---
version: alpha
name: Emil Kowalski
description: Light design system extracted from emilkowal.ski (DOM-true values, Emblematic extractor 0.2.0, 2026-11-12).
colors:
  background: "#FDFDFC"
  on-surface-variant: "#63635E"
  on-surface: "#21201C"
typography:
  display-lg:
    fontFamily: Sans
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.5
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Sans
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.65
  body-sm:
    fontFamily: Sans
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.65
rounded: {}
spacing:
  xxs: 4px
  xs: 6px
  sm: 8px
  md: 12px
  lg: 16px
  xl: 24px
  2xl: 64px
  3xl: 128px
  base: 4px
  container: 644px
omitted:
  - section: rounded
    reason: no rounded corners on painted elements
---

# Emil Kowalski

> Extracted from [https://emilkowal.ski/](https://emilkowal.ski/) 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

Emil Kowalski uses a light canvas (#FDFDFC) with a monochrome palette. Type is set in **Sans**, with 16px body text. Layout: 644px container, none-detected navigation, 1 sections. Built with next.js, tailwind, vercel.

## 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` | `#FDFDFC` | 0.994 0.001 106.4 | bg | 94.7% | `--color-gray-100` |
| `on-surface-variant` | `#63635E` | 0.498 0.008 106.7 | muted | 3.7% | `--color-gray-1100` |
| `on-surface` | `#21201C` | 0.243 0.008 95.4 | text | 1.6% | `--shiki-foreground` |

Declared brand/accent tokens: `--brand` = `#FAD657` (declared, not painted on this page).

Contrast: text on background 16.02:1, muted text 5.93:1.

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

## Typography

| Family | Role | Weights | Share of text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Sans** | body | 400, 500 | 100.0% | webfont |

Declared in `@font-face` but not used to paint text on this page: Serif, Runde, Serif Inline, Mono. Don't treat these as the page's fonts.

Scale (px): 14, 16.  Body 16px at line-height 1.5; display 16px with tracking 0em. Headings are mixed case. On a 390px viewport the body is 16px and display 16px.

## Layout

Spacing follows a 4px base unit; the most used steps are 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 64, 128px. Content sits in a 644px container. Text density 0.056 (text area / page area).

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

1. **footer** (1726px, bg #F9F9F8)

## Shapes

Dominant corner radius 0px; radii in use: none. Borders: hairline (1px).

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do keep the palette monochrome; there is no chromatic brand accent on the page.
- Do set body copy in Sans at 16px / 1.5.
- Don't introduce font weights beyond 400, 500.
- Don't add drop shadows; depth comes from tone and borders.
- Do keep corners at 0px for most controls.
- Do snap spacing to multiples of 4px.
- 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: `components`, `imagery.dominant_colors`, `layout.columns`, `layout.hero`, `layout.section_count`, `space.section_padding_px`, `type.ratio`. Full per-field provenance is in `spec.json`.