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Internal · living reference

Design system

Every value on this page comes from src/styles/tokens.css — the single source of truth for color, type, and spacing. Edit tokens there; this page (and the whole site) follows. Brand rationale lives in docs/brand-lost-clip-society.md.

The paint chart — real pre-1990 paints, one job each

--paint-mexicoMexico Blue · Porsche '70s — ACTION: buttons, CTAs
--paint-signalSignal Orange · Porsche 914 — PUNCH: eyebrows, nav, Join
--paint-grabberGrabber Blue · Mustang 1970 — LINKS
--paint-plumPlum Crazy · Dodge 1970 — DEEP GROUND: footer
--paint-sublimeSublime · Dodge 1970 — MARKER: highlights only
--paint-sunflowerSunflower · Porsche '70s — STRIPE band
--paint-bahiaBahia Red · Porsche 914 — STATUS: requested
--paint-irishIrish Green · Porsche '60s — STATUS: measured

Badge ingredients (crest & member card only — never site chrome)

--brand-oxbloodOxblood — badge enamel
--brand-brassBrass — badge metal
--brand-charcoalCharcoal — badge center
--brand-creamCream — member card stock

Status colors (semantic — keep distinct)

--status-requestedRequested
--status-developmentIn development
--status-measuredMeasured / Fitted

Type

Display / the Society’s voice — Aa Bb 0123--font-display
Body — quiet, for reading. Aa Bb 0123--font-body
MONO — ANYTHING EVIDENTIARY: DIMS, OEM №, STAMPS · 37.01 mm--font-mono

Components

Requested In development Measured Fitted on a real car
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Voice cheat-sheet (from the brand book)

  • Plain language explains; the Society fiction makes it memorable. Never the reverse.
  • Data copy gets zero jokes. Mono type = trust signal.
  • One dry joke per section, max. The villain is discontinuation, never the reader’s car.