--- version: alpha name: Zapier Inspired description: An inspired interpretation of Zapier's design language — a workflow-automation platform whose surface combines warm-cream neutrals (`#fffefb` canvas, `#f8f4f0` soft cream) with deep coffee ink (`#201515`) and a single saturated orange CTA accent (`#ff4f00`); typography pairs the proprietary Degular Display family at hero scale with Inter for sub-displays and body, giving the brand a confident-warm rather than cool-tech voice. colors: primary: "#ff4f00" on-primary: "#fffefb" ink: "#201515" ink-soft: "#2f2a26" ink-mid: "#36342e" body: "#605d52" body-mid: "#939084" mute: "#c5c0b1" canvas: "#fffefb" canvas-soft: "#f8f4f0" typography: display-xl: fontFamily: Degular Display, Inter, system-ui, -apple-system, sans-serif fontSize: 56px fontWeight: 500 lineHeight: 56px display-lg: fontFamily: Degular Display, Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 48px fontWeight: 500 lineHeight: 48px display-md: fontFamily: Degular Display, Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 32px fontWeight: 500 lineHeight: 36px letterSpacing: 1px display-sub-lg: fontFamily: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 48px fontWeight: 500 lineHeight: 49.92px display-sub-md: fontFamily: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 32px fontWeight: 400 lineHeight: 40px display-sub-sm: fontFamily: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 24px fontWeight: 600 lineHeight: 30px letterSpacing: -0.6px display-xs: fontFamily: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 20px fontWeight: 700 lineHeight: 25px letterSpacing: -0.5px body-lg: fontFamily: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 20px fontWeight: 400 lineHeight: 30px letterSpacing: -0.2px body-md: fontFamily: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 18px fontWeight: 400 lineHeight: 27px body-md-strong: fontFamily: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 18px fontWeight: 600 lineHeight: 27px body-sm: fontFamily: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 16px fontWeight: 400 lineHeight: 24px body-sm-strong: fontFamily: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 16px fontWeight: 600 lineHeight: 24px caption: fontFamily: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 14px fontWeight: 400 lineHeight: 21px eyebrow-uppercase: fontFamily: Degular Display, Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 14px fontWeight: 500 lineHeight: 14px letterSpacing: 1px button-md: fontFamily: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 18px fontWeight: 600 lineHeight: 27px button-sm: fontFamily: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif fontSize: 14.4px fontWeight: 700 lineHeight: 14.4px letterSpacing: 0.144px rounded: none: 0px sm: 6px md: 12px pill: 9999px full: 9999px spacing: xxs: 2px xs: 4px sm: 8px md: 12px lg: 16px xl: 24px 2xl: 32px 3xl: 48px 4xl: 64px components: nav-bar: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.body-sm}" padding: "{spacing.md} {spacing.xl}" nav-link: textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.body-sm}" button-primary: backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}" textColor: "{colors.on-primary}" typography: "{typography.button-md}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.md} {spacing.xl}" button-secondary: backgroundColor: "{colors.ink}" textColor: "{colors.on-primary}" typography: "{typography.button-md}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.md} {spacing.xl}" button-tertiary: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" borderColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.button-md}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.md} {spacing.xl}" button-text: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.button-sm}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.sm} {spacing.lg}" text-input: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" borderColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.body-md}" rounded: "{rounded.sm}" padding: "{spacing.md} {spacing.lg}" card-content: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas-soft}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.body-md}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.xl}" card-feature-cream: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas-soft}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.body-md}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.xl}" card-feature-dark: backgroundColor: "{colors.ink}" textColor: "{colors.on-primary}" typography: "{typography.body-md}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.xl}" pricing-card: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" borderColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.body-md}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.xl}" pricing-card-featured: backgroundColor: "{colors.ink}" textColor: "{colors.on-primary}" typography: "{typography.body-md}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.xl}" hero-band: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.display-xl}" padding: "{spacing.4xl} {spacing.xl}" hero-band-dark: backgroundColor: "{colors.ink}" textColor: "{colors.on-primary}" typography: "{typography.display-xl}" padding: "{spacing.4xl} {spacing.xl}" content-band-cream: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas-soft}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.display-lg}" padding: "{spacing.4xl} {spacing.xl}" content-band-light: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.display-lg}" padding: "{spacing.4xl} {spacing.xl}" eyebrow-uppercase: textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.eyebrow-uppercase}" badge-pill: backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas-soft}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" typography: "{typography.body-sm}" rounded: "{rounded.pill}" padding: "{spacing.xs} {spacing.md}" footer: backgroundColor: "{colors.ink}" textColor: "{colors.canvas-soft}" typography: "{typography.body-sm}" padding: "{spacing.3xl} {spacing.xl}" # ─── Examples (illustrative) — auto-derived; resolve any TO_FILL markers below ─── ex-pricing-tier: description: "Default Pricing tier card. Re-uses feature-card chrome with brand canvas-soft surface." backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas-soft}" textColor: "{colors.ink}" borderColor: "{colors.mute}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.xl}" ex-pricing-tier-featured: description: "Featured/highlighted tier — polarity-flipped surface (dark fill + light text in light mode, light fill + dark text in dark mode)." backgroundColor: "{colors.ink}" textColor: "{colors.on-primary}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.xl}" ex-product-selector: description: "What's Included summary card — re-purposed for SaaS / B2B verticals (NOT a literal product gallery)." backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas-soft}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.xl}" ex-cart-drawer: description: "Subscription summary — re-purposed for SaaS / B2B (line items per add-on, not literal cart)." backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.xl}" item-divider: "{colors.mute}" ex-app-shell-row: description: "Sidebar nav row inside the App Shell example. Active state uses brand primary as the indicator." backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" activeIndicator: "{colors.primary}" rounded: "{rounded.sm}" padding: "{spacing.md} {spacing.lg}" ex-data-table-cell: description: "Default data-table th + td chrome. Header uses mono-caps eyebrow typography; body uses body-sm." headerBackground: "{colors.canvas-soft}" headerTypography: "{typography.caption}" bodyTypography: "{typography.body-sm}" cellPadding: "{spacing.md} {spacing.lg}" rowBorder: "{colors.mute}" ex-auth-form-card: description: "Sign-in / sign-up card. Re-uses feature-card chrome with text-input primitives inside." backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas-soft}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.xl}" ex-modal-card: description: "Modal dialog surface — same chrome as feature-card with elevated shadow." backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.xl}" ex-empty-state-card: description: "Empty-state illustration frame." backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas-soft}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.3xl}" captionTypography: "{typography.body-md}" ex-toast: description: "Toast notification surface — feature-card shape + medium shadow." backgroundColor: "{colors.canvas}" rounded: "{rounded.md}" padding: "{spacing.md} {spacing.lg}" typography: "{typography.body-sm}" --- ## Overview Zapier is the original "connect your apps" workflow automation platform — and the marketing surface today reads as confidently-mature. The brand pairs a warm-cream canvas `{colors.canvas}` (`#fffefb`) with a deep coffee-ink `{colors.ink}` (`#201515`) and a single saturated orange `{colors.primary}` (`#ff4f00`) CTA. The warmth in the neutrals — slightly cream rather than pure white — is the brand's defining temperature signal. Type carries the second voice. The proprietary `Degular Display` family carries hero displays at weight 500. The brand uses `Inter` for everything else — sub-displays, body, button, eyebrow. The two-face pairing reads as "the brand has its own typeface for the loud moments and uses the workhorse for the rest" — modest and unflashy. Cards are universally `{rounded.md}` 12 px. Buttons share the same 12 px radius — not pills, not square. The brand sits between the friendly-rounded and the technical-square camps with a deliberate middle position. **Key Characteristics:** - A single primary CTA color `{colors.primary}` (`#ff4f00`) — saturated orange. The brand's conversion signature. - Warm-cream canvas `{colors.canvas}` (`#fffefb`) — not pure white. The temperature IS the brand voice. - Deep coffee ink `{colors.ink}` (`#201515`) — not pure black. Warmth carries through to text. - Proprietary Degular Display for hero-scale, Inter for everything else. Two-face system. - `{rounded.md}` 12 px for buttons and cards — the brand's middle-radius signature. - A muted cream / coffee neutral ladder — `{colors.canvas-soft}` (`#f8f4f0`), `{colors.mute}` (`#c5c0b1`), `{colors.body-mid}` (`#939084`), `{colors.body}` (`#605d52`) — every neutral carries warmth, none are cool grey. ## Colors ### Brand & Accent - **Zapier Orange** (`{colors.primary}` — `#ff4f00`): The single brand accent. Every primary CTA pill, every conversion target. The saturated orange IS the brand. ### Surface - **Canvas** (`{colors.canvas}` — `#fffefb`): Warm off-white page background. - **Canvas Soft** (`{colors.canvas-soft}` — `#f8f4f0`): Cream-tinted soft surface for cards / inset regions. ### Text - **Ink** (`{colors.ink}` — `#201515`): Deep coffee — every heading and primary text. - **Ink Soft** (`{colors.ink-soft}` — `#2f2a26`): Near-black with brown warmth. - **Ink Mid** (`{colors.ink-mid}` — `#36342e`): Mid-emphasis text. - **Body** (`{colors.body}` — `#605d52`): Default body text color. - **Body Mid** (`{colors.body-mid}` — `#939084`): Secondary body / metadata. - **Mute** (`{colors.mute}` — `#c5c0b1`): Lowest-priority text — fine print, low-emphasis captions. ### Semantic The brand doesn't surface a separate semantic palette on its marketing pages. Status / validation cues borrow from the ink + orange hierarchy. ## Typography ### Font Family Two faces ladder the system: 1. **Degular Display** — proprietary geometric display sans used for hero headlines at weight 500. The brand's typographic signature. 2. **Inter** — used for sub-displays, body, links, buttons, and eyebrows. Weights 400 / 500 / 600 / 700 are present. ### Hierarchy | Token | Size | Weight | Line Height | Letter Spacing | Use | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | `{typography.display-xl}` | 56px | 500 | 56px | 0 | Hero headline (Degular Display). | | `{typography.display-lg}` | 48px | 500 | 48px | 0 | Sub-hero displays (Degular Display). | | `{typography.display-md}` | 32px | 500 | 36px | 1px | Section displays (Degular Display, positive tracking). | | `{typography.display-sub-lg}` | 48px | 500 | 49.92px | 0 | Inter-rendered sub-display. | | `{typography.display-sub-md}` | 32px | 400 | 40px | 0 | Inter sub-display. | | `{typography.display-sub-sm}` | 24px | 600 | 30px | -0.6px | Card titles (Inter, semibold). | | `{typography.display-xs}` | 20px | 700 | 25px | -0.5px | Inline display micro-headings. | | `{typography.body-lg}` | 20px | 400 | 30px | -0.2px | Lead paragraphs. | | `{typography.body-md}` | 18px | 400 | 27px | 0 | Default body. | | `{typography.body-md-strong}` | 18px | 600 | 27px | 0 | Bolded inline body. | | `{typography.body-sm}` | 16px | 400 | 24px | 0 | Secondary body. | | `{typography.body-sm-strong}` | 16px | 600 | 24px | 0 | Bold caption. | | `{typography.caption}` | 14px | 400 | 21px | 0 | Fine print. | | `{typography.eyebrow-uppercase}` | 14px | 500 | 14px | 1px | UPPERCASE eyebrow (Degular Display, positive tracking). | | `{typography.button-md}` | 18px | 600 | 27px | 0 | Primary button label. | | `{typography.button-sm}` | 14.4px | 700 | 14.4px | 0.144px | Small button label. | ### Principles - **Degular Display 500 for hero, Inter for everything else.** Strict role separation. - **Positive tracking on the Degular eyebrow** — `1 px` at 14 px is the brand's signature label style. - **Sentence-case headlines.** The brand never uppercases display sizes. ### Note on Font Substitutes Degular Display is proprietary. Open-source substitutes: - **Display** — *Inter* weight 500 at hero scale comes closest. *Mona Sans* weight 500 is a softer alternative. - **Sub-display + body** — *Inter* is the brand's actual second face. ## Layout ### Spacing System - **Base unit**: 4 px. - **Tokens**: `{spacing.xxs}` 2 px · `{spacing.xs}` 4 px · `{spacing.sm}` 8 px · `{spacing.md}` 12 px · `{spacing.lg}` 16 px · `{spacing.xl}` 24 px · `{spacing.2xl}` 32 px · `{spacing.3xl}` 48 px · `{spacing.4xl}` 64 px. - **Section padding**: bands use `{spacing.4xl}` 64 px top/bottom. - **Card interior**: cards at `{spacing.xl}` 24 px. ### Grid & Container - Marketing container ~1280 px wide; centred with gutters. - Hero: split at desktop (headline left, illustration right); stacked at mobile. - Pricing tier grid: 3 / 4-up at desktop. ### Responsive Strategy #### Breakpoints | Name | Width | Key Changes | |---|---|---| | Mobile | < 768px | Hero stacks; grids 1-up; hamburger nav. | | Tablet | 768–1023px | 2-up grids. | | Desktop | ≥ 1024px | Full grids; hero split. | #### Touch Targets Buttons render ~48 px tall (12 vertical padding + 27 line). WCAG AAA met. #### Image Behavior The brand uses illustrative SVGs of zaps / workflows + product screenshots inside `{rounded.md}` framed cards. Photography is rare. ## Elevation & Depth | Level | Treatment | Use | |---|---|---| | Level 0 — Flat | No shadow, no border. | Default for hero. | | Level 1 — Hairline | 1 px solid `{colors.ink}` border. | Pricing-tier card chrome, outline buttons. | | Level 2 — Soft Card | `{colors.canvas-soft}` cream fill against `{colors.canvas}` page. | Default content cards — surface contrast carries elevation. | ## Shapes ### Border Radius Scale | Token | Value | Use | |---|---|---| | `{rounded.none}` | 0px | Full-bleed bands. | | `{rounded.sm}` | 6px | Inline pills, form inputs. | | `{rounded.md}` | 12px | The brand's canonical button + card radius. | | `{rounded.pill}` | 9999px | Status pills, badges. | | `{rounded.full}` | 9999px | Circular icon containers. | ## Components ### Buttons **`button-primary`** — the orange CTA. - Background `{colors.primary}`, text `{colors.on-primary}` (warm white), label `{typography.button-md}`, padding `{spacing.md} {spacing.xl}`, shape `{rounded.md}` 12 px. **`button-secondary`** — the dark coffee-ink CTA. - Background `{colors.ink}`, text `{colors.on-primary}`, same typography / padding / shape. **`button-tertiary`** — the outline CTA. - Background `{colors.canvas}`, text `{colors.ink}`, 1 px solid `{colors.ink}` border, same typography / padding / shape. **`button-text`** — text-only CTA used inside cards / nav. - Background `{colors.canvas}`, text `{colors.ink}`, body in `{typography.button-sm}`, padding `{spacing.sm} {spacing.lg}`, shape `{rounded.md}`. ### Cards & Containers **`card-content`** — the default cream content card. - Background `{colors.canvas-soft}`, text `{colors.ink}`, padding `{spacing.xl}`, shape `{rounded.md}`. **`card-feature-cream`** — the cream feature card. - Same chrome as `card-content`. Hosts headline + body + illustration. **`card-feature-dark`** — the polarity-flipped dark coffee card. - Background `{colors.ink}`, text `{colors.on-primary}`, padding `{spacing.xl}`, shape `{rounded.md}`. **`pricing-card`** — the default pricing tier card. - Background `{colors.canvas}`, text `{colors.ink}`, 1 px solid `{colors.ink}` border, padding `{spacing.xl}`, shape `{rounded.md}`. **`pricing-card-featured`** — the polarity-flipped featured pricing tier. - Background `{colors.ink}`, text `{colors.on-primary}`, same shape / padding. ### Inputs & Forms **`text-input`** — the canonical text input. - Background `{colors.canvas}`, text `{colors.ink}`, 1 px solid `{colors.ink}` border, body in `{typography.body-md}`, padding `{spacing.md} {spacing.lg}`, shape `{rounded.sm}` 6 px. ### Navigation **`nav-bar`** — the sticky top nav. - Background `{colors.canvas}`, text `{colors.ink}`, padding `{spacing.md} {spacing.xl}`. **`nav-link`** — link items inside nav. - Text `{colors.ink}`, set in `{typography.body-sm}`. **`footer`** — the dark coffee footer. - Background `{colors.ink}`, text `{colors.canvas-soft}`, padding `{spacing.3xl} {spacing.xl}`. Body in `{typography.body-sm}`. ### Signature Components **`hero-band`** — the cream hero band. - Background `{colors.canvas}`, text `{colors.ink}`, padding `{spacing.4xl} {spacing.xl}`. Headline in `{typography.display-xl}` (Degular Display 56 px / 500). **`hero-band-dark`** — the polarity-flipped dark coffee hero. - Background `{colors.ink}`, text `{colors.on-primary}`, same scale. **`content-band-cream`** — the cream content band that follows hero. - Background `{colors.canvas-soft}`, text `{colors.ink}`, padding `{spacing.4xl} {spacing.xl}`. Section headline in `{typography.display-lg}`. **`content-band-light`** — the white content band. - Background `{colors.canvas}`, text `{colors.ink}`, same padding / scale. **`eyebrow-uppercase`** — the small UPPERCASE Degular eyebrow above section headlines. - Text `{colors.ink}`, set in `{typography.eyebrow-uppercase}` (14 px / 500 / `1 px` tracking). **`badge-pill`** — the inline pill for metadata / tag. - Background `{colors.canvas-soft}`, text `{colors.ink}`, body in `{typography.body-sm}`, padding `{spacing.xs} {spacing.md}`, shape `{rounded.pill}`. ### Examples (illustrative) > Auto-derived kit-mirror demonstration surfaces (`scripts/derive-examples-block.mjs`). Each `ex-*` entry references brand-native primitives so downstream consumers (`/preview-design`, `/generate-kit`) re-skin the same 10 surfaces consistently. `TO_FILL` markers indicate missing primitives — resolve in the LLM judgment pass. **`ex-pricing-tier`** — Default Pricing tier card. Re-uses feature-card chrome with brand canvas-soft surface. - Properties: `backgroundColor`, `textColor`, `borderColor`, `rounded`, `padding` **`ex-pricing-tier-featured`** — Featured/highlighted tier — polarity-flipped surface (dark fill + light text in light mode, light fill + dark text in dark mode). - Properties: `backgroundColor`, `textColor`, `rounded`, `padding` **`ex-product-selector`** — What's Included summary card — re-purposed for SaaS / B2B verticals (NOT a literal product gallery). - Properties: `backgroundColor`, `rounded`, `padding` **`ex-cart-drawer`** — Subscription summary — re-purposed for SaaS / B2B (line items per add-on, not literal cart). - Properties: `backgroundColor`, `rounded`, `padding`, `item-divider` **`ex-app-shell-row`** — Sidebar nav row inside the App Shell example. Active state uses brand primary as the indicator. - Properties: `backgroundColor`, `activeIndicator`, `rounded`, `padding` **`ex-data-table-cell`** — Default data-table th + td chrome. Header uses mono-caps eyebrow typography; body uses body-sm. - Properties: `headerBackground`, `headerTypography`, `bodyTypography`, `cellPadding`, `rowBorder` **`ex-auth-form-card`** — Sign-in / sign-up card. Re-uses feature-card chrome with text-input primitives inside. - Properties: `backgroundColor`, `rounded`, `padding` **`ex-modal-card`** — Modal dialog surface — same chrome as feature-card with elevated shadow. - Properties: `backgroundColor`, `rounded`, `padding` **`ex-empty-state-card`** — Empty-state illustration frame. - Properties: `backgroundColor`, `rounded`, `padding`, `captionTypography` **`ex-toast`** — Toast notification surface — feature-card shape + medium shadow. - Properties: `backgroundColor`, `rounded`, `padding`, `typography` ## Do's and Don'ts ### Do - Reserve `{colors.primary}` Zapier orange for every primary CTA. The saturated orange IS the conversion signature. - Keep canvas WARM — `{colors.canvas}` `#fffefb` cream, not pure white. The temperature is the brand voice. - Set hero headlines in `{typography.display-xl}` Degular Display weight 500. Sentence-case, no uppercase. - Pair Degular Display (hero, eyebrow) with Inter (everything else). Two faces, two roles. - Use `{rounded.md}` 12 px for buttons + cards. The middle radius is the brand's signature. - Pair orange CTA with ink-dark text on cream backgrounds — the three-token rhythm is the brand's whole conversion story. ### Don't - Don't replace cream canvas with pure white. The warmth is the brand. - Don't use pure black ink. The coffee-warmth in `#201515` carries through every text color. - Don't render CTAs as pills. The brand's button is 12 px rounded rectangle. - Don't introduce a second chromatic accent. Orange + cream + coffee is the entire palette. - Don't substitute Degular Display with a cool geometric sans (e.g., generic Helvetica) — the brand's display face has warm proportions that the substitute doesn't capture.