Design System Audit

withcompound.com
Visual Language

Complete design system extracted from compoundplanning.com — every token, component, interaction pattern, and accessibility note, all from real values.

3Color tokens
5Type styles
5Breakpoints
MonumentPrimary font

01 — Foundations

Color Palette

All color values extracted from the live stylesheet. Contrast ratios per WCAG 2.1.

primary

#171717

Major — text, background

17.93:1 on page bg #ffffff · AAA ✓

white

#ffffff

Major — background

21.00:1 on black · AAA ✓

canvas

#fcfcfc

Accent — text

1.03:1 on page bg #ffffff · fails AA

02 — Foundations

Typography

Single font family: Monument Grotesk — used across all roles. Font files loaded by the site: Monument Grotesk (400) · Signifier (400) · IBM Plex Mono (400).

RoleSpecsSampleUsed on
Body
Monument Grotesk
16px / 400
lh 1.50
Talk to an advisor Try the dashboard
HTML element · 17 uses · real site copy
Body
Monument Grotesk
26px / 400
lh 1.12
FoundersBusiness OwnersProfessionalsRetireesFamilies
UL element · 11 uses · real site copy
Body
Monument Grotesk
60px / 400
lh 1.10
Modern wealth management for
H1 element · 2 uses · real site copy
Body
Monument Grotesk
16px / 400
lh 1.50
Talk to an advisor Try the dashboard
BUTTON element · 2 uses · real site copy
Body
Monument Grotesk
60px / 400
lh 1.00
Modern wealth management for
DIV element · 1 uses · real site copy

03 — Components

Navigation

Nav demo using extracted colors, font, real link labels.

nav · demo using extracted tokens & real links
Extracted nav tokens
Background#1a1a1a
Text color#ffffff
Font familyMonument Grotesk
Links (extracted)Sign up · View all · Investment Research · The Manual · The Archive
Copyright (extracted)© Compound Planning. All rights reserved.

Layout values (height, padding, link states) are demo styling — not extracted from the site.


04 — Components

Button Variants

Color and radius tokens extracted from the scrape; variants are representative demos. Border-radius: 9999px · fill type: solid · padding density: normal.

btn-primary · token demo

bg #171717 · color #ffffff · radius: 9999px

btn-secondary · outlined demo

Demo variant — outlined treatment of the extracted primary color #171717.

btn-ghost · text-only demo

Demo variant — text-only treatment of the extracted primary color.

btn-disabled · demo state

Generic disabled-state demo — not extracted from the site.


05 — Components

Cards & Surfaces

Flat design system — no box-shadows. Depth is communicated through background contrast and borders.

section surface

bg #ffffff · text #171717


07 — Components

Form Elements

Representative form patterns styled with extracted color and radius tokens. Input border-radius: not detected in scrape.

Contact form — site-styled demo

withcompound.com
Get in Touch

Input states
input · default

radius: not detected · demo border/background styling

input · focus state demo

Demo focus treatment using extracted primary color #171717.

select · dropdown

08 — Foundations

Spacing Scale

Spacing values observed in the live layout. Values extracted from stylesheet padding, margin, and gap declarations.

8px
sm
208px
section

09 — Foundations

Border Radius

Corner radius tokens observed across components. All values extracted from live stylesheet.

9999px
full
9999px

⚠️ 9999px exceeds any component size — likely from an oversized decorative element (effectively a pill shape), not a reusable radius token.


10 — Foundations

Elevation & Depth

Fully flat design — zero box-shadow usage. Depth communicated through background-color contrast and 1px borders.

Level 0 — Page Canvas

bg #ffffff — the outermost layer. Everything sits on top of this.

Level 1 — Card Surface

bg #ffffff with 1px border. No shadow — white lift creates elevation via contrast.

Dark Section

bg #1a1a1a — depth through color contrast, no shadows.


11 — Interactions

Motion

Transition and animation values extracted from the scraped stylesheets, with real occurrence counts.

hover demo · using extracted tokens

Demo transitions use the fastest extracted duration (0.15s cubic-bezier(.4,0,.2,1)).

idle vs hover · frozen demo states

Demo hover treatment — fill with extracted primary color. Real hover styles are not scraped.

Motion tokens (extracted)
TokenValueOccurrences
duration-fast0.15s12× in stylesheet
duration-base0.2s6× in stylesheet
duration-slow0.25s5× in stylesheet
duration-slower0.3s4× in stylesheet
duration-slowest0.5s9× in stylesheet
easing-1cubic-bezier(.4,0,.2,1)8× in stylesheet
easing-2linear6× in stylesheet
easing-3ease6× in stylesheet

12 — Responsive

Responsive Behavior

Breakpoint boundaries detected in the scraped stylesheet media queries, with real rule counts.

BreakpointBoundaryUsage
Mobile595px2 @media rules
Tablet640px3 @media rules
Tablet-2768px5 @media rules
Tablet-3801px4 @media rules
Desktop976px2 @media rules
595px
640px
768px
801px
976px

Extracted from https://compoundplanning.com/ stylesheets.