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The Design Office of David McGillivraystyle guide

The Design Office of David McGillivray’s website (dmcg.co) uses Helvetica Neue for its headings and body text. Its palette is led by Beige (#D8E8C9) and Yellow (#FFFB00), with #7B776D text on #7B776D. Captured from the live site on 30 October 2026.

Website
dmcg.co
Typefaces
Helvetica Neue, neueMontreal, neueMontrealWeights
Palette
4 neutrals, 2 colours, 3 gradients
Captured
30 Oct 2026 · added by @sitestyleguide
https://dmcg.co/ Screenshot
Screenshot of the dmcg.co homepage on a desktop screen
Screenshot of dmcg.co on a 1440 px desktop screen, 30 Oct 2026.

Identity & metadata

What browsers, search engines and social cards show before anyone reaches the page, from the homepage’s <head>.

Title &
description

Page title
The Design Office of David McGillivray
● 38 / 60 characters
Meta description
Brand and software design by David McGillivray.
▲ 47 / 160 characters
Site name
The Design Office of David McGillivray
og:title
The Design Office of David McGillivray
og:description
Brand and software design by David McGillivray.
Language
en
Theme colour
#FFFFFF

In search results

The Design Office of David McGillivrayhttps://dmcg.co/

The Design Office of David McGillivray

Brand and software design by David McGillivray.

When shared

The image The Design Office of David McGillivray shares with links

dmcg.co

The Design Office of David McGillivray

Brand and software design by David McGillivray.

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Colour

Read from the site’s stylesheets and weighted by where each colour is used. Names are the nearest standard colour name. Click a swatch to copy its hex code.

Contrast is against the site’s text colour (#7B776D) and white, using WCAG 2 ratios: 4.5 for body text, 3 for large text.

Colour

Balance

How much each colour is used
  • Light Off White 51.1%
  • Warm Grey 21.6%
  • Black 15.1%
  • Deep Off White 5.2%
  • Beige 5.2%
  • Yellow 1.8%

By how often each colour appears in the site’s CSS, weighted by where (body, headings, buttons), not by area on the screen.

Neutrals

Text, backgrounds and structure
  • Light Off White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 4
    On text
    4.13:1 AA large
    On white
    1.08:1 Fail

    Text, background, theme · .site-header, theme-color meta tag

  • Warm Grey

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 3 11 52
    On text
    —
    On white
    4.47:1 AA large

    Background, text · html, .constellation__hub button:hover

  • Black

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 100
    On text
    4.70:1 AA
    On white
    21.00:1 AAA

    Text, background · .site-header[data-mobile-tray] .site-header__office, .archive-focus__figure

  • Deep Off White

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 0 0 10
    On text
    3.55:1 AA large
    On white
    1.26:1 Fail

    Border · :where(.site-header__nav button,.view-mode-switcher__item,.site-sound-toggle):af, --case-page-background

Colours

Brand colours and accents, most used first
  • Beige

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    7 0 13 9
    On text
    3.47:1 AA large
    On white
    1.29:1 Fail

    Text, graphic · .archive-corner-lab button:hover, .archive-corner-lab__current strong

  • Yellow

    HEX
    RGB
    HSL
    OKLCH
    CMYK
    0 2 100 0
    On text
    4.05:1 AA large
    On white
    1.10:1 Fail

    Background · body:not(:has(#sanity)) ::selection

Gradients

  • linear-gradient(, 0%, color-mix(in srgb, 88%, transparent) 22%, color-mix(in srgb, 55%, transparent) 52%, color-mix(in srgb, 18%, transparent) 80%, transparent 100%)

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Typography

Faces from Google Fonts are shown in the real thing. Others are licensed to the site, so they show in your device’s copy if you have one, or a stand-in if not.

Helvetica Neue

Aa 400 Aa 500

Helvetica Neue

System font, or not loaded on this page · weights 400, 500 · body · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 500

neueMontreal

Self-hosted · weights 500 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

Aa 400 Aa 600

neueMontrealWeights

Self-hosted · weights 400, 600 · shown in a stand-in if you don’t have it

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
0123456789 ! ? & @ % $ – ’ “ ”

Type scale

From the site’s CSS
Body — weight 500 · Helvetica Neue

Brand and software design by David McGillivray.

Button 11px / 1.3889vw

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Sizes in use

Most common across the site
  • 25pxline 16px · 1 rules
  • 17pxline 21.1px · 1 rules
  • 15pxline 18px · 2 rules
  • 14pxline 16px · 23 rules
  • 12pxline 16px · 8 rules
  • 11pxline max(14px, 0.736842vw) · 7 rules
  • 10pxline 12px · 2 rules
  • 8px1 rules

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Elements

The main button and link as the site’s CSS draws them, and the corner radii and shadows it uses most.

Elements

Corner radius

  • 8px · 4×
  • 4px · 4×
  • 50% · 3×
  • inherit · 3×

Shadows

  • 0 1px 6px #00000005
  • 0 18px 60px #00000047
  • 0 10px 24px -14px #0000008c

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Layout

Breakpoints from the site’s media queries and the widths its content is held to, with how often each appears.

Grid

Breakpoints

900
901

On a scale of 0 to 1440 px.

Content widths (max-width)

507 px

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Notes

Plain checks on what was found. Worth fixing if you look after this site.

Notes

  • ● FineThe title is 38 characters, short enough to show in full in search results.
  • ▲ CheckThe description is only 47 characters. There is room to say more.
  • ▲ CheckBody text (#7B776D on #7B776D) has a contrast of 1.00:1, under the 4.5:1 WCAG asks for.

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Questions

Quick answers, from the same capture as the rest of this guide.

Questions

What font does The Design Office of David McGillivray use?
The Design Office of David McGillivray’s website uses three typefaces: Helvetica Neue (headings and body text), a system font; neueMontreal, self-hosted; neueMontrealWeights, self-hosted.
What are The Design Office of David McGillivray’s brand colours?
The main colours on dmcg.co are Beige (#D8E8C9), Yellow (#FFFB00), Light Off White (#F6F6F6), Warm Grey (#7B776D), Black (#000000) and Deep Off White (#E5E5E5).
What colour is The Design Office of David McGillivray’s text and background?
Body text is #7B776D on a #7B776D background.
Is this The Design Office of David McGillivray’s official style guide?
No. SiteStyleGuide made it from dmcg.co’s public web pages on 30 October 2026, and isn’t affiliated with The Design Office of David McGillivray. Members can refresh a guide after 90 days to pick up changes.

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Design tokens

Everything above as CSS variables, ready to paste into a project. Members can download the tokens as files for Figma (Tokens Studio), Style Dictionary and Tailwind.

Tokens

dmcg-co-tokens.css

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/* dmcg.co design tokens, from SiteStyleGuide (https://sitestyleguide.com/dmcg.co) */
:root {
  /* Colours */
  --text: #7B776D;
  --background: #7B776D;
  --colour-light-off-white: #F6F6F6;
  --colour-warm-grey: #7B776D;
  --colour-black: #000000;
  --colour-deep-off-white: #E5E5E5;
  --colour-beige: #D8E8C9;
  --colour-yellow: #FFFB00;
  --gradient-1: linear-gradient(, 0%, color-mix(in srgb, 88%, transparent) 22%, color-mix(in srgb, 55%, transparent) 52%, color-mix(in srgb, 18%, transparent) 80%, transparent 100%);

  /* Typefaces */
  --font-body: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'Arial', sans-serif;
  --font-other: 'neueMontreal', 'neueMontreal Fallback';

  /* Type scale */
  --text-button: 11px;
  --leading-button: 1.3889vw;

  /* Shape */
  --radius-1: 8px;
  --radius-2: 4px;
  --radius-3: 50%;
  --radius-4: inherit;

  /* Layout (breakpoints can’t be used in media queries as variables; they’re here for reference) */
  --breakpoint-1: 900px;
  --breakpoint-2: 901px;
  --max-width-1: 507px;
}

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Captured from dmcg.co on 30 October 2026. SiteStyleGuide isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by The Design Office of David McGillivray; this guide describes the public website for reference.