---
version: alpha
name: Theguardian
description: Light design system extracted from www.theguardian.com (DOM-true values, Emblematic extractor 0.2.0, 2026-11-12).
colors:
  background: "#FFFFFF"
  surface: "#F6F6F6"
  on-surface: "#121212"
  primary: "#052962"
  on-surface-variant: "#707070"
  outline: "#DCDCDC"
  carousel-dot: "#EDEDED"
  eu-parliament-ni: "#333333"
  masthead-top-bar-background: "#041F4A"
  section-date: "#C70000"
  card-border-top: "#BABABA"
  article-section-title-lifestyle: "#BB3B80"
  on-primary: "#FFFFFF"
typography:
  display-lg:
    fontFamily: GH Guardian Headline
    fontSize: 28px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.15
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: Guardian Text Sans
    fontSize: 20px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.3
  title-md:
    fontFamily: GH Guardian Headline
    fontSize: 17px
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.15
  body-md:
    fontFamily: GH Guardian Headline
    fontSize: 17px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.15
  body-sm:
    fontFamily: Guardian Text Sans
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.3
  label-md:
    fontFamily: Guardian Text Sans
    fontSize: 17px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.3
rounded:
  md: 12px
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  xxs: 2px
  xs: 3px
  sm: 4px
  md: 5px
  lg: 6px
  xl: 8px
  2xl: 10px
  3xl: 12px
  4xl: 20px
  5xl: 24px
  6xl: 98px
  7xl: 176px
  container: 1300px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "{colors.background}"
    rounded: 0px
    padding: 0px
    height: 52px
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
---

# Theguardian

> Extracted from [https://www.theguardian.com/uk](https://www.theguardian.com/uk) 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

Theguardian uses a light canvas (#FFFFFF) with a palette led by #052962. Type is set in **GH Guardian Headline** (display + body), with 17px body text. Layout: 1300px container, none-detected navigation, 41 sections. Built with an undetected stack.

## 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 | 65.9% | `--stuck-background` |
| `surface` | `#F6F6F6` | 0.973 0 0 | surface | 18.4% | `--ad-background` |
| `on-surface` | `#121212` | 0.182 0 0 | text | 8.6% | `--tabs--text` |
| `primary` | `#052962` | 0.297 0.109 259.8 | accent | 3.2% | `--button-background-primary` |
| `on-surface-variant` | `#707070` | 0.545 0 0 | muted | 0.83% | `--caption-text` |
| `outline` | `#DCDCDC` | 0.894 0 0 | border | 0.29% | `--ad-border` |
| `carousel-dot` | `#EDEDED` | 0.946 0 0 | other | 0.49% | `--carousel-dot` |
| `eu-parliament-ni` | `#333333` | 0.321 0 0 | other | 0.33% | `--eu-parliament-ni` |
| `masthead-top-bar-background` | `#041F4A` | 0.25 0.087 259.3 | other | 0.28% | `--masthead-top-bar-background` |
| `section-date` | `#C70000` | 0.521 0.214 29.2 | other | 0.27% | `--section-date` |
| `card-border-top` | `#BABABA` | 0.789 0 0 | other | 0.22% | `--card-border-top` |
| `article-section-title-lifestyle` | `#BB3B80` | 0.558 0.177 351.1 | other | 0.21% | `--article-section-title-lifestyle` |

Sparse chromatic highlights (not accents): `#FFE500` (`--apps-epic-border`), `#506991` (`--masthead-nav-border`), `#0C7A73` (`--labs-about-dropdown-link`), `#09615B` (`--labs-logo-background`).

Declared brand/accent tokens: `--table-of-contents-accent` = `#C70000`, `--product-button-primary-background` = `#7D0068` (declared, not painted on this page), `--discussion-primary-button-background` = `#AB0613` (declared, not painted on this page).

Contrast: text on background 18.73:1, muted text 4.95:1, accent 14:1.

Gradients in use: `linear-gradient(90deg, rgb(255, 229, 0), rgb(228, 229, 232) 60%)`; `linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0) 0%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8) 100%)`.

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

## Typography

| Family | Role | Weights | Share of text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| **GH Guardian Headline** | display, body | 500, 700 | 75.9% | webfont |
| **Guardian Text Sans** (CSS: `GuardianTextSans`) | other | 400, 700 | 24.1% | webfont |

Declared in `@font-face` but not used to paint text on this page: Guardian Egyptian, NSI, Guardian Text Egyptian, Guardian Headline Full. Don't treat these as the page's fonts.

Scale (px): 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 24, 28. Effective ratio ≈ 1.181 (close to a minor third). Body 17px at line-height 1.15; display 28px with tracking 0em. Headings are sentence case. On a 390px viewport the body is 16px and display 28px.

## Layout

Spacing has no reliable single base unit; the most used steps are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, 24, 98, 176px. Content sits in a 1300px container on a 2-column grid. Text density 0.105 (text area / page area).

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

1. **hero** — “The Guardian’s year in review 2026 Guardian Live events” (2821px, bg #FFFFFF)
2. **section** (298px, bg #F6F6F6)
3. **section** — “In focus” (608px, bg #FFFFFF)
4. **section** — “Cop31” (666px, bg #FFFFFF)
5. **section** — “Features” (1957px, bg #FFFFFF)
6. **section** — “The long read” (544px, bg #FFFFFF)
7. **section** — “Opinion” (745px, bg #FFFFFF)
8. **section** — “More opinion” (294px, bg #FFFFFF)
9. **section** — “Editorials” (118px, bg #FFFFFF)
10. **section** — “Letters” (204px, bg #FFFFFF)
11. **section** — “Cartoon” (2571px, bg #FFFFFF)
12. **section** — “More sport” (576px, bg #FFFFFF)
13. **section** — “More top stories” (944px, bg #FFFFFF)
14. **section** — “Climate crisis & environment” (375px, bg #FFFFFF)
15. **section** — “UK news” (262px, bg #FFFFFF)
16. **section** — “World news” (227px, bg #FFFFFF)
17. **section** — “Business & technology” (599px, bg #FFFFFF)
18. **section** — “Culture” (607px, bg #FFFFFF)
19. **section** — “What to watch” (375px, bg #FFFFFF)
20. **section** — “What to listen to” (397px, bg #FFFFFF)
21. **section** — “What to read” (282px, bg #FFFFFF)
22. **section** — “What to play” (293px, bg #FFFFFF)
23. **section** — “What to visit” (385px, bg #FFFFFF)
24. **section** — “More culture” (414px, bg #FFFFFF)
25. **section** — “The Good Daughter” (691px, bg #FFFFFF)
26. **section** — “The Filter” (1268px, bg #FFFFFF)
27. **section** — “Lifestyle” (607px, bg #FFFFFF)
28. **section** — “Food” (352px, bg #FFFFFF)
29. **section** — “Relationships” (262px, bg #FFFFFF)
30. **section** — “Money & consumer” (262px, bg #FFFFFF)
31. **section** — “Health & fitness” (262px, bg #FFFFFF)
32. **section** — “Fashion & beauty” (363px, bg #FFFFFF)
33. **section** — “Travel” (352px, bg #FFFFFF)
34. **section** — “More lifestyle” (576px, bg #FFFFFF)
35. **section** — “Documentary” (608px, bg #FFFFFF)
36. **section** — “You may have missed” (407px, bg #FFFFFF)
37. **section** — “Take part” (262px, bg #FFFFFF)
38. **section** — “Newsletters” (595px, bg #FFFFFF)
39. **section** — “In pictures” (602px, bg #FFFFFF)
40. **footer** — “Most popular” (1355px, bg #FFFFFF)
41. **footer** (596px, bg #052962)

## Shapes

Dominant corner radius 0px; radii in use: 12px, pill. Borders: hairline (1px).

## Components

- **button-primary**: backgroundColor `#052962`, textColor `#FFFFFF`, rounded `0px`, padding `0px 8px`, height `52px`, fontFamily `GH Guardian Headline`, fontSize `24px`, fontWeight `700` (e.g. “News”)

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do reserve `#052962` for primary actions and highlights; it covers only 3.2% of the painted page.
- Do set body copy in GH Guardian Headline at 17px / 1.15.
- Don't introduce font weights beyond 400, 500, 700.
- Don't add drop shadows; depth comes from tone and borders.
- Do keep corners at 0px for most controls.
- 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.base`, `space.section_padding_px`. Full per-field provenance is in `spec.json`.