# Workflow — Style Reference
> editorial manuscript on warm linen — a designer's working notebook spread open on white paper
**Theme:** light
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Workflow uses an editorial-manuscript language: a white paper canvas, whisper-weight serif headlines in Crimson Pro 300, and Inter as the working sans for body and UI. The palette is aggressively monochrome — nearly every surface is white, off-white, or warm gray, with the only chromatic note being a dusty sage green used as functional punctuation (active states, approved indicators). Components are thin and flat: hairline borders, 4–8px radii, and shadows so faint they barely register. The aesthetic reads more like a printed design quarterly than a SaaS dashboard — authority comes from typographic restraint and generous whitespace, not from saturated color or heavy elevation. An AI agent building for this brand should treat serif headings at weight 300 as the signature move, keep color to near-zero, and let borders and spacing do the structural work.