Neo Brutalist
Black outlines, hard offset shadows, and a yellow that refuses to be tasteful.
Construction · Hard offset
The shadow is a solid copy of the shape, offset and never blurred, inside a heavy ink outline.
Concept shot — generated from this style's terms, the way a designer would present it. The specimen below is the contract: rendered from the exact tokens on this page.
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 Neo Brutalist style. Every surface has a 2px black outline and a hard unblurred offset shadow. Corners are square, the accent is a raw yellow, and nothing is softened anywhere. Build every
The numbers in this prompt are printed from the tokens below, so it cannot drift from what the specimen renders.
What carries the look
- 2px black outlines
- hard unblurred offset shadow
- square corners
- raw yellow accent
What this style refuses
- blurred or soft shadows
- rounded corners
- pastel or muted color
- gradients of any kind
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
#fffdf3#111111#ffffff#1a1a1a#111111#f5f5f5#111111#f7f7f2#4d4d4d#a5a5a0#ffd400#ffd400#111111#111111Shape and type
Measured contrast — body 18.52:1 light, 17.57:1 dark; secondary text 8.29:1 and 7.63:1. Every pair clears WCAG AA in both themes, checked on each build.
Specimen · Specimen.tsx
import type { CSSProperties } from "react";
/**
* Vibary · Neo Brutalist
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* Black outlines, hard offset shadows, and a yellow that refuses to be tasteful.
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* One complete product screen, rendered from the token object below —