ckm-design-system

Design tokens for theme switching are structured through a three-layer model: primitive, semantic, and component tokens. This architecture centralizes token definitions, enabling consistent theming and brand consistency across UI components and presentations.

Generating brand-consistent slides is handled by a deterministic, scripts-driven pipeline that consumes design tokens. This workflow applies token-based CSS variables to produce presentations and templates that automatically align with your established design system.

CSS variables map to component specs by aligning component token definitions—such as those for buttons, inputs, and cards—with semantic tokens. This ensures component-level styles inherit from centralized semantic layers, maintaining visual consistency.

No external dependencies are required to manage design tokens and component specs. The system operates independently using internal scripts, references, and assets to enforce a deterministic workflow and export token-based CSS variables for theming.

Yes, the design token system applies to both UI components and branding workflows. By centralizing token architecture, it governs theming for interface elements like badges and inputs while simultaneously feeding the slide-generation pipeline for brand presentations.

A three-layer token architecture may be unnecessary for simple, single-theme projects that do not require scalable theming or slide generation. If your workflow does not need centralized brand consistency across multiple components and presentations, this deterministic system is likely excessive.