@ariada-org/brand-tokens

Ariadne's Thread design tokens — CSS-only, MIT-licensed.

Single source of truth for typography, spacing, radius, container widths, motion, and per-product colour ramps used across the Ariada properties.

License

MIT for the CSS tokens. Logo files are NOT included and remain trademark-restricted (see NOTICE).

What's in here

tokens/
├── shared.css         # cross-product invariants (typography, spacing, radius, container, motion)
├── thread.css         # the --c-thread Ariadne purple accent (used on every product)
├── ariada.css         # umbrella tokens: deep purple primary
├── blamer.css         # blamer.org: burnt-amber forensic primary
├── clamper.css        # clamper.org: signal-red gate primary
├── reverter.css       # reverter.org: forest-green restorative primary
└── draculascan.css    # draculascan.org: crypt-purple + blood-red, dark-mode-only

Install

npm install @ariada-org/brand-tokens

How to consume

In an Astro / Next / SvelteKit page or layout, import the three CSS files in order:

@import "@ariada-org/brand-tokens/tokens/shared.css";
@import "@ariada-org/brand-tokens/tokens/blamer.css";   /* one of the 5 product files */
@import "@ariada-org/brand-tokens/tokens/thread.css";

shared.css defines :root invariants. The product file defines [data-brand="<product>"] overrides. thread.css adds the cross-family --c-thread accent.

Why MIT (not EUPL-1.2 like the rest of the platform)

Design tokens are commodity infrastructure — typography scales, spacing ladders, and named colours are widely re-used across the web. MIT maximises downstream adoption (themes, component libraries, design-system tooling) without friction. The rest of the open-core Ariada platform ships under EUPL-1.2 because it contains compliance / regulatory logic where the patent peace pledge matters more.

Trademark

This MIT licence covers ONLY the CSS source. The names "Ariada", "Ariadne", "Ariadne's Thread", "Blamer", "Clamper", "Reverter", "Draculascan", their respective logos, and visual identity ARE NOT GRANTED for downstream re-use. See https://github.com/ariada-org/ariada/blob/main/packages/wcag-rules-extended/TRADEMARK.md for terms.

If you fork the tokens to ship your own product, please re-name the product CSS files and the brand identifiers (--c-brand-* custom property names) to avoid trademark confusion.

Part of the Ariada OSS platform

This package is one component of the open-core Ariada accessibility-compliance platform. See ariada.org for the full pipeline.