membersexperience-create.lacoste.com — Design System Reference

1. Visual Theme & Atmosphere

Luxury retail restraint with a heritage teal signature. Lacoste’s members experience microsite strips away everything to focus on membership conversion — white and light-gray surfaces, dark charcoal text, and a single teal (#05687B) that carries 80 years of brand equity. Figtree provides modern geometric warmth without the genericness of Inter. The UI component token system (–ui-color-*) reveals an enterprise design system underneath.

2. Color Palette & Roles

• background: rgb(255, 255, 255)
• surfaceLight: rgb(238, 238, 238) — #eee for card backgrounds
• text: rgb(68, 68, 68) / rgb(51, 51, 51)
• teal: rgb(5, 104, 123) / #05687B — Lacoste teal brand CTA
• overlay: rgba(34, 34, 34, 0.2) — modal/scrim
• white: #fff
• whiteVariant: #f0f0f0

Notably absent: Brand green (Lacoste green/yellow-green)

3. Typography Rules

Typeface(s): Figtree, Arial (system fallback)

Tech stack fonts hint: (no framework detected)

• note: Figtree — a geometric sans with rounded terminals, friendlier than Inter but equally clean. Labels likely uppercase with tracking.

4. Component Stylings

Border Radius: Likely soft (rounded-md to rounded-xl) — enterprise component system

Shadows: Component system includes multi-layer box shadows for overlays and modals

Gradients: None

Components lean on spacing and typography for distinction rather than decorative chrome. Buttons likely use filled + ghost variants in the primary colour.

5. Layout Principles

Built on (no framework detected). Layouts follow a content-first grid — wide gutters, deliberate whitespace rhythm. Section breaks use background-colour contrast rather than divider lines.

6. Depth & Elevation

Elevation system: Component system includes multi-layer box shadows for overlays and modals. Depth is used purposefully, not decoratively.

7. Do’s and Don’ts

Do:

• Use the exact colour roles as defined — each serves a specific semantic purpose
• Respect the typeface role boundaries (each font has one job)
• Preserve generous whitespace — crowding breaks the design language
• Keep interactions restrained: hover opacity or colour-shift, not complex transforms

Don’t:

• Introduce colours outside the defined palette
• Mix typefaces beyond the established pairing
• Add drop shadows where the design is intentionally flat
• Use gradients unless the site already employs them
• Add Brand green (Lacoste green/yellow-green)
• Add visible sport references

8. Responsive Behavior

Standalone microsite; mobile-first conversion flow

On mobile, the core design language holds — the reduction is spatial (tighter gutters, stacked columns) not stylistic. Colour, typography, and component styles remain unchanged.

9. Agent Prompt Guide

Use this as a one-paragraph brief when prompting an AI to build in this design language:

“Luxury retail microsite: white+#eee surfaces, Figtree, single teal #05687B CTA color, dark charcoal text, enterprise UI component tokens, soft rounded corners, conversion-focused layout”

Generated by Sparkbites — extracted from live CSS analysis