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# Create a Tokens Bundle

Create a tokens bundle in your org using the Developer Console.

**important:** Salesforce recommends that you use [Styling Hooks](https://www.lightningdesignsystem.com/platforms/lightning/styling-hooks/) instead of design tokens if possible. While existing design tokens still work, styling hooks are the future of customization for Lightning web components and Aura components. See [Replace Design Tokens with Styling Hooks](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/aura-platform/guide/styling-hooks.md).

To create a tokens bundle:

1.  In the Developer Console, select **File** | **New** | **Lightning Tokens**.

2.  Enter a name for the tokens bundle.

    Your first tokens bundle should be named `defaultTokens`. The tokens defined within `defaultTokens` are automatically accessible in your Lightning components. Tokens defined in any other bundle won’t be accessible in your components unless you import them into the `defaultTokens` bundle.

You have an empty tokens bundle, ready to edit.

```nolang
<aura:tokens>

</aura:tokens>
```

**note:** You can’t edit the tokens bundle name or description in the Developer Console after you create it. The bundle’s `AuraBundleDefinition` can be modified using Metadata API. Although you can set a version on a tokens bundle, doing so has no effect.