How do I extract design tokens from a website?

Install MiroMiro, enter any public URL in the Design Tokens panel, and click extract. MiroMiro reads the computed CSS and stylesheets to identify color tokens, typography scales, spacing systems, border radii and shadows — even if the site doesn't use CSS variables. Export as CSS custom properties, a tailwind.config.js block or values ready for Figma variables.

Can I export design tokens as a Tailwind config?

Yes. MiroMiro outputs a ready-to-paste tailwind.config.js block — colors, fontFamily, spacing scale, borderRadius and boxShadow extracted from the live site. Paste it into your project, run a build, and the new theme is wired up immediately.

What's the difference between design tokens and CSS variables?

CSS variables are one delivery format. Design tokens are the abstract design decisions (a brand color, a spacing scale, a shadow) that get transformed into multiple formats: CSS variables, Tailwind config, Figma variables, iOS color sets. MiroMiro extracts the abstract tokens, then exports them in whichever format you need.

Can I import extracted tokens into Figma?

Yes. MiroMiro outputs values that map directly to Figma variables — color tokens become Figma color variables, typography scales become text styles, spacing becomes number variables. Paste them into your Figma design system and your file mirrors the live website's tokens.

Is it legal to extract design tokens from another website?

Studying CSS, color systems and spacing scales for inspiration or learning is standard practice — the same as View Source. MiroMiro reads only public computed styles, the same data any browser already exposes. Always respect copyright and trademarks before shipping anything that imitates a brand commercially.

Design Tokens Export Tools: Extract from Any Website to Figma & Code (2026)

You're looking at a beautifully designed website and want to know what colors, fonts, spacing, and shadows it uses. You could spend 30 minutes clicking through DevTools, copying values one by one. Or you could extract every design token in one click.

Here's how to export design tokens from any website and get them into Figma, Tailwind, or your codebase in seconds.

Key takeaways:

Design tokens are the atomic design decisions (colors, type, spacing, radii, shadows) that bridge design and code.
Extracting them from a live, rendered site is faster and more accurate than reading values manually in DevTools.
A good token export deduplicates values, detects the full type scale, and recognizes the spacing system.
The best tools output straight to a Tailwind config, CSS variables, and Figma variables, so the same tokens flow from site to design to code.

What Are Design Tokens?

Design tokens are the atomic building blocks of a design system: colors, typography scales, spacing values, border radii, shadows, and more. They're the bridge between design and code.

When you extract design tokens from a live website, you get:

Color palette: every hex, RGB, HSL, and OKLCH value used
Typography scale: font families, sizes, weights, and line heights
Spacing system: margins, paddings, and gap values
Shadows: box shadows and text shadows
Border radii: corner radius values used across components

Why extract tokens from live sites? Whether you're rebuilding a design system, auditing brand consistency, or referencing a competitor's design, extracting tokens is faster and more accurate than eyeballing values in DevTools.

Method 1: Extract with MiroMiro (Recommended)

The fastest way to export design tokens from any website. MiroMiro's Chrome extension scans the entire page and extracts every design token automatically. It's the same engine behind our website-to-code tool, focused here on the token layer rather than full markup.

Step-by-Step

Install MiroMiro: add the Chrome extension to your browser
Visit any website: navigate to the page you want to extract tokens from
Open the Design Tokens panel: click the MiroMiro icon and select "Design Tokens"
Review extracted tokens: colors, typography, spacing, shadows, and radii are organized automatically
Export in your format: choose CSS variables, Tailwind config, SCSS variables, or JSON

One-click export: MiroMiro groups tokens intelligently. It deduplicates colors, identifies the typography scale, and organizes spacing into a coherent system. No manual cleanup needed.

Export Formats

MiroMiro supports multiple export formats out of the box:

CSS Custom Properties: --color-primary: #6B21A8;
Tailwind CSS config: ready to paste into tailwind.config.js
SCSS variables: $color-primary: #6B21A8;
JSON: structured token data for any design tool or build pipeline
Figma-ready: import directly into Figma using Tokens Studio

Method 2: Manual Extraction with DevTools

If you only need a few specific values, browser DevTools can work, but it's slow and error-prone.

How to Find Tokens in DevTools

Right-click an element and select "Inspect"
In the Styles panel, look for CSS custom properties (variables starting with --)
Check the Computed tab for resolved values
Repeat for every element type you care about

The Problems with Manual Extraction

No overview: you can only see styles for one element at a time
CSS variables are scattered: custom properties may be defined in :root, component-level selectors, or media queries
Computed vs. authored: DevTools shows hundreds of inherited properties you don't need
No deduplication: you'll find the same blue used 47 times with no way to know it's one token
No export: you're copying and pasting values into a spreadsheet

For anything beyond checking a single color value, manual extraction wastes hours.

Method 3: Using Figma Plugins

Some Figma plugins can import design tokens, but they require the tokens to already be in a structured format (JSON). You still need a way to extract them from the website first.

Recommended workflow:

Extract tokens from the website using MiroMiro (export as JSON)
Import the JSON into Figma using Tokens Studio
Apply tokens to your Figma components

This gives you a complete, synchronized design system, from live website to Figma to code.

What Makes a Good Design Token Export Tool?

When evaluating design token extraction tools, look for:

Feature	Why It Matters
Automatic scanning	Finds all tokens without clicking each element
Deduplication	Groups identical values into single tokens
Typography detection	Identifies the full type scale, not just individual sizes
Multiple export formats	CSS, Tailwind, SCSS, JSON, whatever your stack needs
Color format support	HEX, RGB, HSL, and modern OKLCH
Spacing analysis	Recognizes the spacing system (4px grid, 8px grid, etc.)

Common Use Cases

Rebuilding a Design System

Your team's design system has drifted from the live product. Extract the actual tokens being used in production to reconcile design and code.

Competitive Analysis

See exactly what design decisions a competitor made (their color palette, type scale, and spacing system) without guessing.

Client Onboarding

Starting a redesign for a new client? Extract their current design tokens in minutes instead of auditing their site manually for days.

Design-to-Code Handoff

Designers extract tokens from approved mockups deployed to staging, ensuring developers use exact values. For full component extraction (not just tokens), see our guide on design tools that export clean HTML and CSS, the same idea applied to entire sections. If you build with AI, the workflow for copying UI components from any website into Cursor, Claude, or v0 pairs naturally with token export.

Get Started

Extracting design tokens shouldn't take hours of DevTools spelunking. With MiroMiro, you can go from any live website to a complete set of exported design tokens in under a minute.

Install MiroMiro for Chrome — it's free to start.

One bill, forever (instead of every month)

Most design-system tooling bills per seat, every month, forever. Figma Dev Mode alone is €15/seat/month (as of 2026, per figma.com/pricing), which is €180/year per designer, recurring. MiroMiro has a lifetime tier that ends that loop entirely: