Color Naming Conventions for Design Systems in Storybook

Creating a cohesive color palette is only half the battle; the real challenge lies in naming and structuring those colors so your entire team can use them without confusion. This text-only course guides you through the foundational concepts of color design tokens, helping you transition from chaotic color names to a structured, scalable naming convention. You will learn how to organize color variables, bridge the gap between Figma and CSS, and document your color system clearly. Understand the core differences between primitive, semantic, and component-level color tokens. Define scalable color naming conventions that support light, dark, and high-contrast modes. Map Figma color variables to CSS custom properties for a seamless design-to-code workflow. Document and showcase your color palette dynamically inside a Storybook environment. Apply modern accessibility guidelines to ensure your color choices meet contrast standards. Practice refactoring unstructured color schemes into clean, maintainable design system tokens. You will start with the fundamental terminology of design tokens before moving into hands-on naming strategies, Figma-to-CSS translation techniques, and documentation setups. This course is designed for beginner UI designers, frontend developers, and design system novices, with no prior experience with Storybook or advanced CSS required. Start building a more organized, developer-friendly color system today.