# Workday design system

> Workday design system measured from workday.com: Workday Body font, #0F2E66 primary on #F6F5F1, 8 color hex codes, type scale, spacing and a free DESIGN.md.

Canonical page: https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/workday.com/

Workday’s website (workday.com) uses the Workday Body font and #0F2E66 as its main color on a #F6F5F1 background. Measured by Sitepeel on November 4, 2026.

## What font does Workday use?

Workday uses Workday Body (weights 300 and 400) on workday.com. Page titles are 20px at weight 400 and body text is 14px. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- Workday Body (weights 300, 400)

## Workday colors: palette and hex codes

Workday’s main colors are #F6F5F1 (mist) for the background, #525D6A (dark blue) for text and #0F2E66 (dark blue) as the main accent, with #022043 (deep blue) as another accent. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- #F6F5F1: mist
- #525D6A: dark blue
- #FFFFFF: white
- #0F2E66: dark blue
- #022043: deep blue

## What is Workday built with?

Workday’s website (workday.com) is built with Adobe Experience Manager, jQuery, React, GSAP and GSAP ScrollSmoother. Measured on November 4, 2026.

- JavaScript framework: jQuery 1.12.4-aem, React 18.3.1
- Animation & 3D: GSAP 3.15.0, GSAP ScrollSmoother 3.15.0, GSAP ScrollTrigger 3.15.0, GSAP SplitText 3.15.0
- Media: Video.js 8.24.1, Brightcove
- Site builder & CMS: Adobe Experience Manager
- Analytics: Microsoft Advertising, Reddit Pixel, Google Ads, Google Tag Manager
- Marketing & support: Marketo, TrustArc

## Questions and answers

### What font does Workday use?

Workday’s website uses Workday Body (weights 300 and 400). Page titles are 20px at weight 400 and body text is 14px. Measured on November 4, 2026.

### What are the Workday colors and hex codes?

On workday.com: #F6F5F1 (mist) for the background, #525D6A (dark blue) for text and #0F2E66 (dark blue) as the main accent, with #022043 (deep blue) as another accent. The color palette above lists all 8 colors with their hex codes and where each one is used.

### What is the Workday design system?

The design system on this page is workday.com’s, as measured on November 4, 2026: Workday Body type, #0F2E66 as the main color, pill-shaped corners and a 4px spacing grid, written down as a DESIGN.md. It is not Workday’s own documentation.

### What is Workday built with?

Workday’s website (workday.com) is built with Adobe Experience Manager, jQuery, React, GSAP and GSAP ScrollSmoother. The full tech stack Sitepeel found: jQuery, React, GSAP, GSAP ScrollSmoother, GSAP ScrollTrigger, GSAP SplitText, Velocity.js, Video.js, Adobe Experience Manager and Brightcove. Measured on November 4, 2026.

### What is the Workday DESIGN.md?

A plain-text file with Workday’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 Workday’s official design system?

No. Sitepeel measured it from workday.com’s public page on November 4, 2026. It is an independent analysis, not made or approved by Workday.

### Can I use Workday’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 Workday’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/workday.com/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 Workday.

## The DESIGN.md file

```markdown
---
version: alpha
name: Workday
description: "Light interface measured from workday.com: Workday Body type, dark blue accents, tonal surfaces and pill-shaped controls."
colors:
  background: "#F6F5F1"
  surface: "#F6F5F1"
  on-surface: "#525D6A"
  on-background: "#525D6A"
  surface-container-low: "#FFFFFF"
  overlay: "#FFFFFF1F"
  overlay-strong: "#00000014"
  primary: "#0F2E66"
  on-primary: "#FFFFFF"
  secondary: "#022043"
typography:
  headline-display:
    fontFamily: Workday Body
    fontSize: 20px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.4
  body-md:
    fontFamily: Workday Body
    fontSize: 14px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.43
  body-lg:
    fontFamily: Workday Body
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 300
    lineHeight: 1.5
  label-md:
    fontFamily: Workday Body
    fontSize: 16px
    fontWeight: 400
    lineHeight: 1.5
rounded:
  md: 36px
  full: 9999px
spacing:
  base: 4px
  sm: 8px
  md: 12px
  lg: 24px
  xl: 36px
  gutter: 8px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-primary}"
    rounded: "{rounded.full}"
    padding: 18px
    height: 72px
  button-outline:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.surface-container-low}"
    textColor: "{colors.primary}"
    typography: "{typography.body-lg}"
    rounded: "{rounded.full}"
    padding: 12px
    height: 48px
  button-outline-hover:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-primary}"
  button-ghost:
    textColor: "{colors.on-primary}"
    typography: "{typography.body-lg}"
    rounded: "{rounded.full}"
    padding: 12px
  input-field:
    textColor: "{colors.on-surface}"
    typography: "{typography.headline-display}"
    rounded: 0px
    padding: 0px
  card:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.overlay}"
    textColor: "{colors.on-primary}"
    typography: "{typography.label-md}"
    rounded: "{rounded.md}"
    padding: 0px
  link:
    textColor: "{colors.on-primary}"
---

# Workday Design System

## Overview

Workday describes itself as: “Experience a new way to work with Sana and agentic AI from Workday.” The interface is light, built on **Mist (#F6F5F1)** with **Dark Blue (#525D6A)** text, and **Dark Blue (#0F2E66)** as the main accent.

Type is set in **Workday Body**. Headlines run large; body text is 14px. Depth comes from soft drop shadows. Controls are pill-shaped.

Measured from [workday.com](https://www.workday.com/) on November 4, 2026 at 1440×900 and 390×844 from 360 rendered elements. Values are computed styles from the live page, not the original source files.

## Colors

The palette has 8 roles.

- **Mist (#F6F5F1):** Page background, seen 1 time. Token `background`.
- **Dark Blue (#525D6A):** Primary text and headings, seen 2 times. Token `on-surface`.
- **White (#FFFFFF):** Raised areas one step from the page, seen 4 times. Token `surface-container-low`, CSS `--vp-bar-ink`.
- **White 12% (#FFFFFF1F):** Translucent fill for cards and controls, seen 6 times. Token `overlay`.
- **Near Black 8% (#00000014):** Stronger translucent fill, seen 3 times. Token `overlay-strong`.
- **Dark Blue (#0F2E66):** Primary buttons and calls to action, seen 90 times. Token `primary`, CSS `--vp-panel-ink`.
- **White (#FFFFFF):** Text and icons on primary. Token `on-primary`.
- **Deep Blue (#022043):** Accent in text, fills and borders, seen 3 times. Token `secondary`.

## Typography

**Workday Body** carries the whole interface. Fallback stack: `Workday Body, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif`. Other loaded fonts: Roboto Mono, Workday Headline.

- **headline-display:** Workday Body 20px at weight 400, line height 1.4. Page title (h1).
- **body-md:** Workday Body 14px at weight 400, line height 1.43. Body text.
- **body-lg:** Workday Body 16px at weight 300, line height 1.5. Lead paragraphs.
- **label-md:** Workday Body 16px at weight 400, line height 1.5, uppercase. Buttons, navigation and labels.

## Layout

Spacing follows a 4px grid: 94% of measured gaps and paddings are multiples of 4px.

- **Scale:** sm 8px, md 12px, lg 24px, xl 36px.
- **Gaps:** 8px is the most common gap in flex and grid layouts.
- **Breakpoints:** 374.98px, 375px, 380px, 520px, 521px, 600px, 640px, 750px, 767.98px, 768px, 920px, 991.98px, 992px, 1119.98px, 1200px, 1920px.

## Elevation & Depth

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

- `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24) 0px 2px 12px 0px`

## Shapes

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

- **full (9999px):** 376 elements.
- **md (36px):** 16 elements.

## Components

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

- **button-primary (“Open AI Concierge”):** #0F2E66 fill, #FFFFFF text, 13.3333px/400, 9999px radius, padding 18px, border 1px solid #0F2E66, shadow `rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24) 0px 2px 12px 0px`.
- **button-outline (“Request a Demo”):** #FFFFFF fill, #0F2E66 text, 16px/700, 9999px radius, padding 12px.
- **button-outline-hover:** background #022043, text #FFFFFF on hover.
- **button-ghost (“Agents”):** transparent fill, #FFFFFF text, 16px/700, 9999px radius, padding 12px.
- **input-field:** transparent fill, #525D6A text, 20px/400, padding 0px.
- **card:** #FFFFFF1F fill, #FFFFFF text, 16px/400, 36px radius, padding 0px.
- **link:** transparent fill, #FFFFFF text, padding 0px.

## Do's and Don'ts

- Do use #F6F5F1 for the page and lift surfaces in small steps: #FFFFFF.
- Do reserve #0F2E66 for primary actions and key highlights.
- Do keep spacing on the 4px grid.
- Do make buttons and chips fully rounded (9999px); most other elements use 36px corners.
- Don't introduce new font families beyond Workday Body.
- Don't use #0F2E66 for large backgrounds or body text.
- Don't make interface transitions slower than 0.4s.

## Motion

Interface transitions are quick: 0.15s, 0.2s, 0.4s, 0.288s.

- **Easing:** `ease-out`, `ease-in-out`, `ease`.

Generated by [Sitepeel](https://sitepeel.dev/design-md/workday.com/), the free DESIGN.md generator (engine 2026.10.29+b828a475ee10).

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