Design tokens

introduction let's say a brand has a primary pink color designers and developers should refer to this color by the same name and identity, regardless of platform (design, web, mobile etc) if the color changes in design, it should also change on all development platforms automatically (and vice versa) design tokens enable this behavior by creating an abstract identity and centralizing the source of truth for this color because they help to establish a source of truth, they are often found in design systems they can be used for colors, text styles, spacings, animation values etc tokens get started by creating tokens linked with styles from your design files further reading if you'd like to learn more about design tokens, explore the following links tokens in design systems nathan curtis using design tokens to promote collaboration and maintainability of a design system an example of design tokens in a live design system lightning design system