design system
horizon theme
eleventy
Yolo Horizon
Loveable single pages.
A sample deck that walks through the colors, typefaces and components of the Yolo Horizon theme.
// agenda
What’s inside
01
Color
A light and a dark ground, a heading voice and one accent color.
02
Type
Montserrat headings, Space Mono body and Source Code Pro for code.
03
Components
Pills, tabs, cards, code blocks, tables and blockquotes.
04
Modes
Every color token has a light and a dark value.
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// foundations · color
One accent.
Hot pink.
It carries the marks: list markers, the dashed rule, the blockquote edge, link color and every hover fill.
// foundations · color
Color tokens
Light
bg
#FDF0ED
surface
#FFFFFF
border
#F9CBBE
text
#1A1C23
heading
#DA103F
primary
#DA103F
Dark
bg
#1C1E26
surface
#232530
border
#2E303E
text
#D5D8DA
heading
#E95678
primary
#E95678
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// foundations · type
Three typefaces
Aa
Montserrat
Headings, pills, tabs, table headers and blockquotes. 400 / 700.
Aa
Space Mono
Body copy, lists and table cells at 1rem with 1.5 line height.
Aa
Source Code Pro
Inline code and pre blocks at 0.8rem on the surface color.
Scale h1 3rem · h2 2.5rem · h3 2rem · h4 1.5rem · h5 1.25rem · h6 1rem
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// foundations · scale
The system at a glance
12
Source colors
Grounds, text, heading, accent and five syntax hues.
3
Typefaces
Montserrat, Space Mono and Source Code Pro.
6
Spacing steps
From 0.25rem (xs) up to 3rem (2xl).
4
Corner radii
sm, md, lg and pill, from 0.25rem to 3rem.
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// components
Controls and containers
Tag pills
branding
photos
hover
Tabs
Posts
Pages
Tags
Utility fills
neutral
error
warn
info
hub card · lifted
Function codes
Type / in any search box to turn it into a command line.
search
docs
Read the post →
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// components
Code blocks
Source Code Pro on the surface color, with five syntax hues.
keyword · #E95678
string · #25B0BC
function · #FAB795
variable · #D5D8DA
comment · #6C6F82
theme.json
// horizon · dark mode
{
"bg": "#1C1E26",
"heading": "#E95678",
"primary": "#E95678"
}
$ npm run serve
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// components
Function codes
Typing / in any search box turns it into a command line.
Command
What it does
/tag photos
Show posts tagged “photos”
/page 2
Jump to the second page
/sort old
List the oldest posts first
Enter · Esc
Run the command · back to searching
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// light
Light mode
Loveable single pages
The site default. Text on the light ground, with links in the heading color inside containers.
branding
hover
bg #FDF0ED · text #1A1C23
// dark
Dark mode
Loveable single pages
Toggled with dark_mode. Every token clears 4.5:1, with links in the heading color inside containers.
branding
hover
bg #1C1E26 · text #D5D8DA
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Yolo Horizon · light + dark