{
  "$description": "Brand: The New York Times — light mode",
  "color": {
    "swatches": {
      "$description": "Source-of-truth color swatches from palette nyt@1.0.0",
      "ink-black": {
        "$value": "#121212",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "Primary body text; the deep ink of a newspaper print page."
      },
      "ink-medium": {
        "$value": "#363636",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "Secondary text; deck and byline weight."
      },
      "ink-light": {
        "$value": "#5A5A5A",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "Tertiary text; meta, timestamps, kicker labels."
      },
      "gray-light": {
        "$value": "#727272",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "Quiet meta text; disabled captions."
      },
      "gray-rule": {
        "$value": "#979797",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "Hairline rule between stories; column dividers."
      },
      "gray-border": {
        "$value": "#C7C7C7",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "Heavier border; card outlines."
      },
      "gray-divider": {
        "$value": "#DFDFDF",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "Section divider; quiet block boundary."
      },
      "gray-tint": {
        "$value": "#EBEBEB",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "Pull-quote background; chip surface."
      },
      "gray-surface": {
        "$value": "#F7F7F7",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "Alternating row tint; subtle inset surface."
      },
      "paper": {
        "$value": "#F8F8F8",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "Newsprint-like off-white; quiet section canvas."
      },
      "white": {
        "$value": "#FFFFFF",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "Primary page canvas; the bright digital sheet."
      },
      "reading-blue": {
        "$value": "#346EB7",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "In-copy link color; the desaturated NYT blue."
      },
      "reading-blue-hover": {
        "$value": "#2B8AD8",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "Brighter blue for link hover and interactive emphasis."
      },
      "masthead-red": {
        "$value": "#D0021B",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "Breaking-news red; masthead-bridge accent."
      },
      "masthead-red-bright": {
        "$value": "#F4564A",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "Brighter red used in live-update pulses and tags."
      }
    },
    "roles": {
      "$description": "Semantic color roles (light mode) mapped to palette swatches",
      "background": {
        "$value": "{color.swatches.white}",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "background role → White"
      },
      "surface": {
        "$value": "{color.swatches.paper}",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "surface role → Paper"
      },
      "surface-elevated": {
        "$value": "{color.swatches.white}",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "surface-elevated role → White"
      },
      "text-primary": {
        "$value": "{color.swatches.ink-black}",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "text-primary role → Ink Black"
      },
      "text-secondary": {
        "$value": "{color.swatches.ink-medium}",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "text-secondary role → Ink Medium"
      },
      "text-tertiary": {
        "$value": "{color.swatches.ink-light}",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "text-tertiary role → Ink Light"
      },
      "primary": {
        "$value": "{color.swatches.reading-blue}",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "primary role → Reading Blue"
      },
      "primary-hover": {
        "$value": "{color.swatches.reading-blue-hover}",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "primary-hover role → Reading Blue Hover"
      },
      "accent": {
        "$value": "{color.swatches.masthead-red}",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "accent role → Masthead Red"
      },
      "accent-hover": {
        "$value": "{color.swatches.masthead-red-bright}",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "accent-hover role → Masthead Red Bright"
      },
      "error": {
        "$value": "{color.swatches.masthead-red}",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "error role → Masthead Red"
      },
      "border": {
        "$value": "{color.swatches.gray-divider}",
        "$type": "color",
        "$description": "border role → Gray Divider"
      },
      "brand-overrides": {
        "$description": "Brand-level role overrides (take precedence over palette role mappings)",
        "identity": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.white}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role identity → White"
        },
        "on-identity": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.ink-black}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role on-identity → Ink Black"
        },
        "primary": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.reading-blue}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role primary → Reading Blue"
        },
        "primary-hover": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.reading-blue-hover}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role primary-hover → Reading Blue Hover"
        },
        "accent": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.masthead-red}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role accent → Masthead Red"
        },
        "accent-hover": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.masthead-red-bright}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role accent-hover → Masthead Red Bright"
        },
        "mark": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.ink-black}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role mark → Ink Black"
        },
        "error": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.masthead-red}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role error → Masthead Red"
        },
        "text-primary-light": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.ink-black}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role text-primary-light → Ink Black"
        },
        "text-primary-dark": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.white}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role text-primary-dark → White"
        },
        "background-light": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.white}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role background-light → White"
        },
        "background-dark": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.ink-black}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role background-dark → Ink Black"
        },
        "surface-light": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.paper}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role surface-light → Paper"
        },
        "surface-dark": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.ink-medium}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role surface-dark → Ink Medium"
        },
        "text-secondary-light": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.ink-medium}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role text-secondary-light → Ink Medium"
        },
        "text-tertiary-light": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.ink-light}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role text-tertiary-light → Ink Light"
        },
        "border-light": {
          "$value": "{color.swatches.gray-divider}",
          "$type": "color",
          "$description": "Brand role border-light → Gray Divider"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "font": {
    "$description": "Typography roles mapped to font atoms",
    "heading": {
      "family": {
        "$value": [
          "Playfair Display",
          "Iowan Old Style",
          "Apple Garamond",
          "Baskerville",
          "Times New Roman",
          "serif"
        ],
        "$type": "fontFamily",
        "$description": "heading role → Playfair Display (playfair-display@1.0.0)"
      },
      "weight": {
        "400": {
          "$value": 400,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "500": {
          "$value": 500,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "600": {
          "$value": 600,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "700": {
          "$value": 700,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "800": {
          "$value": 800,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "900": {
          "$value": 900,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "$description": "Available font weights"
      }
    },
    "body": {
      "family": {
        "$value": [
          "PT Serif",
          "Charter",
          "Georgia",
          "Times New Roman",
          "serif"
        ],
        "$type": "fontFamily",
        "$description": "body role → PT Serif (pt-serif@1.0.0)"
      },
      "weight": {
        "400": {
          "$value": 400,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "700": {
          "$value": 700,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "$description": "Available font weights"
      }
    },
    "sans": {
      "family": {
        "$value": [
          "Inter",
          "-apple-system",
          "BlinkMacSystemFont",
          "Segoe UI",
          "Roboto",
          "Helvetica Neue",
          "Arial",
          "sans-serif"
        ],
        "$type": "fontFamily",
        "$description": "sans role → Inter (inter@1.0.0)"
      },
      "weight": {
        "100": {
          "$value": 100,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "200": {
          "$value": 200,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "300": {
          "$value": 300,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "400": {
          "$value": 400,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "500": {
          "$value": 500,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "600": {
          "$value": 600,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "700": {
          "$value": 700,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "800": {
          "$value": 800,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "900": {
          "$value": 900,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "$description": "Available font weights"
      }
    },
    "mono": {
      "family": {
        "$value": [
          "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font",
          "JetBrains Mono",
          "Fira Code",
          "Menlo",
          "Monaco",
          "Consolas",
          "Liberation Mono",
          "monospace"
        ],
        "$type": "fontFamily",
        "$description": "mono role → JetBrainsMono Nerd Font (jetbrainsmono-nerdfont@1.0.0)"
      },
      "weight": {
        "100": {
          "$value": 100,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "200": {
          "$value": 200,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "300": {
          "$value": 300,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "400": {
          "$value": 400,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "500": {
          "$value": 500,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "600": {
          "$value": 600,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "700": {
          "$value": 700,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "800": {
          "$value": 800,
          "$type": "fontWeight"
        },
        "$description": "Available font weights"
      }
    }
  }
}