:root{
  /* ---- Base palette ---- */
  --ld-black:#2D302D;        /* Charcoal */
  --ld-hunter:#505B41;       /* Sage Green */
  --ld-moss:#68724D;         /* Moss Green */
  --ld-stone:#9AA0A3;        /* Stone */
  --ld-white:#FFFFFF;        /* Pure White */
  --ld-cream:#F4F0E6;        /* Cream — soft alternate surface */
  --ld-brass:#A18A43;        /* Warm Gold — on light surfaces */
  --ld-brass-bright:#D8B45F; /* Bright Gold — for dark/green surfaces, where warm gold reads brown */
  --ld-brass-sheen:linear-gradient(100deg,#CDA854 0%,#DCBA6C 52%,#CDA854 100%); /* @kind other — near-flat gold, a hint of tonal shift only */
  --ld-grain:url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='120' height='120'%3E%3Cfilter id='g'%3E%3CfeTurbulence type='fractalNoise' baseFrequency='0.85' numOctaves='2' stitchTiles='stitch'/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix type='saturate' values='0'/%3E%3C/filter%3E%3Crect width='120' height='120' filter='url(%23g)' opacity='0.5'/%3E%3C/svg%3E"); /* @kind other — fine monochrome grain, overlay at low opacity on metal/dark fills */
  --ld-slate:#C9D0D3;        /* Glacial Gray */
  --ld-slate-blue:#5A6E7F;   /* Slate Blue — interactive accent (default) */
  --ld-driftwood:#8B7D68;    /* Driftwood — warm neutral accent */
  /* Derived tints/shades (oklch-tuned, stay unsaturated) */
  --ld-white-2:#F4F4F2;      /* recessed white */
  --ld-white-3:#E9E9E6;      /* hairline-adjacent surface */
  --ld-black-2:#363936;      /* raised dark surface */
  --ld-black-3:#3F433F;      /* dark card */
  --ld-stone-2:#7C8285;      /* muted text on light */
  --ld-stone-3:#C0C5C8;      /* muted text on dark */
  /* ---- Accent (ONE per artifact; slate blue default, gold via [data-accent="gold"]) ---- */
  --accent:var(--ld-slate-blue);
  --accent-hover:#4C5E6E;
  --accent-soft:rgba(90,110,127,.12);
  --error:#8F5B49;           /* muted clay — form errors only */
  /* ---- Semantic: light (default) ---- */
  --surface-page:var(--ld-white);
  --surface-raised:#FAFAF9;
  --surface-recessed:var(--ld-white-2);
  --surface-inverse:var(--ld-black);
  --text-primary:var(--ld-black);
  --text-secondary:#4C504C;
  --text-muted:var(--ld-stone);
  --text-inverse:var(--ld-white);
  --text-brass:var(--ld-brass);
  --border-hairline:rgba(45,48,45,.14);
  --border-strong:rgba(45,48,45,.32);
  --link:var(--text-primary);
  --link-hover:var(--accent);
  --focus-ring:var(--accent);
  --overlay-photo:linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(45,48,45,0) 40%,rgba(45,48,45,.62) 100%); /* @kind other */
}
[data-theme="dark"]{
  --surface-page:var(--ld-black);
  --surface-raised:var(--ld-black-2);
  --surface-recessed:#262926;
  --surface-inverse:var(--ld-white);
  --text-primary:var(--ld-white);
  --text-secondary:#DDDFDD;
  --text-muted:var(--ld-stone-3);
  --text-inverse:var(--ld-black);
  --text-brass:var(--ld-brass-bright);
  --border-hairline:rgba(255,255,255,.16);
  --border-strong:rgba(255,255,255,.38);
}
[data-accent="gold"]{
  --accent:var(--ld-brass);
  --accent-hover:#8C773A;
  --accent-soft:rgba(161,138,67,.14);
}