AYA Quiet Washi Light Interface
A portable design language for agents: download the markdown first, then inspect the preview, tokens, and rules as needed.
Download DESIGN.md
Portable DESIGN.md source of truth for most agents and apps.
specification
philosophy
tokens
borders4 items
- accent width
- 2px
- character
- Warm gray seams define structure; semantic color appears as short stitched border fragments and focus outlines.
- default width
- 1px
- style
- solid with occasional dashed thread overlays for annotations
colors12 items
motion3 items
- duration
- 140ms
- easing
- cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0.1, 1)
- philosophy
- Quiet paper response: controls press inward, focus seams sharpen, and thread markers brighten without bouncy movement.
radii5 items
- full
- 9999px
- lg
- 14px
- md
- 10px
- none
- 0
- sm
- 7px
shadows3 items
- lg
- 0 20px 42px rgba(74, 66, 53, 0.12), 0 2px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.72) inset
- md
- 0 10px 24px rgba(74, 66, 53, 0.08), 0 1px 0 rgba(31,35,32,0.05)
- sm
- 0 1px 0 rgba(31, 35, 32, 0.06), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.78)
spacing2 items
- base
- 8px
- scale
- 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 32, 40, 56
surfaces3 items
- bg pattern
- Barely visible radial fibers and horizontal paper-strand rules using rgba warm ink below 0.05 opacity.
- card style
- Thin warm-gray border, 10px radius, inset white top edge, no floating colored fills; selected areas use pressed off-white tone.
- treatment
- Layer porcelain #FCFBF7, rice paper #F7F3EA, and pressed sheet #EFE8DA with low-opacity washi grain backgrounds.
typography8 items
- base size
- 16px
- body font
- Inter
- google fonts url
- https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fraunces:opsz,wght@9..144,500;9..144,650&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap
- heading font
- Fraunces
- letter spacing
- -0.01em
- line height
- 1.48
- mono font
- IBM Plex Mono
- scale ratio
- 1.18
rules
Compose screens as workbench sheets: a persistent slim navigation rail, a broad ledger table, and a right-hand detail panel separated by hairline seams and thread markers.
Support dense product UI with 40px table rows, 32px compact controls, tight metadata stacks, and clear section seams rather than oversized cards.
Use ink weight, measured spacing, paper layer shifts, and short accent rules before resorting to filled color; headings are compact serif, operational text is Inter, IDs are monospaced.
layout
Mobile <640 stacks rail as top tabs and moves inspector below ledger; tablet 640-1024 keeps two columns and collapses secondary stats.
Desktop uses a 72px rail, 1fr ledger, and 360px detail inspector on a 12px baseline; panels align to hairline seams.
Whitespace is narrow and rhythmic: 12px inner gutters for dense controls, 20-24px between paper sheets, and larger pauses only around page titles.
guidance
- Use indigo only for primary action, focus, and informational thread markers; keep the button surface mostly ink or paper.
- Use sage for successful continuity, pale gold for quiet premium or annotation marks, persimmon for warnings, and lacquer red only for destructive states.
- Maintain crisp ink hierarchy: headings and primary values must be near-black, metadata warm gray, and disabled content visibly lighter but legible.
- Build product scenes with real operational data such as case queues, textile lots, approvals, inspections, or dense records.
- Do not flood cards with pastel backgrounds or large decorative accent blocks.
- Do not mix multiple unrelated radius values or generic pill-heavy SaaS shapes beyond the defined geometry.
- Do not use faux brush strokes, kanji ornament, photographic paper texture, or cultural decoration as a shortcut for identity.
- Do not rely on color alone; pair every status color with text, stitch placement, icon geometry, or border treatment.
katagami spec
# AYA Quiet Washi Light Interface ## Philosophy AYA Quiet Washi Light Interface is a calm, dense product UI language that treats light as material: rice-paper surfaces, warm gray seams, sumi ink hierarchy, and thread-thin semantic accents that guide work without turning the screen into decoration. ### Values - Material quiet: white, off-white, and warm-gray surfaces carry most hierarchy before color appears. - Semantic restraint: indigo, sage, persimmon, lacquer red, and pale gold are reserved for product meaning, not mood filling. - Dense legibility: compact tables, editors, and operational panels remain readable through ink-like text contrast and precise spacing. - Thread-marker identity: accents appear as woven ticks, rule fragments, stitch dots, and focus seams rather than large filled badges. ### Anti-Values - No generic white SaaS cards with arbitrary shadows, blue buttons, and status color confetti. - No decorative Japanese motifs, faux brush illustrations, gradients, or ornamental patterns unrelated to interface state. - No low-contrast gray text on white; quiet surfaces still need crisp hierarchy and WCAG-aware foregrounds. ### Visual Character - Use a five-layer surface stack in CSS: porcelain white body, rice-paper off-white panels, a warmer pressed sheet for selected rows, hairline border seams, and inset white top edges. - Render semantic accents as 2px thread rules, 6px woven ticks, tiny corner markers, and left-edge status stitches instead of broad saturated fills. - Set hierarchy with sumi ink foreground tokens: near-black headings, charcoal body, warm-gray metadata, and monospaced ledger numerals in dense tables. - Commit to one geometry: 10px panel radius, 7px control radius, 999px pills, with square-cut thread markers that contrast the soft paper corners. - Use subtle washi grain through layered radial/linear CSS backgrounds at very low opacity, never through photographic texture or decorative motifs. ## Tokens ### Borders - **Accent Width**: 2px - **Character**: Warm gray seams define structure; semantic color appears as short stitched border fragments and focus outlines. - **Default Width**: 1px - **Style**: solid with occasional dashed thread overlays for annotations ### Colors | Name | Value | |------|-------| | accent | `#C8A24E` | | background | `#FCFBF7` | | border | `#D8D0C2` | | error | `#9B2F2A` | | info | `#3C5F8F` | | muted | `#756F65` | | primary | `#2E4F7F` | | secondary | `#6F7F64` | | success | `#587553` | | surface | `#F7F3EA` | | text | `#1F2320` | | warning | `#B86E35` | ### Motion - **Duration**: 140ms - **Easing**: cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0.1, 1) - **Philosophy**: Quiet paper response: controls press inward, focus seams sharpen, and thread markers brighten without bouncy movement. ### Radii - **Full**: 9999px - **Lg**: 14px - **Md**: 10px - **None**: 0 - **Sm**: 7px ### Shadows - **Lg**: 0 20px 42px rgba(74, 66, 53, 0.12), 0 2px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.72) inset - **Md**: 0 10px 24px rgba(74, 66, 53, 0.08), 0 1px 0 rgba(31,35,32,0.05) - **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(31, 35, 32, 0.06), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.78) ### Spacing - **Base**: 8px - **Scale**: [4,8,12,16,20,24,32,40,56] ### Surfaces - **Bg Pattern**: Barely visible radial fibers and horizontal paper-strand rules using rgba warm ink below 0.05 opacity. - **Card Style**: Thin warm-gray border, 10px radius, inset white top edge, no floating colored fills; selected areas use pressed off-white tone. - **Treatment**: Layer porcelain #FCFBF7, rice paper #F7F3EA, and pressed sheet #EFE8DA with low-opacity washi grain backgrounds. ### Typography - **Base Size**: 16px - **Body Font**: Inter - **Google Fonts Url**: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fraunces:opsz,wght@9..144,500;9..144,650&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap - **Heading Font**: Fraunces - **Letter Spacing**: -0.01em - **Line Height**: 1.48 - **Mono Font**: IBM Plex Mono - **Scale Ratio**: 1.18 ## Rules ### Composition Compose screens as workbench sheets: a persistent slim navigation rail, a broad ledger table, and a right-hand detail panel separated by hairline seams and thread markers. ### Density Support dense product UI with 40px table rows, 32px compact controls, tight metadata stacks, and clear section seams rather than oversized cards. ### Hierarchy Use ink weight, measured spacing, paper layer shifts, and short accent rules before resorting to filled color; headings are compact serif, operational text is Inter, IDs are monospaced. ### Signature Patterns - Thread markers: semantic states are shown with 2px left borders, 6px square ticks, and tiny stitch-dot groups aligned to labels and rows. - Pressed-sheet selection: active rows and panels shift to a warmer off-white with an inset white edge instead of a blue or gray fill. - Sumi ledger typography: IDs, dates, and counts use IBM Plex Mono with tabular numerals, small caps labels, and charcoal ink contrast. - Washi grain underlay: panels carry low-opacity radial and linear CSS fibers clipped by border radius so light surfaces feel material but remain minimal. - Accent hierarchy ladder: indigo for primary focus/info, sage for continuity, persimmon for attention, lacquer red only for destructive/error, pale gold for highlight annotations. ## Layout ### Breakpoints Mobile <640 stacks rail as top tabs and moves inspector below ledger; tablet 640-1024 keeps two columns and collapses secondary stats. ### Grid Desktop uses a 72px rail, 1fr ledger, and 360px detail inspector on a 12px baseline; panels align to hairline seams. ### Whitespace Whitespace is narrow and rhythmic: 12px inner gutters for dense controls, 20-24px between paper sheets, and larger pauses only around page titles. ## Guidance ### Do - Use indigo only for primary action, focus, and informational thread markers; keep the button surface mostly ink or paper. - Use sage for successful continuity, pale gold for quiet premium or annotation marks, persimmon for warnings, and lacquer red only for destructive states. - Maintain crisp ink hierarchy: headings and primary values must be near-black, metadata warm gray, and disabled content visibly lighter but legible. - Build product scenes with real operational data such as case queues, textile lots, approvals, inspections, or dense records. ### Don't - Do not flood cards with pastel backgrounds or large decorative accent blocks. - Do not mix multiple unrelated radius values or generic pill-heavy SaaS shapes beyond the defined geometry. - Do not use faux brush strokes, kanji ornament, photographic paper texture, or cultural decoration as a shortcut for identity. - Do not rely on color alone; pair every status color with text, stitch placement, icon geometry, or border treatment. ### Accessibility Default text on white and rice-paper surfaces exceeds WCAG AA; accent colors should be used as marks paired with ink labels, not as sole text indicators.
DESIGN.md
---
version: "alpha"
name: "AYA Quiet Washi Light Interface"
description: "Agent-curated design language exported from Katagami as DESIGN.md."
colors:
accent: "#C8A24E"
background: "#FCFBF7"
border: "#D8D0C2"
error: "#9B2F2A"
info: "#3C5F8F"
muted: "#756F65"
primary: "#2E4F7F"
secondary: "#6F7F64"
success: "#587553"
surface: "#F7F3EA"
text: "#1F2320"
warning: "#B86E35"
typography:
headline-lg:
fontFamily: "Fraunces"
fontSize: "1.643rem"
fontWeight: 700
lineHeight: 1.1
letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
headline-md:
fontFamily: "Fraunces"
fontSize: "1.392rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1.15
letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
body-md:
fontFamily: "Inter"
fontSize: "16px"
fontWeight: 400
lineHeight: 1.48
letterSpacing: "-0.01em"
label-md:
fontFamily: "IBM Plex Mono"
fontSize: "0.75rem"
fontWeight: 600
lineHeight: 1
letterSpacing: "0.08em"
rounded:
full: "9999px"
lg: "14px"
md: "10px"
none: "0px"
sm: "7px"
spacing:
base: "8px"
xs: "4px"
sm: "8px"
md: "12px"
lg: "16px"
xl: "20px"
2xl: "24px"
3xl: "32px"
4xl: "40px"
step-8: "56px"
components:
color-reference-accent:
backgroundColor: "{colors.accent}"
color-reference-background:
backgroundColor: "{colors.background}"
color-reference-border:
backgroundColor: "{colors.border}"
color-reference-error:
backgroundColor: "{colors.error}"
color-reference-info:
backgroundColor: "{colors.info}"
color-reference-muted:
backgroundColor: "{colors.muted}"
color-reference-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
color-reference-secondary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.secondary}"
color-reference-success:
backgroundColor: "{colors.success}"
color-reference-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
color-reference-text:
backgroundColor: "{colors.text}"
color-reference-warning:
backgroundColor: "{colors.warning}"
button-primary:
backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
textColor: "#ffffff"
typography: "{typography.label-md}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
card-surface:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
padding: "{spacing.md}"
input-default:
backgroundColor: "{colors.surface}"
textColor: "{colors.text}"
rounded: "{rounded.md}"
height: "44px"
---
# AYA Quiet Washi Light Interface
## Overview
AYA Quiet Washi Light Interface is a calm, dense product UI language that treats light as material: rice-paper surfaces, warm gray seams, sumi ink hierarchy, and thread-thin semantic accents that guide work without turning the screen into decoration.
### Values
- Material quiet: white, off-white, and warm-gray surfaces carry most hierarchy before color appears.
- Semantic restraint: indigo, sage, persimmon, lacquer red, and pale gold are reserved for product meaning, not mood filling.
- Dense legibility: compact tables, editors, and operational panels remain readable through ink-like text contrast and precise spacing.
- Thread-marker identity: accents appear as woven ticks, rule fragments, stitch dots, and focus seams rather than large filled badges.
### Anti-Values
- No generic white SaaS cards with arbitrary shadows, blue buttons, and status color confetti.
- No decorative Japanese motifs, faux brush illustrations, gradients, or ornamental patterns unrelated to interface state.
- No low-contrast gray text on white; quiet surfaces still need crisp hierarchy and WCAG-aware foregrounds.
### Visual Character
- Use a five-layer surface stack in CSS: porcelain white body, rice-paper off-white panels, a warmer pressed sheet for selected rows, hairline border seams, and inset white top edges.
- Render semantic accents as 2px thread rules, 6px woven ticks, tiny corner markers, and left-edge status stitches instead of broad saturated fills.
- Set hierarchy with sumi ink foreground tokens: near-black headings, charcoal body, warm-gray metadata, and monospaced ledger numerals in dense tables.
- Commit to one geometry: 10px panel radius, 7px control radius, 999px pills, with square-cut thread markers that contrast the soft paper corners.
- Use subtle washi grain through layered radial/linear CSS backgrounds at very low opacity, never through photographic texture or decorative motifs.
## Colors
Use the YAML color tokens as the normative palette. The prose below names the roles agents should preserve when generating UI.
| Token | Value |
|-------|-------|
| accent | `#C8A24E` |
| background | `#FCFBF7` |
| border | `#D8D0C2` |
| error | `#9B2F2A` |
| info | `#3C5F8F` |
| muted | `#756F65` |
| primary | `#2E4F7F` |
| secondary | `#6F7F64` |
| success | `#587553` |
| surface | `#F7F3EA` |
| text | `#1F2320` |
| warning | `#B86E35` |
## Typography
- **Headline-Lg**: Fraunces, 1.643rem, weight 700, line-height 1.1.
- **Headline-Md**: Fraunces, 1.392rem, weight 600, line-height 1.15.
- **Body-Md**: Inter, 16px, weight 400, line-height 1.48.
- **Label-Md**: IBM Plex Mono, 0.75rem, weight 600, line-height 1.
## Layout
### Spacing Tokens
- **Base**: `8px`
- **Xs**: `4px`
- **Sm**: `8px`
- **Md**: `12px`
- **Lg**: `16px`
- **Xl**: `20px`
- **2xl**: `24px`
- **3xl**: `32px`
- **4xl**: `40px`
- **Step-8**: `56px`
### Breakpoints
Mobile <640 stacks rail as top tabs and moves inspector below ledger; tablet 640-1024 keeps two columns and collapses secondary stats.
### Grid
Desktop uses a 72px rail, 1fr ledger, and 360px detail inspector on a 12px baseline; panels align to hairline seams.
### Whitespace
Whitespace is narrow and rhythmic: 12px inner gutters for dense controls, 20-24px between paper sheets, and larger pauses only around page titles.
## Elevation & Depth
### Shadows
- **Lg**: 0 20px 42px rgba(74, 66, 53, 0.12), 0 2px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.72) inset
- **Md**: 0 10px 24px rgba(74, 66, 53, 0.08), 0 1px 0 rgba(31,35,32,0.05)
- **Sm**: 0 1px 0 rgba(31, 35, 32, 0.06), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.78)
## Shapes
### Rounded
- **Full**: `9999px`
- **Lg**: `14px`
- **Md**: `10px`
- **None**: `0px`
- **Sm**: `7px`
### Surfaces
- **Bg Pattern**: Barely visible radial fibers and horizontal paper-strand rules using rgba warm ink below 0.05 opacity.
- **Card Style**: Thin warm-gray border, 10px radius, inset white top edge, no floating colored fills; selected areas use pressed off-white tone.
- **Treatment**: Layer porcelain #FCFBF7, rice paper #F7F3EA, and pressed sheet #EFE8DA with low-opacity washi grain backgrounds.
### Borders
- **Accent Width**: 2px
- **Character**: Warm gray seams define structure; semantic color appears as short stitched border fragments and focus outlines.
- **Default Width**: 1px
- **Style**: solid with occasional dashed thread overlays for annotations
## Components
### Composition
Compose screens as workbench sheets: a persistent slim navigation rail, a broad ledger table, and a right-hand detail panel separated by hairline seams and thread markers.
### Density
Support dense product UI with 40px table rows, 32px compact controls, tight metadata stacks, and clear section seams rather than oversized cards.
### Hierarchy
Use ink weight, measured spacing, paper layer shifts, and short accent rules before resorting to filled color; headings are compact serif, operational text is Inter, IDs are monospaced.
### Signature Patterns
- Thread markers: semantic states are shown with 2px left borders, 6px square ticks, and tiny stitch-dot groups aligned to labels and rows.
- Pressed-sheet selection: active rows and panels shift to a warmer off-white with an inset white edge instead of a blue or gray fill.
- Sumi ledger typography: IDs, dates, and counts use IBM Plex Mono with tabular numerals, small caps labels, and charcoal ink contrast.
- Washi grain underlay: panels carry low-opacity radial and linear CSS fibers clipped by border radius so light surfaces feel material but remain minimal.
- Accent hierarchy ladder: indigo for primary focus/info, sage for continuity, persimmon for attention, lacquer red only for destructive/error, pale gold for highlight annotations.
## shadcn/ui Usage
When the target app uses shadcn/ui, copy DESIGN.md with shadcn instead of the plain DESIGN.md. It contains the same Katagami design-language source plus the shadcn/ui primitives, imports, theme variables, component recipes, and preview-shot guidance.
DESIGN.md with shadcn: `/language/en-019edab3-b94e-7b90-ae50-4a0bd9a5fa06/DESIGN.with-shadcn.md`.
The shadcn page also exposes optional machine-readable files for automation, but the human-facing handoff is DESIGN.md with shadcn.
Install recommended primitives with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
Use these primitives in shadcn apps:
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Implementation rule for agents: import shadcn primitives from `@/components/ui/*`, apply the generated CSS variables first, then compose the language-specific recipes from the companion MD. Katagami remains the source of truth; shadcn names are the implementation surface.
## Do's and Don'ts
- Do Use indigo only for primary action, focus, and informational thread markers; keep the button surface mostly ink or paper.
- Do Use sage for successful continuity, pale gold for quiet premium or annotation marks, persimmon for warnings, and lacquer red only for destructive states.
- Do Maintain crisp ink hierarchy: headings and primary values must be near-black, metadata warm gray, and disabled content visibly lighter but legible.
- Do Build product scenes with real operational data such as case queues, textile lots, approvals, inspections, or dense records.
- Don't Do not flood cards with pastel backgrounds or large decorative accent blocks.
- Don't Do not mix multiple unrelated radius values or generic pill-heavy SaaS shapes beyond the defined geometry.
- Don't Do not use faux brush strokes, kanji ornament, photographic paper texture, or cultural decoration as a shortcut for identity.
- Don't Do not rely on color alone; pair every status color with text, stitch placement, icon geometry, or border treatment.
### Accessibility
Default text on white and rice-paper surfaces exceeds WCAG AA; accent colors should be used as marks paired with ink labels, not as sole text indicators.
shadcn/ui theme
```json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "aya-quiet-washi-light-interface",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "AYA Quiet Washi Light Interface shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#FCFBF7",
"foreground": "#1F2320",
"card": "#F7F3EA",
"card-foreground": "#1F2320",
"popover": "#F7F3EA",
"popover-foreground": "#1F2320",
"primary": "#2E4F7F",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#6F7F64",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#756F65",
"muted-foreground": "#1F2320",
"accent": "#C8A24E",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9B2F2A",
"border": "#D8D0C2",
"input": "#D8D0C2",
"ring": "#C8A24E",
"chart-1": "#2E4F7F",
"chart-2": "#6F7F64",
"chart-3": "#C8A24E",
"chart-4": "#587553",
"chart-5": "#B86E35",
"sidebar": "#F7F3EA",
"sidebar-foreground": "#1F2320",
"sidebar-primary": "#2E4F7F",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#3C5F8F",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#D8D0C2",
"sidebar-ring": "#C8A24E",
"radius": "10px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#2E4F7F",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#C8A24E",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9B2F2A",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#C8A24E",
"chart-1": "#2E4F7F",
"chart-2": "#6F7F64",
"chart-3": "#C8A24E",
"chart-4": "#587553",
"chart-5": "#B86E35",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#2E4F7F",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#C8A24E",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#C8A24E",
"radius": "10px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019edab3-b94e-7b90-ae50-4a0bd9a5fa06",
"slug": "aya-quiet-washi-light-interface",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
]
}
}
}
```embodiments
at a glance
Typography
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
The quick brown fox jumps
Components
Components rendered with this language’s tokens — colors, type, and rounded corners as specified.
Spacing
- base8px
- xs4px
- sm8px
- md12px
- lg16px
- xl20px
- 2xl24px
- 3xl32px
- 4xl40px
- step-856px
Shape
implementation kit
DESIGN.md with shadcn
Copy this when the target app uses shadcn/ui. It packages the Katagami DESIGN.md context with the install list, theme variables, component recipes, preview-shot contract, and starter TSX in one Markdown companion.
advanced implementation filesoptional machine-readable theme, CSS, TSX starter, recipes, and preview contract
npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table:root {
--background: #FCFBF7;
--foreground: #1F2320;
--card: #F7F3EA;
--card-foreground: #1F2320;
--popover: #F7F3EA;
--popover-foreground: #1F2320;
--primary: #2E4F7F;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #6F7F64;
--secondary-foreground: #ffffff;
--muted: #756F65;
--muted-foreground: #1F2320;
--accent: #C8A24E;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #9B2F2A;
--border: #D8D0C2;
--input: #D8D0C2;
--ring: #C8A24E;
--chart-1: #2E4F7F;
--chart-2: #6F7F64;
--chart-3: #C8A24E;
--chart-4: #587553;
--chart-5: #B86E35;
--sidebar: #F7F3EA;
--sidebar-foreground: #1F2320;
--sidebar-primary: #2E4F7F;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #3C5F8F;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #D8D0C2;
--sidebar-ring: #C8A24E;
--radius: 10px;
}
.dark {
--background: #0f1115;
--foreground: #f8fafc;
--card: #181b22;
--card-foreground: #f8fafc;
--popover: #181b22;
--popover-foreground: #f8fafc;
--primary: #2E4F7F;
--primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--secondary: #252a33;
--secondary-foreground: #f8fafc;
--muted: #252a33;
--muted-foreground: #a1a1aa;
--accent: #C8A24E;
--accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--destructive: #9B2F2A;
--border: #303642;
--input: #303642;
--ring: #C8A24E;
--chart-1: #2E4F7F;
--chart-2: #6F7F64;
--chart-3: #C8A24E;
--chart-4: #587553;
--chart-5: #B86E35;
--sidebar: #181b22;
--sidebar-foreground: #f8fafc;
--sidebar-primary: #2E4F7F;
--sidebar-primary-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-accent: #C8A24E;
--sidebar-accent-foreground: #ffffff;
--sidebar-border: #303642;
--sidebar-ring: #C8A24E;
--radius: 10px;
}
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function AyaQuietWashiLightInterfaceShadcnKit() {
return (
<section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div>
<Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
<h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">AYA Quiet Washi Light Interface</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry-item.json",
"name": "aya-quiet-washi-light-interface",
"type": "registry:theme",
"title": "AYA Quiet Washi Light Interface shadcn Theme",
"cssVars": {
"theme": {},
"light": {
"background": "#FCFBF7",
"foreground": "#1F2320",
"card": "#F7F3EA",
"card-foreground": "#1F2320",
"popover": "#F7F3EA",
"popover-foreground": "#1F2320",
"primary": "#2E4F7F",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#6F7F64",
"secondary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"muted": "#756F65",
"muted-foreground": "#1F2320",
"accent": "#C8A24E",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9B2F2A",
"border": "#D8D0C2",
"input": "#D8D0C2",
"ring": "#C8A24E",
"chart-1": "#2E4F7F",
"chart-2": "#6F7F64",
"chart-3": "#C8A24E",
"chart-4": "#587553",
"chart-5": "#B86E35",
"sidebar": "#F7F3EA",
"sidebar-foreground": "#1F2320",
"sidebar-primary": "#2E4F7F",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#3C5F8F",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#D8D0C2",
"sidebar-ring": "#C8A24E",
"radius": "10px"
},
"dark": {
"background": "#0f1115",
"foreground": "#f8fafc",
"card": "#181b22",
"card-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"popover": "#181b22",
"popover-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"primary": "#2E4F7F",
"primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"secondary": "#252a33",
"secondary-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"muted": "#252a33",
"muted-foreground": "#a1a1aa",
"accent": "#C8A24E",
"accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"destructive": "#9B2F2A",
"border": "#303642",
"input": "#303642",
"ring": "#C8A24E",
"chart-1": "#2E4F7F",
"chart-2": "#6F7F64",
"chart-3": "#C8A24E",
"chart-4": "#587553",
"chart-5": "#B86E35",
"sidebar": "#181b22",
"sidebar-foreground": "#f8fafc",
"sidebar-primary": "#2E4F7F",
"sidebar-primary-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-accent": "#C8A24E",
"sidebar-accent-foreground": "#ffffff",
"sidebar-border": "#303642",
"sidebar-ring": "#C8A24E",
"radius": "10px"
}
},
"meta": {
"source": "katagami",
"languageId": "en-019edab3-b94e-7b90-ae50-4a0bd9a5fa06",
"slug": "aya-quiet-washi-light-interface",
"componentManifest": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"nativeTokenNames": {
"borders": [
"accent_width",
"character",
"default_width",
"style"
],
"colors": [
"accent",
"background",
"border",
"error",
"info",
"muted",
"primary",
"secondary",
"success",
"surface",
"text",
"warning"
],
"motion": [
"duration",
"easing",
"philosophy"
],
"radii": [
"full",
"lg",
"md",
"none",
"sm"
],
"shadows": [
"lg",
"md",
"sm"
],
"spacing": [
"base",
"scale"
],
"surfaces": [
"bg_pattern",
"card_style",
"treatment"
],
"typography": [
"base_size",
"body_font",
"google_fonts_url",
"heading_font",
"letter_spacing",
"line_height",
"mono_font",
"scale_ratio"
]
}
}
}
# AYA Quiet Washi Light Interface shadcn/ui Components
Artifact: `component-recipes-v1`
Author: `katagami-ui-projection`
Language ID: `en-019edab3-b94e-7b90-ae50-4a0bd9a5fa06`
Slug: `aya-quiet-washi-light-interface`
## Intent
AYA Quiet Washi Light Interface is a calm, dense product UI language that treats light as material: rice-paper surfaces, warm gray seams, sumi ink hierarchy, and thread-thin semantic accents that guide work without turning the screen into decoration.
## Required primitives
- button
- card
- input
- textarea
- select
- dialog
- sheet
- tabs
- badge
- separator
- checkbox
- switch
- slider
- tooltip
- dropdown-menu
- table
Install with `npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table`.
## Token cues
Colors:
{
"accent": "#C8A24E",
"background": "#FCFBF7",
"border": "#D8D0C2",
"error": "#9B2F2A",
"info": "#3C5F8F",
"muted": "#756F65",
"primary": "#2E4F7F",
"secondary": "#6F7F64",
"success": "#587553",
"surface": "#F7F3EA",
"text": "#1F2320",
"warning": "#B86E35"
}
Typography:
{
"base_size": "16px",
"body_font": "Inter",
"google_fonts_url": "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Fraunces:opsz,wght@9..144,500;9..144,650&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500;600&family=Inter:wght@400;500;600;700&display=swap",
"heading_font": "Fraunces",
"letter_spacing": "-0.01em",
"line_height": 1.48,
"mono_font": "IBM Plex Mono",
"scale_ratio": 1.18
}
## Visual character to preserve
- Use a five-layer surface stack in CSS: porcelain white body, rice-paper off-white panels, a warmer pressed sheet for selected rows, hairline border seams, and inset white top edges.
- Render semantic accents as 2px thread rules, 6px woven ticks, tiny corner markers, and left-edge status stitches instead of broad saturated fills.
- Set hierarchy with sumi ink foreground tokens: near-black headings, charcoal body, warm-gray metadata, and monospaced ledger numerals in dense tables.
- Commit to one geometry: 10px panel radius, 7px control radius, 999px pills, with square-cut thread markers that contrast the soft paper corners.
- Use subtle washi grain through layered radial/linear CSS backgrounds at very low opacity, never through photographic texture or decorative motifs.
## ShadSync visual profile
{
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "pebble",
"border": "dashed",
"underlay": true,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": false,
"motion": "still",
"density": "dense",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
}
## Signature component recipes
### Button
Use `Button` for primary, secondary, outline, and ghost actions. Primary actions must expose the language's strongest contrast pair, while secondary and ghost actions should preserve the surface treatment instead of falling back to default neutral SaaS styling.
### Card
Use `Card`, `CardHeader`, `CardContent`, `CardFooter`, and `CardAction` as the main composition frame. Cards should demonstrate the language's surface, border, hierarchy, and density rules rather than appearing as generic rounded rectangles.
### Input and Textarea
Use `Input` and `Textarea` with visible focus rings, field labels, validation states, and the language's rhythm. Forms should show real product content, not placeholder-only controls.
### Select, Tabs, and Table
Use `Select`, `Tabs`, and `Table` to prove navigation, filtering, and dense data states. The table should show row rhythm, separators, hover/focus states, and an empty or status state when the language calls for it.
### Dialog and Sheet
Use `Dialog` for centered decisions and `Sheet` for contextual editing. Both should inherit the language's spacing, border, overlay, and motion rules.
## Preview shots
- `application-shell`: dashboard or workspace shell with navigation, cards, forms, and state badges.
- `detail-editor`: focused editing flow using input, textarea, select, switch/checkbox, dialog or sheet, and action buttons.
- `data-operations`: table-heavy operational view with tabs, dropdown menu affordances, badges, and destructive/empty states.
- Each preview shot must include a renderable `scene` payload with concrete headline, description, actions, and rows/fields/stats for the UI preview.
## Implementation contract
- Start from local `ui/src/components/ui` shadcn-style primitives; do not create a second component system.
- Apply `/katagami/shadcn/aya-quiet-washi-light-interface/registry-theme.json` variables, then use these recipes for composition and state design.
- Preserve Katagami token names as source metadata; shadcn semantic names are only the export surface.
- Do: Use indigo only for primary action, focus, and informational thread markers; keep the button surface mostly ink or paper.; Use sage for successful continuity, pale gold for quiet premium or annotation marks, persimmon for warnings, and lacquer red only for destructive states.; Maintain crisp ink hierarchy: headings and primary values must be near-black, metadata warm gray, and disabled content visibly lighter but legible.; Build product scenes with real operational data such as case queues, textile lots, approvals, inspections, or dense records.
- Do not: Do not flood cards with pastel backgrounds or large decorative accent blocks.; Do not mix multiple unrelated radius values or generic pill-heavy SaaS shapes beyond the defined geometry.; Do not use faux brush strokes, kanji ornament, photographic paper texture, or cultural decoration as a shortcut for identity.; Do not rely on color alone; pair every status color with text, stitch placement, icon geometry, or border treatment.
## Copy-paste component example
This generated starter proves the import shape. Production Katagami agents should replace it with a language-specific product composition.
```tsx
import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
import {
Card,
CardContent,
CardDescription,
CardFooter,
CardHeader,
CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card";
import { Input } from "@/components/ui/input";
import { Tabs, TabsList, TabsTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tabs";
export function AyaQuietWashiLightInterfaceShadcnKit() {
return (
<section className="grid gap-4 rounded-[var(--radius)] border bg-background p-4 text-foreground">
<div className="flex items-start justify-between gap-4">
<div>
<Badge variant="outline">shadcn/ui</Badge>
<h2 className="mt-3 text-2xl font-semibold tracking-tight">AYA Quiet Washi Light Interface</h2>
<p className="mt-1 max-w-xl text-sm text-muted-foreground">
Use the Katagami registry theme, then compose these shadcn primitives
with the language-specific component recipes.
</p>
</div>
<Button>Apply theme</Button>
</div>
<Tabs defaultValue="components">
<TabsList>
<TabsTrigger value="components">Components</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="states">States</TabsTrigger>
<TabsTrigger value="export">Export</TabsTrigger>
</TabsList>
</Tabs>
<Card>
<CardHeader>
<CardTitle>Component recipe</CardTitle>
<CardDescription>
Replace this starter content with the agent-authored product scene
from components.md and preview-shots.json.
</CardDescription>
</CardHeader>
<CardContent className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-[1fr_auto]">
<Input defaultValue="Tokenized shadcn surface" aria-label="Recipe name" />
<Button variant="secondary">Preview state</Button>
</CardContent>
<CardFooter className="justify-between">
<Badge>Ready</Badge>
<Button variant="outline">Copy recipe</Button>
</CardFooter>
</Card>
</section>
);
}
```
## Layout notes
{
"breakpoints": "Mobile <640 stacks rail as top tabs and moves inspector below ledger; tablet 640-1024 keeps two columns and collapses secondary stats.",
"grid": "Desktop uses a 72px rail, 1fr ledger, and 360px detail inspector on a 12px baseline; panels align to hairline seams.",
"whitespace": "Whitespace is narrow and rhythmic: 12px inner gutters for dense controls, 20-24px between paper sheets, and larger pauses only around page titles."
}
{
"artifact": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots",
"version": "preview-shots-v1",
"generator": "katagami-ui-compatibility-projection",
"generatedBy": "katagami-ui-projection",
"requiresVisualProfile": true,
"schema": "katagami:shadcn-preview-shots/renderable-v1",
"renderable": true,
"language": {
"id": "en-019edab3-b94e-7b90-ae50-4a0bd9a5fa06",
"name": "AYA Quiet Washi Light Interface",
"slug": "aya-quiet-washi-light-interface"
},
"installCommand": "npx shadcn@latest add button card input textarea select dialog sheet tabs badge separator checkbox switch slider tooltip dropdown-menu table",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"dialog",
"sheet",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"tooltip",
"dropdown-menu",
"table"
],
"identityNotes": [
"Use a five-layer surface stack in CSS: porcelain white body, rice-paper off-white panels, a warmer pressed sheet for selected rows, hairline border seams, and inset white top edges.",
"Render semantic accents as 2px thread rules, 6px woven ticks, tiny corner markers, and left-edge status stitches instead of broad saturated fills.",
"Set hierarchy with sumi ink foreground tokens: near-black headings, charcoal body, warm-gray metadata, and monospaced ledger numerals in dense tables.",
"Commit to one geometry: 10px panel radius, 7px control radius, 999px pills, with square-cut thread markers that contrast the soft paper corners.",
"Use subtle washi grain through layered radial/linear CSS backgrounds at very low opacity, never through photographic texture or decorative motifs."
],
"visualProfile": {
"family": "paper-collage",
"material": "paper",
"contour": "pebble",
"border": "solid",
"underlay": true,
"grain": true,
"stickerBadges": false,
"motion": "still",
"density": "dense",
"accents": [
"primary",
"accent",
"secondary",
"muted"
]
},
"shots": [
{
"id": "application-shell",
"title": "Application shell",
"viewport": "desktop",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"select",
"tabs",
"badge",
"separator",
"table"
],
"composition": "A real product workspace with navigation, summary cards, filtering controls, and one dense content region.",
"mustShow": [
"primary and secondary actions",
"card hierarchy",
"filterable state",
"table or list density"
],
"avoid": [
"component inventory walls",
"placeholder-only content",
"generic rounded SaaS chrome"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "workspace spread",
"headline": "AYA Quiet Washi Light Interface launch room",
"description": "A product team workspace where navigation, filters, metrics, and dense rows carry the language's visible structure.",
"primaryAction": "Apply theme",
"secondaryAction": "Review states",
"stats": [
{
"label": "components",
"value": "16",
"tone": "accent"
},
{
"label": "states",
"value": "ready"
},
{
"label": "density",
"value": "balanced",
"tone": "warning"
}
],
"rows": [
{
"label": "Primary flow",
"value": "mapped",
"status": "active"
},
{
"label": "Token coverage",
"value": "semantic",
"status": "synced"
},
{
"label": "Responsive proof",
"value": "queued",
"status": "review"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Active",
"Synced",
"Draft"
]
}
},
{
"id": "detail-editor",
"title": "Detail editor",
"viewport": "tablet",
"primitives": [
"button",
"card",
"input",
"textarea",
"select",
"checkbox",
"switch",
"slider",
"dialog",
"sheet"
],
"composition": "A focused editing flow with form fields, validation, confirmation, and a contextual side panel.",
"mustShow": [
"focus ring",
"error or destructive state",
"dialog or sheet treatment",
"written guidance content"
],
"avoid": [
"unstyled browser controls",
"floating cards inside cards",
"missing labels"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "editing flow",
"headline": "Language recipe editor",
"description": "A focused form proving labels, validation, toggles, panel rhythm, and action hierarchy.",
"primaryAction": "Save recipe",
"secondaryAction": "Open sheet",
"fields": [
{
"label": "Component family",
"value": "Narrative cards"
},
{
"label": "State treatment",
"value": "Visible focus + validation"
},
{
"label": "Motion",
"value": "Small lift, no opacity-only fade"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Focus",
"Invalid",
"Confirmed"
]
}
},
{
"id": "data-operations",
"title": "Data operations",
"viewport": "mobile",
"primitives": [
"button",
"tabs",
"badge",
"dropdown-menu",
"table",
"tooltip",
"separator"
],
"composition": "A compact operational view proving row rhythm, stacked actions, menu states, badges, and empty/destructive states.",
"mustShow": [
"responsive reflow",
"dense row styling",
"menu affordance",
"status badge system"
],
"avoid": [
"desktop-only tables",
"text overflow",
"default shadcn spacing without Katagami character"
],
"scene": {
"eyebrow": "operations",
"headline": "Compact review queue",
"description": "A narrow viewport scene with rows, menus, tooltips, badges, and destructive affordances.",
"primaryAction": "Resolve",
"secondaryAction": "Filter",
"rows": [
{
"label": "Button hierarchy",
"value": "approved",
"status": "ok"
},
{
"label": "Table rhythm",
"value": "needs pass",
"status": "watch"
},
{
"label": "Empty state",
"value": "designed",
"status": "done"
}
],
"statuses": [
"Queued",
"Blocked",
"Done"
]
}
}
],
"componentRecipes": [
{
"primitive": "button",
"intent": "Prove action hierarchy, focus, disabled, and destructive states."
},
{
"primitive": "card",
"intent": "Carry the language surface, border, elevation, and density rules."
},
{
"primitive": "input",
"intent": "Show labels, focus rings, validation, and spacing rhythm."
},
{
"primitive": "textarea",
"intent": "Show longer guidance, validation copy, and writing density."
},
{
"primitive": "select",
"intent": "Show filtering, selection contrast, and menu trigger styling."
},
{
"primitive": "dialog",
"intent": "Show centered decision states and overlay treatment."
},
{
"primitive": "sheet",
"intent": "Show contextual side panels and responsive editing."
},
{
"primitive": "tabs",
"intent": "Show navigational structure and active/inactive contrast."
},
{
"primitive": "badge",
"intent": "Show compact status vocabulary and semantic colors."
},
{
"primitive": "separator",
"intent": "Show section rhythm without generic gray dividers."
},
{
"primitive": "checkbox",
"intent": "Show binary selection with visible focus and checked states."
},
{
"primitive": "switch",
"intent": "Show settings toggles and on/off contrast."
},
{
"primitive": "slider",
"intent": "Show numeric adjustment with track/thumb styling."
},
{
"primitive": "tooltip",
"intent": "Show concise explanation styling above compact controls."
},
{
"primitive": "dropdown-menu",
"intent": "Show action menus, destructive items, and grouped choices."
},
{
"primitive": "table",
"intent": "Show dense operational data, separators, row states, and responsive behavior."
}
],
"qualityRules": {
"do": [
"Use indigo only for primary action, focus, and informational thread markers; keep the button surface mostly ink or paper.",
"Use sage for successful continuity, pale gold for quiet premium or annotation marks, persimmon for warnings, and lacquer red only for destructive states.",
"Maintain crisp ink hierarchy: headings and primary values must be near-black, metadata warm gray, and disabled content visibly lighter but legible.",
"Build product scenes with real operational data such as case queues, textile lots, approvals, inspections, or dense records."
],
"dont": [
"Do not flood cards with pastel backgrounds or large decorative accent blocks.",
"Do not mix multiple unrelated radius values or generic pill-heavy SaaS shapes beyond the defined geometry.",
"Do not use faux brush strokes, kanji ornament, photographic paper texture, or cultural decoration as a shortcut for identity.",
"Do not rely on color alone; pair every status color with text, stitch placement, icon geometry, or border treatment."
]
}
}