Granola — decoded design system

granola.ai · light · modern · tailwind · deep decode — measured live

Granola'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

Granola's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #292929, accent #22C55E, link #FCFCF8, primary #5B6F00; type scale h1 160px / h2 108px / body 12px; 4px spacing base; 12px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #5B6F00 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #5B6F00 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• primary, button_bg are all #5B6F00 — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent #22C55E — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
• link #FCFCF8 — fails contrast on the background (~1.0:1) — this is a dark UI color, NOT a readable link; use the text or action color for links (verify against the reference).
• secondary #DDEEDD — 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: Quadrant
• Body: Melange
• h1: 160px
• h2: 108px
• body: 12px

Spacing

• base unit: 4px
• scale: 3px, 4px, 6px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px

Radii

• base: 12px
• button: 3.35544e+07px

Shadows (elevation)

• overlay: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 8px 48px 0px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 300ms (dominant) with cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1).

• durations: 300ms · 400ms · 150ms
• easings: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) · ease-in-out
• animated properties: background-color, border-color, color, outline-color

Native design tokens

…and 110 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary hover: background #4C5616
• primary focus: outline 2px solid color(srgb 0.698039 0.760784 0.282353 / 0.6)

Layout (measured)

• container max-width: 1280px
• nav: 56px fixed
• common grid: 2 columns

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: div.video-thumbs → div.sticky-demo-preview → span.size-3×4 → span.w-1×12 → span.w-1×12 → div.floating-item

Scroll reveal: 8 elements rest at opacity 0, animate in over 1000ms.

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 480px · 640px · 768px · 992px · 1024px · 1280px
• mobile (390px): hero 48px · nav hamburger

Install it

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

npx shadcn add mozaika.design/r/decode/granola.ai

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# Granola — Design System

> light, modern, medium, tailwind — deep decode (measured live)

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| surface | `#F2F2F2` |
| border | `#DEDEDE` |
| text | `#292929` |
| text_muted | `#7A7A7A` |
| primary | `#5B6F00` |
| accent | `#22C55E` |
| link | `#FCFCF8` |
| secondary | `#DDEEDD` |
| button_bg | `#5B6F00` |
| button_text | `#FCFCF8` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#5B6F00` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `primary`, `button_bg` are all `#5B6F00` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#22C55E` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **link** `#FCFCF8` — fails contrast on the background (~1.0:1) — this is a dark UI color, NOT a readable link; use the text or action color for links (verify against the reference).
- **secondary** `#DDEEDD` — 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): `#8C8C8C` 73.2% · `#242022` 12.3% · `#D3D3D3` 8.5% · `#6A6960` 6%

## Typography

- Heading: **Quadrant** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- Body: **Melange** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 160px / 400 · lh 160px · tracking -2.4px |
| h2 | 108px / 400 · lh 105px · tracking -2.16px |
| h3 | 86px / 400 · lh 80px · tracking -1.73px |
| body | 12px / 400 · lh 18px · tracking 0.24px |
| small | 10px / 400 · lh 15px |

- Weight ladder: 300 · 400 · 430 · 500 · 600 — use these exact measured weights, not the 400/600 defaults.

> **Fonts —** Quadrant may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts). Melange may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts).

## Spacing
- base unit: 4px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 3px, 4px, 6px, 8px, 10px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px — snap all gaps/padding to these
- section rhythm: 112px top/bottom padding per section (measured)

## Radius
- base: 12px
- button: 3.35544e+07px
- card: 4px
- pill: 9999px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#5B6F00` / `#FCFCF8` | none | 3.35544e+07px | 9px 24px 9px 24px | 430 16px / 0.16px | none |
| secondary | `rgba(98, 90, 34, 0.06)` / `#292929` | 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) | 3.35544e+07px | 0px 12px 0px 12px | 400 14px / 0.14px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: background `#4C5616`
- primary focus: outline `2px solid color(srgb 0.698039 0.760784 0.282353 / 0.6)`

## Shadows (elevation)
- overlay: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 8px 48px 0px`

## Motion
- durations: 300ms (dominant) · 400ms · 150ms
- easings: `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)` (dominant) · `ease-in-out`
- animated properties: background-color, border-color, color, outline-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 |
|-------|-------|
| `--oats-border-focus` | `#b2c24899` |
| `--oats-border-hairline` | `#47432a33` |
| `--oats-fill-accent` | `#5b6f00` |
| `--oats-fill-accent-highlight` | `#788c1526` |
| `--oats-fill-accent-highlight-strong` | `#5b6f0033` |
| `--oats-fill-accent-hover` | `#4c5616` |
| `--oats-fill-danger` | `#e95d3d` |
| `--oats-fill-danger-hover` | `#bd4a30` |
| `--oats-fill-disabled` | `#d5d5d2` |
| `--oats-fill-highlight` | `#625a220f` |
| `--oats-fill-highlight-inverse` | `#ffffff0f` |
| `--oats-fill-highlight-strong` | `#56512e1f` |

_…and 108 more measured on the page._

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

## Layout (measured)
- container max 1280px · common grid: 2-col
- nav: 56px fixed

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | 900 | 2 | — | 0/0 | — |
| 900 | 900 | 2 | — | 0/0 | — |
| 1800 | 709 | 2 | — | 0/0 | 59/41 |
| 2509 | 464 | 2 | — | 160/160 | — |
| 2973 | 2452 | 2 | — | 0/0 | — |

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `div.video-thumbs` @0ms → `div.sticky-demo-preview` @0ms → `span.size-3`×4 @0ms → `span.w-1`×12 @0ms → `span.w-1`×12 @1ms → `div.floating-item` @1ms
- `span.size-3` ×4 — transform none→rotate(360deg) — 1000ms · loops
- `span.w-1` ×9 — transform translateY(0px)→translateY(-4px) — 600ms ease-in-out · loops
- `span.w-1` ×9 — transform translateY(0px)→translateY(4px) — 600ms ease-in-out · loops
- scroll reveal: 8 elements rest at opacity 0, animate in over 1000ms (0 revealed during the drive).

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

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 480px · 640px · 768px · 992px · 1024px · 1280px
- mobile (390px): hero 48px · body 16px · nav: hamburger

## 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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