Build Design Tokens as a Single Source of Truth
Design Systems & Tokens · tokens
Updated 2026-07-28
- Avoid making design decisions repeatedly. Define reusable values once and apply them everywhere.
- Create tokens for:
- Colors
- Brand colors.
- Backgrounds.
- Surfaces.
- Status colors.
- Spacing
- Typography
- Font sizes.
- Weights.
- Line heights.
- Radius
- Shadows
- Elevation levels.
- Depth relationships.
- Motion
- Durations.
- Easing curves.
- Use tokens instead of one-off values.
- Example spacing system:
- Space 1: 4px
- Space 2: 8px
- Space 3: 16px
- Space 4: 24px
- Space 5: 32px
- Tokens create consistency, speed up development, and allow entire products to evolve from one place.
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