---
version: alpha
name: Pitchfork
description: Light design system extracted from pitchfork.com (DOM-true values, Emblematic extractor 0.2.0, 2026-11-12).
colors:
  background: "#FFFFFF"
  on-surface-variant: "#1A1A1A"
  on-surface: "#000000"
  text-byline: "#2B2B2B"
  text-disabled: "#B3B3B3"
  text-pubdate: "#757575"
  color-7: "#000000D1"
  primary: "#000000"
  on-primary: "#FFFFFF"
typography:
  display-lg:
    fontFamily: Feature Flat Display
    fontSize: 36px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.111
  title-md:
    fontFamily: Feature Flat Display
    fontSize: 24px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.167
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Walfork
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.429
  body-sm:
    fontFamily: Walfork
    fontSize: 12px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.333
  label-md:
    fontFamily: Walfork
    fontSize: 12px
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.333
    letterSpacing: 0.083em
rounded:
  sm: 1px
  md: 8px
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  xxs: 4px
  xs: 6px
  sm: 8px
  md: 10px
  lg: 12px
  xl: 16px
  2xl: 20px
  3xl: 24px
  4xl: 32px
  5xl: 64px
  base: 8px
  container: 1312px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    textColor: "{colors.background}"
    rounded: 0px
    padding: 16px
    height: 48px
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
  button-secondary:
    backgroundColor: "#FF3530"
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    rounded: "{rounded.sm}"
    padding: 4px
    height: 24px
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
  card:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: 12px
---

# Pitchfork

> Extracted from [https://pitchfork.com/](https://pitchfork.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

Pitchfork uses a light canvas (#FFFFFF) with a palette. Type is set in **Walfork**, **Feature Flat Display** (display), with 14px body text. Layout: 1312px container, top-static navigation, 8 sections. Built with react, shadcn/ui, google-tag-manager, 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` | `#FFFFFF` | 1 0 0 | bg | 80.5% | `--color-surface` |
| `on-surface-variant` | `#1A1A1A` | 0.218 0 0 | muted | 12.1% | `--color-text` |
| `on-surface` | `#000000` | 0 0 0 | text | 4.8% | `--color-text-link` |
| `text-byline` | `#2B2B2B` | 0.289 0 0 | other | 0.90% | `--color-text-byline` |
| `text-disabled` | `#B3B3B3` | 0.767 0 0 | other | 0.78% | `--color-text-disabled` |
| `text-pubdate` | `#757575` | 0.562 0 0 | other | 0.38% | `--color-text-pubdate` |
| `color-7` | `#000000D1` (on bg `#2E2E2E`) | 0 0 0 | other | 0.24% | — |

Sparse chromatic highlights (not accents): `#FF3530` (`--color-text-accent`).

Declared brand/accent tokens: `--color-surface-navigation-feature-brand` = `#FF3530`.

Contrast: text on background 21:1, muted text 17.4:1, accent 21:1.

Gradients in use: `linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.82) 100%)`.

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

## Typography

| Family | Role | Weights | Share of text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **Walfork** | body | 400, 500, 600 | 60.1% | webfont |
| **Feature Flat Display** (CSS: `FeatureFlatDisplay`) | display | 700 | 39.9% | webfont |

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

Scale (px): 12, 14, 16, 19, 22, 24, 36. Effective ratio ≈ 1.208 (close to a minor third). Body 14px at line-height 1.429; display 36px with tracking 0em. Headings are title case. On a 390px viewport the body is 14px and display 28px.

## Layout

Spacing follows a 8px base unit; the most used steps are 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 64px. Sections open with about 90px of space before their first line of text. Content sits in a 1312px container on a 3-column grid. Text density 0.08 (text area / page area).

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

1. **nav** (160px, bg #1A1A1A)
2. **hero** (258px, bg #FFFFFF)
3. **section** — “7 Takeaways From the Coachella 2027 Lineup” (1086px, bg #FFFFFF)
4. **section** — “Reviews” (1166px, bg #FFFFFF)
5. **section** — “New Reader Reviews” (749px, bg #FFFFFF)
6. **section** — “More Reviews” (1830px, bg #FFFFFF)
7. **section** — “Features” (2137px, bg #FFFFFF)
8. **footer** (465px, bg #1A1A1A)

## Elevation & Depth

Style: flat. Most used shadows:

- `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 2px 4px 0px`

## Shapes

Dominant corner radius 0px; radii in use: 1px, 8px, pill. Borders: regular (2px).

## Components

- **button-primary**: backgroundColor `#000000`, textColor `#FFFFFF`, rounded `0px`, padding `16px 20px`, height `48px`, fontFamily `Walfork`, fontSize `14px`, fontWeight `600` (e.g. “SUBSCRIBE”)
- **button-secondary**: backgroundColor `#FF3530`, textColor `#000000`, rounded `1px`, padding `4px 8px`, height `24px`, fontFamily `Walfork`, fontSize `14px`, fontWeight `600` (e.g. “SUBSCRIBE”)
- **card**: rounded `8px`, padding `12px`, backgroundColor `#FFFFFF`, border `1px solid #CCCCCC`

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do set body copy in Walfork at 14px / 1.429.
- Do use Feature Flat Display only for display sizes, not for body text.
- Don't introduce font weights beyond 400, 500, 600, 700.
- Don't add drop shadows; depth comes from tone and borders.
- Do keep corners at 0px for most controls, and use the larger radii only for cards and media.
- Do snap spacing to multiples of 8px.
- 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`.