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Pennant

Fintech · YC Summer 2026

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Automated design study · partial homepage

Light, center-aligned stacked product story with mixed geometry and product UI proof.

Pennant - Corporate Governance OS opens with “The CorpGov OS for” in a center-aligned stacked hero.
Evidence & method · 3 capture notes
Source
https://www.getpennant.ai/
Captured
2026-09-08
Extractor
2.5.0
Evidence
hero, middle, closing, mobile
  • Automated interpretation; editorial review is pending.
  • Partial inspection: CSS requests inter, but those font faces were unavailable in the mid-page frame. Screenshots show browser fallback; font tokens describe declared families, not verified glyph faces.
  • Animated or layered text alternatives were detected; the analysis records the most visually prominent state at capture.
  • The hero heading was read from semantic heading markup.
  • 12 responsive breakpoint declarations were inspectable.
  • 5 stylesheets were inspectable; 0 cross-origin stylesheets were unavailable to rule inspection.
  • Computed styles describe the captured render; source design tokens and proprietary font files were not copied.

Captured screens

2026-09-08 · source viewport 1600 × 1000

Pennant hero homepage design evidence. Hero viewport evidence; animated text state captured.
Hero1600 × 1000
Pennant mid-page homepage design evidence. Mid-page viewport evidence; animated text state captured.
Mid-page1600 × 1000
Pennant closing homepage design evidence. Closing viewport evidence; animated text state captured.
Closing1600 × 1000
Pennant mobile homepage design evidence. Mobile viewport evidence; animated text state captured.
Mobile390 × 844

System overview

Hero
stacked · center
Surface
light
Density
sparse
Content width
1064px
Confidence
low
Primary action
Request Access

Color system

Light surfaces use 8 repeated semantic colors; the primary action carries the strongest interactive emphasis.

Canvas

Page canvas

Dominant rendered page background.
Surface 1

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 61.
Surface 2

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 20.
Surface 3

Surface

Repeated container or section fill; relative occurrence score 12.
Primary text

Primary text

Observed display foreground with 15.0:1 contrast against the captured canvas.
Secondary text

Secondary text

Observed reading foreground; measured canvas-reference contrast is 5.8:1.
Action

Primary action

Fill used by the dominant first-viewport action.
Border

Border and divider

Most repeated inspectable border color.

Typography

A single-family system uses DM Sans across display and reading roles, differentiated by size and weight.

Metric previews use the observed CSS values. Source font files are not bundled, so unavailable families fall back locally.
display

The CorpGov OS for

DM Sans · 64px/70.4px · weight 700 · tracking 0px · color rgb(26, 26, 26)
heading

Recognized where governance standards are set

DM Sans · 48px/60px · weight 600 · tracking -1.2px · color rgb(73, 66, 61)
body

Pennant is packaged around how investors, advisors and companies vote, consult and engage. We work…

DM Sans · 16px/28px · weight 400 · tracking 0px · color rgb(96, 90, 87)
body-small

Corporate secretaries, IR teams and counsel conducting year-round engagment and AGM prep

DM Sans · 14px/20px · weight 400 · tracking 0px · color rgba(41, 37, 36, 0.702)
label

Sign In

DM Sans · 13px/17.3333px · weight 500 · tracking 0px · color rgb(55, 50, 47)

Spacing & shape

Spacing

Base unit
4px
Section gap
48px
Container
24px
8px24px16px12px48px20px13px10px32px6px

Shape

Mixed geometry is the dominant shape voice. Elevation is selectively reinforced with shadow.

Pills
9999px
Containers
10px
Buttons
8px
Media
0px
Inspect borders & shadows · 10
Borders
1px solid rgba(0, 13, 13, 0.078)1px solid rgba(58, 49, 49, 0.122)1px solid rgb(229, 227, 219)1px solid rgb(224, 222, 219)1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.078)
Shadows
rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15) 0px 4px 12px 0pxrgb(240, 238, 230) 0px 0px 0px 3pxrgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 1px 3px 0px, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 1px 2px -1pxrgba(55, 50, 47, 0.12) 0px 2px 4px 0pxrgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08) 0px 0px 0px 2.5px inset

Component grammar

Token-based examples, not original components. Source fonts may fall back locally.

Hero

Opening proposition

1 observed

Stacked, center-aligned opening anchored by “Request Access”.

Inspect 4 properties
Pattern
stacked
Alignment
center
Heading
DM Sans · 64px / 700
Media
product-ui

Navigation

Global wayfinding

1 observed

Persistent navigation with 3 visible actions in the desktop opening.

Inspect 8 properties
Background
#f0eee6
Text
#0a0a0a
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
0px 0px 0px 0px
Type
DM Sans · 16px / 400
Position
fixed
Height
64px

Primary action

Conversion

1 observed

“Request Access” is the strongest first-viewport action by semantic intent and visual contrast.

Request Access
Inspect 6 properties
Background
#da7842
Text
#ffffff
Border
none
Radius
9999px
Padding
6px 48px 6px 48px
Type
DM Sans · 15px / 500

Content card

Repeated content module

2 observed

2 style-matched content card instances were found among 3 candidates; properties describe the dominant observed cluster.

Example content
Inspect 6 properties
Text
#0a0a0a
Border
1px solid rgb(224, 222, 219)
Radius
0px
Padding
24px 24px 24px 24px
Type
DM Sans · 16px / 400
Candidate pool
3

Media frame

Visual proof

6 observed

6 style-matched media elements were found among 28 rendered candidates; contain fitting and 0px are the most repeated treatments.

Inspect 4 properties
Fit
contain, cover, fill
Ratios
1.00, 1.78, 1.38, 2.70, 3.08
Radius
0px
Candidate pool
28

Closing link index

Inferred closing navigation

1 observed

13 visible actions close the page on a transparent surface.

Inspect 6 properties
Text
#0a0a0a
Border
none
Radius
0px
Padding
0px 0px 32px 0px
Type
DM Sans · 16px / 400
Links
13

Layout & narrative

The homepage continues through 10 observed sections, moving from the opening proposition into Offerings that fit how your team operates, Recognized where governance standards are set, The proxy voting platform built for every investor.

Structure
Stacked product narrative
Hero pattern
Stacked hero: message leads into visual proof within the opening
Grid
2 columns
Closing
Closing link index with 13 actions
Full section sequence · 10
  1. Offerings that fit how your team operates
  2. Recognized where governance standards are set
  3. The proxy voting platform built for every investor
  4. Source-linked intelligence
  5. Custom policy execution
  6. Proposal ontology
  7. Records you can defend
  8. Corporate Advisors
  9. Institutional Investors
  10. Public Companies

Imagery, motion & responsive

Imagery

Product ui media acts as the page’s primary visual proof rather than decoration.

contain fitting · square-edged frames
Inspect imagery inventory
Composition
Multiple visual elements share the first viewport.
Inventory
28 images/canvas elements and 0 videos across the analyzed homepage.

Motion

12 declared keyframes and 17 active animations were inspectable at capture; observed timing uses 0.2s, 0.3s, 0.4s.

Reduced-motion rules detected
Inspect motion inventory
Libraries
CSS / browser-native or bundled source not identifiable
Keyframes
featuredScroll, attentionPulse, attentionPulseAmber, spin, pulse, enter, exit, accordion-down, accordion-up, scroll-fade-reveal-b, tw-shimmer, pulse-soft
Durations
0.2s, 0.3s, 0.4s, 0.5s, 1.8s
Easings
ease, linear, ease, ease, cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.6, 1), ease-in-out
States
transition-all, focus, hover, disabled, active

Mobile

Desktop navigation reduces from 3 visible actions to 2. Hero remains center-aligned; mobile heading size is 29.25px.

Observed multi-column desktop regions collapse to a single-column mobile flow.
Inspect responsive test
Viewport
390 × 844
Overflow
No horizontal overflow detected

Reproduction guidance

Do

  • Pair the observed #f0eee6 canvas with #1a1a1a primary copy before adding secondary surfaces.
  • Use DM Sans at 64px/70.4px, weight 700, for the primary display moment.
  • Reserve the strongest first-viewport contrast for “Request Access” within the center-aligned stacked hero.
  • Product ui media acts as the page’s primary visual proof rather than decoration.

Don’t

  • Do not mix in arbitrary radii; 9999px is the repeated treatment on pills.
  • Do not reuse the #da7842 action color across decorative elements; keep its interactive emphasis selective.
  • Do not introduce extra type families beyond DM Sans.
  • Do not copy transition-all declarations; keep only purposeful transform or opacity motion.