DSAKDD Design System Analysis

Design System Analysis · Preview

The visual contract behind KDD.

A navigable analysis of the published KDD site: tokens, intent, components, responsive behavior and deterministic validation in one inspectable artifact.

Read DESIGN.mdOpen tokens JSON

Source mauricioperera.github.io/KDD/ · observed 2026-08-02

analysis-report
STATUS   PASSED
TOKENS   112
SECTIONS  8 exhibits
THEMES    light + dark
BREAKS    8 responsive rules
SOURCE    verified public URL
Observed
not invented

Exhibit A

Identity visual

KDD communicates technical rigor through an editorial system: paper-like surfaces, a dark proof-oriented hero, gold as a seal of authority and monospace as the voice of evidence.

01

Editorial thesis

Serif headlines carry the argument. Body copy stays quiet so the method and evidence remain legible.

✓

Deterministic states

Green and red are semantic markers for verified and flagged conditions, not decoration.

>_

Proof surface

The terminal panel is the visual anchor: it turns a claim into a visible artifact.

Exhibit B

Color tokens

The palette is organized by surface, text, line and semantic role. Every swatch below is extracted from the published CSS.

#1B2430ink
#232E3DinkPanel
#EDEFE7paper
#E3E6DApaperPanel
#B58D3Fseal
#3F7A5Cverified
#A23B3Bflagged
#141B24terminal

Exhibit C

Typography scale

Three voices create hierarchy without introducing a font dependency: serif for thought, sans for reading and monospace for machine-verifiable detail.

display · 3rem · 400 · 1.15A contract before code.
body · 16.5px · 400 · 1.6

The method makes evidence visible and keeps the interface calm enough to inspect.

mono label · .72rem · .16em · uppercaseSTATUS / VERIFIED / 112 TOKENS

Exhibit D

Component inventory

These are implementation-ready patterns, not a screenshot inventory. Each one has a role, token references and a visible state contract.

02Flow step
1
2
3

44px circular targets · connector disappears below 820px.

03Evidence panel
$ ccdd gate --verify✓ 0 errors · contract sealed

Dark surface · monospace · restrained elevation.

04Domain tab
Payment compliancePer-country limits, beneficiary checks

3px seal border · 2px radius · flat panel.

Exhibit E

Responsive behavior

Responsive changes are structural: the rail collapses, the hero stacks, metrics reduce columns and the contract flow changes orientation.

1440px240px rail · 2-column hero · 5 stats
900px2-column stats and domains
820pxVertical flow · no connector line
520pxSingle-column domain list

Exhibit F

Validation contract

The preview makes the analysis auditable. Green checks are evidence-backed checks; amber items identify runtime work that cannot be proven from static CSS alone.

✓
PASSED · Token integrity

112 tokens parsed; colors and component references are valid.

✓
PASSED · Structure

8 exhibits, indexed navigation and documented source provenance.

✓
PASSED · Responsive contract

8 breakpoints recorded with layout transformations.

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WARNING · Runtime contrast

Full theme/state contrast still requires browser sampling.

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WARNING · Interaction matrix

Hover and focus are documented; exhaustive runtime testing remains open.

PASSEDStatic analysis complete · artifacts ready for an implementing agent