# Waleed Ahmad design system

> Waleed Ahmad design system measured from waleed-portfolio-site.vercel.app: Jika font, 16 color hex codes, type scale and spacing. Dark theme with 12px corners.

Canonical page: https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/waleed-portfolio-site.vercel.app/

Waleed Ahmad’s website (waleed-portfolio-site.vercel.app) uses the Jika font and #E5741C as its main color on a #171D11 background. Measured by Sitepeel on November 5, 2026.

## What font does Waleed Ahmad use?

Waleed Ahmad uses Jika (weight 400) and Jost Variable (weights 400, 500 and 600) on waleed-portfolio-site.vercel.app. Page titles are 57.5px at weight 400 (30.5px on phones) and body text is 16px. Measured on November 5, 2026.

- Jika (weights 400)
- Jost Variable (weights 400, 500, 600)

## Waleed Ahmad colors: palette and hex codes

Waleed Ahmad’s main colors are #171D11 (charcoal) for the background, #F7F3E9 (warm mist) for text and #E5741C (orange) as the main accent, with #EF9349 (vivid orange) and #C75C14 (vivid orange) as other accents. Measured on November 5, 2026.

- #171D11: charcoal
- #F7F3E9: warm mist
- #FFFFFF: white
- #B4B3A9: warm gray
- #9D9D93: warm gray
- #10140C: charcoal
- #0C0F09: charcoal
- #E5741C: orange

## What is Waleed Ahmad built with?

Waleed Ahmad’s website (waleed-portfolio-site.vercel.app) is built with Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, Vercel and Motion. Measured on November 5, 2026.

- JavaScript framework: Next.js 16.3.7, React 19.3.0-canary-cbb046ab-2
- Hosting & CDN: Vercel
- UI & CSS: Tailwind CSS 4.x
- Animation & 3D: Motion
- Fonts & icons: Lucide

## Questions and answers

### What font does Waleed Ahmad use?

Waleed Ahmad’s website uses Jika (weight 400) and Jost Variable (weights 400, 500 and 600). Page titles are 57.5px at weight 400 (30.5px on phones) and body text is 16px. Measured on November 5, 2026.

### What are the Waleed Ahmad colors and hex codes?

On waleed-portfolio-site.vercel.app: #171D11 (charcoal) for the background, #F7F3E9 (warm mist) for text and #E5741C (orange) as the main accent, with #EF9349 (vivid orange) and #C75C14 (vivid orange) as other accents. The color palette above lists all 16 colors with their hex codes and where each one is used.

### What is the Waleed Ahmad design system?

The design system on this page is waleed-portfolio-site.vercel.app’s, as measured on November 5, 2026: Jika type, #E5741C as the main color and 12px corners, written down as a DESIGN.md. It is not Waleed Ahmad’s own documentation.

### What is Waleed Ahmad built with?

Waleed Ahmad’s website (waleed-portfolio-site.vercel.app) is built with Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, Vercel and Motion. The full tech stack Sitepeel found: Next.js, React, Vercel, Tailwind CSS, Motion and Lucide. Measured on November 5, 2026.

### What is the Waleed Ahmad DESIGN.md?

A plain-text file with Waleed Ahmad’s measured colors, type, spacing, corners and components as tokens, plus short rules, in the DESIGN.md format Google published with Stitch. Your AI coding agent reads it and builds in this style. More about DESIGN.md.

### How do I use it with Claude Code or Cursor?

Download the file and put it in your project’s root folder, then ask your agent to follow DESIGN.md. Step-by-step guides: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot.

### Is this Waleed Ahmad’s official design system?

No. Sitepeel measured it from waleed-portfolio-site.vercel.app’s public page on November 5, 2026. It is an independent analysis, not made or approved by Waleed Ahmad.

### Can I use Waleed Ahmad’s style in my own product?

Use it to learn, prototype and compare. For a real product, make the style your own, and never copy Waleed Ahmad’s logo, name, pictures or text.

### How accurate are the values?

Each value was measured on the rendered page after it fully loaded, on desktop and mobile: colors where they appear, type with tracking, spacing, corners, shadows and hover states. Sites change, so check the date at the top.

## Files

- [DESIGN.md](https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/waleed-portfolio-site.vercel.app/DESIGN.md): the plain file to put in your project.
- [All brand DESIGN.md files](https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/examples/index.md)

Independent analysis by Sitepeel (sitepeel.dev), not affiliated with Waleed Ahmad.

## The DESIGN.md file

```markdown
---
version: alpha
name: Waleed Ahmad
description: "Dark interface measured from waleed-portfolio-site.vercel.app: Jika type with Jost Variable, orange accents, tonal surfaces and 12px corners."
colors:
  background: "#171D11"
  surface: "#171D11"
  on-surface: "#F7F3E9"
  on-background: "#F7F3E9"
  on-surface-strong: "#FFFFFF"
  on-surface-variant: "#B4B3A9"
  on-surface-muted: "#9D9D93"
  surface-container-low: "#10140C"
  surface-container: "#0C0F09"
  overlay: "#10140C99"
  overlay-strong: "#E5741C26"
  outline: "#FFFFFF1A"
  outline-variant: "#FFFFFF26"
  primary: "#E5741C"
  on-primary: "#FFFFFF"
  secondary: "#EF9349"
  tertiary: "#C75C14"
  success: "#00D492"
typography:
  headline-display:
    fontFamily: Jika
    fontSize: 57.5px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.12
  headline-lg:
    fontFamily: Jika
    fontSize: 48px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.15
  headline-md:
    fontFamily: Jika
    fontSize: 43px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.2
  headline-sm:
    fontFamily: Jika
    fontSize: 24px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.38
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Jost Variable
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
  body-lg:
    fontFamily: Jost Variable
    fontSize: 18px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.63
  body-sm:
    fontFamily: Jost Variable
    fontSize: 15px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
  caption:
    fontFamily: Jost Variable
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.43
  label-md:
    fontFamily: Jost Variable
    fontSize: 15px
    fontWeight: 600
    lineHeight: 1.5
  label-sm:
    fontFamily: Jost Variable
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 500
    lineHeight: 1.43
  headline-display-mobile:
    fontFamily: Jika
    fontSize: 30.5px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.12
  headline-md-mobile:
    fontFamily: Jika
    fontSize: 27px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.2
rounded:
  sm: 12px
  md: 16px
  lg: 24px
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  xs: 4px
  sm: 8px
  md: 12px
  lg: 20px
  xl: 40px
  gutter: 40px
  section: 128px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-primary}"
    typography: "{typography.caption}"
    rounded: "{rounded.full}"
    padding: 10px 27.2px
    height: 40px
  button-primary-hover:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
  button-outline:
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: "{rounded.full}"
    padding: 15.2px 27.2px
    height: 55px
  button-ghost:
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: "{rounded.full}"
    padding: 15.2px 27.2px
  input-field:
    backgroundColor: "#FFFFFF0A"
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    typography: "{typography.label-sm}"
    rounded: "{rounded.sm}"
    padding: 12.8px 16px
  card:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    typography: "{typography.body-md}"
    rounded: "{rounded.lg}"
    padding: 0px
  link:
    textColor: "#F7F3E9B3"
---

# Waleed Ahmad Design System

## Overview

Waleed Ahmad describes itself as: “Waleed Ahmad is a WordPress developer and UI/UX designer based in Abbottabad, Pakistan — fast, responsive, conversion-focused websites for businesses, agencies and online stores.” The interface is dark, built on **Charcoal (#171D11)** with **Warm Mist (#F7F3E9)** text, and **Orange (#E5741C)** as the main accent.

Type is set in **Jika** and **Jost Variable**. Headlines run large; body text is 16px. Depth comes from soft drop shadows. Corners are mostly 12px.

Measured from [waleed-portfolio-site.vercel.app](https://waleed-portfolio-site.vercel.app/) on November 5, 2026 at 1440×900 and 390×844 from 366 rendered elements. Values are computed styles from the live page, not the original source files.

## Colors

The palette has 16 roles, plus gradient stops #EF9349, #C75C14, #E5741C.

- **Charcoal (#171D11):** Page background, seen 8 times. Token `background`.
- **Warm Mist (#F7F3E9):** Primary text and headings, seen 37 times. Token `on-surface`, CSS `--color-cream`.
- **White (#FFFFFF):** Headings and emphasis, seen 7 times. Token `on-surface-strong`, CSS `--tw-ring-offset-color`.
- **Warm Gray (#B4B3A9):** Secondary text, seen 29 times. Token `on-surface-variant`.
- **Warm Gray (#9D9D93):** Muted text and metadata, seen 12 times. Token `on-surface-muted`.
- **Charcoal (#10140C):** Raised areas one step from the page, seen 12 times. Token `surface-container-low`, CSS `--color-olive-950`.
- **Charcoal (#0C0F09):** Cards and panels, seen 1 time. Token `surface-container`, CSS `--color-ink`.
- **Charcoal 60% (#10140C99):** Translucent fill for cards and controls, seen 18 times. Token `overlay`.
- **Orange 15% (#E5741C26):** Stronger translucent fill, seen 17 times. Token `overlay-strong`.
- **White 10% (#FFFFFF1A):** Borders and dividers, seen 8 times. Token `outline`.
- **White 15% (#FFFFFF26):** Secondary dividers, seen 5 times. Token `outline-variant`.
- **Orange (#E5741C):** Primary buttons and calls to action, seen 26 times. Token `primary`, CSS `--color-accent-500`.
- **White (#FFFFFF):** Text and icons on primary. Token `on-primary`.
- **Vivid Orange (#EF9349):** Accent (CSS variable), seen 44 times. Token `secondary`, CSS `--color-accent-400`.
- **Vivid Orange (#C75C14):** Accent (CSS variable). Token `tertiary`, CSS `--color-accent-600`.
- **Teal (#00D492):** Success and positive states, seen 2 times. Token `success`.

## Typography

**Jika** and **Jost Variable** share the interface. Fallback stack: `Jika, ui-sans-serif, sans-serif`.

- **headline-display:** Jika 57.5px at weight 400, line height 1.12 (30.5px on mobile). Page title (h1).
- **headline-lg:** Jika 48px at weight 400, line height 1.15. Section headings (h2).
- **headline-md:** Jika 43px at weight 400, line height 1.2 (27px on mobile). Sub-section headings.
- **headline-sm:** Jika 24px at weight 400, line height 1.38. Card and feature titles.
- **body-md:** Jost Variable 16px at weight 400, line height 1.5. Body text.
- **body-lg:** Jost Variable 18px at weight 400, line height 1.63. Lead paragraphs.
- **body-sm:** Jost Variable 15px at weight 400, line height 1.5. Secondary and small text.
- **caption:** Jost Variable 14px at weight 400, line height 1.43. Captions and fine print.
- **label-md:** Jost Variable 15px at weight 600, line height 1.5. Buttons, navigation and labels.
- **label-sm:** Jost Variable 14px at weight 500, line height 1.43. Small labels and badges.

## Layout

Spacing is mostly on a 4px grid (83% of measured values), with some off-grid steps. Match the measured scale rather than rounding everything.

- **Scale:** xs 4px, sm 8px, md 12px, lg 20px, xl 40px.
- **Sections:** 128px vertical padding between major sections.
- **Gaps:** 40px is the most common gap in flex and grid layouts.

## Elevation & Depth

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

- `rgba(229, 116, 28, 0.7) 0px 10px 30px -10px`

## Shapes

Most elements use 12px corners. Measured radii, most used first:

- **sm (12px):** 56 elements.
- **md (16px):** 52 elements.
- **lg (24px):** 32 elements.
- **full (9999px):** 32 elements.

## Components

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

- **button-primary (“Let's Work Together”):** #E5741C fill, #FFFFFF text, 14px/600, 999px radius, padding 10px 27.2px, shadow `rgba(229, 116, 28, 0.7) 0px 10px 30px -10px`.
- **button-primary-hover:** background #EF9349, text #FFFFFF on hover.
- **button-outline (“Let's Talk”):** transparent fill, #F7F3E9 text, 15.2px/600, 999px radius, padding 15.2px 27.2px, border 1px solid #F7F3E940.
- **button-ghost (“Let's Talk”):** transparent fill, #F7F3E9 text, 15.2px/600, 999px radius, padding 15.2px 27.2px, border 1px solid #F7F3E940.
- **input-field (“Your name”):** #FFFFFF0A fill, #F7F3E9 text, 14px/500, 12px radius, padding 12.8px 16px, border 1px solid #FFFFFF1F.
- **card:** #171D11 fill, #F7F3E9 text, 16px/400, 24px radius, padding 0px.
- **link:** transparent fill, #F7F3E9B3 text, padding 0px.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do use #171D11 for the page and lift surfaces in small steps: #10140C, #0C0F09.
- Do keep text in 4 levels: #F7F3E9, #FFFFFF, #B4B3A9, #9D9D93.
- Do reserve #E5741C for primary actions and key highlights.
- Do reuse the measured spacing steps (8px, 12px, 20px).
- Do use 12px corners on most elements; larger surfaces also use 16px and 24px.
- Don't introduce new font families beyond Jika and Jost Variable.
- Don't use #E5741C for large backgrounds or body text.
- Don't make interface transitions slower than 0.5s.

## Motion

Interface transitions are quick: 0.15s, 0.3s, 0.5s, 0.35s. Longer ambient animations run 1s.

- **Easing:** `cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1)`, `ease`, `cubic-bezier(0.22, 0.68, 0, 1)`.
- **Reduced motion:** the page responds to `prefers-reduced-motion`.

Generated by [Sitepeel](https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/waleed-portfolio-site.vercel.app/), the free DESIGN.md generator (engine 2026.10.29+b828a475ee10).

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