---
title: "More than one accent hue (design/multiple-accents)"
description: "design/multiple-accents: One accent color gives the eye a single signal for 'act here'."
canonical: https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/multiple-accents
lastModified: 2026-09-16
---

# More than one accent hue

`design/multiple-accents` · severity **warn** · category Design · detected by `void design` and `void audit`

## Why it matters

One accent color gives the eye a single signal for 'act here'. Several saturated hues on buttons and highlights compete and cheapen the page.

## How to fix it

Pick one brand hue for primary actions and highlights; use neutrals for everything else and reserve red/green/amber for status.

## More design rules

`void design` reports 19 rules in this category. Measured design heuristics from computed styles: font families, type scale, line length, palette and accent sprawl, spacing grid, radius sprawl, dark mode and the tells of generated UI.

- `body-line-height-tight` Body line-height is too tight — [design/body-line-height-tight](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/body-line-height-tight)
- `heading-tracking` Large headings use default letter-spacing — [design/heading-tracking](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/heading-tracking)
- `heading-no-balance` Headings do not use text-wrap: balance — [design/heading-no-balance](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/heading-no-balance)
- `palette-sprawl` Too many distinct colors — [design/palette-sprawl](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/palette-sprawl)
- `gradient-text` Gradient-filled heading text — [design/gradient-text](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/gradient-text)
- `purple-gradient` Purple/indigo gradient background — [design/purple-gradient](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/purple-gradient)
- `emoji-icons` Emoji used as icons — [design/emoji-icons](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/emoji-icons)
- `spacing-off-grid` Spacing values are off the 4px grid — [design/spacing-off-grid](https://void-design.vercel.app/rules/design/spacing-off-grid)

Detected by `void design` and `void audit`. Explain it in a terminal: `void rules design/multiple-accents`