Rippling — decoded design system

rippling.com · light · professional · tailwind · deep decode — measured live

Rippling'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

Rippling's decoded design system: background #FFFFFF, text #000000, accent #FFA81D, link #FDB71C, primary #EAB8F2; type scale h1 48px / h2 42px / body 18px; 8px spacing base; 4px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #FFA81D — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

Using these colors

• Action color #FFA81D — the single interactive color; only on things you click or must notice, never large fills.
• accent, button_bg are all #FFA81D — one role, not several (the action color).
• accent #FFA81D — 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.
• primary #EAB8F2 — a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #FFA81D, not this.
• link #FDB71C — fails contrast on the background (~1.8:1) — this is a dark UI color, NOT a readable link; use the text or action color for links (verify against the reference).
• secondary #F9EAFB — 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: __basel_e55247
• Body: __basel_e55247
• h1: 48px
• h2: 42px
• body: 18px

Spacing

• base unit: 8px
• scale: 2px, 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 48px, 64px

Radii

• base: 4px
• button: 4px

Shadows (elevation)

• subtle: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(40, 22, 29, 0.08) 2px 8px 12px 0px
• overlay: rgba(27, 16, 20, 0.6) 0px 96px 160px 48px

Motion

Micro-interactions run at 500ms (dominant) with cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1).

• durations: 500ms · 150ms · 300ms
• easings: cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) · linear
• animated properties: background-color, transform, color, border-color

Native design tokens

…and 10 more measured on the page.

Button states (measured)

• primary hover: background #F59701
• primary focus: background #F59701 · outline 2px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)

Layout (measured)

• nav: 80px fixed
• common grid: 2 columns

Motion choreography (measured)

Load order: span.opt-line-draw → rect.will-change-transform → span.opt-line-draw → button.box-content → button.box-content

Responsive (measured)

• breakpoints: 428px · 768px · 960px · 1024px · 1099px · 1200px
• mobile (390px): hero 36px · nav hamburger

Install it

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

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

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

Export: DESIGN.md

# Rippling — Design System

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

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#FFFFFF` |
| surface | `#EFEFEF` |
| border | `#D8D8D8` |
| text | `#000000` |
| text_muted | `#606060` |
| primary | `#EAB8F2` |
| accent | `#FFA81D` |
| link | `#FDB71C` |
| secondary | `#F9EAFB` |
| button_bg | `#FFA81D` |
| button_text | `#000000` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#FFA81D` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `accent`, `button_bg` are all `#FFA81D` — one role, not several (your action color).
- **accent** `#FFA81D` — 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.
- **primary** `#EAB8F2` — a brand color — but the call-to-action uses #FFA81D, not this.
- **link** `#FDB71C` — fails contrast on the background (~1.8:1) — this is a dark UI color, NOT a readable link; use the text or action color for links (verify against the reference).
- **secondary** `#F9EAFB` — 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): `#4A0039` 36.6% · `#FFFFFF` 28.9% · `#631148` 14.2% · `#E8CFE5` 11.6%

## Typography

- Heading: **__basel_e55247** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_
- Body: **__basel_e55247** _(free fallback: Newsreader)_

| Role | Size / weight · line-height · tracking |
|------|------------------------------------------|
| hero | 48px / 500 · lh 52px · tracking -1.5px |
| h2 | 42px / 500 · lh 48px · tracking -1.5px |
| h3 | 30px / 500 · lh 36px |
| body | 18px / 400 · lh 26px · tracking 0.25px |
| small | 16px / 500 · lh 32px |

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

> **Fonts —** __basel_e55247 may be proprietary — safe free fallback: Newsreader (Google Fonts).

## Spacing
- base unit: 8px (inferred from the measured scale)
- measured scale: 2px, 4px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 20px, 24px, 32px, 48px, 64px — snap all gaps/padding to these
- section rhythm: 48px top/bottom padding per section (measured)

## Radius
- base: 4px
- button: 4px
- card: 4px
- sharp: 1px

## Buttons

| Button | Fill / text | Border | Radius | Padding | Font | Shadow |
|--------|-------------|--------|--------|---------|------|--------|
| primary | `#FFA81D` / `#000000` | none | 4px | 16px 24px 16px 24px | 500 15px / 0.25px | none |
| secondary | `#FFFFFF` / `#000000` | none | 4px | — | — | none |

**States (measured, not guessed)**

- primary hover: background `#F59701`
- primary focus: background `#F59701` · outline `2px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)`
- transition: `color 0.15s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)`

## Shadows (elevation)
- subtle: `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0px 0px 0px 0px, rgba(40, 22, 29, 0.08) 2px 8px 12px 0px`
- overlay: `rgba(27, 16, 20, 0.6) 0px 96px 160px 48px`

## Motion
- durations: 500ms (dominant) · 150ms · 300ms
- easings: `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)` (dominant) · `linear`
- animated properties: background-color, transform, color, border-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 |
|-------|-------|
| `--Content-Label---label-lvl-0-inactive` | `rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.70)` |
| `--Content-Label---label-lvl-1-inactive` | `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.70)` |
| `--Content-Label---label-lvl-0-active` | `#000` |
| `--Surface---surface-lvl-0` | `#FFF` |
| `--Surface---surface-lvl-1` | `#F2EEEB` |
| `--Surface---surface-lvl-1-hover` | `#E1D8D2` |
| `--Surface---surface-lvl-0-hover` | `#E1D8D2` |
| `--Border---border-lvl-0` | `#E1D8D2` |
| `--cta-button-solid-surface-lvl-0` | `#FFA81D` |
| `--cta-button-solid-surface-hover-lvl-0` | `#F59701` |
| `--Component-Button-Square---button-square-surface-lvl-1` | `#7A005D` |
| `--Component-Button-Square---button-square-surface-lvl-1-hover` | `#9F1E7A` |

_…and 8 more measured on the page._

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

## Layout (measured)
- common grid: 2-col
- nav: 80px fixed · bg rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.41)

| Section (y) | Height | Cols | Gap | Pad y | Split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 806 | 2 | 80 | 120/80 | 40/60 |
| 184 | 686 | — | — | 0/0 | — |
| 870 | 1032 | — | — | 80/120 | — |
| 1902 | 1679 | 2 | 24 | 80/120 | — |
| 3581 | 1067 | — | — | 80/120 | — |
| 4647 | 983 | — | — | 80/120 | — |

## Motion choreography (measured)
Load order: `span.opt-line-draw` @0ms → `rect.will-change-transform` @354ms → `span.opt-line-draw` @542ms → `button.box-content` @1863ms → `button.box-content` @1863ms

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

## Components (measured)
- link: #FFFFFF · underline — hover #FFA81D

## Responsive (measured)
- breakpoints: 428px · 768px · 960px · 1024px · 1099px · 1200px
- mobile (390px): hero 36px · 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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