diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4a3a26..daafc95 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prebuild": "rm -rf lib",
     "build": "tsc -p ./tsconfig.json && tsc -p ./tsconfig.cjs.json",
-    "postbuild": "npm run postbuild:root && npm run postbuild:focus-visible && node ./scripts/generate-deep-package.js",
+    "postbuild": "npm run postbuild:root && npm run postbuild:focus-visible && npm run postbuild:style-api && node ./scripts/generate-deep-package.js",
     "postbuild:root": "cp package.json README.md LICENSE NOTICE lib",
     "postbuild:focus-visible": "cp ./src/internal/focus-visible/index.scss lib/internal/focus-visible/index.scss",
+    "postbuild:style-api": "mkdir -p lib/internal/style-api && cp ./src/internal/style-api/index.scss lib/internal/style-api/index.scss",
     "test-pages": "vite --config ./test-pages/vite.config.mts",
     "test:unit": "jest -c jest.unit.config.cjs",
     "test:integ": "NODE_OPTIONS=\"$NODE_OPTIONS --experimental-vm-modules\" jest -c jest.integ.config.cjs",
diff --git a/src/internal/style-api/index.scss b/src/internal/style-api/index.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..477e4cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/internal/style-api/index.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+*/
+
+@use 'sass:map';
+@use 'sass:list';
+@use 'sass:string';
+
+// Style API v2 authoring utils for shared, component-agnostic style tokens (e.g. --awsui-style-color-text,
+// not --awsui-style-button-color-text). The owning component is implied by where the consumer applies the
+// class, so one abstract token name is reused across components and shared token groups can be composed.
+//
+// Model: each public token `--awsui-style-<prop>` is registered `@property { syntax:'*'; inherits:false }`.
+// A component resolves its prop set into a <prop> -> custom-property map for one of two LAYERS, then reads via
+// `var(#{read($tokens, <prop>)}, <default>)` (uniform at every read site):
+//
+//  - PUBLIC layer: read the public token directly, on the element the consumer themes. It doesn't inherit, so
+//    it can't pick up an ancestor component's value. Use for single-element components (e.g. a button).
+//  - CARRIER layer: the public token is mirrored into an INHERITED internal carrier `--awsui-internal-style-<prop>`
+//    re-anchored on the component root (carriers() mixin), so descendants can read it. Each root re-anchors from
+//    its own (unset) public token, so values scope to the instance and reset at every nested boundary — no
+//    leakage. Registrations are byte-identical across components, so order-independent.
+//
+// Example:
+//
+//   @use '@cloudscape-design/component-toolkit/internal/style-api' as style-api;
+//
+//   $props: style-api.combine((color-background, color-text), (icon-color)); // 1. union token lists (deduped)
+//   $tokens: style-api.resolve($props, carrier);             // 2. map for the carrier layer -> pass to read()
+//   @include style-api.register($props);                     // 3. declare the public @property (top level, once)
+//
+//   .alert-root {
+//     @include style-api.carriers($props);                   // 4. re-anchor public -> internal on the boundary
+//     color: var(#{style-api.read($tokens, color-text)}, #16191f); // 5. apply token (default via awsui.$… in a real component)
+//   }
+//
+// A consumer themes an instance by setting the public token on a class applied to the component:
+//   .my-alert { --awsui-style-color-text: light-dark(black, white); }
+
+// 1. Deduped union of token lists.
+@function combine($lists...) {
+  $result: ();
+  @each $list in $lists {
+    @each $prop in $list {
+      @if not list.index($result, $prop) {
+        $result: list.append($result, $prop);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  @return $result;
+}
+
+// 2. Resolves `$props` into a <prop> -> custom-property map for `$layer` (`public` or `carrier`), consumed by
+// read() at read sites. `$layer` is required so the layer choice is always explicit at the call site.
+@function resolve($props, $layer) {
+  @if $layer != public and $layer != carrier {
+    @error 'Unknown layer "#{$layer}". Use `public` or `carrier`.';
+  }
+  $prefix: '--awsui-internal-style-';
+  @if $layer == public {
+    $prefix: '--awsui-style-';
+  }
+  $tokens: ();
+  @each $prop in $props {
+    $tokens: map.set($tokens, $prop, string.unquote('#{$prefix}#{$prop}'));
+  }
+  @return $tokens;
+}
+
+// 3. Registers the public tokens as non-inheriting @property. Top level only.
+@mixin register($props) {
+  @each $prop in $props {
+    @property --awsui-style-#{$prop} {
+      syntax: '*';
+      inherits: false;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// 4. Re-anchors each public token into its inherited internal carrier. Include on the component's root; pair
+// with a `resolve($props, carrier)` map so descendants read the re-anchored values.
+@mixin carriers($props) {
+  @each $prop in $props {
+    --awsui-internal-style-#{$prop}: var(--awsui-style-#{$prop});
+  }
+}
+
+// 5. The custom-property to read for `$prop`, looked up in the given map. Errors at compile time on an
+// undeclared prop (a typo, or a token the component never composed into its set).
+@function read($tokens, $prop) {
+  @if not map.has-key($tokens, $prop) {
+    @error 'Unknown style token "#{$prop}". Declared: #{map.keys($tokens)}.';
+  }
+  @return map.get($tokens, $prop);
+}
diff --git a/test-pages/src/pages/style-api.module.scss b/test-pages/src/pages/style-api.module.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adae017
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-pages/src/pages/style-api.module.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+@use '../../../src/internal/style-api' as style-api;
+
+// Two demo components exercise the two layers:
+//  - .panel uses the CARRIER layer, so descendants (.title/.body) read the re-anchored tokens.
+//  - .pill uses the PUBLIC layer, reading the tokens directly on the element the consumer themes.
+$panel-props: (
+  color-background,
+  color-border,
+  border-width,
+  border-radius,
+  color-text,
+  color-text-secondary
+);
+$pill-props: (
+  color-background,
+  color-border,
+  color-text,
+  border-radius
+);
+
+@include style-api.register(style-api.combine($panel-props, $pill-props));
+
+$panel: style-api.resolve($panel-props, carrier);
+$pill: style-api.resolve($pill-props, public);
+
+.panel {
+  @include style-api.carriers($panel-props); // re-anchor on the boundary so descendants can read the tokens
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  max-inline-size: 360px;
+  background: var(#{style-api.read($panel, color-background)}, #445566);
+  border: var(#{style-api.read($panel, border-width)}, 1px) solid var(#{style-api.read($panel, color-border)}, #879596);
+  border-radius: var(#{style-api.read($panel, border-radius)}, 8px);
+  padding: 16px;
+}
+
+.title {
+  color: var(#{style-api.read($panel, color-text)}, #ffffff);
+  font-weight: 700;
+}
+
+.body {
+  margin-block-start: 8px;
+  color: var(#{style-api.read($panel, color-text-secondary)}, #ffffdd);
+}
+
+.pill {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  display: inline-block;
+  background: var(#{style-api.read($pill, color-background)}, #0972d3);
+  color: var(#{style-api.read($pill, color-text)}, #ffffff);
+  border: 1px solid var(#{style-api.read($pill, color-border)}, #0972d3);
+  border-radius: var(#{style-api.read($pill, border-radius)}, 20px);
+  padding: 4px 12px;
+}
+
+// Consumer theme overrides: set the shared public --awsui-style-* tokens.
+.theme-panel {
+  --awsui-style-color-background: #336688;
+  --awsui-style-color-text: #ffffaa;
+  --awsui-style-color-text-secondary: #cccc44;
+  --awsui-style-color-border: #cccc44;
+  --awsui-style-border-width: 2px;
+  --awsui-style-border-radius: 4px;
+}
+
+.theme-pill {
+  --awsui-style-color-background: #c2185b;
+  --awsui-style-color-text: #ffffff;
+  --awsui-style-color-border: #c2185b;
+  --awsui-style-border-radius: 4px;
+}
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diff --git a/test-pages/src/pages/style-api.page.tsx b/test-pages/src/pages/style-api.page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5026fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-pages/src/pages/style-api.page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+import * as React from 'react';
+import styles from './style-api.module.scss';
+
+export default function StyleApiPage() {
+  return (
+    <div style={{ margin: 16 }}>
+      <h1>Style API v2 tools</h1>
+
+      <h2>Without carrier tokens (public layer)</h2>
+      <p>Single element; reads --awsui-style-* directly on the themed element.</p>
+      <p>
+        <CustomPill>Default</CustomPill> <CustomPill className={styles['theme-pill']}>Themed</CustomPill>
+      </p>
+
+      <h2>With carrier tokens (carrier layer)</h2>
+      <p>The root re-anchors carriers; the title and body (descendants) read them.</p>
+      <CustomPanel title="Default">Default style (no overrides).</CustomPanel>
+      <br />
+      <CustomPanel className={styles['theme-panel']} title="Themed">
+        <div>
+          <div>Themed via --awsui-style-* on the root; the title and body colors resolve through carriers.</div>
+          <br />
+          <CustomPanel title="Default">Default style (no overrides).</CustomPanel>
+        </div>
+      </CustomPanel>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function CustomPill(props: { className?: string; children?: React.ReactNode }) {
+  return <span className={cx(styles.pill, props.className)}>{props.children}</span>;
+}
+
+function CustomPanel(props: { title: React.ReactNode; className?: string; children?: React.ReactNode }) {
+  return (
+    <div className={cx(styles.panel, props.className)}>
+      <div className={styles.title}>{props.title}</div>
+      <div className={styles.body}>{props.children}</div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+function cx(...names: Array<string | undefined>) {
+  return names.filter(Boolean).join(' ');
+}