcity is what makes it read as designed.
- **link** `#202020` — reads as a neutral UI color, not a link accent — verify against the reference (action = #FDCD60).
- **secondary** `#397CC0` — optional secondary accent — LOW decode confidence; use rarely (a status color or a single decorative moment) or omit it entirely. Prefer one accent unless the reference clearly shows two.
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#A1DBFF` 71.2% · `#EB5C49` 8.4% · `#52211A` 8.1% · `#818B64` 5.1%

## Typography

- Heading: **Recoleta** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- Body: **Albert Sans** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 70px / 600 · lh 77px · tracking -1px |
| h2 | 60px / 400 · lh 60px |
| h3 | 48px / 500 · lh 48px |
| body | 16px / 400 · lh 24px |
| small | 15px / 500 · lh 23px · tracking 0.75px |

- Weight ladder: 400 · 500 · 600 · 700 — use these exact measured weights, not the 400/600 defaults.

> **Fonts —** Recoleta may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). Albert Sans may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts).

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 2px, 4px, 8px, 10px, 11px, 12px, 16px, 24px, 26px, 32px — snap all gaps/padding to these
- section rhythm: 64px top/bottom padding per section (measured)

## Radius
- base: 8px
- button: 3.35544e+07px
- card: 70px
- pill: 9999px
- sharp: 2px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#FDCD60` / `#010101` | 2px solid rgb(1, 1, 1) | 3.35544e+07px | 16px 16px 16px 16px | 500 18px | none |
| secondary | `#FDCD60` / `#010101` | 2px solid rgb(1, 1, 1) | 3.35544e+07px | 16px 16px 16px 16px | 500 18px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: height `63.5938px`
- primary focus: outline `1px auto rgb(16, 16, 16)`
- secondary hover: height `63.5938px`
- transition: `transform 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)`

## Shadows (elevation)
- subtle: `rgb(1, 1, 1) 0px 0px 0px 0px`
- card: `rgba(63, 63, 68, 0.4) 0px 4px 10px 0px`

## Motion
- durations: 200ms (dominant) · 300ms · 500ms
- easings: `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)` (dominant) · `linear`
- animated properties: transform, box-shadow, opacity, 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 |
|-------|-------|
| `--color--accent` | `#fecd59` |
| `--color-text` | `#010101` |
| `--color-page-bg` | `#fffcf3` |
| `--color-panel-bg` | `#387cc0` |
| `--color-badge-bdr` | `rgba(1, 1, 1, 0.05)` |
| `--color-border` | `#010101` |
| `--color-button` | `#010101` |
| `--color-button-bg` | `#fecd59` |
| `--color--body--light` | `#313131` |
| `--color--alternative` | `#ffffff` |
| `--color-header` | `#010101` |
| `--color-header-bg` | `#73c3f5` |

_…and 83 more measured on the page._

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

## Layout (measured)
- container max 650px · common grid: 2-col

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 738 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 767 | 604 | 2 | — | 0/0 | 72/28 |
| 855 | 228 | 3 | 20 | 32/32 | — |
| 1371 | 455 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 1826 | 720 | 2 | — | 0/0 | — |
| 2546 | 711 | 2 | — | 0/0 | 82/18 |
| 3257 | 886 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 4143 | 877 | — | — | 0/0 | — |

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `div.animate-fade-in-up`×4 @0ms → `div.animate-fade-in-up`×4 @0ms → `img.animate-fade-in-up` @37ms → `img.animate-fade-in-up` @37ms → `ul.swiper-wrapper` @2492ms → `div.swiper-wrapper` @3565ms
- `div.animate-fade-in-up` ×4 — translate 0px 12px→0px — 500ms ease
- `div.animate-fade-in-up` ×4 — opacity 0→1 — 500ms ease
- `div.swiper-wrapper` — transform translate3d(-745px, 0px, 0px)→translate3d(-1076.11px, 0px, 0px) — 1000ms ease
- `img.animate-fade-in-up` — translate 0px 12px→0px — 500ms ease (delay 200ms)
- `img.animate-fade-in-up` — opacity 0→1 — 500ms ease (delay 200ms)
- scroll reveal: 10 elements rest at opacity 0, translateY(50px), animate in over 0.5s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) (1 revealed during the drive).

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

## Components (measured)
- link: #1F1F1F · underline
- disabled: bg rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) · text #010101

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 390px · 480px · 500px · 640px · 768px · 1024px
- mobile (390px): hero 15px · body 15px · 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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