How to Extract Design Tokens from a Website

Extract from CSS and developer tools

Browser DevTools reveal computed styles for any element. Inspect the color, font-family, font-size, padding, margin, border-radius, and box-shadow values. Cross-reference similar elements to identify the consistent values that form design tokens.

Extract from design tools

If you have access to the Figma or Sketch file, tokens can be extracted from design components, color styles, and text styles directly. Tools like Figma Tokens export them as structured JSON.

Save as DESIGN.md context

Once extracted, organize the tokens into a DESIGN.md file: color palette, typography scale, spacing system, and component patterns. This becomes the design context that AI agents use to match the existing design system.

How this becomes an OmniSaver record

The practical output of this guide is not another long note. It is a compact record with enough structure to help you act later: the source, the situation, the important fields, the reason it mattered, and the next step.

For AI Context, that means choosing the smallest Saver that matches the moment and saving only the fields that will help you compare, repeat, prove, decide, or reuse the context later.

A simple workflow

Start by saving one real example while the context is fresh. Review it after the outcome is visible. Compare it with the next similar record. Reuse the best version when the situation appears again.

This save, review, compare, reuse loop is the reason OmniSaver uses tiny apps instead of one giant database. Each Saver keeps the record close to the behavior it supports.