Design Tokens Pills

Design Tokens Pills

Specific tokens at component level

How to decide when semantic tokens fall short and when adding a component-specific layer actually makes your system simpler, not more complex.

Apr 16, 2026
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Design Tokens Pills · Issue #28
A pyramid divided in three rows simutaing the three tokens tiers
Design Tokens 3-tier specificity architecture

There’s a question that comes up in almost every design system at some point:

“Should we create tokens specifically for th…

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