---
version: alpha
name: Monocle
description: Light design system extracted from monocle.com (DOM-true values, Emblematic extractor 0.2.0, 2026-11-12).
colors:
  background: "#FFFFFF"
  on-surface: "#000000"
  surface: "#FDFBE4"
  on-surface-variant: "#6E6E6E"
  primary: "#FFC500"
  radio: "#2A2929"
  blue-200: "#64D5FF"
  neutral-300: "#B3B3B3"
  on-primary: "#000000"
typography:
  display-lg:
    fontFamily: Plantin
    fontSize: 32px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.2
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: Plantin
    fontSize: 28px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.25
  title-md:
    fontFamily: Plantin
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.375
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Plantin
    fontSize: 18px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.444
  body-sm:
    fontFamily: Plantin
    fontSize: 13px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.384
  label-md:
    fontFamily: Helvetica Neue
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.125
  mono-md:
    fontFamily: Monocons
    fontSize: 13.5px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.444
rounded:
  md: 8px
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  xxs: 4px
  xs: 8px
  sm: 12px
  md: 16px
  lg: 24px
  xl: 32px
  2xl: 80px
  base: 4px
  container: 1296px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    rounded: 0px
    padding: 0px
    height: 44px
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
  button-secondary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    textColor: "{colors.background}"
    rounded: 0px
    padding: 0px
    height: 44px
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
  card:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.blue-200}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: 16px
  input:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
    rounded: 0px
    padding: 16px
    height: 40px
---

# Monocle

> Extracted from [https://monocle.com/](https://monocle.com/) 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

Monocle uses a light canvas (#FFFFFF) with a palette led by #FFC500. Type is set in **Plantin** (display + body), **Helvetica Neue** (ui), **Monocons** (mono), with 18px body text. Layout: 1296px container, none-detected navigation, 14 sections. Built with wordpress, google-tag-manager, cloudflare.

## 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` | `#FFFFFF` | 1 0 0 | bg | 74.0% | `--guide-partner-cta-bg-color` |
| `on-surface` | `#000000` | 0 0 0 | text | 17.3% | `--text-primary` |
| `surface` | `#FDFBE4` | 0.984 0.03 102.9 | surface | 1.9% | `--color-yellow-50` |
| `on-surface-variant` | `#6E6E6E` | 0.538 0 0 | muted | 0.98% | `--text-secondary` |
| `primary` | `#FFC500` | 0.852 0.174 87 | accent | 0.30% | `--border-brand-primary` |
| `radio` | `#2A2929` | 0.282 0.001 17.2 | other | 3.7% | `--radio` |
| `blue-200` | `#64D5FF` | 0.823 0.118 225.4 | other | 1.3% | `--color-blue-200` |
| `neutral-300` | `#B3B3B3` | 0.767 0 0 | other | 0.29% | `--color-neutral-300` |

Declared brand/accent tokens: `--guide-partner-brand-color` = `#3070C8` (declared, not painted on this page).

Contrast: text on background 21:1, muted text 5.1:1, accent 1.59:1.

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

## Typography

| Family | Role | Weights | Share of text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Plantin** | display, body | 400 | 91.6% | webfont |
| **Helvetica Neue** | ui | 400, 700 | 8.3% | webfont |
| **Monocons** (CSS: `monocons`) | mono | 400 | 0.00% | webfont |

Declared in `@font-face` but not used to paint text on this page: Open Sans, Avenir Next Lt Pro, Baskerville, Nunito Sans Klaviyo Hosted, Plantin MT Std, Akzidenz Grotesk BQ. Don't treat these as the page's fonts.

Scale (px): 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 24, 28, 32. Effective ratio ≈ 1.155 (close to a major second). Body 18px at line-height 1.444; display 32px with tracking 0em. Headings are upper case. On a 390px viewport the body is 16px and display 24px.

## Layout

Spacing follows a 4px base unit; the most used steps are 4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 80px. Sections open with about 48px of space before their first line of text. Content sits in a 1296px container on a 12-column grid. Text density 0.112 (text area / page area).

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

1. **hero** (368px, bg #FFFFFF)
2. **section** (154px, bg #FFFFFF)
3. **section** (46px, bg #FFFFFF)
4. **section** — “Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen’s new Supreme Class: Japan’s bullet train gets priv” (1961px, bg #FFFFFF)
5. **testimonials** — “Latest from Monocle radio” (1331px, bg #FFFFFF)
6. **testimonials** — “MEET OUR COLUMNISTS” (373px, bg #FFFFFF)
7. **testimonials** — “CITY GUIDES” (515px, bg #FFFFFF)
8. **testimonials** — “TRAVEL” (684px, bg #FFFFFF)
9. **testimonials** — “FROM THE MONOCLE shop” (615px, bg #FFFFFF)
10. **testimonials** — “FROM OUR PARTNERS” (459px, bg #FFFFFF)
11. **testimonials** — “MONOCLE BOOKS” (640px, bg #FFFFFF)
12. **testimonials** — “LONGER READS” (2152px, bg #FFFFFF)
13. **newsletter** — “Want more stories like these in your inbox?” (452px, bg #FDFBE4)
14. **footer** (417px, bg #000000)

## Shapes

Dominant corner radius 0px; radii in use: 8px, pill. Borders: hairline (1px).

## Components

- **button-primary**: backgroundColor `#FFC500`, textColor `#000000`, rounded `0px`, padding `0px 16px`, height `44px`, fontFamily `Helvetica Neue`, fontSize `13px`, fontWeight `700` (e.g. “Listen Live”)
- **button-secondary**: backgroundColor `#000000`, textColor `#FFFFFF`, rounded `0px`, padding `0px 16px`, height `44px`, fontFamily `Helvetica Neue`, fontSize `13px`, fontWeight `700`, border `1px solid #FFFFFF` (e.g. “View Full Programme”)
- **card**: rounded `8px`, padding `16px`, backgroundColor `#64D5FF`
- **input**: rounded `0px`, height `40px`, padding `16px 16px`, backgroundColor `#FFFFFF`

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do reserve `#FFC500` for primary actions and highlights; it covers only 0.30% of the painted page.
- Do set body copy in Plantin at 18px / 1.444.
- Don't introduce font weights beyond 400, 700.
- 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: `color.accent_strategy`, `layout.columns`, `layout.hero`, `layout.section_count`, `sections[].kind`, `space.section_padding_px`. Full per-field provenance is in `spec.json`.