Design Theme Guide

What it is: the documented value set a business designs against - colour, type, space, radius, motion - with every colour pair contrast-tested and written down.

Overview

Works out the smallest useful theme for the business in front of it, then builds it only when asked. The default output is a short recommendation, not a token file. The token register - CSV, SQL DDL, JSON Schema, Notion mapping - is produced on request, from one field list so the four cannot drift apart.

Layer: Layer 2: Brand & Design. Fits: Starter stage. Table code: n/a.

The rule this table exists to enforce: a theme is a set of values, not a set of screens. If a colour, size or spacing value is not a row in the register, it is not part of the system, and anything using it is a one-off. Value alone is the single source; the light and dark variants and the type metrics exist on the same row because they are the same token, and a token split across rows drifts within a month.