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Risograph Spot-Color Editorial

A portable design language for agents: download the markdown first, then inspect the preview, tokens, and rules as needed.

Download DESIGN.md

Portable DESIGN.md source of truth for most agents and apps.

the spec

specification

philosophy
summary
A web editorial language that translates risograph print logic into interface form: limited spot-color layers, visible grain, poster-scale composition, and intentionally imperfect registration used as personality rather than error. It feels like an illustrated weekend magazine assembled from bold cut-paper shapes and overprinted inks.
values
limited palettes over full-spectrum color abundanceanalog warmth over sterile pixel perfectiongraphic storytelling over widget catalogsdeliberate texture and print artifacts as identitybold hierarchy through scale, silhouette, and overprint contrast
anti-values
×glassmorphism and luminous chrome×hyper-real gradients and polished 3D depth×tiny fussy detail work×generic SaaS dashboards×perfectly aligned frictionless minimalism
tokens
colors12 items
primary
#ff5fa2
secondary
#2f6bff
accent
#ff4438
background
#f6eddc
surface
#f3e7d1
text
#1f1a17
muted
#6f655e
border
#1f1a17
error
#d5442f
success
#2f8b57
warning
#c78a16
info
#2f6bff
typography8 items
heading font
Archivo Black
body font
Newsreader
mono font
IBM Plex Mono
base size
18px
scale ratio
1.2
line height
1.55
letter spacing
0.01em
google fonts url
https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Archivo+Black&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=Newsreader:opsz,wght@6..72,400;6..72,600&display=swap
spacing2 items
base
8px
scale
4, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64
radii5 items
none
0
sm
6px
md
14px
lg
24px
full
9999px
shadows3 items
sm
0 2px 0 rgba(31,26,23,0.12)
md
0 6px 0 rgba(31,26,23,0.14)
lg
0 10px 0 rgba(31,26,23,0.16)
surfaces3 items
treatment
paper
card style
warm paper panels with screenprint texture and occasional spot-color flood areas
bg pattern
noise
borders4 items
default width
2px
accent width
4px
style
solid
character
inked editorial rules and poster-edge frames that feel hand-pressed rather than digitally sharp
motion3 items
duration
180ms
easing
cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)
philosophy
snappy
rules
composition
Build pages as magazine spreads rather than app screens: one dominant poster hero, stacked story bands, pull-quote interruptions, and interleaved illustration panels. Prefer asymmetry, large blocks of color, and obvious editorial pacing.
hierarchy
Use oversized all-caps display headlines, compact monospace labels, and calmer serif body copy. Hierarchy comes from scale jumps, ink block contrast, and deliberate misregistered shadow layers.
density
Medium density with spacious margins around hero content and tighter stacked details in article cards. Keep modules bold and few rather than many small utilities.
signature patterns
headlines use a duplicated offset ink layer behind the main text to simulate slight registration driftmajor panels include noise or halftone grain overlays using pseudo-elementsillustration blocks are composed from flat silhouette shapes with no internal shadingsection frames and dividers use thick poster-rule borders and taped label chipsfeature cards alternate full spot-color floods with paper panels to mimic printed spreads
layout
grid

A 12-column editorial grid on desktop, collapsing to 8 columns on tablet and 4 columns on mobile, with asymmetric hero spans and staggered secondary modules.

breakpoints

mobile: 0-767px, tablet: 768-1099px, desktop: 1100px+

whitespace

Use generous outer margins, poster-like vertical spacing between story bands, and compressed internal spacing inside labels and metadata strips.

guidance
do
  • limit each screen to two dominant inks plus paper
  • let texture visibly sit on top of otherwise simple geometry
  • use illustrations and silhouettes as structural anchors
  • embrace tiny misalignments that suggest physical print layers
  • compose scenes that feel like covers, spreads, or feature packages
avoid
  • introduce glossy UI chrome or translucent glass cards
  • use more than a few accent hues at once
  • smooth away grain, fibers, and print irregularity
  • fill layouts with generic component-library patterns
  • replace bold editorial scale with tiny balanced interfaces
katagami spec
# Risograph Spot-Color Editorial

## Philosophy

A web editorial language that translates risograph print logic into interface form: limited spot-color layers, visible grain, poster-scale composition, and intentionally imperfect registration used as personality rather than error. It feels like an illustrated weekend magazine assembled from bold cut-paper shapes and overprinted inks.

### Values

- limited palettes over full-spectrum color abundance
- analog warmth over sterile pixel perfection
- graphic storytelling over widget catalogs
- deliberate texture and print artifacts as identity
- bold hierarchy through scale, silhouette, and overprint contrast

### Anti-Values

- glassmorphism and luminous chrome
- hyper-real gradients and polished 3D depth
- tiny fussy detail work
- generic SaaS dashboards
- perfectly aligned frictionless minimalism

### Visual Character

- two- or three-ink spot-color palette on warm paper background
- full-page grain and paper-fiber texture overlays across large surfaces
- slight offset registration shadows where color layers intentionally misalign by a few pixels
- flat silhouette illustrations built from simple geometric cutout shapes
- poster-like hero compositions with oversized headlines and asymmetric editorial blocks

## Tokens

### Colors

| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| primary | `#ff5fa2` |
| secondary | `#2f6bff` |
| accent | `#ff4438` |
| background | `#f6eddc` |
| surface | `#f3e7d1` |
| text | `#1f1a17` |
| muted | `#6f655e` |
| border | `#1f1a17` |
| error | `#d5442f` |
| success | `#2f8b57` |
| warning | `#c78a16` |
| info | `#2f6bff` |

### Typography

- **Heading Font**: Archivo Black
- **Body Font**: Newsreader
- **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono
- **Base Size**: 18px
- **Scale Ratio**: 1.2
- **Line Height**: 1.55
- **Letter Spacing**: 0.01em
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Archivo+Black&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=Newsreader:opsz,wght@6..72,400;6..72,600&display=swap

### Spacing

- **Base**: 8px
- **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64]

### Radii

- **None**: 0
- **Sm**: 6px
- **Md**: 14px
- **Lg**: 24px
- **Full**: 9999px

### Shadows

- **Sm**: 0 2px 0 rgba(31,26,23,0.12)
- **Md**: 0 6px 0 rgba(31,26,23,0.14)
- **Lg**: 0 10px 0 rgba(31,26,23,0.16)

### Surfaces

- **Treatment**: paper
- **Card Style**: warm paper panels with screenprint texture and occasional spot-color flood areas
- **Bg Pattern**: noise

### Borders

- **Default Width**: 2px
- **Accent Width**: 4px
- **Style**: solid
- **Character**: inked editorial rules and poster-edge frames that feel hand-pressed rather than digitally sharp

### Motion

- **Duration**: 180ms
- **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.22, 1, 0.36, 1)
- **Philosophy**: snappy

## Rules

### Composition

Build pages as magazine spreads rather than app screens: one dominant poster hero, stacked story bands, pull-quote interruptions, and interleaved illustration panels. Prefer asymmetry, large blocks of color, and obvious editorial pacing.

### Hierarchy

Use oversized all-caps display headlines, compact monospace labels, and calmer serif body copy. Hierarchy comes from scale jumps, ink block contrast, and deliberate misregistered shadow layers.

### Density

Medium density with spacious margins around hero content and tighter stacked details in article cards. Keep modules bold and few rather than many small utilities.

### Signature Patterns

- headlines use a duplicated offset ink layer behind the main text to simulate slight registration drift
- major panels include noise or halftone grain overlays using pseudo-elements
- illustration blocks are composed from flat silhouette shapes with no internal shading
- section frames and dividers use thick poster-rule borders and taped label chips
- feature cards alternate full spot-color floods with paper panels to mimic printed spreads

## Layout

### Grid

A 12-column editorial grid on desktop, collapsing to 8 columns on tablet and 4 columns on mobile, with asymmetric hero spans and staggered secondary modules.

### Breakpoints

mobile: 0-767px, tablet: 768-1099px, desktop: 1100px+

### Whitespace

Use generous outer margins, poster-like vertical spacing between story bands, and compressed internal spacing inside labels and metadata strips.

## Guidance

### Do

- limit each screen to two dominant inks plus paper
- let texture visibly sit on top of otherwise simple geometry
- use illustrations and silhouettes as structural anchors
- embrace tiny misalignments that suggest physical print layers
- compose scenes that feel like covers, spreads, or feature packages

### Don't

- introduce glossy UI chrome or translucent glass cards
- use more than a few accent hues at once
- smooth away grain, fibers, and print irregularity
- fill layouts with generic component-library patterns
- replace bold editorial scale with tiny balanced interfaces
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Risograph Spot-Color Editorial"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
  primary: "#ff5fa2"
  secondary: "#2f6bff"
  accent: "#ff4438"
  background: "#f6eddc"
  surface: "#f3e7d1"
  text: "#1f1a17"
  muted: "#6f655e"
  border: "#1f1a17"
  error: "#d5442f"
  success: "#2f8b57"
  warning: "#c78a16"
  info: "#2f6bff"
typography:
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: "Archivo Black"
    fontSize: "1.944rem"
    fontWeight: 700
    lineHeight: 1.1
    letterSpacing: "0.01em"
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: "Archivo Black"
    fontSize: "1.62rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.15
    letterSpacing: "0.01em"
  body-md:
    fontFamily: "Newsreader"
    fontSize: "18px"
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.55
    letterSpacing: "0.01em"
  label-md:
    fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
    fontSize: "0.75rem"
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
  none: "0px"
  sm: "6px"
  md: "14px"
  lg: "24px"
  full: "9999px"
spacing:
  base: "8px"
  xs: "4px"
  sm: "8px"
  md: "12px"
  lg: "16px"
  xl: "24px"
  2xl: "32px"
  3xl: "48px"
  4xl: "64px"
components:
  color-reference-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
  color-reference-secondary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
  color-reference-accent:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
  color-reference-background:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
  color-reference-surface:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
  color-reference-text:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
  color-reference-muted:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
  color-reference-border:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
  color-reference-error:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
  color-reference-success:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
  color-reference-warning:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
  color-reference-info:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "#000000"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: "{spacing.md}"
  card-surface:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
    textColor: "{colors.text}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: "{spacing.md}"
  input-default:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
    textColor: "{colors.text}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    height: "44px"
---

# Risograph Spot-Color Editorial

## Overview

A web editorial language that translates risograph print logic into interface form: limited spot-color layers, visible grain, poster-scale composition, and intentionally imperfect registration used as personality rather than error. It feels like an illustrated weekend magazine assembled from bold cut-paper shapes and overprinted inks.

### Values

- limited palettes over full-spectrum color abundance
- analog warmth over sterile pixel perfection
- graphic storytelling over widget catalogs
- deliberate texture and print artifacts as identity
- bold hierarchy through scale, silhouette, and overprint contrast

### Anti-Values

- glassmorphism and luminous chrome
- hyper-real gradients and polished 3D depth
- tiny fussy detail work
- generic SaaS dashboards
- perfectly aligned frictionless minimalism

### Visual Character

- two- or three-ink spot-color palette on warm paper background
- full-page grain and paper-fiber texture overlays across large surfaces
- slight offset registration shadows where color layers intentionally misalign by a few pixels
- flat silhouette illustrations built from simple geometric cutout shapes
- poster-like hero compositions with oversized headlines and asymmetric editorial blocks

## Colors

Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.

| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| primary | `#ff5fa2` |
| secondary | `#2f6bff` |
| accent | `#ff4438` |
| background | `#f6eddc` |
| surface | `#f3e7d1` |
| text | `#1f1a17` |
| muted | `#6f655e` |
| border | `#1f1a17` |
| error | `#d5442f` |
| success | `#2f8b57` |
| warning | `#c78a16` |
| info | `#2f6bff` |

## Typography

- **Headline-Lg**: Archivo Black, 1.944rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Archivo Black, 1.62rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Newsreader, 18px, weight 400, line-height 1.55.
- **Label-Md**: IBM Plex Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.

## Layout

### Spacing Tokens

- **Base**: `8px`
- **Xs**: `4px`
- **Sm**: `8px`
- **Md**: `12px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Xl**: `24px`
- **2xl**: `32px`
- **3xl**: `48px`
- **4xl**: `64px`

### Grid

A 12-column editorial grid on desktop, collapsing to 8 columns on tablet and 4 columns on mobile, with asymmetric hero spans and staggered secondary modules.

### Breakpoints

mobile: 0-767px, tablet: 768-1099px, desktop: 1100px+

### Whitespace

Use generous outer margins, poster-like vertical spacing between story bands, and compressed internal spacing inside labels and metadata strips.

## Elevation & Depth

### Shadows

- **Sm**: 0 2px 0 rgba(31,26,23,0.12)
- **Md**: 0 6px 0 rgba(31,26,23,0.14)
- **Lg**: 0 10px 0 rgba(31,26,23,0.16)

## Shapes

### Rounded

- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `6px`
- **Md**: `14px`
- **Lg**: `24px`
- **Full**: `9999px`

### Surfaces

- **Treatment**: paper
- **Card Style**: warm paper panels with screenprint texture and occasional spot-color flood areas
- **Bg Pattern**: noise

### Borders

- **Default Width**: 2px
- **Accent Width**: 4px
- **Style**: solid
- **Character**: inked editorial rules and poster-edge frames that feel hand-pressed rather than digitally sharp

## Components

### Composition

Build pages as magazine spreads rather than app screens: one dominant poster hero, stacked story bands, pull-quote interruptions, and interleaved illustration panels. Prefer asymmetry, large blocks of color, and obvious editorial pacing.

### Hierarchy

Use oversized all-caps display headlines, compact monospace labels, and calmer serif body copy. Hierarchy comes from scale jumps, ink block contrast, and deliberate misregistered shadow layers.

### Density

Medium density with spacious margins around hero content and tighter stacked details in article cards. Keep modules bold and few rather than many small utilities.

### Signature Patterns

- headlines use a duplicated offset ink layer behind the main text to simulate slight registration drift
- major panels include noise or halftone grain overlays using pseudo-elements
- illustration blocks are composed from flat silhouette shapes with no internal shading
- section frames and dividers use thick poster-rule borders and taped label chips
- feature cards alternate full spot-color floods with paper panels to mimic printed spreads

## shadcn/ui Usage

When the target app uses shadcn/ui, copy DESIGN.md with shadcn instead of the plain DESIGN.md. It contains the same Katagami design-language source plus the shadcn/ui primitives, imports, theme variables, component recipes, and preview-shot guidance.

DESIGN.md with shadcn: `/language/en-019d9bb8-e29c-76a1-ac9e-75f1f68ddc66/DESIGN.with-shadcn.md`.

The shadcn page also exposes optional machine-readable files for automation, but the human-facing handoff is DESIGN.md with shadcn.

Install recommended primitives with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.

Use these primitives in shadcn apps:
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table

Implementation rule for agents: import shadcn primitives from `@/components/ui/*`, apply the generated CSS variables first, then compose the language-specific recipes from the companion MD. Katagami remains the source of truth; shadcn names are the implementation surface.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do limit each screen to two dominant inks plus paper
- Do let texture visibly sit on top of otherwise simple geometry
- Do use illustrations and silhouettes as structural anchors
- Do embrace tiny misalignments that suggest physical print layers
- Do compose scenes that feel like covers, spreads, or feature packages
- Don't introduce glossy UI chrome or translucent glass cards
- Don't use more than a few accent hues at once
- Don't smooth away grain, fibers, and print irregularity
- Don't fill layouts with generic component-library patterns
- Don't replace bold editorial scale with tiny balanced interfaces
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "risograph-spot-color-editorial",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Risograph Spot-Color Editorial shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#f6eddc",
      "foreground": "#1f1a17",
      "card": "#f3e7d1",
      "card-foreground": "#1f1a17",
      "popover": "#f3e7d1",
      "popover-foreground": "#1f1a17",
      "primary": "#ff5fa2",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#2f6bff",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#6f655e",
      "muted-foreground": "#1f1a17",
      "accent": "#ff4438",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#d5442f",
      "border": "#1f1a17",
      "input": "#1f1a17",
      "ring": "#ff4438",
      "chart-1": "#ff5fa2",
      "chart-2": "#2f6bff",
      "chart-3": "#ff4438",
      "chart-4": "#2f8b57",
      "chart-5": "#c78a16",
      "sidebar": "#f3e7d1",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#1f1a17",
      "sidebar-primary": "#ff5fa2",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#2f6bff",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#1f1a17",
      "sidebar-ring": "#ff4438",
      "radius": "14px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#ff5fa2",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#ff4438",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#d5442f",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#ff4438",
      "chart-1": "#ff5fa2",
      "chart-2": "#2f6bff",
      "chart-3": "#ff4438",
      "chart-4": "#2f8b57",
      "chart-5": "#c78a16",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#ff5fa2",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#ff4438",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#ff4438",
      "radius": "14px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019d9bb8-e29c-76a1-ac9e-75f1f68ddc66",
    "slug": "risograph-spot-color-editorial",
    "componentManifest": [
      "button",
      "card",
      "input",
      "textarea",
      "select",
      "dialog",
      "sheet",
      "tabs",
      "badge",
      "separator",
      "checkbox",
      "switch",
      "slider",
      "tooltip",
      "dropdown-menu",
      "table"
    ],
    "installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
    "nativeTokenNames": {
      "colors": [
        "accent",
        "background",
        "border",
        "error",
        "info",
        "muted",
        "primary",
        "secondary",
        "success",
        "surface",
        "text",
        "warning"
      ],
      "typography": [
        "base_size",
        "body_font",
        "google_fonts_url",
        "heading_font",
        "letter_spacing",
        "line_height",
        "mono_font",
        "scale_ratio"
      ],
      "spacing": [
        "base",
        "scale"
      ],
      "radii": [
        "full",
        "lg",
        "md",
        "none",
        "sm"
      ],
      "shadows": [
        "lg",
        "md",
        "sm"
      ],
      "surfaces": [
        "bg_pattern",
        "card_style",
        "treatment"
      ],
      "borders": [
        "accent_width",
        "character",
        "default_width",
        "style"
      ],
      "motion": [
        "duration",
        "easing",
        "philosophy"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```
in the wild

embodiments

the full element showcase
embodiment · risograph-spot-color-editorial
DESIGN.md

at a glance

Palette

Typography

headline-lgArchivo Black · 31px · 700

The quick brown fox jumps

headline-mdArchivo Black · 26px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

body-mdNewsreader · 18px · 400

The quick brown fox jumps

label-mdIBM Plex Mono · 12px · 600

The quick brown fox jumps

Components

New
Card title

Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.

Spacing

  • base8px
  • xs4px
  • sm8px
  • md12px
  • lg16px
  • xl24px
  • 2xl32px
  • 3xl48px
  • 4xl64px

Shape

none0px
sm6px
md14px
lg24px
full9999px
shadcn/ui

implementation kit

needs agent-authored kitcompatibility fallback
shadcn compatibility only
The generated theme variables are available, but the polished shadcn component recipes and shots have not been authored by the Katagami agent yet.
fallbackprimitives render
Compatibility proof
Local shadcn-style primitives accept the generated theme variables.
primaryaccentsurfacemutedwarningerror
table rhythm
buttonok
cardok
inputok
recommendedcompatibility fallback

DESIGN.md with shadcn

Copy this when the target app uses shadcn/ui. It packages the Katagami DESIGN.md context with the install list, theme variables, component recipes, preview-shot contract, and starter TSX in one Markdown companion.

advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
shadcn add
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table
theme css
:root {
  --background: #f6eddc;
  --foreground: #1f1a17;
  --card: #f3e7d1;
  --card-foreground: #1f1a17;
  --popover: #f3e7d1;
  --popover-foreground: #1f1a17;
  --primary: #ff5fa2;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #2f6bff;
  --secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --muted: #6f655e;
  --muted-foreground: #1f1a17;
  --accent: #ff4438;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #d5442f;
  --border: #1f1a17;
  --input: #1f1a17;
  --ring: #ff4438;
  --chart-1: #ff5fa2;
  --chart-2: #2f6bff;
  --chart-3: #ff4438;
  --chart-4: #2f8b57;
  --chart-5: #c78a16;
  --sidebar: #f3e7d1;
  --sidebar-foreground: #1f1a17;
  --sidebar-primary: #ff5fa2;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #2f6bff;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #1f1a17;
  --sidebar-ring: #ff4438;
  --radius: 14px;
}

.dark {
  --background: #0f1115;
  --foreground: #f8fafc;
  --card: #181b22;
  --card-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --popover: #181b22;
  --popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --primary: #ff5fa2;
  --primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --secondary: #252a33;
  --secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --muted: #252a33;
  --muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
  --accent: #ff4438;
  --accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --destructive: #d5442f;
  --border: #303642;
  --input: #303642;
  --ring: #ff4438;
  --chart-1: #ff5fa2;
  --chart-2: #2f6bff;
  --chart-3: #ff4438;
  --chart-4: #2f8b57;
  --chart-5: #c78a16;
  --sidebar: #181b22;
  --sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
  --sidebar-primary: #ff5fa2;
  --sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-accent: #ff4438;
  --sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
  --sidebar-border: #303642;
  --sidebar-ring: #ff4438;
  --radius: 14px;
}
tsx starter
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
  Card,
  CardContent,
  CardDescription,
  CardFooter,
  CardHeader,
  CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";

export function RisographSpotColorEditorialShadcnKit() {
  return (
    <section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
      <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
        <div>
          <Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
          <h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Risograph Spot-Color Editorial</h2>
          <p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
            Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
            with the language-specific component recipes.
          </p>
        </div>
        <Button>Apply theme</Button>
      </div>

      <Tabs defaultValue="components">
        <TabsList>
          <TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
          <TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
          <TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
        </TabsList>
      </Tabs>

      <Card>
        <CardHeader>
          <CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
          <CardDescription>
            Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
            from components.md and preview-shots.json.
          </CardDescription>
        </CardHeader>
        <CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
          <Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
          <Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
        </CardContent>
        <CardFooter className="justify-between">
          <Badge>Ready</Badge>
          <Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
        </CardFooter>
      </Card>
    </section>
  );
}
theme JSONcompatibility fallback
{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
  "name": "risograph-spot-color-editorial",
  "type": "registry:theme",
  "title": "Risograph Spot-Color Editorial shadcn Theme",
  "cssVars": {
    "theme": {},
    "light": {
      "background": "#f6eddc",
      "foreground": "#1f1a17",
      "card": "#f3e7d1",
      "card-foreground": "#1f1a17",
      "popover": "#f3e7d1",
      "popover-foreground": "#1f1a17",
      "primary": "#ff5fa2",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#2f6bff",
      "secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "muted": "#6f655e",
      "muted-foreground": "#1f1a17",
      "accent": "#ff4438",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#d5442f",
      "border": "#1f1a17",
      "input": "#1f1a17",
      "ring": "#ff4438",
      "chart-1": "#ff5fa2",
      "chart-2": "#2f6bff",
      "chart-3": "#ff4438",
      "chart-4": "#2f8b57",
      "chart-5": "#c78a16",
      "sidebar": "#f3e7d1",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#1f1a17",
      "sidebar-primary": "#ff5fa2",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#2f6bff",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#1f1a17",
      "sidebar-ring": "#ff4438",
      "radius": "14px"
    },
    "dark": {
      "background": "#0f1115",
      "foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "card": "#181b22",
      "card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "popover": "#181b22",
      "popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "primary": "#ff5fa2",
      "primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "secondary": "#252a33",
      "secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "muted": "#252a33",
      "muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
      "accent": "#ff4438",
      "accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "destructive": "#d5442f",
      "border": "#303642",
      "input": "#303642",
      "ring": "#ff4438",
      "chart-1": "#ff5fa2",
      "chart-2": "#2f6bff",
      "chart-3": "#ff4438",
      "chart-4": "#2f8b57",
      "chart-5": "#c78a16",
      "sidebar": "#181b22",
      "sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
      "sidebar-primary": "#ff5fa2",
      "sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-accent": "#ff4438",
      "sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
      "sidebar-border": "#303642",
      "sidebar-ring": "#ff4438",
      "radius": "14px"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "source": "katagami",
    "languageId": "en-019d9bb8-e29c-76a1-ac9e-75f1f68ddc66",
    "slug": "risograph-spot-color-editorial",
    "componentManifest": [
      "button",
      "card",
      "input",
      "textarea",
      "select",
      "dialog",
      "sheet",
      "tabs",
      "badge",
      "separator",
      "checkbox",
      "switch",
      "slider",
      "tooltip",
      "dropdown-menu",
      "table"
    ],
    "installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
    "nativeTokenNames": {
      "colors": [
        "accent",
        "background",
        "border",
        "error",
        "info",
        "muted",
        "primary",
        "secondary",
        "success",
        "surface",
        "text",
        "warning"
      ],
      "typography": [
        "base_size",
        "body_font",
        "google_fonts_url",
        "heading_font",
        "letter_spacing",
        "line_height",
        "mono_font",
        "scale_ratio"
      ],
      "spacing": [
        "base",
        "scale"
      ],
      "radii": [
        "full",
        "lg",
        "md",
        "none",
        "sm"
      ],
      "shadows": [
        "lg",
        "md",
        "sm"
      ],
      "surfaces": [
        "bg_pattern",
        "card_style",
        "treatment"
      ],
      "borders": [
        "accent_width",
        "character",
        "default_width",
        "style"
      ],
      "motion": [
        "duration",
        "easing",
        "philosophy"
      ]
    }
  }
}
component recipescompatibility fallback
# Risograph Spot-Color Editorial shadcn/ui Components

Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019d9bb8-e29c-76a1-ac9e-75f1f68ddc66`
Slug: `risograph-spot-color-editorial`

## Intent

A web editorial language that translates risograph print logic into interface form: limited spot-color layers, visible grain, poster-scale composition, and intentionally imperfect registration used as personality rather than error. It feels like an illustrated weekend magazine assembled from bold cut-paper shapes and overprinted inks.

## Required primitives

- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table

Install with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.

## Token cues

Colors:

{
  "primary": "#ff5fa2",
  "secondary": "#2f6bff",
  "accent": "#ff4438",
  "background": "#f6eddc",
  "surface": "#f3e7d1",
  "text": "#1f1a17",
  "muted": "#6f655e",
  "border": "#1f1a17",
  "error": "#d5442f",
  "success": "#2f8b57",
  "warning": "#c78a16",
  "info": "#2f6bff"
}

Typography:

{
  "heading_font": "Archivo Black",
  "body_font": "Newsreader",
  "mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
  "base_size": "18px",
  "scale_ratio": 1.2,
  "line_height": 1.55,
  "letter_spacing": "0.01em",
  "google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Archivo+Black&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&family=Newsreader:opsz,wght@6..72,400;6..72,600&display=swap"
}

## Visual character to preserve

- two- or three-ink spot-color palette on warm paper background
- full-page grain and paper-fiber texture overlays across large surfaces
- slight offset registration shadows where color layers intentionally misalign by a few pixels
- flat silhouette illustrations built from simple geometric cutout shapes
- poster-like hero compositions with oversized headlines and asymmetric editorial blocks

## ShadSync visual profile

{
  "family": "paper-collage",
  "material": "paper",
  "contour": "default",
  "border": "solid",
  "underlay": true,
  "grain": true,
  "stickerBadges": true,
  "motion": "still",
  "density": "balanced",
  "accents": [
    "primary",
    "accent",
    "secondary",
    "muted"
  ]
}

## Signature component recipes

### Button
Use `Button` for primary, secondary, outline, and ghost actions. Primary actions must expose the language's strongest contrast pair, while secondary and ghost actions should preserve the surface treatment instead of falling back to default neutral SaaS styling.

### Card
Use `Card`, `CardHeader`, `CardContent`, `CardFooter`, and `CardAction` as the main composition frame. Cards should demonstrate the language's surface, border, hierarchy, and density rules rather than appearing as generic rounded rectangles.

### Input and Textarea
Use `Input` and `Textarea` with visible focus rings, field labels, validation states, and the language's rhythm. Forms should show real product content, not placeholder-only controls.

### Select, Tabs, and Table
Use `Select`, `Tabs`, and `Table` to prove navigation, filtering, and dense data states. The table should show row rhythm, separators, hover/focus states, and an empty or status state when the language calls for it.

### Dialog and Sheet
Use `Dialog` for centered decisions and `Sheet` for contextual editing. Both should inherit the language's spacing, border, overlay, and motion rules.

## Preview shots

- `application-shell`: dashboard or workspace shell with navigation, cards, forms, and state badges.
- `detail-editor`: focused editing flow using input, textarea, select, switch/checkbox, dialog or sheet, and action buttons.
- `data-operations`: table-heavy operational view with tabs, dropdown menu affordances, badges, and destructive/empty states.
- Each preview shot must include a renderable `scene` payload with concrete headline, description, actions, and rows/fields/stats for the UI preview.

## Implementation contract

- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/risograph-spot-color-editorial/registry-theme.json` variables, then use these recipes for composition and state design.
- Preserve Katagami token names as source metadata; shadcn semantic names are only the export surface.
- Do: limit each screen to two dominant inks plus paper; let texture visibly sit on top of otherwise simple geometry; use illustrations and silhouettes as structural anchors; embrace tiny misalignments that suggest physical print layers; compose scenes that feel like covers, spreads, or feature packages
- Do not: introduce glossy UI chrome or translucent glass cards; use more than a few accent hues at once; smooth away grain, fibers, and print irregularity; fill layouts with generic component-library patterns; replace bold editorial scale with tiny balanced interfaces

## Copy-paste component example

This generated starter proves the import shape. Production Katagami agents should replace it with a language-specific product composition.

```tsx
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
  Card,
  CardContent,
  CardDescription,
  CardFooter,
  CardHeader,
  CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";

export function RisographSpotColorEditorialShadcnKit() {
  return (
    <section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
      <div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
        <div>
          <Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
          <h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">Risograph Spot-Color Editorial</h2>
          <p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
            Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
            with the language-specific component recipes.
          </p>
        </div>
        <Button>Apply theme</Button>
      </div>

      <Tabs defaultValue="components">
        <TabsList>
          <TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
          <TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
          <TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
        </TabsList>
      </Tabs>

      <Card>
        <CardHeader>
          <CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
          <CardDescription>
            Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
            from components.md and preview-shots.json.
          </CardDescription>
        </CardHeader>
        <CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
          <Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
          <Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
        </CardContent>
        <CardFooter className="justify-between">
          <Badge>Ready</Badge>
          <Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
        </CardFooter>
      </Card>
    </section>
  );
}
```

## Layout notes

{
  "grid": "A 12-column editorial grid on desktop, collapsing to 8 columns on tablet and 4 columns on mobile, with asymmetric hero spans and staggered secondary modules.",
  "breakpoints": "mobile: 0-767px, tablet: 768-1099px, desktop: 1100px+",
  "whitespace": "Use generous outer margins, poster-like vertical spacing between story bands, and compressed internal spacing inside labels and metadata strips."
}
preview shotscompatibility fallback
{
  "artifact": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots",
  "version": "preview-shots-v1",
  "generator": "katagami-ui-compatibility-projection",
  "generatedBy": "katagami-ui-projection",
  "requiresVisualProfile": true,
  "schema": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots/renderable-v1",
  "renderable": true,
  "language": {
    "id": "en-019d9bb8-e29c-76a1-ac9e-75f1f68ddc66",
    "name": "Risograph Spot-Color Editorial",
    "slug": "risograph-spot-color-editorial"
  },
  "installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
  "primitives": [
    "button",
    "card",
    "input",
    "textarea",
    "select",
    "dialog",
    "sheet",
    "tabs",
    "badge",
    "separator",
    "checkbox",
    "switch",
    "slider",
    "tooltip",
    "dropdown-menu",
    "table"
  ],
  "identityNotes": [
    "two- or three-ink spot-color palette on warm paper background",
    "full-page grain and paper-fiber texture overlays across large surfaces",
    "slight offset registration shadows where color layers intentionally misalign by a few pixels",
    "flat silhouette illustrations built from simple geometric cutout shapes",
    "poster-like hero compositions with oversized headlines and asymmetric editorial blocks"
  ],
  "visualProfile": {
    "family": "paper-collage",
    "material": "paper",
    "contour": "default",
    "border": "solid",
    "underlay": true,
    "grain": true,
    "stickerBadges": true,
    "motion": "still",
    "density": "balanced",
    "accents": [
      "primary",
      "accent",
      "secondary",
      "muted"
    ]
  },
  "shots": [
    {
      "id": "application-shell",
      "title": "Application shell",
      "viewport": "desktop",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "card",
        "input",
        "select",
        "tabs",
        "badge",
        "separator",
        "table"
      ],
      "composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
      "mustShow": [
        "primary and secondary actions",
        "card hierarchy",
        "filterable state",
        "table or list density"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "component inventory walls",
        "placeholder-only content",
        "generic rounded SaaS chrome"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "workspace spread",
        "headline": "Risograph Spot-Color Editorial launch room",
        "description": "A product team workspace where navigation, filters, metrics, and dense rows carry the language's visible structure.",
        "primaryAction": "Apply theme",
        "secondaryAction": "Review states",
        "stats": [
          {
            "label": "components",
            "value": "16",
            "tone": "accent"
          },
          {
            "label": "states",
            "value": "ready"
          },
          {
            "label": "density",
            "value": "balanced",
            "tone": "warning"
          }
        ],
        "rows": [
          {
            "label": "Primary flow",
            "value": "mapped",
            "status": "active"
          },
          {
            "label": "Token coverage",
            "value": "semantic",
            "status": "synced"
          },
          {
            "label": "Responsive proof",
            "value": "queued",
            "status": "review"
          }
        ],
        "statuses": [
          "Active",
          "Synced",
          "Draft"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "detail-editor",
      "title": "Detail editor",
      "viewport": "tablet",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "card",
        "input",
        "textarea",
        "select",
        "checkbox",
        "switch",
        "slider",
        "dialog",
        "sheet"
      ],
      "composition": "A focused editing flow with form fields, validation, confirmation, and a contextual side panel.",
      "mustShow": [
        "focus ring",
        "error or destructive state",
        "dialog or sheet treatment",
        "written guidance content"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "unstyled browser controls",
        "floating cards inside cards",
        "missing labels"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "editing flow",
        "headline": "Language recipe editor",
        "description": "A focused form proving labels, validation, toggles, panel rhythm, and action hierarchy.",
        "primaryAction": "Save recipe",
        "secondaryAction": "Open sheet",
        "fields": [
          {
            "label": "Component family",
            "value": "Narrative cards"
          },
          {
            "label": "State treatment",
            "value": "Visible focus + validation"
          },
          {
            "label": "Motion",
            "value": "Small lift, no opacity-only fade"
          }
        ],
        "statuses": [
          "Focus",
          "Invalid",
          "Confirmed"
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "data-operations",
      "title": "Data operations",
      "viewport": "mobile",
      "primitives": [
        "button",
        "tabs",
        "badge",
        "dropdown-menu",
        "table",
        "tooltip",
        "separator"
      ],
      "composition": "A compact operational view proving row rhythm, stacked actions, menu states, badges, and empty/destructive states.",
      "mustShow": [
        "responsive reflow",
        "dense row styling",
        "menu affordance",
        "status badge system"
      ],
      "avoid": [
        "desktop-only tables",
        "text overflow",
        "default shadcn spacing without Katagami character"
      ],
      "scene": {
        "eyebrow": "operations",
        "headline": "Compact review queue",
        "description": "A narrow viewport scene with rows, menus, tooltips, badges, and destructive affordances.",
        "primaryAction": "Resolve",
        "secondaryAction": "Filter",
        "rows": [
          {
            "label": "Button hierarchy",
            "value": "approved",
            "status": "ok"
          },
          {
            "label": "Table rhythm",
            "value": "needs pass",
            "status": "watch"
          },
          {
            "label": "Empty state",
            "value": "designed",
            "status": "done"
          }
        ],
        "statuses": [
          "Queued",
          "Blocked",
          "Done"
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "componentRecipes": [
    {
      "primitive": "button",
      "intent": "Prove action hierarchy, focus, disabled, and destructive states."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "card",
      "intent": "Carry the language surface, border, elevation, and density rules."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "input",
      "intent": "Show labels, focus rings, validation, and spacing rhythm."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "textarea",
      "intent": "Show longer guidance, validation copy, and writing density."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "select",
      "intent": "Show filtering, selection contrast, and menu trigger styling."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "dialog",
      "intent": "Show centered decision states and overlay treatment."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "sheet",
      "intent": "Show contextual side panels and responsive editing."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "tabs",
      "intent": "Show navigational structure and active/inactive contrast."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "badge",
      "intent": "Show compact status vocabulary and semantic colors."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "separator",
      "intent": "Show section rhythm without generic gray dividers."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "checkbox",
      "intent": "Show binary selection with visible focus and checked states."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "switch",
      "intent": "Show settings toggles and on/off contrast."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "slider",
      "intent": "Show numeric adjustment with track/thumb styling."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "tooltip",
      "intent": "Show concise explanation styling above compact controls."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "dropdown-menu",
      "intent": "Show action menus, destructive items, and grouped choices."
    },
    {
      "primitive": "table",
      "intent": "Show dense operational data, separators, row states, and responsive behavior."
    }
  ],
  "qualityRules": {
    "do": [
      "limit each screen to two dominant inks plus paper",
      "let texture visibly sit on top of otherwise simple geometry",
      "use illustrations and silhouettes as structural anchors",
      "embrace tiny misalignments that suggest physical print layers",
      "compose scenes that feel like covers, spreads, or feature packages"
    ],
    "dont": [
      "introduce glossy UI chrome or translucent glass cards",
      "use more than a few accent hues at once",
      "smooth away grain, fibers, and print irregularity",
      "fill layouts with generic component-library patterns",
      "replace bold editorial scale with tiny balanced interfaces"
    ]
  }
}
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