diff --git a/config/stylelint/sassMsgFormatter.js b/config/stylelint/sassMsgFormatter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c42f00406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/stylelint/sassMsgFormatter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+const chalk = require('chalk');
+
+/**
+ * @constant
+ */
+const ERROR = chalk.bold.red;
+const WARNING = chalk.yellow;
+const URL = chalk.underline.cyan;
+const NUMBER = chalk.dim;
+const RULE = chalk.bgWhite.black;
+
+/**
+ * returns the boolean representing whether a file has any errors for filtering purposes
+ * @param {Object} result - the object representing the result of a linting session
+ * @returns {Boolean} returns true or false depending on whether the file has errors or not
+ */
+function filterForErrors(result) {
+  return result.errored;
+}
+
+/**
+ * creates colored text that describes the severity of a problem
+ * @param {String} severity - error.severity, the severity of the error
+ * @returns {String} returns colored error text depending on the severity
+ */
+function generateErrorIcon(severity) {
+  let errorIcon = '';
+  switch (severity) {
+    case 'error':
+      errorIcon = ERROR('ERROR');
+      break;
+    case 'warning':
+      errorIcon = WARNING('warning');
+      break;
+    default:
+      errorIcon += '';
+      break;
+  }
+  return errorIcon;
+}
+
+/**
+ * indents a piece of text depending on the length of the previous block of text
+ * @param {Object} error - the specific error
+ * @returns {String} returns the appropriate amount of tab characters
+ */
+function formatTabbing(error) {
+  if (`${error.line}:${error.column}`.length < 6) {
+    return '\t \t';
+  }
+  return '\t';
+}
+
+/**
+ * creates a message with a link to the carbon documentation depending on the individual error
+ * @param {String} text - the error.text property of an error message, the defaul error message stylelint produces
+ * @returns {String} returns a custom informational message for the type of error
+ */
+function createCustomMessage(text) {
+  let message = '';
+  if (text) {
+    if (text.includes('color"')) {
+      const url = URL('https://www.carbondesignsystem.com/guidelines/color/usage');
+      message = `\n\t${text}\n\t> Please refer to the Carbon documentation for proper color tokens: ${url}`;
+    } else if (text.includes('"margin') || text.includes('"padding')) {
+      const url = URL('https://www.carbondesignsystem.com/guidelines/spacing#spacing-scale');
+      message = `\n\t${text}\n\t> Please refer to the Carbon documentation for proper spacing values: ${url}`;
+    } else if (text.includes('"font')) {
+      const url = URL('https://www.carbondesignsystem.com/guidelines/typography/productive');
+      message = `\n\t${text}\n\t> Please refer to the Carbon productive typography documentation for proper font values: ${url}`;
+    } else if (text.includes('transition')) {
+      const url = URL('https://www.carbondesignsystem.com/guidelines/motion/overview');
+      message = `\n\t${text}\n\t> Please refer to the Carbon motion documentation for transitions: ${url}`;
+    }
+  }
+  return message;
+}
+
+/**
+ * formats the error message
+ * @param {Array<object>} errors - an array of all the errors in the linting session
+ * @returns {String} returns a formatted error message
+ */
+
+function formatError(errors) {
+  let errorMsg = '';
+  errors.forEach((error, i) => {
+    const number = NUMBER(`${i + 1}.`);
+    errorMsg += `${number} \t${generateErrorIcon(error.severity)} \t ${error.line}:${
+      error.column
+    } ${formatTabbing(error)} ${RULE(error.rule)}\n \t${createCustomMessage(error.text)}\n\n`;
+  });
+
+  return errorMsg;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @type {import('stylelint').Formatter}
+ */
+function formatter(results) {
+  let formattedMsg = '';
+  if (results) {
+    const filesWithErrors = results.filter(filterForErrors);
+    if (filesWithErrors.length > 0) {
+      formattedMsg += TITLE('\n!! WARNINGS !!\n\n');
+    }
+    filesWithErrors.forEach(result => {
+      const errors = result.warnings;
+      const errorMessage = formatError(errors);
+      formattedMsg += chalk.bold('Source: ');
+      formattedMsg += `${result.source}\n`;
+      formattedMsg += `${errorMessage}\n`;
+    });
+  }
+  return formattedMsg;
+}
+
+const formatterModule = (module.exports = formatter);
+formatterModule.filterForErrors = filterForErrors;
+formatterModule.generateErrorIcon = generateErrorIcon;
+formatterModule.formatTabbing = formatTabbing;
+formatterModule.createCustomMessage = createCustomMessage;
+formatterModule.formatError = formatError;
diff --git a/config/stylelint/sassMsgFormatter.test.js b/config/stylelint/sassMsgFormatter.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b8b7076105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/stylelint/sassMsgFormatter.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+const formatter = require('./sassMsgFormatter');
+const chalk = require('chalk');
+
+const ERROR = chalk.bold.red;
+const WARNING = chalk.yellow;
+const URL = chalk.underline.cyan;
+const TITLE = chalk.bgYellow;
+
+const exampleOne = {
+  source: 'test1.js',
+  errored: true,
+  warnings: [
+    {
+      severity: 'error',
+      line: 21,
+      column: 33,
+      rule: 'declaration-property-unit-blacklist',
+      text: 'Unexpected value in property "color"',
+    },
+  ],
+};
+const exampleTwo = {
+  source: 'test2.js',
+  errored: true,
+  warnings: [
+    {
+      severity: 'error',
+      line: 123,
+      column: 76,
+      rule: 'declaration-property-value-blacklist',
+      text: 'Unexpected value in "font-family"',
+    },
+  ],
+};
+
+describe('sassMsgFormatter', () => {
+  it('filters for errors', () => {
+    // this function should return false unless errored is equal to true
+    expect(formatter.filterForErrors({ errored: undefined })).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(formatter.filterForErrors({ errored: true })).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(formatter.filterForErrors({ errored: false })).toBeFalsy();
+    expect(formatter.filterForErrors({ errored: null })).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+  it('generates error icons', () => {
+    // expect(generateErrorIcon('error')).toEqual(ERROR('ERROR'));
+    expect(formatter.generateErrorIcon('error')).toContain('ERROR');
+    expect(formatter.generateErrorIcon('warning')).toContain('warning');
+    expect(formatter.generateErrorIcon(undefined)).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+  it('formats tabbing', () => {
+    expect(formatter.formatTabbing({ line: 121, column: 23 })).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(formatter.formatTabbing({ line: 1, column: 123 })).toHaveLength(3);
+    expect(formatter.formatTabbing({ line: 14, column: 23 })).toHaveLength(3);
+  });
+  it('creates custom message', () => {
+    console.log(exampleOne.warnings[0].text);
+    expect(createCustomMessage(exampleOne.warnings[0].text)).toContain(
+      URL('https://www.carbondesignsystem.com/guidelines/color/usage')
+    );
+    expect(createCustomMessage(exampleTwo.warnings[0].text)).toContain(
+      URL('https://www.carbondesignsystem.com/guidelines/typography/productive')
+    );
+    expect(createCustomMessage(null)).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+  it('formats errors', () => {
+    expect(formatter.formatError(exampleOne.warnings)).toContain(ERROR('ERROR'));
+    expect(formatter.formatError(exampleTwo.warnings)).toContain(ERROR('ERROR'));
+    expect(
+      formatError([
+        {
+          severity: 'warning',
+          line: 123,
+          column: 45,
+          rule: 'insert-rule-here',
+          text: 'error text',
+        },
+      ])
+    ).toContain(WARNING('warning'));
+  });
+  it('formats message', () => {
+    const resultsTest = [exampleOne, exampleTwo, { errored: false, warnings: undefined }];
+    expect(resultsTest.filter(formatter.filterForErrors)).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(formatter(resultsTest)).toContain(TITLE('\n!! WARNINGS !!\n\n'));
+    expect(formatter(resultsTest)).toContain(formatError(exampleOne.warnings));
+    expect(formatter(resultsTest)).toContain(formatError(exampleTwo.warnings));
+    expect(formatter([{ errored: false, warnings: undefined }])).toMatch('');
+    expect(formatter(null)).toHaveLength(0);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3fa98a7362..77a33ed8de 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
     "format:diff": "prettier --list-different \"**/*.{scss,css,js,jsx,md,ts}\"",
     "lint": "yarn lint:javascript && yarn lint:stylelint",
     "lint:javascript": "eslint --ext .jsx --ext .js .",
-    "lint:stylelint": "stylelint './src/**/*.scss' --syntax scss --ignorePath .gitignore",
+    "lint:stylelint": "stylelint './src/**/*.scss' --syntax scss --ignorePath .gitignore --custom-formatter ./config/stylelint/sassMsgFormatter.js",
+    "prepare": "yarn build",
     "publish-npm": "yarn semantic-release",
     "start": "yarn test:engines && yarn storybook",
     "storybook": "yarn test:engines && start-storybook -p 3000 -s public/development",
@@ -47,7 +48,44 @@
     "extends": "stylelint-config-recommended-scss",
     "plugins": [
       "stylelint-scss"
-    ]
+    ],
+    "rules": {
+      "declaration-property-unit-blacklist": [
+        {
+          "font-size": [
+            "em",
+            "px",
+            "pt"
+          ],
+          "margin": [
+            "px",
+            "rem"
+          ],
+          "padding": [
+            "px",
+            "rem"
+          ],
+          "transition": [
+            "s",
+            "ms"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "severity": "error"
+        }
+      ],
+      "declaration-property-value-blacklist": [
+        {
+          "color": [
+            "/^#/",
+            "/^rgb/"
+          ]
+        },
+        {
+          "severity": "error"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
   },
   "husky": {
     "hooks": {
@@ -162,6 +200,7 @@
     "babel-plugin-require-context-hook": "^1.0.0",
     "babel-plugin-styled-components": "^1.10.7",
     "babel-plugin-transform-react-remove-prop-types": "^0.4.24",
+    "chalk": "^4.1.0",
     "check-node-version": "^4.0.3",
     "coveralls": "^3.0.2",
     "cross-env": "^6.0.3",
diff --git a/src/components/GaugeCard/_gauge-card.scss b/src/components/GaugeCard/_gauge-card.scss
index f982866bfc..ae9493d686 100644
--- a/src/components/GaugeCard/_gauge-card.scss
+++ b/src/components/GaugeCard/_gauge-card.scss
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   stroke-dasharray: 0 var(--stroke-dash-array);
   transform: rotate(-90deg);
   transform-origin: center;
-  transition: all 0.2s ease-in;
+  transition: all $duration--moderate-01 ease-in;
 
   .#{$iot-prefix}--gauge__loaded & {
     stroke-dasharray: var(--stroke-dash) var(--stroke-dash-array);
diff --git a/src/components/Header/_header.scss b/src/components/Header/_header.scss
index 483b6f4d0a..81d1d33a20 100644
--- a/src/components/Header/_header.scss
+++ b/src/components/Header/_header.scss
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 .#{$prefix}--header__menu .#{$prefix}--header__menu-item[role='menuitem'] {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
-  color: #c6c6c6;
+  color: $active-ui;
   height: 100%;
   font-size: 0.875rem;
   font-weight: 400;
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@
   text-decoration: none;
   user-select: none;
   border: 2px solid #0000;
-  transition: background-color 110ms, border-color 110ms, color 110ms;
+  transition: background-color $duration--fast-02, border-color $duration--fast-02,
+    color $duration--fast-02;
   justify-content: center;
   padding: 0;
   width: 100%;
@@ -100,10 +101,7 @@
   // Used for links that are directly in the menubar to span the full height
   height: 100%;
   // Text styles
-  font-size: rem(14px);
-  font-weight: 400;
-  letter-spacing: 0;
-  line-height: rem(18px);
+  @include carbon--type-style('body-short-01');
   // Reset link styles and make sure the text isn't selectable
   text-decoration: none;
   user-select: none;
@@ -119,7 +117,7 @@ button.#{$prefix}--header__menu-item {
 
   &:focus {
     border-color: #fff;
-    color: #f4f4f4;
+    color: $ui-02;
     outline: none;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/SideNav/SideNav.story.scss b/src/components/SideNav/SideNav.story.scss
index 8a8d098085..d843d7ce53 100644
--- a/src/components/SideNav/SideNav.story.scss
+++ b/src/components/SideNav/SideNav.story.scss
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .#{$iot-prefix}--main-content {
   padding-top: 3rem;
   height: 100%;
-  transition: all 0.11s cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 1, 0.9);
+  transition: all $duration--fast-02 cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 1, 0.9);
   width: 100%;
 
   @media (min-width: 66em) {
diff --git a/src/components/SideNav/_side-nav.scss b/src/components/SideNav/_side-nav.scss
index 987f38857d..276c9ee164 100644
--- a/src/components/SideNav/_side-nav.scss
+++ b/src/components/SideNav/_side-nav.scss
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
     padding: 0 $spacing-05;
     position: relative;
     text-decoration: none;
-    transition: color 110ms, background-color 110ms, outline 110ms;
+    transition: color $duration--fast-02, background-color $duration--fast-02,
+      outline $duration--fast-02;
 
     &:focus {
       outline: 2px solid $interactive-01;
diff --git a/src/components/TableCard/_table-card.scss b/src/components/TableCard/_table-card.scss
index 155b9d5b1d..c619000e67 100644
--- a/src/components/TableCard/_table-card.scss
+++ b/src/components/TableCard/_table-card.scss
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
   p {
     margin-bottom: 8px;
-    font-size: 14px;
+    font-size: carbon--type-scale(2);
     font-weight: 600;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/TileCatalog/_catalog-content.scss b/src/components/TileCatalog/_catalog-content.scss
index 6f87b2c24f..04d68db0fb 100644
--- a/src/components/TileCatalog/_catalog-content.scss
+++ b/src/components/TileCatalog/_catalog-content.scss
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 }
 
 .#{$iot-prefix}--sample-tile-title {
-  color: #3d70b2;
+  color: $link-01;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
   white-space: nowrap;
   overflow-x: hidden;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 .#{$iot-prefix}--sample-tile-contents {
   display: flex;
   flex-flow: column nowrap;
-  padding: 0 1rem;
+  padding: 0 $spacing-05;
   align-self: flex-start;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/TileCatalog/_tile-group.scss b/src/components/TileCatalog/_tile-group.scss
index b373bf7dea..3859571bd1 100644
--- a/src/components/TileCatalog/_tile-group.scss
+++ b/src/components/TileCatalog/_tile-group.scss
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   flex: 1 1 33.33%;
   display: none;
   min-height: 0px;
-  padding: 0px;
+  padding: 0;
   border-top: 0px;
   border-bottom: 0px;
   @media screen and (min-width: $two-pane) {
diff --git a/src/components/TileCatalogNew/_tile-catalog.scss b/src/components/TileCatalogNew/_tile-catalog.scss
index 24a217ce92..a5abb848de 100644
--- a/src/components/TileCatalogNew/_tile-catalog.scss
+++ b/src/components/TileCatalogNew/_tile-catalog.scss
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
           svg {
             height: 2.5rem;
             width: 2.5rem;
-            padding: 0.75rem;
+            padding: $spacing-04;
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/src/components/TileGallery/_tile-gallery.scss b/src/components/TileGallery/_tile-gallery.scss
index bf6e9f358c..9247553f6b 100644
--- a/src/components/TileGallery/_tile-gallery.scss
+++ b/src/components/TileGallery/_tile-gallery.scss
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
       transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
       width: 100%;
       height: 100%;
-      transition: 0.5s ease;
+      transition: $duration--slow-01 ease;
       opacity: 0;
       display: flex;
       align-items: center;
diff --git a/src/components/WizardModal/_wizard-modal.scss b/src/components/WizardModal/_wizard-modal.scss
index 19318d9804..37f3de81a4 100644
--- a/src/components/WizardModal/_wizard-modal.scss
+++ b/src/components/WizardModal/_wizard-modal.scss
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
     min-width: 410px;
   }
 
-  .#{$prefix}--progress {
-    /* need to pad some space for the focus outlines*/
-    padding: 3px;
-  }
   .#{$prefix}--progress-step {
     max-width: 150px;
   }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6dd83cfcf1..b952c02cda 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6230,6 +6230,14 @@ chalk@^3.0.0:
     ansi-styles "^4.1.0"
     supports-color "^7.1.0"
 
+chalk@^4.1.0:
+  version "4.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/chalk/-/chalk-4.1.0.tgz#4e14870a618d9e2edd97dd8345fd9d9dc315646a"
+  integrity sha512-qwx12AxXe2Q5xQ43Ac//I6v5aXTipYrSESdOgzrN+9XjgEpyjpKuvSGaN4qE93f7TQTlerQQ8S+EQ0EyDoVL1A==
+  dependencies:
+    ansi-styles "^4.1.0"
+    supports-color "^7.1.0"
+
 change-emitter@^0.1.2:
   version "0.1.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/change-emitter/-/change-emitter-0.1.6.tgz#e8b2fe3d7f1ab7d69a32199aff91ea6931409515"