Café Binocle design system

---
version: alpha
name: Café Binocle
description: "Light interface measured from cafebinocle.com: Cimo type with caprasimo, vivid red accents, tonal surfaces and pill-shaped controls."
colors:
  background: "#FFE26E"
  surface: "#FFE26E"
  on-surface: "#594B3C"
  on-background: "#594B3C"
  on-surface-strong: "#4D4629"
  surface-container-low: "#FFFFFF"
  primary: "#EF5B34"
  on-primary: "#594B3C"
  inverse-surface: "#121212"
  secondary: "#8AD7F7"
  tertiary: "#FEE26F"
typography:
  headline-display:
    fontFamily: Cimo
    fontSize: 152px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: 0.004em
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: caprasimo
    fontSize: 88px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: 0.007em
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: Assistant
    fontSize: 64px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: 0.009em
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Assistant
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: 0.037em
  body-lg:
    fontFamily: FoundersGroteskRegular
    fontSize: 28px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: 0.021em
  label-md:
    fontFamily: FoundersGroteskRegular
    fontSize: 52px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: 0.058em
  label-sm:
    fontFamily: Assistant
    fontSize: 13px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
    letterSpacing: 0.031em
  headline-lg-mobile:
    fontFamily: caprasimo
    fontSize: 39px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1
    letterSpacing: 0.015em
  headline-display-mobile:
    fontFamily: Cimo
    fontSize: 90px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 0.8
    letterSpacing: 0.007em
rounded:
  sm: 25px
  md: 47px
  lg: 50px
  xl: 60px
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  xs: 2px
  sm: 5px
  md: 10px
  lg: 30px
  xl: 50px
  gutter: 20px
  section: 50px
  margin: 30px
  container: 2000px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-primary}"
    rounded: "{rounded.lg}"
    padding: 10px 0px 0px 0px
    height: 76px
  button-primary-hover:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    textColor: "{colors.primary}"
  button-secondary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.inverse-surface}"
    textColor: "{colors.surface-container-low}"
    rounded: 0px
    padding: 0px
    height: 47px
  button-outline:
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    typography: "{typography.body-md}"
    padding: 10px 10px 0px 0px
    height: 76px
  button-ghost:
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    typography: "{typography.body-md}"
    padding: 10px 10px 0px 0px
  input-field:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-container-low}"
    textColor: "{colors.inverse-surface}"
    rounded: "{rounded.lg}"
    padding: 15px 80px 15px 30px
  link:
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
---

# Café Binocle Design System

## Overview

Café Binocle describes itself as: “Le café le plus gentil au monde!” The interface is light, built on **Light Amber (#FFE26E)** with **Dark Orange (#594B3C)** text, and **Vivid Red (#EF5B34)** as the main accent.

Type is set in **Cimo** and **caprasimo**. Headlines run large; body text is 16px. Depth comes from soft drop shadows. Controls are pill-shaped.

Measured from [cafebinocle.com](https://www.cafebinocle.com/) on October 31, 2026 at 1440×900 and 390×844 from 146 rendered elements. Values are computed styles from the live page, not the original source files.

## Colors

The palette has 9 roles.

- **Light Amber (#FFE26E):** Page background, seen 1 time. Token `background`.
- **Dark Orange (#594B3C):** Primary text and headings, seen 23 times. Token `on-surface`.
- **Dark Amber (#4D4629):** Headings and emphasis, seen 2 times. Token `on-surface-strong`.
- **White (#FFFFFF):** Raised areas one step from the page, seen 6 times. Token `surface-container-low`.
- **Vivid Red (#EF5B34):** Primary buttons and calls to action, seen 4 times. Token `primary`, CSS `--theme-red`.
- **Dark Orange (#594B3C):** Text and icons on primary. Token `on-primary`.
- **Charcoal (#121212):** High-contrast fills, seen 1 time. Token `inverse-surface`.
- **Light Cyan (#8AD7F7):** Accent on large areas, seen 1 time. Token `secondary`.
- **Light Amber (#FEE26F):** Accent, seen 3 times. Token `tertiary`.

## Typography

**Cimo**, **caprasimo**, **Assistant** and **FoundersGroteskRegular** share the interface. Fallback stack: `Cimo`. Other loaded fonts: FoundersGroteskMedium.

- **headline-display:** Cimo 152px at weight 400, line height 1, tracking 0.004em, uppercase (90px on mobile). Page title (h1).
- **headline-lg:** caprasimo 88px at weight 400, line height 1, tracking 0.007em (39px on mobile). Section headings (h2).
- **headline-md:** Assistant 64px at weight 400, line height 1, tracking 0.009em. Sub-section headings.
- **body-md:** Assistant 16px at weight 400, line height 1, tracking 0.037em. Body text.
- **body-lg:** FoundersGroteskRegular 28px at weight 400, line height 1, tracking 0.021em. Lead paragraphs.
- **label-md:** FoundersGroteskRegular 52px at weight 400, line height 1, tracking 0.058em, uppercase. Buttons, navigation and labels.
- **label-sm:** Assistant 13px at weight 400, line height 1.5, tracking 0.031em. Small labels and badges.

## Layout

Spacing does not follow a strict grid: 35% of measured values are multiples of 4px, so match the measured steps rather than rounding to a grid.

- **Scale:** xs 2px, sm 5px, md 10px, lg 30px, xl 50px.
- **Sections:** 50px vertical padding between major sections.
- **Gaps:** 20px is the most common gap in flex and grid layouts.
- **Container:** content is capped at 2000px.
- **Page margin:** 30px on each side of full-width sections.
- **Breakpoints:** 749px, 750px, 960px, 961px, 989px, 990px, 1200px, 1440px, 1660px, 1700px, 1930px.

## Elevation & Depth

Raised elements use soft drop shadows. The most used recipes:

- `rgb(204, 204, 204) 0px 0px 10px -2px`

## Shapes

Interactive controls are pill-shaped. Measured radii, most used first:

- **full (9999px):** 28 elements.
- **lg (50px):** 12 elements.
- **sm (25px):** 8 elements.
- **xl (60px):** 8 elements.
- **md (47px):** 4 elements.

## Components

Measured from the rendered page. Token values reference the tokens above.

- **button-primary (“ABONNEMENT”):** #EF5B34 fill, #594B3C text, 24px/400, 50px radius, padding 10px 0px 0px 0px.
- **button-primary-hover:** background #594B3C, text #EF5B34 on hover.
- **button-secondary (“IGNORER ET PASSER AU CONTENU”):** #121212 fill, #FFFFFF text, 15px/400, padding 0px.
- **button-outline (“0”):** transparent fill, #594B3C text, 16px/400, 50% radius, padding 10px 10px 0px 0px, border 2px solid #594B3C.
- **button-ghost (“0”):** transparent fill, #594B3C text, 16px/400, 50% radius, padding 10px 10px 0px 0px, border 2px solid #594B3C.
- **input-field (“E-mail”):** #FFFFFF fill, #121212 text, 32px/400, 50px radius, padding 15px 80px 15px 30px, border 3px solid #594B3C.
- **link:** transparent fill, #594B3C text, padding 0px.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do use #FFE26E for the page and lift surfaces in small steps: #FFFFFF.
- Do keep text in 2 levels: #594B3C, #4D4629.
- Do reserve #EF5B34 for primary actions and key highlights.
- Do reuse the measured spacing steps (5px, 10px, 30px).
- Do make buttons and chips fully rounded (9999px); most other elements use 50px corners.
- Don't introduce new font families beyond Cimo, caprasimo, Assistant and FoundersGroteskRegular.
- Don't use #EF5B34 for large backgrounds or body text.
- Don't make interface transitions slower than 0.3s.

## Motion

Interface transitions are quick: 0.3s, 0.1s. Longer ambient animations run 2s, 30s.

- **Easing:** `ease`, `ease-in-out`, `linear`.
- **Reduced motion:** the page responds to `prefers-reduced-motion`.

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