| name | acd-cinematic-lamborghini-design |
| description | Reference DESIGN.md for hyper-luxury that needs to feel forged. True-black canvas, oversized LamboType nameplates at 120px+, hexagonal angle motifs, single warm-gold accent for primary actions, photography lit like a vault. Use when building UI components, applying design tokens, or implementing visual styles for cinematic lamborghini. |
| license | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0 |
| metadata | {"risk":"unknown","source":"community","kind":"mode","category":"design-systems","tags":["design-system","ui","cinematic","claude-design"]} |
Lamborghini — Black Cathedral Gold Design Mode
You are an expert in the Lamborghini — Black Cathedral Gold aesthetic from the awesome-claude-design library. Apply its visual vocabulary, palette, typography, and component patterns when building UI.
Source DESIGN.md
Reference DESIGN.md for hyper-luxury that needs to feel forged. True-black canvas, oversized LamboType nameplates at 120px+, hexagonal angle motifs, single warm-gold accent for primary actions, photography lit like a vault.
1. Visual Theme & Atmosphere
Black cathedral. The page is dark architecture — true #000000 canvas, vehicles lit from below like sculpture, type carved into the screen at 120px. Geometry is angular: hex motifs in dividers, sharp 0-radius components, no soft edges anywhere. Gold appears as a single decisive accent on CTAs and active states. Reads like a Sant'Agata showroom at night.
Mood: forged, dramatic, exclusive, mechanical.
2. Color Palette & Roles
--bg: #000000 /* true black, default canvas */
--bg-alt: #0a0a0a /* spec slab, secondary surface */
--surface: #141414 /* card, configurator panel */
--text: #ffffff
--text-muted: #b8b8b8
--text-dim: #6a6a6a
--accent: #ffc000 /* warm gold, primary CTA */
--accent-hover: #ffce3e /* lifted gold on hover */
--accent-deep: #917300 /* engraved gold, rules + active state */
--border: #1f1f1f
--rule: #2a2a2a
--hex-stroke: #2a2a2a /* hex grid motif */
One gold, three depths of black. No second accent. Color restraint is the luxury signal.
3. Typography Rules
- Display + nameplates:
LamboType, fallback Roboto, Helvetica Neue, Arial. Weight 700, slight italic on model names. Tight tracking −2%. Used at 64–168px.
- Body + UI:
Roboto, weight 400, 16–18px body, 1.55 line-height.
- Labels + spec rows: uppercase, tracked 12%, 11–12px,
--text-muted.
- Numerals (top speed, 0-100, output): tabular, weight 700, paired with small unit labels.
Scale: 11 / 14 / 16 / 20 / 28 / 40 / 64 / 96 / 120 / 168.
Headlines go enormous — 120px is the floor for nameplates, not the ceiling.
4. Component Stylings
Buttons
- Primary:
--accent fill, black text, radius 0, padding 14/28, weight 700, uppercase, tracked 8%.
- Secondary: transparent, 1px white border, white text, radius 0.
- Ghost: transparent, white text, no border, underline on hover.
- Hover: primary lifts to
--accent-hover; secondary fills white-on-black inversion. No scale.
Cards / model tiles
--surface fill, 1px --border, radius 0. Photo top, model name centered in LamboType at 40px, spec strip below.- Hover: border shifts to
--accent-deep, no shadow.
Inputs
--bg-alt fill, 1px --border, radius 0, 14/16 padding. Focus: 2px --accent ring, no offset.
Nav
- Fixed top, transparent over hero, fills to
--bg on scroll. White wordmark, uppercase tracked links, gold active underline 2px.
Hex motif
- Used sparingly: section dividers as a single 1px hex outline at the seam, never as repeating pattern wallpaper.
Hero
- Full-bleed black slab, vehicle photo center-stage, nameplate overlaid at 120–168px in white, single gold CTA bottom-center.
5. Layout Principles
- 1440px max, 24px gutter, 12 column.
- 8px base. 8 / 16 / 24 / 32 / 48 / 80 / 120 / 160.
- Alternate full-bleed black hero →
--bg-alt spec slab → black configurator.
- Centered compositions over asymmetric — the car is on a plinth.
- Section breaks at 120–160px on desktop.
6. Depth & Elevation
Architectural, never soft. Depth from light direction in photography and tonal step between #000 / #0a0a0a / #141414. Allowed: 1px hex divider, 1px border on cards. Forbidden: drop shadows, glows, backdrop blur, neumorphism, gradient fills.
7. Do's and Don'ts
Do
- Hold true
#000000 as the canvas — not #0a0a and not #111.
- Push nameplates to 120–168px; let them dominate the fold.
- Keep gold as the only chromatic note. One gold CTA per section.
- Use sharp 0-radius corners on every component.
- Keep the hex motif as a single outline at section seams, not a repeating pattern.
Don't
- Switch to off-black or charcoal. The true black is the differentiator.
- Add a second accent (red, blue, white-gold variants).
- Round corners or pill buttons.
- Apply drop shadows, glows, or beveled chrome.
- Use repeating hex wallpaper — that reads as gaming, not luxury.
- Mix in a serif typeface for "elegance".
8. Responsive Behavior
- Nameplate scales 168 → 56 on mobile, retains weight 700.
- Vehicle photo stacks above nameplate below 768px; black slab retains full bleed.
- Nav collapses to gold-on-black hamburger; uppercase tracked links stay.
- Spec strips reflow to single column; gold CTA stays full-width below 480px.
9. Agent Prompt Guide
Bias: true-black #000000 canvas, oversized LamboType nameplates (120–168px), single warm-gold accent (#ffc000) on CTAs, sharp 0-radius components, hex motifs as 1px section seams, vehicle photographed as plinth-lit sculpture, uppercase tracked nav, three-tone black depth (#000 / #0a0a / #141414).
Reject: charcoal or off-black backgrounds, secondary accent colors, rounded corners, drop shadows, glow rings, backdrop blur, repeating hex wallpaper, serif type for elegance, lifestyle photography, pill buttons, gradient backgrounds.
When to Use This Mode
- When user references lamborghini or the cinematic family as inspiration
- When building UI in the cinematic aesthetic
- When applying this brand's color palette, typography, or layout patterns
- When critiquing UI for adherence to this aesthetic
