---
version: alpha
name: Paco Coursey
description: Light design system extracted from paco.me (DOM-true values, Emblematic extractor 0.2.0, 2026-11-12).
colors:
  background: "#FFFFFF"
  on-surface: "#3A3A3A"
  background-dark: "#1A1A1A"
  on-surface-dark: "#EDEDED"
typography:
  display-lg:
    fontFamily: Inter
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.75
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: Söhne
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.429
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Söhne
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.75
rounded: {}
spacing:
  xxs: 12px
  xs: 24px
  sm: 28px
  md: 32px
  lg: 40px
  xl: 64px
  2xl: 128px
  3xl: 160px
  base: 4px
  container: 640px
omitted:
  - section: rounded
    reason: no rounded corners on painted elements
---

# Paco Coursey

> Extracted from [https://paco.me/](https://paco.me/) 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

Paco Coursey uses a light canvas (#FFFFFF) with a monochrome palette. Type is set in **Söhne**, **Inter** (display), with 16px body text. Layout: 640px container, none-detected navigation, 5 sections. Built with next.js, 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` | `#FFFFFF` | 1 0 0 | bg | 91.8% | `--bg` |
| `on-surface` | `#3A3A3A` | 0.348 0 0 | text | 8.0% | `--text-color` |

Contrast: text on background 11.37:1.

The site responds to `prefers-color-scheme: dark`; the `-dark` tokens hold the dark-mode roles.

## Typography

| Family | Role | Weights | Share of text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Söhne** (CSS: `Sohne`) | body | 400 | 93.5% | webfont |
| **Newsreader** | other | 400 | 4.2% | webfont |
| **Inter** | display | 500 | 2.2% | webfont |

Scale (px): 14, 16, 17.  Body 16px at line-height 1.75; display 16px with tracking 0em. Headings are title case. On a 390px viewport the body is 16px and display 16px.

## Layout

Spacing follows a 4px base unit; the most used steps are 12, 24, 28, 32, 40, 64, 128, 160px. Sections open with about 64px of space before their first line of text. Content sits in a 640px container on a 3-column grid. Text density 0.089 (text area / page area).

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

1. **hero** (96px, bg #FFFFFF)
2. **section** — “Paco Coursey” (200px, bg #FFFFFF)
3. **section** — “Writing” (404px, bg #FFFFFF)
4. **section** — “Now” (404px, bg #FFFFFF)
5. **section** — “Connect” (320px, bg #FFFFFF)

## Shapes

Dominant corner radius 0px; radii in use: none. Borders: none.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do keep the palette monochrome; there is no chromatic brand accent on the page.
- Do set body copy in Söhne at 16px / 1.75.
- Do use Inter only for display sizes, not for body text.
- 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`, `sections[].kind`, `space.section_padding_px`, `type.ratio`. Full per-field provenance is in `spec.json`.