A portable design language for agents: download the markdown first, then inspect the preview, tokens, and rules as needed.
Portable DESIGN.md source of truth for most agents and apps.
Asymmetric: a sticky left core-index rail of ringed markers; content offset right; cards pin at varying offsets, never an even row; nav open across the masthead; only the hero is full-bleed.
One ember primary action per view; secondary actions quiet; Spectral display carries the headline, mono labels carry eyebrows and readings.
Airy — generous whitespace, padding above every title.
The growth ring — every metric renders as a nest of concentric contour rings; count and reach carry the value, the outermost ring carries season status. Recurs as the brand seam, the index marker, the dashboard chart, and the legend.
Asymmetric rail + content; container max 1240px; minmax(0,1fr) columns with min-width:0
generous; content pins at offsets and breathes; padding above titles
airy
single column on mobile with top nav hidden and the core-index rail folded to a horizontal ring-marker row; contained content capped and centred on ultra-wide; only the hero spans 100vw
loam
Earth-pigment strata washes with a single botanical contour line on handmade-paper grain, composed as aerial topographic survey of cultivated dusk land — concentric contour rings around hilltops, watershed meanders between fields — the growth-ring idea made literal in the terrain.
Full-bleed contour-terrain hero, dark with glowing bone/ochre/moss contour lines and a quieter lower-left passage for overlay legibility; feature spots as single centred subjects in mineral washes.
# Cambium
## Philosophy
A cultivated-land interface set after sundown. An independent reconception of the Nature Distilled Organic brief, not a recolour of its refinement: where the brief asked for mineral-deep earth, material honesty and organic flow, Cambium answers with one living idea — the growth ring. Like the cambium layer where a tree lays down each season's ring, every reading (depth, moisture, yield, status) grows outward as concentric contour rings, and you read the whole stand at a glance. The ground is deep steeped earth at dusk, the ink warm bone, the three pigments used like low evening light.
### Values
- organic warmth
- material honesty
- geological colour depth
- unhurried rhythm
- tactile authenticity
### Anti-Values
- synthetic brightness
- cold white minimalism
- rigid uniform geometry
- borders and accent edges
- muddy washes
## Tokens
### Colors
| Name | Value |
|------|-------|
| bg | `#211913` |
| surface | `#2C211A` |
| surface_2 | `#382B21` |
| text | `#EFE4D1` |
| muted | `#B3A286` |
| faint | `#7E715B` |
| border | `rgba(239,228,209,0.16)` |
| accent | `#E0904C` |
| accent_2 | `#93AC6C` |
| accent_3 | `#DCB85B` |
| on_accent | `#211913` |
| success | `#86A258` |
| warning | `#CDA055` |
| error | `#CC6044` |
| info | `#7299A4` |
### Typography
- **Base Size**: 17px
- **Body Font**: IBM Plex Sans
- **Heading Font**: Spectral
- **Mono Font**: JetBrains Mono
- **Heading Weight**: 600
- **Heading Transform**: none
- **Letter Spacing**: -0.02em
- **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Spectral:ital,wght@0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;1,500&family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;500;600&family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;500&display=swap
### Radii
- **Sm**: 16px
- **Lg**: 24px
- **Pill**: 9999px
- **Card**: 24px
### Shadows
- **Sm**: 0 2px 6px -3px rgba(0,0,0,0.5)
- **Md**: 0 18px 44px -22px rgba(0,0,0,0.7)
- **Lg**: 0 34px 70px -30px rgba(0,0,0,0.8)
### Spacing
- **Base**: 8px
- **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,24,32,48,64,96]
### Surfaces
- **Ground**: #211913
- **Raised**: #2C211A
- **Recessed**: #382B21
- **Grain**: fractalNoise SVG at ~4.5% opacity
### Borders
- **Style**: none
- **Affordance**: inset 0 0 0 1.5px rgba(239,228,209,0.16) on inputs only
- **Character**: warm seam, never a card outline or accent edge
### Motion
- **Duration**: 400ms
- **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.2,0.7,0.2,1)
- **Philosophy**: settling into place; settled state default, reveal gated behind a JS class; respects prefers-reduced-motion
## Rules
### Composition
Asymmetric: a sticky left core-index rail of ringed markers; content offset right; cards pin at varying offsets, never an even row; nav open across the masthead; only the hero is full-bleed.
### Hierarchy
One ember primary action per view; secondary actions quiet; Spectral display carries the headline, mono labels carry eyebrows and readings.
### Density
Airy — generous whitespace, padding above every title.
### Signature
The growth ring — every metric renders as a nest of concentric contour rings; count and reach carry the value, the outermost ring carries season status. Recurs as the brand seam, the index marker, the dashboard chart, and the legend.
## Layout
### Grid
Asymmetric rail + content; container max 1240px; minmax(0,1fr) columns with min-width:0
### Whitespace
generous; content pins at offsets and breathes; padding above titles
### Density
airy
### Responsive
single column on mobile with top nav hidden and the core-index rail folded to a horizontal ring-marker row; contained content capped and centred on ultra-wide; only the hero spans 100vw
### Breakpoints
- **Sm**: 640px
- **Md**: 768px
- **Lg**: 1024px
- **Xl**: 1280px
## Guidance
### Do
- Render every metric as a growth ring; let reach and ring-count carry the value
- Use the three pigments like low evening light; keep semantic colours quiet
- Pad above every title; let content pin at offsets and breathe
- Keep the nav open across the masthead
- Separate with warm shadow and a recessed sediment surface, never borders
### Don't
- Use white surfaces or pure-black text
- Draw a border, hairline, or single accent edge on a card
- Mix in arbitrary radii outside {16,24,9999}
- Stamp the growth ring where no value is read until it becomes wallpaper
- Put emoji or symbol glyphs in copy or on buttons
### Accessibility
Body 17px, table rows 14.5px; bone ink on steeped earth clears AA; accent text uses pigment at sufficient weight on dark ground; ARIA roles/states on switches and checkboxes; hero image decorative (aria-hidden); motion respects prefers-reduced-motion; all marks are SVG primitives.
## Imagery Direction
### Pairs With
loam
### Summary
Earth-pigment strata washes with a single botanical contour line on handmade-paper grain, composed as aerial topographic survey of cultivated dusk land — concentric contour rings around hilltops, watershed meanders between fields — the growth-ring idea made literal in the terrain.
### Subjects
- aerial topographic contour terrain
- growth rings and cross-cut heartwood
- watershed meanders and field edges
- cultivated plots and coppice
- root systems and soil at dusk
### Usage
Full-bleed contour-terrain hero, dark with glowing bone/ochre/moss contour lines and a quieter lower-left passage for overlay legibility; feature spots as single centred subjects in mineral washes.
---
version: "alpha"
name: "Cambium"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
bg: "#211913"
surface: "#2C211A"
surface_2: "#382B21"
text: "#EFE4D1"
muted: "#B3A286"
faint: "#7E715B"
accent: "#E0904C"
accent_2: "#93AC6C"
accent_3: "#DCB85B"
on_accent: "#211913"
success: "#86A258"
warning: "#CDA055"
error: "#CC6044"
info: "#7299A4"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "Spectral"
fontSize: "2.075rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "Spectral"
fontSize: "1.66rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "IBM Plex Sans"
fontSize: "17px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.5
letterSpacing: "-0.02em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "JetBrains Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
sm: "16px"
lg: "24px"
pill: "9999px"
card: "24px"
spacing:
base: "8px"
xs: "4px"
sm: "8px"
md: "12px"
lg: "16px"
xl: "24px"
2xl: "32px"
3xl: "48px"
4xl: "64px"
step-8: "96px"
components:
color-reference-bg:
backgroundColor: "{colors.bg}"
color-reference-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
color-reference-surface_2:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface_2}"
color-reference-text:
backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
color-reference-muted:
backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
color-reference-faint:
backgroundColor: "{colors.faint}"
color-reference-accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
color-reference-accent_2:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent_2}"
color-reference-accent_3:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent_3}"
color-reference-on_accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.on_accent}"
color-reference-success:
backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
color-reference-warning:
backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
color-reference-error:
backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
color-reference-info:
backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
button-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
textColor: "#000000"
typography: "{typography.label-md}"
rounded: "{rounded.lg}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
card-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.lg}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
input-default:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.lg}"
height: "44px"
---
# Cambium
## Overview
A cultivated-land interface set after sundown. An independent reconception of the Nature Distilled Organic brief, not a recolour of its refinement: where the brief asked for mineral-deep earth, material honesty and organic flow, Cambium answers with one living idea — the growth ring. Like the cambium layer where a tree lays down each season's ring, every reading (depth, moisture, yield, status) grows outward as concentric contour rings, and you read the whole stand at a glance. The ground is deep steeped earth at dusk, the ink warm bone, the three pigments used like low evening light.
### Values
- organic warmth
- material honesty
- geological colour depth
- unhurried rhythm
- tactile authenticity
### Anti-Values
- synthetic brightness
- cold white minimalism
- rigid uniform geometry
- borders and accent edges
- muddy washes
## Colors
Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.
| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| bg | `#211913` |
| surface | `#2C211A` |
| surface_2 | `#382B21` |
| text | `#EFE4D1` |
| muted | `#B3A286` |
| faint | `#7E715B` |
| accent | `#E0904C` |
| accent_2 | `#93AC6C` |
| accent_3 | `#DCB85B` |
| on_accent | `#211913` |
| success | `#86A258` |
| warning | `#CDA055` |
| error | `#CC6044` |
| info | `#7299A4` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: Spectral, 2.075rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Spectral, 1.66rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: IBM Plex Sans, 17px, weight 400, line-height 1.5.
- **Label-Md**: JetBrains 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`
- **Step-8**: `96px`
### Grid
Asymmetric rail + content; container max 1240px; minmax(0,1fr) columns with min-width:0
### Whitespace
generous; content pins at offsets and breathes; padding above titles
### Density
airy
### Responsive
single column on mobile with top nav hidden and the core-index rail folded to a horizontal ring-marker row; contained content capped and centred on ultra-wide; only the hero spans 100vw
### Breakpoints
- **Sm**: 640px
- **Md**: 768px
- **Lg**: 1024px
- **Xl**: 1280px
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Sm**: 0 2px 6px -3px rgba(0,0,0,0.5)
- **Md**: 0 18px 44px -22px rgba(0,0,0,0.7)
- **Lg**: 0 34px 70px -30px rgba(0,0,0,0.8)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **Sm**: `16px`
- **Lg**: `24px`
- **Pill**: `9999px`
- **Card**: `24px`
### Surfaces
- **Ground**: #211913
- **Raised**: #2C211A
- **Recessed**: #382B21
- **Grain**: fractalNoise SVG at ~4.5% opacity
### Borders
- **Style**: none
- **Affordance**: inset 0 0 0 1.5px rgba(239,228,209,0.16) on inputs only
- **Character**: warm seam, never a card outline or accent edge
## Components
### Composition
Asymmetric: a sticky left core-index rail of ringed markers; content offset right; cards pin at varying offsets, never an even row; nav open across the masthead; only the hero is full-bleed.
### Hierarchy
One ember primary action per view; secondary actions quiet; Spectral display carries the headline, mono labels carry eyebrows and readings.
### Density
Airy — generous whitespace, padding above every title.
### Signature
The growth ring — every metric renders as a nest of concentric contour rings; count and reach carry the value, the outermost ring carries season status. Recurs as the brand seam, the index marker, the dashboard chart, and the legend.
## 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-019ef920-4320-7fd1-9828-eaa02c73ab2e/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 Render every metric as a growth ring; let reach and ring-count carry the value
- Do Use the three pigments like low evening light; keep semantic colours quiet
- Do Pad above every title; let content pin at offsets and breathe
- Do Keep the nav open across the masthead
- Do Separate with warm shadow and a recessed sediment surface, never borders
- Don't Use white surfaces or pure-black text
- Don't Draw a border, hairline, or single accent edge on a card
- Don't Mix in arbitrary radii outside {16,24,9999}
- Don't Stamp the growth ring where no value is read until it becomes wallpaper
- Don't Put emoji or symbol glyphs in copy or on buttons
### Accessibility
Body 17px, table rows 14.5px; bone ink on steeped earth clears AA; accent text uses pigment at sufficient weight on dark ground; ARIA roles/states on switches and checkboxes; hero image decorative (aria-hidden); motion respects prefers-reduced-motion; all marks are SVG primitives.
## Imagery Direction
### Pairs With
loam
### Summary
Earth-pigment strata washes with a single botanical contour line on handmade-paper grain, composed as aerial topographic survey of cultivated dusk land — concentric contour rings around hilltops, watershed meanders between fields — the growth-ring idea made literal in the terrain.
### Subjects
- aerial topographic contour terrain
- growth rings and cross-cut heartwood
- watershed meanders and field edges
- cultivated plots and coppice
- root systems and soil at dusk
### Usage
Full-bleed contour-terrain hero, dark with glowing bone/ochre/moss contour lines and a quieter lower-left passage for overlay legibility; feature spots as single centred subjects in mineral washes.
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "cambium",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "Cambium shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#211913",
"foreground": "#EFE4D1",
"card": "#2C211A",
"card-foreground": "#EFE4D1",
"popover": "#2C211A",
"popover-foreground": "#EFE4D1",
"primary": "#EFE4D1",
"primary-foreground": "#111111",
"secondary": "#f4f4f5",
"secondary-foreground": "#111111",
"muted": "#B3A286",
"muted-foreground": "#EFE4D1",
"accent": "#E0904C",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#CC6044",
"border": "rgba(239,228,209,0.16)",
"input": "rgba(239,228,209,0.16)",
"ring": "#E0904C",
"chart-1": "#EFE4D1",
"chart-2": "#f4f4f5",
"chart-3": "#E0904C",
"chart-4": "#86A258",
"chart-5": "#CDA055",
"sidebar": "#2C211A",
"sidebar-foreground": "#EFE4D1",
"sidebar-primary": "#EFE4D1",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#111111",
"sidebar-accent": "#7299A4",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "rgba(239,228,209,0.16)",
"sidebar-ring": "#E0904C",
"radius": "24px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#EFE4D1",
"primary-foreground": "#111111",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#E0904C",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#CC6044",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#E0904C",
"chart-1": "#EFE4D1",
"chart-2": "#f4f4f5",
"chart-3": "#E0904C",
"chart-4": "#86A258",
"chart-5": "#CDA055",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#EFE4D1",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#111111",
"sidebar-accent": "#E0904C",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#E0904C",
"radius": "24px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019ef920-4320-7fd1-9828-eaa02c73ab2e",
"slug": "cambium",
"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",
"accent_2",
"accent_3",
"bg",
"border",
"error",
"faint",
"info",
"muted",
"on_accent",
"success",
"surface",
"surface_2",
"text",
"warning"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"heading_transform",
"heading_weight",
"letter_spacing",
"mono_font"
],
"radii": [
"card",
"lg",
"pill",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"grain",
"ground",
"raised",
"recessed"
],
"borders": [
"affordance",
"character",
"style"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
]
}
}
}
```The quick brown fox jumps
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Agent-generated
Keep Cambiumand swap a palette and an art style onto it — the landing & dashboard recolor live. The Studio does the same with all three lanes free.
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.
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table:root {
--background: #211913;
--foreground: #EFE4D1;
--card: #2C211A;
--card-foreground: #EFE4D1;
--popover: #2C211A;
--popover-foreground: #EFE4D1;
--primary: #EFE4D1;
--primary-foreground: #111111;
--secondary: #f4f4f5;
--secondary-foreground: #111111;
--muted: #B3A286;
--muted-foreground: #EFE4D1;
--accent: #E0904C;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #CC6044;
--border: rgba(239,228,209,0.16);
--input: rgba(239,228,209,0.16);
--ring: #E0904C;
--chart-1: #EFE4D1;
--chart-2: #f4f4f5;
--chart-3: #E0904C;
--chart-4: #86A258;
--chart-5: #CDA055;
--sidebar: #2C211A;
--sidebar-foreground: #EFE4D1;
--sidebar-primary: #EFE4D1;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #111111;
--sidebar-accent: #7299A4;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: rgba(239,228,209,0.16);
--sidebar-ring: #E0904C;
--radius: 24px;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #EFE4D1;
--primary-foreground: #111111;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #E0904C;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #CC6044;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #E0904C;
--chart-1: #EFE4D1;
--chart-2: #f4f4f5;
--chart-3: #E0904C;
--chart-4: #86A258;
--chart-5: #CDA055;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #EFE4D1;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #111111;
--sidebar-accent: #E0904C;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #E0904C;
--radius: 24px;
}
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 CambiumShadcnKit() {
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">Cambium</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>
);
}
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "cambium",
"type": "registry:theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {
"font-sans": "IBM Plex Sans, system-ui, sans-serif",
"font-serif": "Spectral, Georgia, serif",
"font-mono": "JetBrains Mono, monospace",
"radius": "1.5rem"
},
"light": {
"background": "#211913",
"foreground": "#EFE4D1",
"card": "#2C211A",
"card-foreground": "#EFE4D1",
"popover": "#2C211A",
"popover-foreground": "#EFE4D1",
"primary": "#E0904C",
"primary-foreground": "#211913",
"secondary": "#382B21",
"secondary-foreground": "#EFE4D1",
"muted": "#382B21",
"muted-foreground": "#B3A286",
"accent": "#93AC6C",
"accent-foreground": "#211913",
"destructive": "#CC6044",
"destructive-foreground": "#211913",
"border": "rgba(239,228,209,0.16)",
"input": "#382B21",
"ring": "#E0904C",
"chart-1": "#E0904C",
"chart-2": "#93AC6C",
"chart-3": "#DCB85B",
"chart-4": "#7299A4",
"chart-5": "#B3A286",
"radius": "1.5rem"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#211913",
"foreground": "#EFE4D1",
"card": "#2C211A",
"card-foreground": "#EFE4D1",
"popover": "#2C211A",
"popover-foreground": "#EFE4D1",
"primary": "#E0904C",
"primary-foreground": "#211913",
"secondary": "#382B21",
"secondary-foreground": "#EFE4D1",
"muted": "#382B21",
"muted-foreground": "#B3A286",
"accent": "#93AC6C",
"accent-foreground": "#211913",
"destructive": "#CC6044",
"destructive-foreground": "#211913",
"border": "rgba(239,228,209,0.16)",
"input": "#382B21",
"ring": "#E0904C",
"chart-1": "#E0904C",
"chart-2": "#93AC6C",
"chart-3": "#DCB85B",
"chart-4": "#7299A4",
"chart-5": "#B3A286",
"radius": "1.5rem"
}
},
"visualProfile": {
"mode": "dark",
"ground": "#211913",
"borders": "none",
"separation": "warm-shadow + recessed surface; inset focus ring on inputs only",
"radius": "16px small / 24px large / 9999px pill",
"elevation": "warm shadow, no pure black",
"accentUsage": "three highlighter pigments (ember, watershed, ochre); semantic colours quiet",
"signature": "concentric growth-ring marks on metrics, nav, chart, brand seam",
"typography": "Spectral display, IBM Plex Sans body, JetBrains Mono labels"
}
}
# Cambium shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019ef920-4320-7fd1-9828-eaa02c73ab2e`
Slug: `cambium`
## Intent
A cultivated-land interface set after sundown. An independent reconception of the Nature Distilled Organic brief, not a recolour of its refinement: where the brief asked for mineral-deep earth, material honesty and organic flow, Cambium answers with one living idea — the growth ring. Like the cambium layer where a tree lays down each season's ring, every reading (depth, moisture, yield, status) grows outward as concentric contour rings, and you read the whole stand at a glance. The ground is deep steeped earth at dusk, the ink warm bone, the three pigments used like low evening light.
## 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:
{
"bg": "#211913",
"surface": "#2C211A",
"surface_2": "#382B21",
"text": "#EFE4D1",
"muted": "#B3A286",
"faint": "#7E715B",
"border": "rgba(239,228,209,0.16)",
"accent": "#E0904C",
"accent_2": "#93AC6C",
"accent_3": "#DCB85B",
"on_accent": "#211913",
"success": "#86A258",
"warning": "#CDA055",
"error": "#CC6044",
"info": "#7299A4"
}
Typography:
{
"base_size": "17px",
"body_font": "IBM Plex Sans",
"heading_font": "Spectral",
"mono_font": "JetBrains Mono",
"heading_weight": "600",
"heading_transform": "none",
"letter_spacing": "-0.02em",
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Spectral:ital,wght@0,400;0,500;0,600;0,700;1,500&family=IBM+Plex+Sans:wght@400;500;600&family=JetBrains+Mono:wght@400;500&display=swap"
}
## Visual character to preserve
- Make the source language's structural identity visible in every component state.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "default",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": false,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": false,
"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/cambium/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: Render every metric as a growth ring; let reach and ring-count carry the value; Use the three pigments like low evening light; keep semantic colours quiet; Pad above every title; let content pin at offsets and breathe; Keep the nav open across the masthead; Separate with warm shadow and a recessed sediment surface, never borders
- Do not: Use white surfaces or pure-black text; Draw a border, hairline, or single accent edge on a card; Mix in arbitrary radii outside {16,24,9999}; Stamp the growth ring where no value is read until it becomes wallpaper; Put emoji or symbol glyphs in copy or on buttons
## 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 CambiumShadcnKit() {
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">Cambium</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": "Asymmetric rail + content; container max 1240px; minmax(0,1fr) columns with min-width:0",
"whitespace": "generous; content pins at offsets and breathes; padding above titles",
"density": "airy",
"responsive": "single column on mobile with top nav hidden and the core-index rail folded to a horizontal ring-marker row; contained content capped and centred on ultra-wide; only the hero spans 100vw",
"breakpoints": {
"sm": "640px",
"md": "768px",
"lg": "1024px",
"xl": "1280px"
}
}
{
"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-019ef920-4320-7fd1-9828-eaa02c73ab2e",
"name": "Cambium",
"slug": "cambium"
},
"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": [],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "system",
"material": "flat",
"contour": "default",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": false,
"grain": false,
"stickerBadges": false,
"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": "Cambium 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": [
"Render every metric as a growth ring; let reach and ring-count carry the value",
"Use the three pigments like low evening light; keep semantic colours quiet",
"Pad above every title; let content pin at offsets and breathe",
"Keep the nav open across the masthead",
"Separate with warm shadow and a recessed sediment surface, never borders"
],
"dont": [
"Use white surfaces or pure-black text",
"Draw a border, hairline, or single accent edge on a card",
"Mix in arbitrary radii outside {16,24,9999}",
"Stamp the growth ring where no value is read until it becomes wallpaper",
"Put emoji or symbol glyphs in copy or on buttons"
]
}
}