Guochao Gilt
Lacquer red carrying gold-leaf rules and a gilt accent — the shine is metal, not gloss, and it is the only light allowed.
Construction · Brushed metal
Surfaces are machined: a fine directional grain, a specular band across the face, and a bright cut edge where the panel was milled.
Every style renders this same screen, so the only thing changing between two of them is the style. The component above is the file below, running.
Prompt
Design this interface in the Guochao Gilt style. Lacquer and gilt: aged-silk ground, gold metallic rules, a lacquer-red accent and display type stacked tall like a festival poster. The shine is gold leaf, never gloss —
The numbers in this prompt are printed from the tokens below, so it cannot drift from what the specimen renders.
What carries the look
- lacquer red accent
- gold leaf rules
- gilt metallic sheen
- stacked festival type
What this style refuses
- pastel or muted palettes
- cool blues and greys
- blurred drop shadows
- rounded friendly corners
- gloss standing in for gilt
The refusals are the half that keeps generated interfaces from converging — a prompt that only says what to add gets the default look.
Tokens
Palette
#f6ead8#1c0f0c#fdf4e4#2a1410#b08430#a4762c#2d1f16#f3e2c8#6e5844#c3a276#b0261c#e8b34b#ffedd2#2a1204Shape and type
Measured contrast — body 13.4:1 light, 14.71:1 dark; secondary text 5.63:1 and 7.79:1. Every pair clears WCAG AA in both themes, checked on each build.
Specimen · Specimen.tsx
import type { CSSProperties } from "react";
/**
* Vibary · Guochao Gilt
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* Lacquer red carrying gold-leaf rules and a gilt accent — the shine is metal, not gloss, and it is the only light allowed.
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* One complete product screen, rendered from the token object below —