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Theming via semantic tokens

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editorial(design-system): resolve theming-via-semantic-tokens' standing 2026-08-02 flag (Track-B) — confirmed against a live count of tokens.full.json (same method used on the sibling what-is-a-design-token/component-recipes-vs-raw-tokens fixes this pass): real theme.dark=28, theme.semantic=53, not 27/37; softened the 20-vs-7 sub-breakdown since the exact split shifted with the new total and re-deriving it exactly wasn't load-bearing to the article's point; de-narrated per register-documentation.yaml; register-clean EN+ES

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schema: foundry-doc-v1
title: "Theming via semantic tokens"
slug: theming-via-semantic-tokens
short_description: "Background article on light/dark theming as semantic-token substitution rather than a parallel stylesheet, grounded in the PointSav bundle's shipped theme.dark group (27 tokens, [data-theme=\\"dark\\"] switch) and situated against the same pattern in Carbon, Material 3, and Radix — an established technique, not a novelty claim."
short_description: "Background article on light/dark theming as semantic-token substitution rather than a parallel stylesheet, grounded in the PointSav bundle's shipped theme.dark group (28 tokens, [data-theme=\\"dark\\"] switch) and situated against the same pattern in Carbon, Material 3, and Radix — an established technique, not a novelty claim."
category: design-system
type: topic
content_type: topic
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Dark mode, in this design system, is not a second stylesheet. It is a
substitution: the same 37 semantic roles that style every light surface —
substitution: the same 53 semantic roles that style every light surface —
`surface-base`, `ink-primary`, `border-subtle`, `interactive-primary` — are
re-bound to dark-optimized values when a single attribute,
`data-theme="dark"`, appears on the document's root element. Components never
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## The mechanism, as shipped

The published bundle, `tokens.full.json`, carries the entire dark theme as
one group: `theme.dark`, 27 tokens sitting alongside the 37 light-theme roles
in `theme.semantic` (Correction, 2026-08-02: both counts are stale — real `theme.dark` has **28** leaves and real `theme.semantic` has **53**, not 37; same stale-count issue found on `what-is-a-design-token.md` and `component-recipes-vs-raw-tokens.md` in this same category. Flagged, not resolved.). The group's own description field states the switching
one group: `theme.dark`, 28 tokens sitting alongside the 53 light-theme roles
in `theme.semantic`. The group's own description field states the switching
mechanism — "Dark mode semantic overrides — applied via `[data-theme='dark']`
on the root element" — and its composition tells the architectural story:

- **20 of the 27 tokens override a semantic role by name.** `surface-base`,
- **Most of the group overrides a semantic role by name.** `surface-base`,
  which resolves to white in the light theme, becomes `#1f2125` (the
  neutral-90 primitive step) in dark. `ink-primary` flips from near-black to
  `#f5f6f8` (neutral-10). `border-subtle`, `focus-ring`,
  `interactive-primary`, the caution/critical/positive support colors — each
  keeps its name and changes its value.
- **7 tokens exist only in dark.** `surface-code` (a near-black code-block
- **A smaller set exists only in dark.** `surface-code` (a near-black code-block
  background darker than the page, to preserve depth), `ink-on-inverse`, and
  five wiki-specific colors — link, missing-link, and three
  syntax-highlighting roles — cover cases where dark mode is not a mirror of
  light but needs its own decisions.
  several wiki-specific colors — link, missing-link, and syntax-highlighting
  roles — cover cases where dark mode is not a mirror of light but needs its
  own decisions.

Two details in the dark map repay attention. First, hover direction reverses:
in the light theme, `interactive-primary` is the primary-60 blue and its
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