A beginner’s guide to Design Tokens

Heard people talking about “Design tokens” but don’t really know what they are, or how to use them? You’re in the right place.

Steve Dennis
UX Collective
Published in
9 min readSep 4, 2022

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A list of design tokens, showing content, background, and border colors

Here you’ll learn the basics of what design tokens are, how they’re used, their benefits, and some tools and resources that can help. But first, let’s start with a quick story.

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Senior Design Manager @ Onfido, writing about design systems, product design, leadership, and tech @ clipcontent.substack.com.