Building a Design Token Pipeline

# Building a Design Token Pipeline

Design tokens are the foundation of modern design systems.

## What Are Design Tokens?

Tokens are named values that store design decisions:

- Colors: `primary-500`, `danger-700`
- Spacing: `space-4`, `space-8`
- Typography: `font-size-lg`, `line-height-tight`

## JSON to CSS

```json
{
"colors": {
"primary": { "500": "#3b82f6" },
"danger": { "700": "#b91c1c" }
}
}
```

Transforms to:

```css
:root {
--color-primary-500: #3b82f6;
--color-danger-700: #b91c1c;
}
```

## Automation

Use tools like:

- Style Dictionary
- Theo
- Token Transformer

## Benefits

1. **Single source of truth**
2. **Cross-platform consistency**
3. **Easy updates**

## Conclusion

Design tokens enable scalable, consistent design across platforms.