Global tokens form the raw bedrock of your design system palette. They have no opinion on how, where, or why they are used. They simply enumerate the total allowable creative materials.
Examples of Global Tokens:
color-palette-blue-50, ...blue-500, ...blue-900.dimension-base = 8px.font-family-sans = 'Inter', -apple-system, sans-serif.duration-instant = 100ms, duration-standard = 250ms.Rule of Global Tokens: Never let feature squads write background-color: var(--color-blue-500) directly in a product layout! If the brand changes from blue to purple, every line of feature code will have to be rewritten.
Level 3 · Design Tokens & Foundations