DesignJun 09, 2026 5 min read
Design tokens: the quiet backbone of scalable UI
The single change that made our design system finally scale — moving every color, radius, and shadow into semantic tokens.
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Ayesha Malik
Design Lead
The problem
Hardcoded colors in components create silent regressions. Dark mode breaks. Brand refreshes take weeks instead of hours.
The fix: semantic tokens
Define primary, surface, muted, accent as CSS variables. Reference them everywhere. Now a brand refresh is a 20-line diff.
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