TermCraft conventionFoundational
Design Token
A named value like a colour or spacing step, defined once and used everywhere.
Definition
A named entity storing a design decision, consumed by both design tools and code.
Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.
In plain language
A named value like a colour or spacing step, defined once and used everywhere.
Example
surface-raised rather than a hex value repeated across forty components.
Continue from here
Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.
Deeper reading
The full entry behind this definition.
- Design TokensDesign system
- Color SystemsUI foundation
- Spacing SystemsUI foundation
Nearby in the Atlas
Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.