Building Scalable Design Tokens: From Figma to Tailwind & CSS Variables

What Are Design Tokens?

Design tokens are visual sub-atomic design decisions—color values, spacing scales, typography weights, and animation curves—stored as platform-agnostic JSON key-value pairs.

Figma to CSS Automation Pipeline

By using Style Dictionary or Token Transformer, designers can update values in Figma and automatically compile CSS custom properties:

:root {
--color-primary: #56c6e6;
--color-accent: #d9569b;
--space-card-pad: clamp(20px, 4vw, 36px);
--font-serif: "Fraunces", Georgia, serif;
}

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