---
version: "alpha"
name: "Cerrado Minimalista"
description: "Cerrado (Brazilian savanna) minimalist landing page. Ideal for landing pages sustentáveis, projetos ecológicos, sites minimalistas. AI-ready template."
colors:
  primary: "#C8A951"
  secondary: "#CC5533"
  tertiary: "#E8D5B7"
  neutral: "#7A8B5C"
  surface: "#6B4226"
  accent: "#8B8680"
typography:
  h1:
    fontFamily: DM Sans
    fontSize: 2.5rem
    fontWeight: 700
  body-md:
    fontFamily: DM Sans
    fontSize: 1rem
    fontWeight: 400
rounded:
  sm: 8px
  md: 16px
  lg: 24px
components:
  button-primary:
    backgroundColor: "{colors.primary}"
    textColor: "{colors.neutral}"
    rounded: "{rounded.sm}"
    padding: 12px
---

## Overview

Cerrado (Brazilian savanna) minimalist landing page. Ideal for landing pages sustentáveis, projetos ecológicos, sites minimalistas. AI-ready template. The Cerrado doesn't announce itself. No dramatic waterfalls, no dense canopy blocking the sky. It's Brazil's forgotten biome — a vast savanna stretching across the central plateau, all ochre soil and twisted silhouettes against bleached horizons. The trees grow low and gnarled, bark thick as armor, roots diving deep where water hides. Everything here is about restraint. About surviving with less.

Designers have long drawn from tropical Brazil — the riot of carnival, the lushness of Atlantic Forest. But the Cerrado offers something rarer: a native minimalism. Its palette is burnt sienna, dry gold, charcoal bark, and the pale grey-green of drought-resistant leaves. The negative space is enormous. A single tortured tree against red earth carries more visual weight than any maximalist composition.

This is minimalism that didn't arrive from Scandinavia or Japan. It grew from laterite soil under relentless sun. It's warm where Nordic minimalism runs cold. Textured where modernist minimalism goes flat. The Cerrado proves that restraint can be deeply, unmistakably Brazilian.

- Density: 3/10 — Airy
- Variance: 8/10 — Expressive
- Motion: 4/10 — Subtle

- **Style:** Organic, Minimal, Warm, Natural
- **Keywords:** cerrado, savanna, minimal, organic, warm, natural, earth tones, Brazilian biome, sustainable, eco, dry landscape, golden grass, red earth, sparse vegetation
- **Era:** Design Sustentável Brasileiro
- **Light/Dark:** ✓ Full / ✗ No

## Colors

- **Dourado Cerrado** (#C8A951) — Premium accent, decorative highlights
- **Terracota** (#CC5533) — Secondary surface or text color
- **Bege Areia** (#E8D5B7) — Supporting palette color
- **Verde Seco** (#7A8B5C) — Supporting palette color
- **Marrom Terra** (#6B4226) — Extended palette, decorative use
- **Cinza Pedra** (#8B8680) — Secondary text, borders, muted elements
- **Branco Algodão** (#FAF7F2) — Secondary surface
- **Azul Céu Seco** (#87CEEB) — Secondary accent


## Typography

- **Display / Hero:** DM Sans — Weight 700, tight tracking, used for headline impact
- **Accent:** Nunito Sans — Used for decorative or emphasis text
- **Body:** DM Sans — Weight 400, 16px/1.6 line-height, max 72ch per line
- **UI Labels / Captions:** DM Sans — 0.875rem, weight 500, slight letter-spacing
- **Monospace:** JetBrains Mono — Used for code, metadata, and technical values

Scale:
- Hero: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 4rem)
- H1: 2.25rem
- H2: 1.5rem
- Body: 1rem / 1.6
- Small: 0.875rem


## Layout

- **Grid:** CSS Grid primary. Max-width containment: 1280px centered with 1.5rem side padding.
- **Spacing rhythm:** Balanced. Base unit: 0.5rem (8px).
- **Section vertical gaps:** clamp(4rem, 8vw, 8rem).
- **Hero layout:** Asymmetric composition.
- **Feature sections:** Asymmetric grid with varied card sizes. No 3-equal-columns.
- **Mobile collapse:** All multi-column layouts collapse below 768px. No horizontal overflow.
- **z-index contract:** base (0) / sticky-nav (100) / overlay (200) / modal (300) / toast (500).


## Elevation & Depth

Espaçamento amplo e generoso remetendo à vastidão do cerrado, tipografia limpa e minimalista com toques orgânicos, paleta de cores terrosas e quentes, elementos visuais inspirados em gramíneas secas e texturas de terra, layouts assimétricos sutis que remetem a paisagens naturais, micro-animações suaves como brisa no capim, bordas orgânicas e irregulares, fundos com texturas sutis de papel reciclado.

- **Physics:** Ease-out curves, 200-300ms duration. Smooth and predictable.
- **Entry animations:** Fade + translate-Y (16px → 0) over 420ms ease-out. Staggered cascades for lists: 80ms between items.
- **Hover states:** Subtle color shift + shadow adjustment over 200ms.
- **Page transitions:** Fade only (200ms).
- **Performance:** Only transform and opacity animated. No layout-triggering properties.


## Shapes

Base corner radius: 8px. See rounded tokens in front matter for the full scale.


## Components

- **Primary Button:** Rounded (8px 16px 8px 16px for organic shapes) shape. Accent color fill. Hover: 8% darken + subtle lift shadow. Active: -1px translate tactile press. Font weight 600. No outer glows.
- **Secondary / Ghost Button:** Outline variant. 1.5px border in muted color. Text in primary color. Hover: subtle background fill.
- **Cards:** Rounded (8px 16px 8px 16px for organic shapes) corners. Surface background. Subtle shadow (0 2px 12px rgba(0,0,0,0.06)). 1px border stroke.
- **Inputs:** Label above input. 1px border stroke. Focus ring: 2px accent color offset 2px. Error text below in semantic red. No floating labels.
- **Navigation:** Primary surface background. Active item: accent color indicator. Font weight 500 when active.
- **Skeletons:** Shimmer animation matching component dimensions. No circular spinners.
- **Empty States:** Icon-based composition with descriptive text and action button.


## Do's and Don'ts

- No emojis in UI — use icon system only (Lucide, Heroicons)
- No decorative gradients — flat color only
- No shadows heavier than 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.08)
- No pure black (#000000) — use off-black or charcoal variants
- No oversaturated accent colors (saturation cap: 80%)
- No 3-column equal-width feature layouts — use zig-zag or asymmetric grid
- No `h-screen` — use `min-h-[100dvh]`
- No AI copywriting clichés: "Elevate", "Seamless", "Unleash", "Next-Gen"
- No broken external image links — use picsum.photos or inline SVG
- No generic lorem ipsum in demos

- Do Espaçamento amplo do cerrado
- Do Tipografia minimalista orgânica
- Do Paleta terrosa quente
- Do Texturas de gramíneas/terra
- Do Layouts assimétricos naturais
- Do Bordas orgânicas irregulares.


## Use Case

Sustainable landing pages, Eco-friendly projects, Minimalist websites

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