Design Tokens

Design tokens are a single source of truth for reusable design properties, stored in such a way that computers and humans can easily read and process them. They represent core design decisions and translate them into a structured, sharable, and reusable format. Examples of design tokens include: Colors: primary-color: #FF5733 Typography: font-size-large: 16px Spacing: spacing-sm: 8px Borders: border-radius-md: 4px Why Do Design Tokens Matter? Historically, developers and designers often worked with separate tools and formats, leading to issues like: Inconsistencies in design implementation. Duplication of effort when updating or scaling designs. Miscommunication between teams. By using design tokens, these issues are minimized because tokens act as a shared, universal language. How Design Tokens Work Core Principles Platform-agnostic: Stored in formats like JSON or YAML so they can be consumed by any system—web, mobile, or desktop. Scalable: Tokens allow changes to propagate easily acr