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Paddle — Design System

light · professional · medium · custom · confidence 92%

Paddle sells globally in a compressed serif: Serrif Condensed at 64px/400 in warm ink #1C1A15 ('Sell globally.'), Inter at a dense 14px for the tax-and-compliance substance, zero-radius text links. Checkout UI and revenue charts sit in cream panels — merchant-of-record infrastructure typeset like a broadsheet business section, condensed because the claims are big.

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Tokens

Paddle's decoded design system: background #F9F8F7, text #1C1A15, accent #FFD400, link #FFD400, primary #E4E1D1; type scale h1 64px / h2 48px / body 14px; 4px spacing base; 12px base radius. The single interactive/action color is #1C1A15 — used only on interactive or must-notice elements (buttons, links, key highlights), never on large fills.

Color roles

RoleValue
bg#F9F8F7
surface#EBEAE9
border#D7D6D5
text#1C1A15
text_muted#6F6E6A
primary#E4E1D1
accent#FFD400
link#FFD400
secondary#D6CBB6
button_bg#1C1A15
button_text#FCFCFC

Using these colors

Typography

Spacing

Radii

Per-section tokens (9)

Export: DESIGN.md

# Paddle — Design System

> light, professional, medium, custom

Paddle sells globally in a compressed serif: Serrif Condensed at 64px/400 in warm ink #1C1A15 ('Sell globally.'), Inter at a dense 14px for the tax-and-compliance substance, zero-radius text links. Checkout UI and revenue charts sit in cream panels — merchant-of-record infrastructure typeset like a broadsheet business section, condensed because the claims are big.

## Colors

| Role | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#F9F8F7` |
| surface | `#EBEAE9` |
| border | `#D7D6D5` |
| text | `#1C1A15` |
| text_muted | `#6F6E6A` |
| primary | `#E4E1D1` |
| accent | `#FFD400` |
| link | `#FFD400` |
| secondary | `#D6CBB6` |
| button_bg | `#1C1A15` |
| button_text | `#FCFCFC` |

**Using these colors**

- **Action color** `#1C1A15` — the single interactive color; it appears only on things you click or must notice (buttons, key highlights), never on large fills or backgrounds.
- `accent`, `link` are all `#FFD400` — one role, not several.
- **accent** `#FFD400` — accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page.
- **primary** `#E4E1D1` — a neutral UI color (chips, tags, icon fills, chrome), not the action color (action = #1C1A15).
- **secondary** `#D6CBB6` — 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: **Helvetica Neue**
- Body: **Inter**
- h1: 64px
- h2: 48px
- body: 14px

> **Fonts —** Helvetica Neue — system font, no web load needed. Inter — free, on Google.

## Spacing
- base unit: 4px
- scale: 2px, 4px, 6px, 8px, 12px, 16px, 24px, 32px

## Radius
- base: 12px
- button: 10px

## Primary button
- bg `#1C1A15` · text `#FCFCFC` · radius 10px

## 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.

Export: Tailwind v4 (@theme)

@theme {
  /* action color #1C1A15 — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --color-bg: #F9F8F7;
  --color-surface: #EBEAE9;
  --color-border: #D7D6D5;
  --color-text: #1C1A15;
  --color-text-muted: #6F6E6A;
  --color-primary: #E4E1D1;  /* a neutral UI color (chips, tags, icon fills, chrome), not the action color (action = #1C1A15). */
  --color-accent: #FFD400;  /* accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page. */
  --color-link: #FFD400;  /* fails contrast on the background (~1.3:1) — this is a dark UI color, NOT a readable link; use the text or action color for links (verify against the reference). */
  --color-secondary: #D6CBB6;  /* 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. */
  --color-button-bg: #1C1A15;  /* primary-button fill — the main call-to-action color. */
  --color-button-text: #FCFCFC;
  /* fonts: Helvetica Neue — system font, no web load needed. Inter — free, on Google. */
  --font-heading: "Helvetica Neue", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --font-body: "Inter", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --text-h1: 64px;
  --text-h2: 48px;
  --text-body: 14px;
  --radius-base: 12px;
  --radius-button: 10px;
  --spacing-1: 2px;
  --spacing-2: 4px;
  --spacing-3: 6px;
  --spacing-4: 8px;
  --spacing-5: 12px;
  --spacing-6: 16px;
  --spacing-7: 24px;
  --spacing-8: 32px;
}

Export: CSS variables

:root {
  /* action color #1C1A15 — the one interactive color; buttons/links/emphasis only, never large fills. */
  --bg: #F9F8F7;
  --surface: #EBEAE9;
  --border: #D7D6D5;
  --text: #1C1A15;
  --text-muted: #6F6E6A;
  --primary: #E4E1D1;  /* a neutral UI color (chips, tags, icon fills, chrome), not the action color (action = #1C1A15). */
  --accent: #FFD400;  /* accent for emphasis — keep it rare on the page. */
  --link: #FFD400;  /* fails contrast on the background (~1.3:1) — this is a dark UI color, NOT a readable link; use the text or action color for links (verify against the reference). */
  --secondary: #D6CBB6;  /* 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. */
  --button-bg: #1C1A15;  /* primary-button fill — the main call-to-action color. */
  --button-text: #FCFCFC;
  --font-heading: "Helvetica Neue", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --font-body: "Inter", system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --radius: 12px;
  --radius-button: 10px;
}
/* fonts: Helvetica Neue — system font, no web load needed. Inter — free, on Google. */