---
version: alpha
name: Culturedcode
description: Light design system extracted from culturedcode.com (DOM-true values, Emblematic extractor 0.2.0, 2026-11-12).
colors:
  background: "#F2F5F7"
  surface: "#FFFFFF"
  on-surface: "#303336"
  on-surface-variant: "#44474B"
  color-5: "#55606E"
  color-6: "#000F2475"
  color-7: "#00071270"
  color-8: "#8E9196"
  color-9: "#4F91FB"
typography:
  display-lg:
    fontFamily: SF Pro (system-ui)
    fontSize: 36px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1
  title-md:
    fontFamily: SF Pro (system-ui)
    fontSize: 20.25px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.2
  body-md:
    fontFamily: SF Pro (system-ui)
    fontSize: 18px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.35
  body-sm:
    fontFamily: SF Pro (system-ui)
    fontSize: 15.2px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.3
  label-md:
    fontFamily: SF Pro (system-ui)
    fontSize: 15.3px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.2
rounded:
  xs: 5.5px
  sm: 6.5px
  md: 7.5px
  lg: 13px
  xl: 18px
spacing:
  xxs: 2px
  xs: 2.5px
  sm: 3.5px
  md: 4px
  lg: 4.5px
  xl: 5px
  2xl: 6px
  3xl: 6.5px
  4xl: 9px
  5xl: 10px
  6xl: 13px
  7xl: 18px
  8xl: 23px
  9xl: 27px
  container: 900px
components:
  card:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
    rounded: "{rounded.xl}"
    padding: 18px
  input:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
    rounded: 6.4px
    padding: 8px
    height: 36px
---

# Culturedcode

> Extracted from [https://culturedcode.com/things/](https://culturedcode.com/things/) on 2026-11-12 by Emblematic. Every value below was read from the rendered DOM (computed styles, `document.fonts`, and the fonts Chrome actually used to paint text), not estimated from pixels. When the YAML front matter and this prose disagree, the YAML wins. Copy values from this file exactly; don't transcribe them from memory. Don't copy logos, imagery, illustrations or marketing copy.

## Overview

Culturedcode uses a light canvas (#F2F5F7) with a palette. Type is set in **SF Pro (system-ui)** (display + body), with 18px body text. Layout: 900px container, top-static+transparent navigation, 7 sections. Built with gsap, jquery, cloudfront.

## Colors

Area-weighted from painted backgrounds, text and borders on the 1440px light capture. Roles are inferred from usage (largest background, most text, interactive fills). Every hex is an exact computed value; a role marked *unverified* is a best guess that has not passed review, so its canonical token (e.g. `primary`) is left out of the front matter.

| Token | Hex | OKLCH | Role | Share of paint | CSS variable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `background` | `#F2F5F7` | 0.968 0.004 236.5 | bg | 57.0% | — |
| `surface` | `#FFFFFF` | 1 0 0 | surface | 33.4% | — |
| `on-surface` | `#303336` | 0.319 0.007 248 | text | 6.3% | — |
| `on-surface-variant` | `#44474B` | 0.397 0.008 255.5 | muted | 1.9% | — |
| `color-5` | `#55606E` | 0.485 0.026 254.5 | other | 0.27% | — |
| `color-6` | `#000F2475` (on bg `#838B96`) | 0.168 0.051 252.4 | other | 0.25% | — |
| `color-7` | `#00071270` (on bg `#888C92`) | 0.125 0.032 246.2 | other | 0.24% | — |
| `color-8` | `#8E9196` | 0.656 0.008 260.7 | other | 0.26% | — |
| `color-9` | `#4F91FB` | 0.665 0.172 259.5 | other | 0.04% | — |

Sparse chromatic highlights (not accents): `#5C9CF5`, `#4F91FB`.

Contrast: text on background 11.61:1, muted text 8.53:1.

The site does not change under `prefers-color-scheme: dark`.

## Typography

| Family | Role | Weights | Share of text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **SF Pro (system-ui)** (CSS: `ui-sans-serif`) | display, body | 400, 600, 700 | 100.0% | system (stack `ui-sans-serif, -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, sans-seri`, resolved on macos) |

Scale (px): 13, 13.5, 14.5, 15, 15.5, 18, 20.5, 24, 36. Effective ratio ≈ 1.26 (close to a major third). Body 18px at line-height 1.35; display 36px with tracking 0em. Headings are title case. On a 390px viewport the body is 18px and display 36px.

## Layout

Spacing has no reliable single base unit; the most used steps are 2, 2.5, 3.5, 4, 4.5, 5, 6, 6.5, 9, 10, 13, 18, 23, 27px. Sections open with about 121px of space before their first line of text. Content sits in a 900px container on a 4-column grid. Text density 0.089 (text area / page area).

Section order (desktop). Kinds below the review threshold are shown as *section*:

1. **nav** (88px, bg #F2F5F7)
2. **hero** (1135px, bg #F2F5F7)
3. **section** — “Simply Powerful” (1387px, bg #FBFCFE)
4. **section** — “Get Things, Get Done” (887px, bg #FFFFFF)
5. **logos** — “What People Are Saying” (3572px, bg #F2F5F7)
6. **newsletter** — “Things Newsletter” (700px, bg #F2F5F7)
7. **footer** — “Company” (303px, bg #F2F5F7)

## Elevation & Depth

Style: subtle. Most used shadows:

- `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 2px 8px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 2px 0px`
- `rgba(38, 52, 74, 0.15) 0px 1px 0px 0px`
- `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 2px 10px 0px`

## Shapes

Dominant corner radius 18px; radii in use: 5.5px, 6.5px, 7.5px, 13px, 18px. Borders: hairline (1px).

## Components

- **card**: rounded `18px`, padding `18px`, backgroundColor `#F2F5F7`
- **input**: rounded `6.4px`, height `36px`, padding `8px 8px`, backgroundColor `#FFFFFF`, border `1px solid #DFE3E8`

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do set body copy in SF Pro (system-ui) at 18px / 1.35.
- Don't introduce font weights beyond 400, 600, 700.
- Do keep corners at 18px for most controls, and use the larger radii only for cards and media.
- Don't copy this site's logos, illustrations, photography or copy; use the system, not the brand assets.

## Provenance

Spec v2, extractor 0.2.0. Render quality: **ok**. Vision pass: not run. Fields below confidence 0.7 are hedged or left out above: `color.accent_strategy`, `components`, `layout.columns`, `layout.hero`, `layout.section_count`, `sections[].kind`, `space.base`, `space.section_padding_px`. Full per-field provenance is in `spec.json`.