diff --git a/packages/cli/src/linter/model/handler.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/linter/model/handler.test.ts
index 0e0e05b..3918be7 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/linter/model/handler.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/linter/model/handler.test.ts
@@ -506,4 +506,99 @@ describe('ModelHandler', () => {
       expect(btn?.properties.get('fontWeight')).toBe(600);
     });
   });
+
+  // ── Fix #75: non-string YAML scalars crash model builder ──────────
+  describe('non-string component property values', () => {
+    it('does not crash when a property value is a bare float (regression for #42)', () => {
+      const result = handler.execute(makeParsed({
+        colors: { primary: '#ff0000' },
+        components: {
+          'button': {
+            backgroundColor: '{colors.primary}',
+            opacity: 0.9 as unknown as string,
+          },
+        },
+      }));
+      expect(result.findings.filter(f => f.severity === 'error')).toHaveLength(0);
+      const btn = result.designSystem.components.get('button');
+      expect(btn?.properties.get('opacity')).toBe(0.9 as unknown as never);
+    });
+
+    it('does not crash when a property value is a YAML boolean', () => {
+      const result = handler.execute(makeParsed({
+        components: {
+          'button': {
+            disabled: false as unknown as string,
+          },
+        },
+      }));
+      expect(result.findings.filter(f => f.severity === 'error')).toHaveLength(0);
+      const btn = result.designSystem.components.get('button');
+      expect(btn?.properties.get('disabled')).toBe(false as unknown as never);
+    });
+
+    it('does not crash when a property value is YAML null', () => {
+      const result = handler.execute(makeParsed({
+        components: {
+          'button': {
+            metadata: null as unknown as string,
+          },
+        },
+      }));
+      expect(result.findings.filter(f => f.severity === 'error')).toHaveLength(0);
+      const btn = result.designSystem.components.get('button');
+      expect(btn?.properties.get('metadata')).toBeNull();
+    });
+
+    it('does not crash when a property value is a YAML sequence', () => {
+      const result = handler.execute(makeParsed({
+        components: {
+          'button': {
+            items: ['a', 'b'] as unknown as string,
+          },
+        },
+      }));
+      expect(result.findings.filter(f => f.severity === 'error')).toHaveLength(0);
+      const btn = result.designSystem.components.get('button');
+      expect(btn?.properties.get('items')).toEqual(['a', 'b'] as unknown as never);
+    });
+
+    it('does not crash when a property value is a nested YAML mapping', () => {
+      const result = handler.execute(makeParsed({
+        components: {
+          'button': {
+            nested: { foo: 'bar' } as unknown as string,
+          },
+        },
+      }));
+      expect(result.findings.filter(f => f.severity === 'error')).toHaveLength(0);
+      const btn = result.designSystem.components.get('button');
+      expect(btn?.properties.get('nested')).toEqual({ foo: 'bar' } as unknown as never);
+    });
+
+    it('still resolves valid string token references and color/dimension props in same component', () => {
+      const result = handler.execute(makeParsed({
+        colors: { primary: '#ff0000' },
+        spacing: { md: '16px' },
+        components: {
+          'button': {
+            backgroundColor: '{colors.primary}',
+            padding: '{spacing.md}',
+            borderRadius: '4px',
+            opacity: 0.9 as unknown as string,
+            disabled: false as unknown as string,
+          },
+        },
+      }));
+      expect(result.findings.filter(f => f.severity === 'error')).toHaveLength(0);
+      const btn = result.designSystem.components.get('button');
+      expect(btn).toBeDefined();
+      const bg = btn?.properties.get('backgroundColor');
+      expect(typeof bg === 'object' && bg !== null && 'type' in bg && bg.type === 'color').toBe(true);
+      const padding = btn?.properties.get('padding');
+      expect(typeof padding === 'object' && padding !== null && 'type' in padding && padding.type === 'dimension').toBe(true);
+      expect(btn?.properties.get('opacity')).toBe(0.9 as unknown as never);
+      expect(btn?.properties.get('disabled')).toBe(false as unknown as never);
+    });
+  });
 });
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diff --git a/packages/cli/src/linter/model/handler.ts b/packages/cli/src/linter/model/handler.ts
index caca7e4..ee39be6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/linter/model/handler.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/linter/model/handler.ts
@@ -177,12 +177,13 @@ export class ModelHandler implements ModelSpec {
           const unresolvedRefs: string[] = [];
 
           for (const [propName, rawValue] of Object.entries(props)) {
-            // Numeric values (e.g. fontWeight: 600, borderWidth: 1) are valid
-            // per spec and must be stored as-is, coercing to string first
-            // would cause isTokenReference / isValidColor to call .match() on
-            // a number and crash with "raw.match is not a function".
-            if (typeof rawValue === 'number') {
-              properties.set(propName, rawValue);
+            // YAML scalars that aren't strings (numbers, booleans, null) and
+            // non-scalar values (arrays, objects) must be stored as-is.
+            // Passing them to isTokenReference / isValidColor / isParseableDimension
+            // would crash inside .match() / .trim() with errors like
+            // "raw.match is not a function" or "colorStr.trim is not a function".
+            if (typeof rawValue !== 'string') {
+              properties.set(propName, rawValue as unknown as ResolvedValue);
             } else if (isTokenReference(rawValue)) {
               const refPath = rawValue.slice(1, -1);
               const resolved = resolveReference(symbolTable, refPath, new Set());