Maxkatz — decoded design system

maxkatz.me · light · professional · tailwind · deep decode — measured live

Maxkatz'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

Maxkatz's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #3D3D3D, accent #171717, link #000000, primary #000000; type scale h1 16px / h2 16px / body 16px; 8px spacing base; 0px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #171717 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #171717 — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• primary, link are all #000000 — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent, button_bg are all #171717 — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent #171717 — 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.

Typography

• Heading: Geist
• Body: Geist
• h1: 16px
• h2: 16px
• body: 16px

Spacing

• base unit: 8px
• scale: 2px, 4px, 6px, 8px, 10px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 40px

Radii

• base: 0px
• button: 6px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 150ms (dominant) with cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1).

• durations: 150ms · 225ms · 1ms
• easings: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) · ease-in-out
• animated properties: transform, translate, scale, rotate

Native design tokens

…and 41 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary hover: background oklab(0.205 -0.00000207871 0.00000478327 / 0.8)
• primary focus: border 1px solid lab(66.128 -0.0000298023 0.0000119209)

Layout (measured)

• container max-width: 670px
• nav: 29px

Responsive (measured)

• mobile (390px): hero 16px · nav inline

Install it

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

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

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

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

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# Maxkatz — Design System

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

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| surface | `#F3F3F3` |
| border | `#E1E1E1` |
| text | `#3D3D3D` |
| text_muted | `#868686` |
| primary | `#000000` |
| accent | `#171717` |
| link | `#000000` |
| button_bg | `#171717` |
| button_text | `#FAFAFA` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#171717` — 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 `#000000` — one role, not several.
- `accent`, `button_bg` are all `#171717` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#171717` — 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.
- **Page coverage** (full-page screenshot pixels): `#FFFFFF` 91.7% · `#C7C7C7` 4% · `#E0E0E0` 2.8% · `#A3A3A3` 1.6%

## Typography

- Heading: **Geist**
- Body: **Geist**

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| body | 16px / 400 · lh 24px |
| small | 14px / 400 · lh 20px |

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

> **Fonts —** Geist — free, on Google.

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 2px, 4px, 6px, 8px, 10px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 40px — snap all gaps/padding to these
- section rhythm: 56px top/bottom padding per section (measured)

## Radius
- base: 0px
- button: 6px
- card: 5px
- pill: 9999px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `lab(7.78201 -0.0000149012 0)` / `lab(98.26 0 0)` | 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) | 6px | 0px 10px 0px 10px | 500 14px | none |
| secondary | `lab(100 0 0)` / `lab(2.75381 0 0)` | 1px solid lab(90.952 0 -0.0000119209) | 6px | 0px 8px 0px 10px | 500 14px | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: background `oklab(0.205 -0.00000207871 0.00000478327 / 0.8)`
- primary focus: border `1px solid lab(66.128 -0.0000298023 0.0000119209)`
- secondary hover: background `lab(96.52 -0.0000298023 0.0000119209)`
- transition: `transform 0.15s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)`

## Motion
- durations: 150ms (dominant) · 225ms · 1ms
- easings: `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)` (dominant) · `ease-in-out`
- animated properties: transform, translate, scale, rotate

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 |
|-------|-------|
| `--background` | `lab(100% 0 0)` |
| `--foreground` | `lab(2.75381% 0 0)` |
| `--foreground-tertiary` | `lab(48.496% 0 0)` |
| `--selection-foreground` | `lab(2.75381% 0 0)` |
| `--card` | `lab(100% 0 0)` |
| `--card-foreground` | `lab(2.75381% 0 0)` |
| `--popover` | `lab(100% 0 0)` |
| `--popover-foreground` | `lab(2.75381% 0 0)` |
| `--primary` | `lab(7.78201% -.0000149012 0)` |
| `--primary-foreground` | `lab(98.26% 0 0)` |
| `--secondary` | `lab(96.52% -.0000298023 .0000119209)` |
| `--secondary-foreground` | `lab(7.78201% -.0000149012 0)` |

_…and 39 more measured on the page._

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

## Layout (measured)
- container max 670px
- nav: 29px

## Components (measured)
- link: oklch(0.358749 0.00000912055 112.85) · underline

## Responsive (measured)
- mobile (390px): hero 16px · 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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