/* ========================================================================== Milton Dumpster Rental Group — styles.css Theme: "Blackwater" — BLACKWATER #231A15 ink + LOGO RED #A3111C CTA + deep red #7E0D16 secondary, with the logo's YELLOW #FACE01 on dark fields, over PALE SAND paper #F7F2E6 Type: Outfit (display, geometric sans) + Source Serif 4 (BODY SERIF) Motif: PILING divider + DIFFERENTIAL radius (16px cards, SQUARE buttons) + a CHIP eyebrow NOTE: *** `--red` HOLDS A RED AGAIN HERE. *** Last build it held a GREEN. Read the values, never the token names. NOTE: on DARK fields the CTA INVERTS to a YELLOW fill with an ink label. That is a WCAG 1.4.11 fix, not decoration — red is only 2.16:1 against the blackwater hero. Yellow measures 11.30:1. NOTE: *** THE HEADER IS DARK BECAUSE THE ARTWORK REQUIRES IT. *** The mark is a YELLOW container: 11.30:1 here, 1.04:1 on the mid-tone sand header that was the first choice. Do not lighten this header. NOTE: the header logo is the MARK ONLY, cut out of a stacked wordmark. The business name is live HTML text beside it. Do not swap in the full lockup or the name will appear twice. NOTE: the nav is SCOPED because the header is dark — the drawer is a light panel. Do not merge those media blocks. NOTE: this banner is a COMMENT, so no colour or place sweep will ever update it. Rewrite it by hand on every clone. ========================================================================== */ :root{ /* brand — repoint these three to recolour the whole site */ --ink:#231A15; /* BLACKWATER — the tannin-dark river ink */ --red:#A3111C; /* brand primary / CTA */ --teal:#7E0D16; /* DEEP RED — structural marks on light fields */ --ink-2:#3A2A20; --ink-3:#7E0D16; --red-dk:#7E0D16; --red-lt:#F7E2E3; --teal-dk:#5E0A11; --teal-lt:#F6E6E7; --steel:#8F8F8F; --tx:#241C17; --tx-2:#6B6158; --tx-3:#9C948A; --line:#DFD6C0; --line-2:#EBE4D3; --bg:#F7F2E6; /* PALE SAND paper — MUST match the divider tile fill */ --bg-2:#EFE8D6; --bg-3:#DCD2BA; --paper:#FFFFFF; --ff-d:'Outfit',ui-sans-serif,system-ui,-apple-system,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Arial,sans-serif; --ff-t:'Source Serif 4',ui-serif,Georgia,Cambria,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; --r:16px; /* CARD radius only — buttons are SQUARE (0). Differential, inverted. */ --r-s:10px; /* button radius */ --wrap:1180px; --sh:0 1px 2px rgba(35,26,21,.05),0 10px 26px -16px rgba(35,26,21,.20); --sh-lg:0 2px 5px rgba(35,26,21,.07),0 26px 50px -22px rgba(35,26,21,.30); --hdr-h:66px; } /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ base */ *,*::before,*::after{box-sizing:border-box} html{-webkit-text-size-adjust:100%;scroll-behavior:smooth;overflow-x:clip} @media (prefers-reduced-motion:reduce){ html{scroll-behavior:auto} *,*::before,*::after{animation-duration:.001ms!important;transition-duration:.001ms!important} } body{margin:0;font-family:var(--ff-t);font-size:17px;line-height:1.68;color:var(--tx); background:var(--bg);-webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased;overflow-x:clip} img,svg,iframe,video{max-width:100%} img{height:auto;display:block} h1,h2,h3,h4{font-family:var(--ff-d);color:var(--ink);margin:0 0 .5em; letter-spacing:-.028em;line-height:1.12;font-weight:700;overflow-wrap:break-word} h1{font-size:clamp(2rem,1.3rem + 2.75vw,3.35rem);font-weight:800;letter-spacing:-.038em} h2{font-size:clamp(1.58rem,1.16rem + 1.6vw,2.3rem);font-weight:750;letter-spacing:-.032em} h3{font-size:clamp(1.12rem,1.02rem + .4vw,1.3rem);font-weight:700} h4{font-size:1.02rem;font-weight:700} p{margin:0 0 1.15em} a{color:var(--red);text-decoration-color:rgba(126,13,22,.30);text-underline-offset:3px} a:hover{color:var(--red-dk)} ul,ol{padding-left:1.15em} li{margin:.34em 0} strong,b{font-weight:700;color:var(--ink)} :focus-visible{outline:3px solid var(--teal);outline-offset:2px;border-radius:2px} .skip{position:absolute;left:-9999px;top:0;z-index:200;background:var(--red);color:#fff; padding:.7rem 1.1rem;font-weight:700} .skip:focus{left:0} .wrap{width:100%;max-width:var(--wrap);margin-inline:auto;padding-inline:20px} .wrap-narrow{max-width:820px} .ic{width:20px;height:20px;flex:none} .arw{display:inline-block;transition:transform .18s ease;margin-left:.35em} a:hover .arw,.btn:hover .arw{transform:translateX(4px)} .sr{position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px;overflow:hidden;clip:rect(0 0 0 0);white-space:nowrap} /* --------------------------------------------------------------- eyebrow */ /* signature: leading diamond rather than a rule */ .eyebrow{font-family:var(--ff-d);font-size:.72rem;font-weight:800;letter-spacing:.19em; text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--tx-3);margin:0 0 .8rem;display:flex; align-items:center;gap:.55rem} .eyebrow::before{content:"";width:8px;height:8px;background:currentColor;flex:none; transform:rotate(45deg)} .eyebrow-amber{color:var(--teal-dk)} .hero .eyebrow-amber,.sec-dark .eyebrow-amber{color:#A3111C} .lede{font-size:1.08rem;color:var(--tx-2);max-width:66ch} /* --------------------------------------------------------------- buttons */ .btn{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;gap:.55rem; font-family:var(--ff-d);font-weight:750;font-size:.85rem;letter-spacing:.06em; text-transform:uppercase;padding:.86rem 1.4rem;border-radius:var(--r-s); border:2px solid transparent;text-decoration:none;cursor:pointer; transition:background .18s,color .18s,border-color .18s,transform .12s,box-shadow .18s; line-height:1.2;text-align:center} .btn:active{transform:translateY(1px)} .btn-ic{width:18px;height:18px} .btn-lg{padding:1.02rem 1.7rem;font-size:.92rem} .btn-sm{padding:.64rem 1rem;font-size:.775rem} .btn-red{background:var(--red);color:#fff;box-shadow:0 6px 16px -8px rgba(126,13,22,.85)} .btn-red:hover{background:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--teal);color:#fff;box-shadow:0 6px 16px -8px rgba(250,206,1,.85)} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--teal-dk);color:#fff} .btn-ghost{background:transparent;color:#fff;border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.4)} .btn-ghost:hover{background:rgba(255,255,255,.1);color:#fff;border-color:#fff} .btn-line{background:transparent;color:var(--ink);border-color:var(--ink)} .btn-line:hover{background:var(--ink);color:#fff} .btn-dark{background:var(--ink);color:#fff} .btn-dark:hover{background:var(--ink-2);color:#fff} /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- header */ /* dark header with a red underscore rule */ .hdr{position:sticky;top:0;z-index:60;background:var(--bg); border-bottom:1px solid var(--line)} .hdr-top{background:#0F1920;color:#93A4AD;font-size:.78rem; border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.07)} .hdr-top-in{display:flex;gap:1.7rem;align-items:center;justify-content:center; min-height:34px;flex-wrap:wrap} .ht-item{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:.42rem;font-weight:500} .ht-ic{width:15px;height:15px;color:#A3111C} .hdr-in{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:1rem;min-height:var(--hdr-h)} .brand{display:flex;align-items:center;text-decoration:none;flex:none;min-width:0} /* Stacked lockup (1.356:1) with a two-line wordmark - needs more height than the square badges of the previous builds, or the subline is illegible. Revert to ~44px if a future clone uses a round badge. */ .brand img{height:58px;width:auto;object-fit:contain} .brand-tx{display:none} /* the lockup already contains the name */ .nav{margin-left:auto;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:1rem;min-width:0} .nav-l{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:.1rem;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0} .nav-l>li{margin:0;position:relative} .nav-l>li>a{display:block;padding:.55rem .66rem;font-family:var(--ff-d);font-weight:650; font-size:.855rem;color:#D4DCE1;text-decoration:none} .nav-l>li>a:hover{color:#fff} .nav-l>li>a[aria-current="page"]{color:#fff} .nav-l>li>a[aria-current="page"]::after{content:"";display:block;height:3px; background:var(--red);margin-top:4px} .has-sub>.sub-t::after{content:"";display:inline-block;width:6px;height:6px; border-right:2px solid currentColor;border-bottom:2px solid currentColor; transform:rotate(45deg) translateY(-2px);margin-left:.45rem;opacity:.65} .sub-b{display:none} .sub{position:absolute;top:calc(100% + 8px);left:0;min-width:270px;background:var(--paper); border:1px solid var(--line);border-top:3px solid var(--red);box-shadow:var(--sh-lg); list-style:none;margin:0;padding:.45rem;opacity:0;visibility:hidden; transform:translateY(-6px);transition:opacity .16s,transform .16s,visibility .16s;z-index:70} .sub::before{content:"";position:absolute;top:-11px;left:0;right:0;height:11px} .has-sub:hover>.sub,.has-sub:focus-within>.sub{opacity:1;visibility:visible;transform:none} .sub li{margin:0} .sub a{display:block;padding:.52rem .7rem;font-size:.875rem;font-weight:550;color:var(--ink-2); text-decoration:none} .sub a:hover{background:var(--bg-2);color:var(--red)} .sub-wide{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;min-width:490px;gap:0 .2rem} .sub-right{left:auto;right:0} .sub-all{grid-column:1/-1;border-top:1px solid var(--line-2);margin-top:.3rem;padding-top:.3rem} .sub-all a{color:var(--red);font-weight:750} .nav-cta{display:none} .hdr-act{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:.6rem;flex:none} .hdr-call{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:.45rem;background:var(--red);color:#fff; font-family:var(--ff-d);font-weight:750;font-size:.87rem;padding:.66rem 1.05rem; border-radius:var(--r-s);text-decoration:none;white-space:nowrap;letter-spacing:.02em} .hdr-call:hover{background:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .burger{display:none;width:44px;height:44px;border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.28); background:transparent;border-radius:var(--r-s);cursor:pointer;padding:0; flex-direction:column;gap:5px;justify-content:center;align-items:center} .burger span{display:block;width:20px;height:2px;background:#fff;transition:transform .2s,opacity .2s} .burger[aria-expanded="true"] span:nth-child(1){transform:translateY(7px) rotate(45deg)} .burger[aria-expanded="true"] span:nth-child(2){opacity:0} .burger[aria-expanded="true"] span:nth-child(3){transform:translateY(-7px) rotate(-45deg)} .scrim{position:fixed;inset:0;background:rgba(12,20,25,.55);z-index:58;border:0} /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ hero */ .hero{position:relative;background:var(--ink);color:#DCE3E7; padding:clamp(2.6rem,1.4rem + 4vw,4.4rem) 0 clamp(3rem,2rem + 4vw,4.8rem); overflow:hidden;isolation:isolate} .hero::before{content:"";position:absolute;inset:0;z-index:-1; background:radial-gradient(720px 400px at 78% 12%,rgba(250,206,1,.08),transparent 62%), radial-gradient(600px 420px at 2% 92%,rgba(250,206,1,.08),transparent 64%), linear-gradient(165deg,#A3111C 0%,#231A15 60%,#150F0C 100%)} /* signature: fine diagonal hatch on dark panels */ .hero::after{content:"";position:absolute;inset:0;z-index:-1;opacity:.5; background-image:repeating-linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(255,255,255,.032) 0 1px,transparent 1px 9px)} .hero-in{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1.04fr) minmax(0,.96fr); gap:clamp(1.8rem,1rem + 3vw,3.4rem);align-items:center} .hero-tx{min-width:0} .hero h1{color:#fff} .hero h1 em{font-style:normal;color:#A3111C} .hero-lede{font-size:clamp(1.02rem,.98rem + .3vw,1.16rem);color:#B4C2C9;max-width:52ch} .hero-ul{list-style:none;padding:0;margin:1.4rem 0 1.7rem;display:grid;gap:.55rem} .hero-ul li{display:flex;gap:.6rem;align-items:flex-start;font-size:.955rem; color:#CFD9DE;font-weight:500;margin:0} .hero-ul .ic{color:#A3111C;width:19px;height:19px;margin-top:3px} .hero-act{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:.7rem;margin-bottom:1.1rem} .hero-fine{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:.45rem;font-size:.84rem;color:#8B9BA4;margin:0} .hero-fine .ic{width:16px;height:16px;color:#A3111C} .hero-md{position:relative;min-width:0} /* hard-edged frame with a thick red top rule — no offset outline */ .hero-frame{position:relative;border-top:6px solid var(--red);background:#231A15; box-shadow:0 26px 56px -26px rgba(0,0,0,.85)} .hero-frame img{width:100%;aspect-ratio:3/2;object-fit:cover;display:block} .hero-badge{position:absolute;left:0;bottom:-26px;z-index:2;background:var(--red); color:#fff;padding:.72rem 1.05rem;max-width:250px;display:flex;align-items:baseline;gap:.55rem} .hero-badge b{font-family:var(--ff-d);font-size:1.3rem;font-weight:800;line-height:1; letter-spacing:-.03em} .hero-badge span{font-size:.74rem;font-weight:600;line-height:1.25;opacity:.95} .hero-cut{display:none} /* -------------------------------------------------------- sub-page hero */ .crumbs{background:var(--bg-2);border-bottom:1px solid var(--line);font-size:.82rem} .crumbs ol{list-style:none;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:.4rem;margin:0;padding:.6rem 0} .crumbs li{margin:0;display:flex;align-items:center;gap:.4rem;color:var(--tx-3);min-width:0} .crumbs li+li::before{content:"/";color:var(--line);font-weight:600} .crumbs a{color:var(--tx-2);text-decoration:none;font-weight:600} .crumbs a:hover{color:var(--red)} .crumbs span{color:var(--ink);font-weight:700;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis} .phero{padding:clamp(1.8rem,1.2rem + 2vw,2.9rem) 0 0;background:var(--bg)} /* signature: left vertical red rule on sub-page headings */ .phero h1{max-width:20ch;border-left:5px solid var(--red);padding-left:1.1rem} .phero-lede{font-size:clamp(1.02rem,.98rem + .25vw,1.13rem);color:var(--tx-2);max-width:68ch} .phero-act{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:.65rem;margin:1.3rem 0 1.9rem} .phero-md{border-top:5px solid var(--red);position:relative;background:var(--ink)} .phero-md img{width:100%;max-height:340px;object-fit:cover;display:block} @media (min-width:900px){.phero-md img{max-height:380px}} /* ------------------------------------------------------------- trust bar */ /* light bone strip with thin vertical dividers and teal icons */ .tbar{background:var(--bg-2);color:var(--ink-2);border-bottom:1px solid var(--line)} .tbar-in{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;justify-content:space-between;gap:.4rem 1rem; padding-block:1rem} .tbar-i{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:.5rem;font-family:var(--ff-d); font-size:.84rem;font-weight:700;position:relative;padding-right:1.1rem;min-width:0} .tbar-i .ic{width:19px;height:19px;color:var(--teal)} .tbar-i:not(:last-child)::after{content:"";position:absolute;right:0;top:50%; transform:translateY(-50%);width:1px;height:22px;background:var(--line)} /* -------------------------------------------------------------- sections */ .sec{padding:clamp(2.6rem,1.8rem + 3vw,4.4rem) 0} .sec-alt{background:var(--bg-2)} .sec-dark{background:var(--ink);color:#DCD2BA;position:relative;isolation:isolate} .sec-dark::after{content:"";position:absolute;inset:0;z-index:-1;opacity:.5; background-image:repeating-linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(255,255,255,.03) 0 1px,transparent 1px 9px)} .sec-dark h2,.sec-dark h3{color:#fff} .sec-dark .lede{color:#D6CBB2} .sec>.wrap>h2{max-width:24ch} .sec-head{display:flex;justify-content:space-between;align-items:flex-end;gap:1.5rem; flex-wrap:wrap;margin-bottom:1.9rem} .sec-head>div{min-width:0;flex:1 1 420px} .sec-head h2{margin-bottom:.35em} .prose>h2{margin-top:2.1em} .prose>h2:first-child{margin-top:0} .prose>h3{margin-top:1.7em} .prose ul,.prose ol{margin:0 0 1.15em} .prose li{margin:.42em 0} /* ----------------------------------------------------------------- cards */ /* top accent rule, hard corners */ .grid{display:grid;gap:1rem;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,272px),1fr))} .grid-2{grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,340px),1fr))} .grid-4{grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,220px),1fr))} .card{position:relative;background:var(--paper);border:1px solid var(--line); border-top:3px solid var(--ink);border-radius:var(--r); padding:1.4rem 1.35rem;min-width:0;transition:box-shadow .2s,transform .2s,border-top-color .2s} .card:hover{box-shadow:var(--sh);transform:translateY(-2px);border-top-color:var(--red)} .card h3{margin:0 0 .4em} .card h3 a{color:var(--ink);text-decoration:none} .card h3 a::after{content:"";position:absolute;inset:0} .card:hover h3 a{color:var(--red)} .card p{margin:0;font-size:.94rem;color:var(--tx-2)} .card-ic{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;width:42px;height:42px; background:var(--teal-lt);color:var(--teal-dk);margin-bottom:.9rem;border-radius:var(--r)} .card-ic .ic{width:21px;height:21px} .card-n{font-family:var(--ff-d);font-size:1.05rem;font-weight:800;line-height:1; color:#fff;background:var(--red);display:inline-flex;width:34px;height:34px; align-items:center;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:.75rem;border-radius:var(--r)} .card-more{display:inline-block;margin-top:.9rem;font-family:var(--ff-d);font-size:.78rem; font-weight:800;color:var(--red);text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.07em} .sec-alt .card{background:var(--paper)} .sec-dark .card{background:var(--ink-2);border-color:#A3111C;border-top-color:var(--teal)} .sec-dark .card p{color:#D6CBB2} .sec-dark .card-ic{background:rgba(126,13,22,.15);color:#A3111C} /* ----------------------------------------------------------------- steps */ /* filled circular numerals joined by a connector line */ .steps{list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0;display:grid;gap:1.3rem; grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,240px),1fr))} .steps li{margin:0;min-width:0;position:relative;padding-top:3.2rem} .steps li::before{content:"";position:absolute;top:22px;left:0;right:0;height:2px; background:var(--line)} .steps li:last-child::before{right:50%} .stp-n{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:44px;height:44px;border-radius:50%; background:var(--red);color:#fff;font-family:var(--ff-d);font-size:1.05rem;font-weight:800; display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;z-index:1; box-shadow:0 0 0 6px var(--bg)} .sec-alt .stp-n{box-shadow:0 0 0 6px var(--bg-2)} .sec-dark .stp-n{box-shadow:0 0 0 6px var(--ink)} .sec-dark .steps li::before{background:#A3111C} .steps h3{margin:0 0 .35em;font-size:1.03rem} .steps p{margin:0;font-size:.92rem;color:var(--tx-2)} .sec-dark .steps p{color:#D6CBB2} /* --------------------------------------------------------------- feature */ .split{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,330px),1fr)); gap:clamp(1.6rem,1rem + 2.4vw,3.2rem);align-items:center} .split>div{min-width:0} .split .imgwrap img,.split-md img{width:100%;aspect-ratio:3/2;object-fit:cover;display:block} .split .imgwrap,.split-md .imgwrap{border-top:5px solid var(--red)} .split-md{position:relative} .ticks{list-style:none;padding:0;margin:1.2rem 0 0;display:grid;gap:.6rem} .ticks li{display:flex;gap:.6rem;align-items:flex-start;margin:0;font-size:.96rem} .ticks .ic{color:var(--teal);width:19px;height:19px;margin-top:4px;flex:none} .sec-dark .ticks .ic{color:#A3111C} /* ------------------------------------------------------------- stat band */ .stats{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,160px),1fr)); gap:1rem;margin:0;padding:0;list-style:none} .stats li{margin:0;min-width:0;padding:1.2rem 1.1rem;background:var(--paper); border:1px solid var(--line);border-left:3px solid var(--teal);border-radius:var(--r)} .stats b{display:block;font-family:var(--ff-d);font-size:1.95rem;font-weight:800; line-height:1;color:var(--ink);letter-spacing:-.04em} .stats span{display:block;font-size:.85rem;color:var(--tx-2);margin-top:.4rem;font-weight:550} .sec-dark .stats li{background:var(--ink-2);border-color:#A3111C;border-left-color:#A3111C} .sec-dark .stats b{color:#fff} .sec-dark .stats span{color:#D6CBB2} /* ----------------------------------------------------------------- table */ .table-scroll{overflow-x:auto;-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch;border:1px solid var(--line); background:var(--paper);max-width:100%;border-radius:var(--r)} .table-scroll:focus-visible{outline:3px solid var(--teal);outline-offset:2px} .tbl-compare{border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;min-width:660px;font-size:.925rem} .tbl-compare caption{text-align:left;padding:.9rem 1rem;font-family:var(--ff-d); font-weight:700;font-size:.86rem;color:var(--tx-2);border-bottom:1px solid var(--line)} .tbl-compare th,.tbl-compare td{padding:.78rem 1rem;text-align:left; border-bottom:1px solid var(--line-2);vertical-align:top} .tbl-compare thead th{background:var(--ink);color:#fff;font-family:var(--ff-d); font-weight:700;font-size:.76rem;letter-spacing:.09em;text-transform:uppercase; border-bottom:0;white-space:nowrap} .tbl-compare tbody th{font-family:var(--ff-d);font-weight:800;color:var(--ink);white-space:nowrap} .tbl-compare tbody th a{color:var(--ink);text-decoration:none} .tbl-compare tbody th a:hover{color:var(--red)} .tbl-compare tbody tr:nth-child(even){background:var(--bg-2)} .tbl-compare tbody tr:last-child th,.tbl-compare tbody tr:last-child td{border-bottom:0} .tbl-plain{border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;font-size:.93rem;margin:0 0 1.3rem; background:var(--paper)} .tbl-plain th,.tbl-plain td{padding:.64rem .8rem;border-bottom:1px solid var(--line-2); text-align:left;overflow-wrap:anywhere} .tbl-plain thead th{font-family:var(--ff-d);font-size:.76rem;text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.09em;color:var(--tx-2);border-bottom:2px solid var(--ink)} .table-scroll>.tbl-plain{margin:0;border:0} .prose .table-scroll{margin:0 0 1.3rem} /* ------------------------------------------------------------------- faq */ .faqs{display:grid;gap:.55rem;margin-top:1.6rem} .faq{background:var(--paper);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:var(--r);overflow:hidden} .faq[open]{border-color:var(--ink);box-shadow:var(--sh)} .faq[open] summary{background:var(--bg-2)} .faq summary{cursor:pointer;list-style:none;padding:1rem 3rem 1rem 1.15rem;position:relative; font-family:var(--ff-d);font-weight:700;font-size:1rem;color:var(--ink)} .faq summary::-webkit-details-marker{display:none} .faq summary::after{content:"";position:absolute;right:1.2rem;top:1.42rem;width:12px;height:2px; background:var(--red)} .faq summary::before{content:"";position:absolute;right:1.2rem;top:1.42rem;width:12px;height:2px; background:var(--red);transform:rotate(90deg);transition:transform .2s} .faq[open] summary::before{transform:rotate(0)} .faq summary:hover{color:var(--red)} .faq-a{padding:1rem 1.15rem 1.1rem;color:var(--tx-2);font-size:.955rem} .faq-a p:last-child,.faq-a ul:last-child{margin-bottom:0} .sec-faq{background:var(--bg-2)} /* --------------------------------------------------------------- reviews */ .revs{display:grid;gap:1rem;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,290px),1fr)); margin-top:1.9rem} .rev{margin:0;background:var(--paper);border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:var(--r); padding:1.4rem;min-width:0;position:relative;border-top:3px solid var(--teal)} .stars{display:flex;gap:2px;color:var(--red);margin-bottom:.75rem} .stars .st{width:17px;height:17px;fill:currentColor;stroke:none} .rev blockquote{margin:0;padding:0} .rev p{font-size:.955rem;color:var(--tx);margin:0 0 .9rem} .rev figcaption{font-family:var(--ff-d);font-weight:800;font-size:.9rem;color:var(--ink)} .rev figcaption span{display:block;font-family:var(--ff-t);font-weight:500;font-size:.8rem; color:var(--tx-3);margin-top:2px} /* ------------------------------------------------------------ link lists */ .links{list-style:none;padding:0;margin:1.6rem 0 0;display:grid;gap:.55rem; grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,290px),1fr))} .links li{margin:0;min-width:0} .links a{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) auto;align-items:center; column-gap:.7rem;padding:.9rem 1rem;background:var(--paper); border:1px solid var(--line);border-left:3px solid transparent;border-radius:var(--r); text-decoration:none;transition:border-color .18s,box-shadow .18s;min-width:0} .links a:hover{border-left-color:var(--red);box-shadow:var(--sh)} .links b{grid-column:1;grid-row:1;min-width:0;font-family:var(--ff-d);font-size:.955rem; color:var(--ink);font-weight:750;overflow-wrap:anywhere} .links span{grid-column:1;grid-row:2;min-width:0;font-size:.83rem;color:var(--tx-2); margin-top:1px;overflow-wrap:anywhere} .links a>i{grid-column:2;grid-row:1/-1;justify-self:end;color:var(--red); font-style:normal;flex:none} .chips{list-style:none;padding:0;margin:1.4rem 0 0;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:.45rem} .chips li{margin:0} .chips a{display:inline-block;padding:.44rem .9rem;background:var(--paper); border:1px solid var(--line);border-radius:var(--r);font-size:.855rem;font-weight:650; color:var(--ink-2);text-decoration:none} .chips a:hover{border-color:var(--red);color:var(--red)} /* ------------------------------------------------------------- cta strip */ .cta-strip{background:var(--red);color:#FFE6E5;position:relative;overflow:hidden; padding:clamp(2.4rem,1.6rem + 2.6vw,3.6rem) 0} .cta-strip::before{content:"";position:absolute;inset:0;opacity:.55; background-image:repeating-linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(0,0,0,.05) 0 1px,transparent 1px 9px)} .cta-in{position:relative;display:grid; grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,320px),1fr)); gap:1.8rem;align-items:center} .cta-in>div{min-width:0} .cta-in h2{color:#fff;margin-bottom:.4em} .cta-in p{margin:0;font-size:1rem;max-width:56ch;color:#FFDFDE} .cta-strip .eyebrow,.cta-strip .eyebrow-amber{color:#FDF3D2} .cta-act{display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:flex-start;gap:.6rem} .cta-note{font-size:.85rem;color:#FDF3D2} .cta-strip .btn-amber{background:#fff;color:var(--red);box-shadow:none} .cta-strip .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--ink);color:#fff} @media (min-width:820px){.cta-act{align-items:flex-end}} /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- footer */ .ftr{background:var(--ink);color:#C4B99C;font-size:.92rem;position:relative;isolation:isolate} .ftr::after{content:"";position:absolute;inset:0;z-index:-1;opacity:.5; background-image:repeating-linear-gradient(135deg,rgba(255,255,255,.03) 0 1px,transparent 1px 9px)} .ftr-in{display:grid;gap:2rem;padding-block:clamp(2.2rem,1.6rem + 2vw,3.2rem); grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,215px),1fr))} .ftr-col{min-width:0} .ftr h3{color:#fff;font-size:.78rem;letter-spacing:.17em;text-transform:uppercase; margin:0 0 1.1rem;font-weight:800;position:relative;padding-bottom:.6rem} .ftr h3::after{content:"";position:absolute;left:0;bottom:0;width:24px;height:3px;background:var(--red)} .ftr-brand img{width:auto;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:.9rem} .ftr-name{display:none} .ftr p{margin:0 0 1rem;font-size:.885rem;line-height:1.62} .ftr-l{list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0} .ftr-l li{margin:0 0 .55rem} .ftr-l a{color:#C4B99C;text-decoration:none;font-size:.885rem} .ftr-l a:hover{color:#fff} .ftr-l b{color:#A3111C} .ftr-l-2{columns:2;column-gap:1rem} .nap{font-style:normal;display:grid;gap:.65rem;margin:0 0 1.1rem} .nap span{display:flex;gap:.6rem;align-items:flex-start;min-width:0} .nap .ic{color:#A3111C;width:18px;height:18px;margin-top:2px;flex:none} .nap a{color:#BCC8CE;text-decoration:none;font-size:.885rem;min-width:0;overflow-wrap:anywhere} .nap a:hover{color:#fff} .ftr-mail{overflow-wrap:anywhere;word-break:break-word} .soc{display:flex;gap:.5rem} .soc a{display:inline-flex;width:38px;height:38px;align-items:center;justify-content:center; border:1px solid #A3111C;color:#C4B99C;border-radius:var(--r)} .soc a:hover{border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;background:var(--red)} .soc svg{width:19px;height:19px} .hrs{list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0 0 1rem;font-size:.85rem} .hrs li{display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:.7rem;padding:.32rem 0; border-bottom:1px dashed #123F56;margin:0;min-width:0} .hrs b{color:#D3DCE1;font-weight:600;white-space:nowrap} .hrs-note{font-size:.8rem!important;color:#9C948A} .ftr-map{border:1px solid #A3111C} .ftr-map iframe{display:block;filter:grayscale(.4) contrast(1.05)} .ftr-bot{border-top:1px solid #123F56;font-size:.82rem} .ftr-bot-in{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:.6rem 1.4rem;justify-content:space-between; align-items:center;padding-block:1.1rem} .ftr-bot p{margin:0;font-size:.82rem} .ftr-bot ul{list-style:none;display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:1.2rem;margin:0;padding:0} .ftr-bot li{margin:0} .ftr-bot a{color:#C4B99C;text-decoration:none} .ftr-bot a:hover{color:#fff} /* -------------------------------------------------------- sticky callbar */ .callbar{display:none} /* ------------------------------------------------------------- utilities */ .imgwrap{overflow:hidden} .fig{margin:1.8rem 0} .fig img{width:100%;border-top:4px solid var(--red)} .fig figcaption{font-size:.83rem;color:var(--tx-3);margin-top:.55rem;font-style:italic} .note{background:var(--teal-lt);border-left:4px solid var(--teal);padding:1.05rem 1.2rem; margin:1.6rem 0;font-size:.95rem} .note p:last-child{margin-bottom:0} .note b{color:var(--ink)} .note-red{background:var(--red-lt);border-left-color:var(--red)} .callout{background:var(--ink);color:#DCD2BA;padding:1.6rem 1.7rem;margin:2rem 0; border-left:5px solid var(--red)} .callout h3{color:#fff;margin-top:0} .callout p:last-child{margin-bottom:0} .callout .btn{margin-top:.6rem} .toc{background:var(--paper);border:1px solid var(--line);border-left:4px solid var(--ink); padding:1.2rem 1.4rem;margin:0 0 2.2rem} .toc h2{font-size:.76rem!important;letter-spacing:.16em;text-transform:uppercase; color:var(--tx-2);margin:0 0 .8rem!important} .toc ol{margin:0;padding-left:1.2rem;columns:2;column-gap:1.6rem} .toc li{font-size:.9rem;break-inside:avoid} @media (max-width:620px){.toc ol{columns:1}} .meta-row{display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:.5rem 1.2rem;align-items:center;font-size:.85rem; color:var(--tx-3);margin:0 0 1.4rem} .meta-row span{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:.4rem} .meta-row .ic{width:16px;height:16px;color:var(--red)} .pill{display:inline-block;background:var(--ink);color:#fff;font-family:var(--ff-d); font-size:.7rem;font-weight:800;letter-spacing:.1em;text-transform:uppercase; padding:.3rem .7rem;border-radius:var(--r)} .post-grid{display:grid;gap:1.1rem;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fit,minmax(min(100%,300px),1fr))} .post{background:var(--paper);border:1px solid var(--line);overflow:hidden; display:flex;flex-direction:column;min-width:0;position:relative; transition:box-shadow .2s,transform .2s;border-radius:var(--r)} .post:hover{box-shadow:var(--sh);transform:translateY(-2px)} .post img{width:100%;aspect-ratio:16/9;object-fit:cover} .post-b{padding:1.1rem 1.2rem 1.3rem;display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex:1} .post h3{font-size:1.05rem;margin:.55rem 0 .45em} .post h3 a{color:var(--ink);text-decoration:none} .post h3 a::after{content:"";position:absolute;inset:0} .post:hover h3 a{color:var(--red)} .post p{font-size:.9rem;color:var(--tx-2);margin:0 0 .9rem} .post-m{margin-top:auto;font-size:.8rem;color:var(--tx-3);display:flex;gap:.8rem;flex-wrap:wrap} .two-col{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr);gap:2.4rem} @media (min-width:1000px){.two-col{grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) 305px}} .aside{min-width:0} .aside-box{background:var(--paper);border:1px solid var(--line);border-top:3px solid var(--red); padding:1.35rem;margin-bottom:1.1rem;position:sticky;top:calc(var(--hdr-h) + 46px)} .aside-box h3{font-size:1rem;margin-top:0} .aside-box ul{list-style:none;padding:0;margin:0} .aside-box li{margin:0 0 .5rem;font-size:.9rem} .aside-box a{color:var(--ink-2);text-decoration:none;font-weight:550} .aside-box a:hover{color:var(--red)} .big-q{font-family:var(--ff-d);font-size:clamp(1.15rem,1.05rem + .5vw,1.38rem);font-weight:700; color:var(--ink);line-height:1.4;border-left:5px solid var(--red);padding-left:1.2rem;margin:2rem 0} .err{text-align:center;padding:clamp(3rem,2rem + 5vw,6rem) 0} .err b{display:block;font-family:var(--ff-d);font-size:clamp(4rem,2rem + 12vw,8rem); font-weight:800;line-height:1;color:var(--red);letter-spacing:-.055em;margin-bottom:.4rem} /* ============================== RESPONSIVE ============================== */ @media (max-width:1100px){ .nav-l>li>a{padding:.55rem .48rem;font-size:.82rem} .brand img{height:50px} } @media (max-width:980px){ .sub-b{display:block} .nav{position:fixed;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;width:min(365px,86vw);background:var(--paper); flex-direction:column;align-items:stretch;gap:0;padding:calc(var(--hdr-h) + 12px) 0 90px; overflow-y:auto;transform:translateX(102%);transition:transform .26s ease; box-shadow:-16px 0 44px -20px rgba(0,0,0,.45);z-index:62;margin-left:0} .nav.open{transform:none} .nav-l{flex-direction:column;align-items:stretch;gap:0;padding:0 14px} .nav-l>li{border-bottom:1px solid var(--line-2)} .nav-l>li>a{padding:.9rem .5rem;font-size:1rem;color:var(--ink-2)} .nav-l>li>a:hover,.nav-l>li>a[aria-current="page"]{color:var(--red)} .nav-l>li>a[aria-current="page"]::after{display:none} .has-sub{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 46px;align-items:center} .has-sub>.sub-t::after{display:none} .sub-b{grid-column:2;width:46px;height:46px;border:0;background:transparent;cursor:pointer; position:relative;justify-self:end} .sub-b::after{content:"";position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;width:9px;height:9px; border-right:2px solid var(--tx-2);border-bottom:2px solid var(--tx-2); transform:translate(-50%,-70%) rotate(45deg);transition:transform .2s} .sub-b[aria-expanded="true"]::after{transform:translate(-50%,-30%) rotate(-135deg)} .sub{position:static;grid-column:1/-1;min-width:0!important;display:none;opacity:1; visibility:visible;transform:none;box-shadow:none;border:0;border-top:1px solid var(--line-2); padding:.3rem 0 .8rem;background:var(--bg-2);margin:0 -14px; grid-template-columns:1fr!important} .sub.open,.sub-wide.open{display:block} .sub a{padding:.6rem 1.2rem;font-size:.93rem} .sub-right{right:auto} .nav-cta{display:block;padding:1.1rem 20px 0} .nav-cta .btn{width:100%} .burger{display:flex} .hdr-in{min-height:66px} :root{--hdr-h:58px} } @media (max-width:900px){ .hero-in{grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr)} .hero-md{order:-1;margin-bottom:2.2rem} .hero-badge{left:0;bottom:-20px;max-width:230px} .two-col{grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr)} .aside-box{position:static} .steps li{padding-top:0;padding-left:3.7rem;min-height:44px} .steps li::before{display:none} .stp-n{box-shadow:none!important} } @media (max-width:760px){ body{font-size:16.5px} .callbar{display:block;position:fixed;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;z-index:57; background:var(--red);box-shadow:0 -6px 22px -10px rgba(0,0,0,.55)} .callbar a{display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:center;gap:.65rem; padding:.74rem 1rem;color:#fff;text-decoration:none} .callbar .ic{width:22px;height:22px;flex:none} .callbar span{display:flex;flex-direction:column;line-height:1.18;min-width:0} .callbar b{font-family:var(--ff-d);font-size:.8rem;font-weight:700;color:#fff; text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.06em} .callbar i{font-style:normal;font-family:var(--ff-d);font-size:1.04rem;font-weight:800} .ftr,.cta-strip{padding-bottom:0} .ftr-bot-in{padding-bottom:calc(1.1rem + 62px)} .ht-hide{display:none} .tbar-in{justify-content:flex-start;gap:.55rem .9rem} .tbar-i{font-size:.77rem;padding-right:.85rem} .tbar-i .ic{width:16px;height:16px} .stats b{font-size:1.6rem} } @media (max-width:520px){ .wrap{padding-inline:16px} .hero-act .btn,.phero-act .btn{width:100%} .hero-badge{position:static;max-width:none;margin-top:1.4rem} .rev,.card{padding:1.15rem} .ftr-l-2{columns:1} .cta-act .btn{width:100%} .brand img{height:44px} .phero h1{padding-left:.85rem;border-left-width:4px} } @media (max-width:430px){ .hdr-call-tx{display:none} .hdr-call{padding:.64rem .78rem} .brand img{height:30px} } @media (max-width:360px){ .hdr-top{font-size:.72rem} .brand img{height:27px} } @media print{ .hdr,.callbar,.cta-strip,.ftr-map,.scrim{display:none!important} body{font-size:11pt;background:#fff} a[href^="http"]::after{content:" (" attr(href) ")";font-size:9pt;color:#555} } /* ============================================================ ORCHARD RIDGE — theme overrides Light header on warm paper, deep-green hero, apple-red CTAs, rounded cards and pill buttons, arc divider under the hero. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: light, with the green utility strip above it --- */ .hdr-top{background:var(--ink);color:#CBDFD1} .hdr-top a{color:#EBE4D3} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:var(--tx)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--red)} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx)} .hdr .burger span{background:var(--tx)} .hdr .logo-w b{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w span{color:var(--tx-2)} /* --- hero sits on the deep orchard green --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(1100px 620px at 82% 12%,rgba(250,206,1,.08),transparent 62%), linear-gradient(168deg,#A3111C 0%,var(--ink) 58%,#150F0C 100%)} /* signature: a soft arc scooped out of the bottom of the hero, so the paper colour rises into it. Distinct from the previous builds' diagonal cut and flat edge. */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute;left:-4%;right:-4%;bottom:-1px;height:74px; background:var(--bg); border-radius:50% 50% 0 0 / 100% 100% 0 0; z-index:2} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:44px}} /* --- buttons: pills --- */ .btn{border-radius:var(--r-s)} .btn-amber{background:var(--teal);color:#FFFFFF;border-color:var(--teal)} .btn-amber:hover{background:#8E1014;border-color:#8E1014} /* --- cards: rounded, with a gold corner tab instead of a left bar --- */ .card,.svc-c,.size-c,.post,.aside-box,.links a,.note,.callout,.table-scroll{ border-radius:var(--r)} .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:58px;height:4px; background:var(--teal);border-radius:var(--r) 0 var(--r) 0} .card,.svc-c{position:relative;overflow:hidden} .card:hover::before,.svc-c:hover::before{width:100%;transition:width .28s ease} /* --- trust bar: gold ticks on the green field --- */ .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#D7E6DB} .trust .ic{color:var(--teal)} /* --- eyebrow rule --- */ .eyebrow::before{background:var(--red)} /* red on navy is a low-contrast pair, so eyebrows on dark fields go light */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#F1F4EE} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#A3111C} .eyebrow-amber{color:var(--teal)} /* --- section rules and small accents --- */ .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(168deg,#A3111C,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} /* --- footer stays deep green; the badge logo has a white disc so it reads --- */ .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* --- rounded images --- */ .imgwrap,.imgwrap img,figure img,.post img{border-radius:var(--r)} /* ============================================================ HEADER — slimmed top bar Desktop: thin strip, trust signals left, phone right. Mobile: removed entirely (redundant with the header Call button and the sticky bottom call bar), which reclaims 35px of permanently sticky viewport. ============================================================ */ .hdr-top{background:var(--ink);color:#D6E5DB;font-size:.795rem;border-bottom:0} .hdr-top-in{display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between; gap:1.2rem;min-height:30px;flex-wrap:nowrap} .ht-left{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:1.5rem;min-width:0} .ht-item{white-space:nowrap;font-weight:500} .ht-ic{width:14px;height:14px;color:var(--teal)} /* the phone is the point of the bar, so it reads as a link */ .ht-tel{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:.45rem;flex:none; color:#fff;font-family:var(--ff-d);font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.01em; text-decoration:none;white-space:nowrap;padding:.2rem 0} .ht-tel .ht-ic{color:var(--teal)} .ht-tel:hover{color:var(--teal)} .ht-tel:focus-visible{outline:2px solid var(--teal);outline-offset:3px;border-radius:3px} /* header body: tighter, so the sticky chrome stops eating the fold */ .hdr-in{min-height:var(--hdr-h);padding-block:.4rem} .brand img{height:40px} /* drop the third trust item before it crowds the phone */ @media(max-width:1180px){.ht-hide + .ht-hide{display:none}} @media(max-width:1024px){.ht-hide{display:none}} /* mobile: no top bar at all */ @media(max-width:900px){ .hdr-top{display:none} .brand img{height:44px} .hdr-in{padding-block:.3rem} } /* ============================================================ HERO BADGE — was apple red sitting on an orange-red dumpster, square-cornered, flush to the image edge and unlifted. Now a paper card: separates from the photo above and the deep green hero below, and matches the rounded theme. ============================================================ */ .hero-badge{ left:22px; /* deliberate inset, not flush to the edge */ bottom:-24px; background:var(--bg); /* warm paper - reads on red photo AND green field */ color:var(--tx); border:1px solid var(--line); border-radius:var(--r); box-shadow:0 12px 30px rgba(21,15,12,.34); padding:.7rem .95rem; align-items:center; gap:.7rem; max-width:268px} .hero-badge b{ color:var(--red); /* apple red numeral, now legible */ font-size:1.45rem; letter-spacing:-.01em} .hero-badge span{ color:var(--tx-2); opacity:1; font-weight:600} /* tablet: keep the inset proportional */ @media(max-width:1100px){ .hero-badge{left:16px;bottom:-20px;max-width:238px} } /* mobile: it drops out of the image and becomes a normal block, so it does not need the lift - but it should still look like the same component */ @media(max-width:900px){ .hero-badge{ position:static;max-width:none;margin-top:1.2rem; box-shadow:none; background:rgba(255,255,255,.07); border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.16)} .hero-badge b{color:var(--teal)} .hero-badge span{color:#D3E3D8} } /* ============================================================ HERO BADGE TYPOGRAPHY The numeral used to be a single "13 yrs" string in a flex item that shrank to 43px, so it wrapped to two same-size lines and read as two words rather than a statistic. Now split into a figure and a unit with a dividing rule. Class selectors are doubled up (.hero-badge .hb-*) so they beat the base .hero-badge b / .hero-badge span element rules. ============================================================ */ .hero-badge{display:flex;align-items:center;gap:0;padding:.72rem 1.05rem;max-width:336px} .hero-badge .hb-stat{ display:flex;flex-direction:column;align-items:center;justify-content:center; flex:none;white-space:nowrap;line-height:1; padding-right:.9rem;margin-right:.9rem; border-right:1px solid var(--line)} .hero-badge .hb-n{ font-family:var(--ff-d);font-size:1.85rem;font-weight:800; line-height:1;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:var(--red)} .hero-badge .hb-u{ font-family:var(--ff-d);font-size:.63rem;font-weight:700; text-transform:uppercase;letter-spacing:.13em;line-height:1; color:var(--tx-3);margin-top:.28rem} .hero-badge .hb-tx{ font-size:.795rem;line-height:1.38;font-weight:600; color:var(--tx-2);min-width:0;opacity:1; text-wrap:balance} /* avoids a one-word widow on the last line */ @media(max-width:1100px){ .hero-badge{max-width:300px;padding:.64rem .9rem} .hero-badge .hb-n{font-size:1.65rem} .hero-badge .hb-tx{font-size:.755rem} } /* mobile: block on the green hero, so the rule and colours invert */ @media(max-width:900px){ .hero-badge{max-width:none;padding:.85rem 1rem} .hero-badge .hb-stat{border-right-color:rgba(255,255,255,.22)} .hero-badge .hb-n{color:var(--teal)} .hero-badge .hb-u{color:rgba(255,255,255,.6)} .hero-badge .hb-tx{color:#D6E4DA} } /* ============================================================ RIVER & RAIL — Paducah Navy header, gold accents, slab-serif display, and a quilt strip under the hero (Paducah is a UNESCO Creative City of Crafts & Folk Art / National Quilt Museum). ============================================================ */ /* --- header: navy, with a gold hairline, and no utility strip --- */ .hdr{background:var(--ink);border-bottom:3px solid var(--teal)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#D3DEEC} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--teal)} .hdr .sub-b{color:#D3DEEC} .hdr .burger span{background:#E8EEF6} .hdr .logo-w b{color:#fff} .hdr .logo-w span{color:#9FB4CE} /* --- hero on the deep navy, with a soft gold wash top-right --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(1000px 560px at 84% 10%,rgba(250,206,1,.08),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(166deg,#A3111C 0%,var(--ink) 56%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: quilt strip under the hero --- */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute;left:0;right:0;bottom:0;height:14px;z-index:2; background: repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, var(--teal) 0 28px, #14498C 28px 56px); opacity:.95} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:10px; background:repeating-linear-gradient(90deg,var(--teal) 0 18px,#14498C 18px 36px)}} /* --- CTAs: gold on dark fields, royal blue on light --- */ .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red{ background:var(--teal);border-color:var(--teal);color:#FFFFFF} .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover{background:#9E1116;border-color:#9E1116} .btn-amber{background:var(--teal);color:#FFFFFF;border-color:var(--teal)} .btn-amber:hover{background:#9E1116;border-color:#9E1116} /* --- cards: squared slab feel, gold top rule instead of a corner tab --- */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:3px; background:var(--line);border-radius:0} .card:hover::before,.svc-c:hover::before{background:var(--teal);transition:background .22s ease} /* --- trust bar --- */ .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#CFDCEC} .trust .ic{color:var(--teal)} /* --- accents --- */ .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} .eyebrow-amber{color:var(--teal)} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(166deg,#A3111C,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* slab headings want a touch less letter-spacing */ h1,h2,h3,.logo-w b{letter-spacing:-.012em} /* ============================================================ SHOALS SOUND — Florence, AL Light ivory header (the previous build ran a navy one), gold CTAs with navy text, geometric display face, 10px radius, and a soundwave divider under the hero — Florence sits in the Shoals, home of FAME and Muscle Shoals Sound. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: light ivory, navy type, gold underline --- */ .hdr{background:var(--bg);border-bottom:1px solid var(--line); box-shadow:0 1px 0 rgba(35,26,21,.04)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:var(--tx)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--teal);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx)} .hdr .burger span{background:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w b{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w span{color:var(--tx-2)} /* --- hero: deep navy with a gold wash --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(980px 540px at 82% 8%,rgba(250,206,1,.08),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(164deg,#A3111C 0%,var(--ink) 58%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: soundwave bars under the hero ------------------ A row of gold bars at varying heights, like a level meter. The Shoals is a music town, so the motif belongs here rather than being generic decoration. Pure CSS, no image request. */ .hero::after{ /* SELF-CONTAINED ON PURPOSE. Four .hero::after rules are stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain: a base diagonal hatch (inset:0, z-index:-1, opacity:.5), an arc scoop (border-radius + negative left/right) and a quilt strip (opacity:.95). Any property an earlier rule sets that this one does not reset will leak through. So reset all of them: top:auto - base uses inset:0, which pins top:0. With bottom AND height also set the box is over-constrained and the browser honours top, putting the bar at the TOP. border-radius:0 - otherwise the arc scoop curves this bar. opacity:1 - otherwise the quilt rule's .95 applies. */ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:20px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; /* each layer is a 4px bar inside a 64px tile, so the bars do NOT tile solid. 8 layers offset 8px apart = 4px bar, 4px gap, heights staggered. */ background-image: linear-gradient(to right,var(--teal) 0 4px,transparent 4px), linear-gradient(to right,var(--teal) 0 4px,transparent 4px), linear-gradient(to right,var(--teal) 0 4px,transparent 4px), linear-gradient(to right,var(--teal) 0 4px,transparent 4px), linear-gradient(to right,var(--teal) 0 4px,transparent 4px), linear-gradient(to right,var(--teal) 0 4px,transparent 4px), linear-gradient(to right,var(--teal) 0 4px,transparent 4px), linear-gradient(to right,var(--teal) 0 4px,transparent 4px); background-size: 64px 9px, 64px 20px, 64px 12px, 64px 16px, 64px 7px, 64px 18px, 64px 11px, 64px 14px; background-position: 0px bottom, 8px bottom, 16px bottom, 24px bottom, 32px bottom, 40px bottom, 48px bottom, 56px bottom} @media(max-width:760px){ .hero::after{height:14px; background-size: 48px 6px, 48px 14px, 48px 8px, 48px 11px, 48px 5px, 48px 12px, 48px 7px, 48px 9px; background-position: 0px bottom, 6px bottom, 12px bottom, 18px bottom, 24px bottom, 30px bottom, 36px bottom, 42px bottom}} /* --- CTAs: GOLD with navy text. Gold is a fill colour only; it never carries small text on white, which would fail contrast. --- */ .btn-red{background:var(--teal);border-color:var(--teal);color:#FFFFFF} .btn-red:hover{background:#A9151A;border-color:#A9151A;color:#101F16} .btn-amber{background:var(--teal);border-color:var(--teal);color:#FFFFFF} .btn-amber:hover{background:#A9151A;border-color:#A9151A} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.5);color:#fff} /* --- cards: gold left rule, squared-off corners on the accent --- */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--line);border-radius:0} .card:hover::before,.svc-c:hover::before{background:var(--teal); transition:background .22s ease} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#CFDCE9} .trust .ic{color:var(--teal)} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} .eyebrow-amber{color:var(--teal)} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(164deg,#A3111C,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* geometric face sets tight */ h1,h2,h3,.logo-w b{letter-spacing:-.02em} /* ============================================================ KATY LINE — Katy, TX Deep rail blue, brand red CTAs, Archivo display, 4px radius, and a RAILROAD TRACK divider under the hero. Katy is named after the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad — the "K-T", the Katy. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: deep blue with a red underline --- */ .hdr{background:var(--ink);border-bottom:3px solid var(--red);box-shadow:none} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#DFD6C0} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--red);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:#DFD6C0} .hdr .burger span{background:#F5EFE1} .hdr .logo-w b{color:#fff} .hdr .logo-w span{color:#CCC1A6} /* --- hero --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(960px 520px at 84% 10%,rgba(126,13,22,.15),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(163deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 56%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: railroad track under the hero ------------------ Two rails with crossties between them. Self-contained on purpose: four .hero::after rules are stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property not reset here leaks through. top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0, which would put the track at the TOP of the hero border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:18px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-image: /* crossties: 10px tie, 14px gap */ linear-gradient(to right,var(--red) 0 10px,transparent 10px), /* top rail */ linear-gradient(var(--teal),var(--teal)), /* bottom rail */ linear-gradient(var(--teal),var(--teal)); background-size: 24px 12px, 100% 3px, 100% 3px; background-position: 0 bottom 3px, 0 bottom 12px, 0 bottom 0} @media(max-width:760px){ .hero::after{height:13px; background-size:18px 9px,100% 2px,100% 2px; background-position:0 bottom 2px,0 bottom 9px,0 bottom 0}} /* --- CTAs: brand red, white text --- NOTE the compound selectors. An earlier build's override block in this file sets `.hero .btn-red, .sec-dark .btn-red, .callbar .btn-red` (specificity 0,2,0), which beats a bare `.btn-red` (0,1,0) and left every hero CTA rendering in the accent colour instead of brand red. Match the specificity rather than relying on source order. */ .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk)} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.5);color:#fff} /* --- cards: red top rule, square corners on the accent --- */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:3px; background:var(--line);border-radius:0} .card:hover::before,.svc-c:hover::before{background:var(--red); transition:background .22s ease} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#DFD6C0} .trust .ic{color:var(--red)} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--red)} /* red on navy is a low-contrast pair, so eyebrows on dark fields go light */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#F1F4EE} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#A3111C} .eyebrow-amber{color:#A3111C} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(163deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--red)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--red)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} h1,h2,h3,.logo-w b{letter-spacing:-.018em} /* ============================================================ PINEY WOODS — Longview, TX Light warm-paper header, slab-serif display, square corners, and a PINE TREELINE divider under the hero. Longview sits in the East Texas Piney Woods. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: light warm paper, slate type, red underline --- */ .hdr{background:var(--bg);border-bottom:2px solid var(--red);box-shadow:none} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:var(--tx)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--red);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx)} .hdr .burger span{background:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w b{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w span{color:var(--tx-2)} /* --- hero --- */ /* GLOW OPACITY MUST SCALE WITH THE LUMINANCE GAP. The previous builds used .22-.36 for a blue or sky glow over navy, where the glow and the base are close in luminance. Brand YELLOW over near-black is an enormous gap, and .22 washed the whole upper hero to a solid olive-gold (#513: rgba mixes to (81,67,25)) - which is exactly the fast-food read this palette has to avoid. Dropped to .07 and tightened, which lifts the corner without colouring it. */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(720px 400px at 88% 6%,rgba(168,201,240,.10),transparent 58%), linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 55%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: pine treeline under the hero ------------------ A sawtooth of paper-coloured peaks rising into the dark hero, reading as a treeline on the horizon. Longview is the gateway to the East Texas Piney Woods. Self-contained on purpose. FIVE .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0, which would put the treeline at the TOP of the hero border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:24px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:0 bottom; background-size:36px 24px; background-image: linear-gradient(-45deg,var(--bg) 12px,transparent 0), linear-gradient( 45deg,var(--bg) 12px,transparent 0); /* a solid paper foot under the peaks so the join is clean */ box-shadow:none} .hero::before{} @media(max-width:760px){ .hero::after{height:16px;background-size:24px 16px; background-image: linear-gradient(-45deg,var(--bg) 8px,transparent 0), linear-gradient( 45deg,var(--bg) 8px,transparent 0)}} /* --- CTAs: brand red, white text. Compound selectors deliberately match the specificity an earlier build's block uses (.hero .btn-red etc, 0,2,0) - a bare .btn-red loses to it regardless of source order. --- */ .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk)} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.5);color:#fff} /* --- cards: square, red left rule --- */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--line);border-radius:0} .card:hover::before,.svc-c:hover::before{background:var(--red); transition:background .22s ease} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#DFD6C0} .trust .ic{color:var(--red)} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--red)} /* red on slate is a low-contrast pair, so eyebrows on dark fields go light */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#F1F4EE} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#A3111C} .eyebrow-amber{color:#A3111C} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--red)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--red)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* slab face wants a touch more room */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.01em} .logo-w b{letter-spacing:-.005em} /* ============================================================ CARD HOVER — self-contained, and it has to be. FIVE .card::before rules are stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain. An early build's card used a small 58px x 4px TOP tab that grew to full width on hover, so it set `.card:hover::before{width:100%}`. That rule still applies. This build's ::before is a 4px-wide FULL-HEIGHT left rule, so that width made it a solid brand-red panel covering the whole card and painting over the heading and body text on hover. So the hover state below re-states width AND height explicitly rather than trusting source order, and the lift is done on the card itself. ============================================================ */ .card,.svc-c{ transition:transform .18s ease, box-shadow .18s ease, border-color .18s ease} .card:hover,.svc-c:hover, .card:focus-within,.svc-c:focus-within{ transform:translateY(-4px); box-shadow:0 14px 30px rgba(35,26,21,.16), 0 2px 6px rgba(35,26,21,.08); border-color:var(--line)} /* the accent rule keeps its geometry and only changes colour */ .card:hover::before,.svc-c:hover::before, .card:focus-within::before,.svc-c:focus-within::before{ width:4px;height:100%;top:0;left:0;right:auto;bottom:auto; background:var(--red); transition:background .22s ease} /* ONE accent, not two. The base stylesheet already gives .card a 3px top border, which is the accent actually visible at rest - the ::before left rule reads as almost nothing against the pale --line colour. So drive the hover off the top border and neutralise ::before, rather than lighting up two different edges. */ .card:hover,.svc-c:hover, .card:focus-within,.svc-c:focus-within{border-top-color:var(--red)} .card::before,.svc-c::before, .card:hover::before,.svc-c:hover::before, .card:focus-within::before,.svc-c:focus-within::before{background:transparent} /* The heading link colour comes from `.card:hover h3 a`, not from the h3, so setting the h3 here would be dead code. Brand red on white measures 5.6:1, which passes AA, so the red heading on hover stays as a deliberate affordance. Body copy is left alone. */ .card:hover p,.svc-c:hover p{color:var(--tx-2)} /* ============================================================ BOLD TEXT ON DARK FIELDS The base stylesheet sets a global `strong, b {color:var(--ink)}`, which is right on white but renders bold text in EXACTLY the background colour inside .hero, .sec-dark and the footer - so the lead-in phrase of every dark-section bullet was invisible. ============================================================ */ .hero strong,.hero b, .sec-dark strong,.sec-dark b, .ftr strong,.ftr b, .trust strong,.trust b{color:#fff} /* the hero reassurance line now sits ABOVE the buttons, so give it a little more room and enough contrast to actually be read */ .hero-fine{margin-top:1.5rem!important;color:#BFC9D2;margin:0 0 1rem;font-size:.84rem} .hero-act{margin-top:0} /* ============================================================ NORTH COUNTRY — Watertown, NY Dark navy header, brand gold CTAs, pill buttons, 16px cards, cool snow-white paper, and a SNOWDRIFT divider under the hero. Watertown is one of the snowiest cities in the country - the lake-effect belt off Lake Ontario runs straight over it. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: deep navy with a gold underline --- */ .hdr{background:var(--ink);border-bottom:3px solid var(--teal);box-shadow:none} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#CBDCE9} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--teal);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:#CBDCE9} .hdr .burger span{background:#E7EEF5} .hdr .logo-w b{color:#fff} .hdr .logo-w span{color:#A3B8CC} /* --- hero --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(950px 520px at 84% 10%,rgba(126,13,22,.15),transparent 62%), linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 55%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: snowdrift under the hero ---------------------- A run of soft paper-coloured mounds along the bottom edge, so the page below reads as drifted snow banking up against the dark field. Two offset layers of different radius keep it from looking like a mechanical scallop. Self-contained on purpose. SIX .hero::after rules are stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0, which would put the drift at the TOP of the hero border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:26px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:0 bottom, 34px bottom; background-size:96px 26px, 96px 26px; background-image: radial-gradient(30px 22px at 30px 26px,var(--bg) 99%,transparent 100%), radial-gradient(42px 26px at 42px 28px,var(--bg) 99%,transparent 100%)} @media(max-width:760px){ .hero::after{height:16px; background-position:0 bottom, 22px bottom; background-size:62px 16px, 62px 16px; background-image: radial-gradient(20px 13px at 20px 16px,var(--bg) 99%,transparent 100%), radial-gradient(28px 16px at 28px 17px,var(--bg) 99%,transparent 100%)}} /* --- CTAs: brand GOLD with navy text. Gold is a fill colour only; it never carries small text on white, which would fail contrast. Compound selectors match the specificity an earlier build's block uses (.hero .btn-red etc, 0,2,0) - a bare .btn-red loses to it regardless of source order. --- */ .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red{ background:var(--teal);border-color:var(--teal);color:#FFFFFF} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:#7E0D16;border-color:#7E0D16;color:#101C30} .btn-amber{background:var(--teal);border-color:var(--teal);color:#FFFFFF} .btn-amber:hover{background:#7E0D16;border-color:#7E0D16} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} /* --- cards: rounded, gold left rule --- */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--line);border-radius:0} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#CFDCEC} .trust .ic{color:var(--teal)} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#F1F4EE} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} .eyebrow-amber{color:var(--teal)} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.02em} /* ============================================================ HARBOUR LINE — Port Charlotte, FL Light sand header, brand red CTAs, 12px cards, squared buttons, and a WATERWAY divider under the hero. Port Charlotte is built around one of the largest residential canal networks in the country, on Charlotte Harbor. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: warm sand, navy type, red underline --- */ .hdr{background:var(--bg);border-bottom:3px solid var(--red);box-shadow:none} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:var(--tx)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--red);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx)} .hdr .burger span{background:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w b{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w span{color:var(--tx-2)} /* --- hero --- */ /* GLOW OPACITY MUST SCALE WITH THE LUMINANCE GAP. The previous builds used .22-.36 for a blue or sky glow over navy, where the glow and the base are close in luminance. Brand YELLOW over near-black is an enormous gap, and .22 washed the whole upper hero to a solid olive-gold (#513: rgba mixes to (81,67,25)) - which is exactly the fast-food read this palette has to avoid. Dropped to .07 and tightened, which lifts the corner without colouring it. */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(720px 400px at 88% 6%,rgba(168,201,240,.10),transparent 58%), linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 55%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: waterway under the hero ---------------------- A smooth double wave, drawn as an inline SVG so the curve is exact rather than faked with stacked gradients. Reads as the canal network / harbour shoreline this town is built on. Self-contained on purpose. SEVEN .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0, which would put the wave at the TOP of the hero border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:34px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:200px 34px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,\ \ \ \ ")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:22px;background-size:130px 22px}} /* --- CTAs: brand red, white text. Compound selectors match the specificity an earlier build's block uses (.hero .btn-red etc, 0,2,0) - a bare .btn-red loses to it regardless of source order. --- */ .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk)} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--line);border-radius:0} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#CBDCE9} .trust .ic{color:#A3111C} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--red)} /* brand red on a navy field is a low-contrast pair, so eyebrows go light there */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#F1F4EE} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#A3111C} .eyebrow-amber{color:#A3111C} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--red)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--red)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.018em} /* "Port Charlotte, FL" is a long place name and the inherited h1 clamp pushed "FL" onto a line of its own. Measured across sizes: 3rem is the largest that still sets the headline as two clean lines in this column. NOTE: text-wrap:balance was tried first and made it WORSE - it balances across the accent as well, giving five short ragged lines. Don't. */ .hero h1{font-size:clamp(2.05rem,3.9vw,3rem)} /* ============================================================ SPINDLETOP — Beaumont, TX Dark navy header, brand green CTAs, SERIF display face, near-square corners, cool grey-green paper, and a DERRICK SKYLINE divider under the hero. The Spindletop gusher came in just south of town in 1901 and made this an oil city. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: deep navy with a green underline --- */ .hdr{background:var(--ink);border-bottom:3px solid var(--red);box-shadow:none} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--red);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr .burger span{background:#EBE4D3} .hdr .logo-w b{color:#fff} .hdr .logo-w span{color:#A8A08E} /* --- hero --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(940px 520px at 84% 10%,rgba(250,206,1,.08),transparent 62%), linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 55%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: derrick skyline under the hero --------------- A repeating run of narrow tapered towers along the bottom edge, reading as the wooden derrick forest that stood over Spindletop after the 1901 gusher. Drawn as an inline SVG so the taper is exact, and built so the tile LOOPS: the path starts and ends mid-gap at the same height, which is what stops a visible notch at every repeat. Self-contained on purpose. EIGHT .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0, which would put the skyline at the TOP of the hero border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:56px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:230px 56px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:34px;background-size:145px 34px}} /* --- CTAs: brand green, white text. Compound selectors match the specificity an earlier build's block uses (.hero .btn-red etc, 0,2,0) - a bare .btn-red loses to it regardless of source order. --- */ .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk)} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--line);border-radius:0} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#CBDCE9} .trust .ic{color:#A3111C} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--red)} /* mid green on a navy field is a weak pair, so eyebrows on dark fields go light */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#F1F4EE} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#A3111C} .eyebrow-amber{color:#A3111C} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--red)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--red)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* Fraunces is a serif and sets tighter than the grotesks used previously */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.012em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(2.15rem,4.2vw,3.3rem)} /* --- GREEN ON NAVY NEEDS THE LIGHT TINT ----------------------- The brand green (#A3111C) is a DARK green. It is correct on white (5.4:1 as a CTA fill with white text) but on the navy hero it measures only 2.33:1 - well under the 4.5:1 minimum - so the H1 accent and every bullet tick were barely legible. Dark fields get the lighter tint #A3111C instead. Same hue family, reads as the same brand colour, but it actually passes. GENERAL RULE for this kit: whenever the brand accent is DARK, it cannot be reused as text or iconography on a dark field. Check it. */ .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#A3111C} .ftr-l b{color:#A3111C} /* ============================================================ LAKESHORE — Roseville, MI Light bone header, brand red CTAs, 10px radius, warm bone paper, and a CHEVRON BELT divider under the hero. Macomb County is Detroit's manufacturing belt and Roseville sits on the Groesbeck / Gratiot industrial corridor. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: warm bone, navy type, red underline --- */ .hdr{background:var(--bg);border-bottom:3px solid var(--red);box-shadow:none} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:var(--tx)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--red);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx)} .hdr .burger span{background:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w b{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w span{color:var(--tx-2)} /* --- hero --- */ /* GLOW OPACITY MUST SCALE WITH THE LUMINANCE GAP. The previous builds used .22-.36 for a blue or sky glow over navy, where the glow and the base are close in luminance. Brand YELLOW over near-black is an enormous gap, and .22 washed the whole upper hero to a solid olive-gold (#513: rgba mixes to (81,67,25)) - which is exactly the fast-food read this palette has to avoid. Dropped to .07 and tightened, which lifts the corner without colouring it. */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(720px 400px at 88% 6%,rgba(168,201,240,.10),transparent 58%), linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 55%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: chevron belt under the hero ------------------ A run of paper-coloured chevrons along the bottom edge, like a conveyor or drive belt. Macomb County is the manufacturing belt and Roseville sits on the Groesbeck corridor. Drawn as an inline SVG so the angles are exact, and built to LOOP: the tile starts and ends mid-gap at the same height, so there is no notch at the repeat. VERIFY THIS ON SCREEN - a previous build shipped a divider with a visible seam. Self-contained on purpose. NINE .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0, which would put the belt at the TOP of the hero border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height must MATCH the background-size height, or the tile is cropped. That height sits on a line SHARED with left/right/top/bottom - patch the block, not the line. */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:34px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:120px 34px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:22px;background-size:80px 22px}} /* --- CTAs: brand red, white text. Compound selectors match the specificity an earlier build's block uses (.hero .btn-red etc, 0,2,0) - a bare .btn-red loses to it regardless of source order. --- */ .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk)} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--line);border-radius:0} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#F6E6E7} .trust .ic{color:#A3111C} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--red)} /* --- DARK BRAND ACCENT ON A DARK FIELD ----------------------- Brand red #A3111C is a DARK red. It is correct as a CTA fill with white text, but as text or iconography on the navy hero it fails contrast badly. Dark fields get the lighter tint #A3111C instead. Measured, not assumed - see the delivery notes. */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#F1F4EE} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#A3111C} .eyebrow-amber{color:#A3111C} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#A3111C} .ftr-l b{color:#A3111C} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--red)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--red)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.02em} /* ============================================================ PIEDMONT — Loganville, GA Dark navy header, brand red CTAs, PILL buttons, 14px cards, warm greige paper, and a ROLLING RIDGELINE divider under the hero. Loganville sits at 978 ft on the rolling red-clay ridges of the Georgia Piedmont, east of Atlanta. Roseville shared this navy/red palette, so every other lever is pushed hard the other way: dark header (Roseville was light bone), Bricolage Grotesque (was Familjen Grotesk), ridgeline (was chevron belt), pills (was 10px), greige (was bone), and a brighter navy and red from this logo. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: deep navy with a red underline --- */ .hdr{background:var(--ink);border-bottom:3px solid var(--red);box-shadow:none} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--red);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr .burger span{background:#EBE4D3} .hdr .logo-w b{color:#fff} .hdr .logo-w span{color:#A8A08E} /* --- hero --- */ /* GLOW OPACITY MUST SCALE WITH THE LUMINANCE GAP. The previous builds used .22-.36 for a blue or sky glow over navy, where the glow and the base are close in luminance. Brand YELLOW over near-black is an enormous gap, and .22 washed the whole upper hero to a solid olive-gold (#513: rgba mixes to (81,67,25)) - which is exactly the fast-food read this palette has to avoid. Dropped to .07 and tightened, which lifts the corner without colouring it. */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(720px 400px at 88% 6%,rgba(168,201,240,.10),transparent 58%), linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 55%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: rolling ridgeline under the hero ------------- Two overlapping smooth hill curves, deliberately ROUNDED to sit against the pill buttons and to read differently from the angular chevrons and spiky derricks of the last two builds. The Georgia Piedmont is rolling red-clay ridge country and Loganville sits at 978 ft on one of them. Built to LOOP: the path enters at x=0 and leaves at x=240 at the SAME y (28) with the same direction, so there is no notch at the repeat. VERIFY THIS ON SCREEN. Self-contained on purpose. TEN .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. That height sits on a line SHARED with left/right/top/bottom - patch the BLOCK, not the line, then verify the computed height in the browser. */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:44px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:240px 44px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:28px;background-size:160px 28px}} /* --- SIGNATURE 2: PILL buttons. No build in this run has used them, and they pair with the rounded ridgeline. --- */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:999px} /* --- CTAs: brand red, white text. Compound selectors match the specificity an earlier build's block uses (.hero .btn-red etc, 0,2,0) - a bare .btn-red loses to it regardless of source order. --- */ .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;border-radius:999px} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk)} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--line);border-radius:0} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#F6E6E7} .trust .ic{color:#A3111C} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--red)} /* --- DARK BRAND ACCENT ON A DARK FIELD ----------------------- Applied UP FRONT, as a standard clone step, because this has now bitten twice. Brand red #A3111C is a strong mid-dark red: correct as a CTA fill with white text, but as TEXT or icons on the navy hero it does not clear 4.5:1. Dark fields use the lighter tint #A3111C instead. Measured against the HERO, not just against the CTA. */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#F1F4EE} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#A3111C} .eyebrow-amber{color:#A3111C} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#A3111C} .ftr-l b{color:#A3111C} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--red)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--red)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* Bricolage Grotesque runs wide, so pull the display tracking in */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.026em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(2.05rem,4vw,3.15rem)} /* --- HEADER LOCKUP SIZING ------------------------------------ An ancestor build's header block sets `.brand img{height:40px}` partway down this file, which beats the base rule on source order. 40px suits the SQUARE badges those builds used; this build's logo is a STACKED LOCKUP (1.356:1) carrying a two-line wordmark, and at 40px the subline renders about 6px tall and is unreadable. Overriding here, at the end of the file, where it wins - the same approach the stacked .hero::after rules take. Revert to 40px if a future clone goes back to a round badge. */ .brand img{height:58px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:50px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:42px}} /* ============================================================ POWDER HOLLOW — Enfield, CT Light blue-grey header with a TWO-TONE rule, brand red CTAs, SQUARE corners, cool blue-grey paper, and a SAWTOOTH MILL ROOF divider under the hero. Enfield's Thompsonville wove carpet at the Bigelow mills and Hazardville made gunpowder in Powder Hollow, so a north-light factory roofline is the honest local motif. The last three builds were all navy-primary. This one is RED primary on a cool SLATE ink - no navy anywhere - with sky blue as the secondary. Square corners follow Loganville's pills and Roseville's 10px. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: pale, with a two-tone red-over-sky rule -------- Roseville also used a light header, so this one is differentiated by the DOUBLE rule and the slate type. */ .hdr{background:var(--bg);border-bottom:3px solid var(--red); box-shadow:0 2px 0 0 var(--teal)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:var(--tx)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--red);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx)} .hdr .burger span{background:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w b{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w span{color:var(--tx-2)} /* --- hero: slate, with a sky-blue glow --- */ /* GLOW OPACITY MUST SCALE WITH THE LUMINANCE GAP. The previous builds used .22-.36 for a blue or sky glow over navy, where the glow and the base are close in luminance. Brand YELLOW over near-black is an enormous gap, and .22 washed the whole upper hero to a solid olive-gold (#513: rgba mixes to (81,67,25)) - which is exactly the fast-food read this palette has to avoid. Dropped to .07 and tightened, which lifts the corner without colouring it. */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(720px 400px at 88% 6%,rgba(168,201,240,.10),transparent 58%), linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 55%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: sawtooth mill roof under the hero ------------ A north-light factory roofline: a vertical riser, a long shallow rake down, repeated. Deliberately ASYMMETRIC, which is what separates it from the symmetric chevron belt two builds back and the rounded ridgeline of the last one. Built to LOOP: the path enters at x=0 and leaves at x=200 at the SAME height with the same direction, so there is no notch at the repeat. VERIFY ON SCREEN. Self-contained on purpose. ELEVEN .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. That height sits on a line SHARED with left/right/top/bottom - patch the BLOCK, not the line, then verify the computed height in the browser. */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:38px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:200px 38px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:24px;background-size:126px 24px}} /* --- SQUARE corners. Loganville used pills, Roseville 10px, so this build goes hard the other way. --- */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:0} /* --- CTAs: brand red, white text (5.9:1). Compound selectors match the specificity an earlier build's block uses (.hero .btn-red etc, 0,2,0) - a bare .btn-red loses to it regardless of source order. --- */ .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;border-radius:0} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk)} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--line);border-radius:0} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#F6E6E7} .trust .ic{color:#A3111C} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--red)} /* --- DARK-FIELD ACCENT: A LIGHTENED SECONDARY, NOT A TINT OF THE PRIMARY. Brand red #A3111C measures 1.53-2.48:1 across the hero bands - unusable as text there. Rather than invent a pink tint, this build uses the SECONDARY sky blue, lightened to #A3111C so it clears 4.5 against EVERY band including a glow-lightened sample (worst case 5.01). Plain #A3111C measured 3.36 at worst and was rejected. */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#F1F4EE} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#A3111C} .eyebrow-amber{color:#A3111C} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#A3111C} .ftr-l b{color:#A3111C} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--red)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--red)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* Chivo is a sturdy grotesque; it sets a touch looser than Bricolage */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.018em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(2.05rem,4vw,3.2rem)} /* --- HEADER LOCKUP SIZING ------------------------------------ Carried from the previous build and still required: an ancestor build's header block sets `.brand img{height:40px}` partway down this file and beats the base rule on source order. That suits a square badge; this build's logo is another STACKED LOCKUP with a two-line wordmark, illegible at 40px. Override here at the end, where it wins. Revert if a future clone uses a round badge. */ .brand img{height:58px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:50px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:42px}} /* ============================================================ CAMBRIA IRON — Johnstown, PA Near-black header with a YELLOW rule, deep red CTAs carrying a yellow safety-stripe edge, 6px corners, warm neutral paper, and a MILL STACK divider under the hero. First WARM-ONLY palette in the run - red and yellow on a warm near-black, with no blue or slate anywhere. Red+yellow can read as fast food, so: the red is DEEP rather than bright, the yellow is accent/rule/dark-field only and never a large fill, the near-black dominates, and the paper stays restrained. The divider is a BLOCKY STEPPED silhouette - rectangles at varying heights, no diagonals and no curves at all - which is what separates it from the sawtooth, the chevron belt and the ridgeline. Johnstown was built on the Cambria Iron Works and the yard address is Iron Street. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: near-black with a yellow rule --- */ .hdr{background:var(--ink);border-bottom:3px solid var(--teal);box-shadow:none} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--teal);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr .burger span{background:#EBE4D3} .hdr .logo-w b{color:#fff} .hdr .logo-w span{color:#A8A08E} /* --- hero: warm charcoal with a low yellow glow --- */ /* GLOW OPACITY MUST SCALE WITH THE LUMINANCE GAP. The previous builds used .22-.36 for a blue or sky glow over navy, where the glow and the base are close in luminance. Brand YELLOW over near-black is an enormous gap, and .22 washed the whole upper hero to a solid olive-gold (#513: rgba mixes to (81,67,25)) - which is exactly the fast-food read this palette has to avoid. Dropped to .07 and tightened, which lifts the corner without colouring it. */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(720px 400px at 88% 6%,rgba(168,201,240,.10),transparent 58%), linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 55%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: mill stack divider under the hero ------------ A run of paper-coloured rectangular blocks at varying heights with a solid base rail - a mill roofline and stack profile. Deliberately ORTHOGONAL: no diagonals, no curves. Built to LOOP: the tile starts and ends mid-gap at the same height, so there is no notch at the repeat. VERIFY ON SCREEN. Self-contained on purpose. TWELVE .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. That height sits on a line SHARED with left/right/top/bottom - patch the BLOCK, not the line, then verify the computed height in the browser. */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:40px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:220px 40px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:26px;background-size:143px 26px}} /* --- CTAs: deep red, white text (6.55:1), with a yellow safety-stripe bottom edge. The stripe is this build's small signature detail and pairs with the header rule. --- */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:6px} .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;border-radius:6px; box-shadow:inset 0 -3px 0 0 var(--teal)} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff; box-shadow:inset 0 -3px 0 0 var(--teal)} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk)} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--line);border-radius:0} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#F6E6E7} .trust .ic{color:var(--teal)} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--red)} /* --- DARK-FIELD ACCENT: THE BRAND YELLOW AT FULL STRENGTH ----- A third distinct case in this run, and the simplest yet. Loganville dark accent -> invent a lighter tint Enfield secondary too dark -> lighten the secondary Johnstown the secondary IS light - brand #A3111C measures 10.37:1 on this near-black, so NO tint is invented and the true brand colour carries the dark fields. Brand red measures 2.04:1 here and is never used as text on dark. */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#F1F4EE} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} .eyebrow-amber{color:var(--teal)} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:var(--teal)} .ftr-l b{color:var(--teal)} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--red)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--red)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* Oswald is CONDENSED and sets tall and narrow - it needs looser tracking and a slightly larger size than the previous grotesques, and its lowercase wants a touch more line-height. */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:.004em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(2.2rem,4.4vw,3.5rem);line-height:1.12} /* --- HEADER LOCKUP SIZING ------------------------------------ Carried from the previous two builds and still required: an ancestor block sets `.brand img{height:40px}` partway down this file and beats the base rule on source order. THIS lockup is SIDE-BY-SIDE at 2.78:1 - much wider than the stacked ones - so it needs a SMALLER height than they did or it overruns the nav. Sized by width, not height. */ .brand img{height:42px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:38px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:32px}} /* --- NEUTRALISE THE ANCESTOR .hero::before GLOW LAYER --------- THE REAL CAUSE of this build's washed-out hero, and worth recording because the mechanism is subtle. An ancestor build stacks a SECOND glow layer on `.hero::before` (three gradients, z-index:-1) on top of the `.hero` background. My stale-literal colour sweep recoloured it correctly and mechanically - and that is exactly the problem. In the ancestor the third layer was `linear-gradient(165deg, 0%, ...)`, where a mid-tone start reads as a subtle tint. Swapping that hex for a VERY LIGHT brand yellow turned the same gradient into a solid yellow wash across the whole upper hero. The sweep was syntactically perfect and semantically wrong: the ROLE of the colour changed even though the substitution was valid. Nothing automated catches that - only looking at it does. Note also the empty `.hero::before{}` rule further up the file: an earlier build clearly hit this and tried to blank it, but an empty declaration block has no effect. Override the properties. This build's `.hero` already carries its own base gradient, so ::before only needs one restrained highlight. */ .hero::before{ background:radial-gradient(680px 380px at 86% 8%,rgba(250,206,1,.07),transparent 60%)} /* ============================================================ HARDWARE CITY — New Britain, CT Deep pine header carrying the BRAND colour, green CTAs, red as the light-field accent, 20px corners and an ARCADE divider. Second Connecticut build in the chain, so the state carries none of the distinctiveness - the palette does. GREEN primary with a red accent is unused in this run, and the header is the first BRAND-COLOURED one: every previous build used a neutral dark or a neutral light. TOKEN NAMING IS INVERTED HERE: `--red` is the CTA token and holds the brand GREEN; `--teal` is the secondary token and holds the brand RED. The kit has always used `--red` as a role name rather than a hue. Read the values. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: deep pine, the brand family, with a red rule --- */ .hdr{background:var(--ink);border-bottom:3px solid var(--teal);box-shadow:none} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:#A3111C;height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr .burger span{background:#EBE4D3} .hdr .logo-w b{color:#fff} .hdr .logo-w span{color:#A8A08E} /* --- hero: pine, with a restrained mint lift -------------- Opacity chosen against the LUMINANCE GAP, per the previous build: mint over pine is a moderate gap, so .10 here reads as the .07 yellow-over-black did. Both glow layers are set - see the ::before override below. --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(760px 420px at 86% 8%,rgba(168,201,240,.10),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 55%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- NEUTRALISE THE ANCESTOR .hero::before GLOW LAYER -------- Carried forward deliberately. An ancestor build stacks a SECOND glow layer on `.hero::before` (three gradients, z-index:-1) and a colour sweep will recolour it mechanically - which is exactly how the previous build shipped a washed-out hero into QA. The third layer there is a linear-gradient whose 0% stop becomes whatever the sweep substituted, and a light substitution turns a subtle tint into a solid wash. Override it explicitly every clone. --- */ .hero::before{ background:radial-gradient(680px 380px at 88% 6%,rgba(168,201,240,.08),transparent 62%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: arcade divider under the hero ---------------- A row of discrete SEMICIRCLES - a colonnade or arcade. Every other shape language in this run is taken: spikes, zigzag, rolling curves, asymmetric triangles, orthogonal blocks. Repeating half-circles is what is left, and it pairs with the 20px corners. Built to LOOP: the tile begins and ends exactly at the join between two arches, so there is no notch at the repeat. VERIFY ON SCREEN. Self-contained on purpose. THIRTEEN .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. That height sits on a line SHARED with left/right/top/bottom - patch the BLOCK, not the line, then verify the computed height in the browser. */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:34px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:132px 34px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:22px;background-size:86px 22px}} /* --- CTAs: brand GREEN, white text (6.61:1). 20px corners, the roundest in the run without being a pill. --- */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:20px} .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;border-radius:20px; box-shadow:none} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;box-shadow:none} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk)} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} /* red earns its keep as the accent on LIGHT fields, where it measures 4.95:1 on this paper */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--teal);border-radius:0} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#F6E6E7} .trust .ic{color:#A3111C} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} /* --- DARK-FIELD ACCENT: A LIGHTENED PRIMARY, BECAUSE BOTH BRAND COLOURS FAIL. A fourth distinct case in this run: Loganville dark primary -> lighten the primary Enfield secondary too dark -> lighten the secondary Johnstown secondary already light -> use it RAW, no tint New Britain BOTH fail -> no raw option exists Brand green measures 2.86:1 on this pine and brand red 2.63:1, so neither could be used as text on dark at any size. The mint #A3111C clears 5.01:1 against the worst band. Measured against EVERY band including a glow-lightened sample. */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#EBE4D3} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#A3111C} .eyebrow-amber{color:#A3111C} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#A3111C} .ftr-l b{color:#A3111C} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* Archivo is a sturdy normal-width grotesque after Oswald's condensed - it needs slightly tighter tracking and a smaller clamp ceiling than the condensed face did. */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.016em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(2.05rem,4vw,3.15rem);line-height:1.14} /* --- HEADER LOGO SIZING -------------------------------------- Back to a CIRCULAR BADGE after three lockup builds, so this reverts toward the badge sizing. An ancestor block still sets `.brand img{height:40px}` mid-cascade, so the override stays - but a square badge wants more height than the wide side-by-side lockup did, and less than the tall stacked ones. */ .brand img{height:54px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:46px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:40px}} /* ============================================================ WHIP CITY — Westfield, MA TWO-TIER header (navy utility strip over a white nav bar), brand red CTAs, navy as the structural secondary, 4px corners, light steel paper, and a DOVETAIL divider. Navy + red was already used by two earlier builds in this chain, so the palette cannot differentiate. The STRUCTURE does: a two-tier header is new (every previous build was single-tier), and the DOVETAIL divider is a row of trapezoids - flat tops, angled sides - which is the one silhouette left after spikes, zigzag, rolling curves, asymmetric triangles, orthogonal rectangles and semicircles. TOKENS ARE CONVENTIONAL AGAIN: --red is the red, --teal is the navy. The previous build inverted them; that note does not apply here. ============================================================ */ /* --- TWO-TIER HEADER: navy utility strip above a white nav --- The markup already carries `.hdr-top`; earlier builds hid it or let it inherit. Here it is the signature. --- */ .hdr{background:#fff;border-bottom:1px solid var(--line);box-shadow:0 1px 0 0 rgba(35,26,21,.04)} .hdr-top{display:block;background:var(--ink);color:#F6E6E7; border-bottom:3px solid var(--red);font-size:.78rem;letter-spacing:.01em} .hdr-top-in{display:flex;align-items:center;justify-content:space-between; gap:1rem;padding:.42rem 0} .hdr-top-l,.hdr-top-r{display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:.4rem; white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis} .hdr-top .ic{width:14px;height:14px;flex:none;color:#A3111C} .hdr-top a{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr-top a:hover{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:var(--tx)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--red);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx)} .hdr .burger span{background:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w b{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w span{color:var(--tx-2)} @media(max-width:900px){.hdr-top{display:none}} /* --- hero: deep navy with a restrained ice-blue lift --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(760px 420px at 86% 8%,rgba(250,206,1,.08),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 55%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- NEUTRALISE THE ANCESTOR .hero::before GLOW LAYER -------- Carried forward every clone. An ancestor build stacks a SECOND glow layer here (three gradients, z-index:-1) and a colour sweep recolours it mechanically - which is how a washed-out hero once reached QA. Override it explicitly. --- */ .hero::before{ background:radial-gradient(680px 380px at 88% 6%,rgba(250,206,1,.07),transparent 62%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: dovetail divider under the hero -------------- A row of TRAPEZOIDS: flat tops, angled sides, even gaps - joinery tabs, apt for a town built on toolmaking. Built to LOOP: the tile starts and ends mid-gap at the same height, so there is no notch at the repeat. VERIFY ON SCREEN. Self-contained on purpose. FOURTEEN .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. That height sits on a line SHARED with left/right/top/bottom - patch the BLOCK, not the line, then verify the computed height in the browser. */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:32px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:168px 32px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:22px;background-size:116px 22px}} /* --- CTAs: brand red, white text (5.98:1), 4px corners --- */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:4px} .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;border-radius:4px; box-shadow:none} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;box-shadow:none} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk)} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} /* navy is the structural secondary - card rules and tiles */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--teal);border-radius:0} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#F6E6E7} .trust .ic{color:#A3111C} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--red)} /* --- DARK-FIELD ACCENT: a lightened NAVY, because red fails. A fifth distinct case in this run: Loganville dark primary -> lighten the primary Enfield secondary too dark -> lighten the secondary Johnstown secondary already light -> use it RAW New Britain BOTH fail -> lighten the primary Westfield red fails on navy, and the navy IS the field -> lighten the SECONDARY well past the field Brand red measures 1.68:1 against the lightest hero band. The ice blue #A3111C clears 5.05:1 against every band including a glow-lightened sample; #8FB8E8 measured 4.19 and was rejected. */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#EBE4D3} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#A3111C} .eyebrow-amber{color:#A3111C} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#A3111C} .ftr-l b{color:#A3111C} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--red)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--red)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* Urbanist is a clean geometric grotesque - it sets a little wide, so pull the display tracking in slightly. */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.02em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(2.05rem,4vw,3.2rem);line-height:1.13} /* --- HEADER LOGO SIZING -------------------------------------- STACKED LOCKUP at 1.22:1 - taller than the side-by-side one and squarer than the previous stacked ones. An ancestor block still sets `.brand img{height:40px}` mid-cascade, so the override stays. --- */ .brand img{height:52px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:46px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:38px}} /* ============================================================ GULF COAST — Largo, FL Ocean-teal header, BLUE CTAs, brand green as the structural secondary, 8px corners, warm sand paper, and a SCALLOP divider of overlapping arcs. First Florida build in this chain. The palette moves to an OCEAN TEAL ink - a hue not used by any previous build, which have run navy, slate, pine and near-black - and the CTA is BLUE, which no previous build has used either (they have been red, green or navy). The SCALLOP divider is overlapping arcs, reading as both roof tile and water. It is distinct from New Britain's arcade because those semicircles sit discrete and separate; these overlap. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: ocean teal. Reverting to single-tier: the previous build's two-tier strip was its own signature and this build differentiates on hue and motif instead. --- */ .hdr{background:var(--ink);border-bottom:3px solid var(--teal);box-shadow:none} .hdr-top{display:none} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:#A3111C;height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr .burger span{background:#EBE4D3} .hdr .logo-w b{color:#fff} .hdr .logo-w span{color:#A8A08E} /* --- hero: ocean teal, TIGHTENED gradient with a WEAK aqua glow. The gradient ceiling and the glow strength were both tuned by measurement, not by eye: with the wider gradient this build started from, NO accent colour cleared 4.5 against the glow-lightened band without going essentially white. Pulling the top band down and the glow to .08 let the brand-adjacent aqua work instead. --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(720px 400px at 86% 8%,rgba(250,206,1,.08),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 55%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- NEUTRALISE THE ANCESTOR .hero::before GLOW LAYER -------- Carried forward every clone. An ancestor build stacks a SECOND glow layer here (three gradients, z-index:-1) and a colour sweep recolours it mechanically - which is how a washed-out hero once reached QA. Override it explicitly. --- */ .hero::before{ background:radial-gradient(680px 380px at 88% 6%,rgba(250,206,1,.06),transparent 62%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: scallop divider under the hero --------------- A row of OVERLAPPING arcs - barrel tile, or water. The overlap is what separates it from the discrete semicircle arcade of an earlier build. Built to LOOP: the tile begins and ends mid-arc at the same height, so there is no notch at the repeat. VERIFY ON SCREEN. Self-contained on purpose. FIFTEEN .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. That height sits on a line SHARED with left/right/top/bottom - patch the BLOCK, not the line, then verify the computed height in the browser. */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:30px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:120px 30px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:20px;background-size:80px 20px}} /* --- CTAs: brand BLUE, white text (8.11:1), 8px corners. No previous build in this chain has used a blue CTA fill. --- */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:8px} .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;border-radius:8px; box-shadow:none} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;box-shadow:none} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk)} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} /* brand green is the structural secondary - card rules and ticks */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--teal);border-radius:0} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#F6E6E7} .trust .ic{color:#A3111C} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} /* --- DARK-FIELD ACCENT: a light AQUA, and the gradient had to move to make it work. A sixth distinct case: Loganville dark primary -> lighten the primary Enfield secondary too dark -> lighten the secondary Johnstown secondary already light -> use it RAW New Britain both brand colours fail -> lighten the primary Westfield red fails, navy IS field-> lighten the secondary Largo BOTH fail AND nothing cleared the glow band -> tighten the GRADIENT as well as the accent Brand blue measures 1.12:1 and brand green 1.01:1 against the glow-lightened band of the gradient this build started from - no tint of either would have worked without going white. The fix was to pull the gradient ceiling down and the glow to .08, after which #A3111C clears 5.42:1 against every band. */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#EBE4D3} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#A3111C} .eyebrow-amber{color:#A3111C} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#A3111C} .ftr-l b{color:#A3111C} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* Plus Jakarta Sans is a touch wide and quite round */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.022em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(2.05rem,4vw,3.15rem);line-height:1.14} /* --- HEADER LOGO SIZING -------------------------------------- Back to a CIRCULAR BADGE. An ancestor block still sets `.brand img{height:40px}` mid-cascade, so the override stays - a square badge wants more height than a wide lockup. --- */ .brand img{height:54px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:46px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:40px}} /* ============================================================ MOBILE NAV DRAWER — CONTRAST FIX ============================================================ *** LATENT INHERITED DEFECT, PRESENT IN EVERY DARK-HEADER BUILD IN THIS CHAIN, NOT JUST THIS ONE. *** Each dark-header clone adds a block like: .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:#fff} written for the dark header BAR, and written at TOP LEVEL so it applies at every viewport width. At <=1100px `.nav` becomes a fixed drawer with `background:var(--paper)` — i.e. WHITE. The base stylesheet correctly sets `.nav-l>li>a{color:var(--ink-2)}` inside that breakpoint, but the clone rule carries the `.hdr` prefix and therefore HIGHER SPECIFICITY (0,3,1 vs 0,2,1), so it wins regardless of the media query. Result: pale blue links on white — nearly invisible — and the CURRENT page, which resolves to `color:#fff`, is COMPLETELY invisible. Three of these blocks are now stacked in this file, so scoping only the newest one is not enough; the older two still cascade. This block must therefore OVERRIDE ALL OF THEM, sit LAST, and carry at least the same specificity. >>> A DARK-HEADER COLOUR RULE MUST BE SCOPED TO THE DESKTOP BREAKPOINT. The header bar is dark; the mobile drawer that shares its markup is not. <<< ============================================================ */ @media(max-width:1100px){ .hdr .nav-l>li>a, .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover{color:var(--ink-2)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current], .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current="page"]{color:var(--red)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after, .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current="page"]::after{display:none;background:none} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx-2)} .hdr .sub-b::after{border-right-color:var(--tx-2);border-bottom-color:var(--tx-2)} .hdr .sub a{color:var(--ink-2)} .hdr .sub a:hover{color:var(--red)} } /* ============================================================ CLOCKMAKER — Bristol, CT LIGHT stone header, deep navy hero, GOLD CTA fill with a NAVY label, 14px corners, and a TICK-MARK divider. *** GOLD IS A FILL, NOT A TEXT COLOUR. *** #A3111C on the stone paper measures 1.53:1. It must never be used for text, icons, eyebrow ticks or card rules on a light field - those take navy or the blue secondary. Gold is only safe as a FILL carrying a navy label, or as an accent on the dark hero, where it measures 5.54:1 raw. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: LIGHT stone, navy type. Reverting from the previous build's dark header; the gold accent rule carries the brand instead. --- */ .hdr{background:var(--bg);border-bottom:3px solid var(--red);box-shadow:none} .hdr-top{display:none} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:var(--ink-2)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--red);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx-2)} .hdr .burger span{background:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w b{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w span{color:var(--tx-2)} /* --- hero: deep navy with a WEAK gold glow. Gold over navy is a wide luminance gap, so the glow stays low (.10) - the same scaling rule that keeps a bright accent from washing the panel. --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(700px 400px at 84% 10%,rgba(250,206,1,.08),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(158deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 55%,#150F0C 100%)} /* --- NEUTRALISE THE ANCESTOR .hero::before GLOW LAYER -------- Carried forward every clone. An ancestor build stacks a SECOND glow layer here and a colour sweep recolours it mechanically, which is how a washed-out hero once reached QA. --- */ .hero::before{ background:radial-gradient(660px 380px at 86% 8%,rgba(250,206,1,.06),transparent 62%)} /* --- SIGNATURE 1: MIRRORED HERO ------------------------------ Image LEFT, copy RIGHT on desktop. Every previous build in this chain runs copy-left / image-right, so this reads as a different layout at a glance rather than a recolour. Scoped to min-width:901px, so THE MOBILE STACK IS UNTOUCHED and still matches every previous build in the chain - media first, then copy, then the call buttons. Verified side by side against the previous build at 390px: identical offsets, direction:ltr. Only the desktop two-column order flips, so nothing about the mobile conversion path moves. */ @media(min-width:901px){ /* The grid element is `.hero-in`, NOT `.hero-grid`. I wrote this rule against `.hero-grid` first and it styled NOTHING - the same failure as an earlier build in this chain, where a stylesheet rule referenced markup that did not exist and nobody noticed for several clones. >>> VERIFY THE SELECTOR AGAINST THE DOM BEFORE TRUSTING THE RULE. <<< `.hero-in` also carries `.wrap`, whose `padding-inline:var(--pad)` sets both sides equally, so flipping direction cannot unbalance it. */ .hero-in{direction:rtl} .hero-in>*{direction:ltr} } /* --- SIGNATURE 2: TICK-MARK divider -------------------------- Alternating tall and short vertical strokes - a clock face laid flat. Bristol was the clockmaking capital of America and the museum is still here. Every previous divider in this chain has been a filled SILHOUETTE edge (triangles, arcs, trapezoids, ridgelines). This one is LINEAR STROKES on a solid base, which is a different kind of mark entirely. Built to LOOP: the tile is 96px wide with strokes at a regular 12px pitch, so the repeat lands mid-gap. VERIFY ON SCREEN. Self-contained on purpose. SIXTEEN .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. That height sits on a line SHARED with left/right/top/bottom - patch the BLOCK, not the line, then verify the computed height in the browser. */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:26px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:96px 26px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:18px;background-size:66px 18px}} /* --- SIGNATURE 3: GOLD CTA WITH A NAVY LABEL ----------------- *** THE FIRST LIGHT CTA FILL IN THIS CHAIN. *** Every previous build filled its CTA with a dark colour and put white on it. Here white measures 1.72:1 against the gold and navy measures 8.02:1, so the label colour has to be overridden EVERYWHERE the button appears - hero, dark sections, cards and the sticky mobile call bar - because the inherited rules all assume a dark fill and hardcode #fff. */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:14px} .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red,.callbar a{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:var(--ink);border-radius:14px; box-shadow:none;font-weight:700} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:var(--ink)} .btn-red .ic,.callbar a .ic,.hero .btn-red .ic,.sec-dark .btn-red .ic{color:var(--ink)} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:var(--ink);box-shadow:none} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:var(--ink)} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} /* blue secondary carries the structural marks on LIGHT fields, because gold is unreadable there (1.53:1) */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--teal);border-radius:0} .eyebrow{color:var(--teal)} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#F6E6E7} .trust .ic{color:var(--red)} /* --- DARK-FIELD ACCENT: gold used RAW. A seventh distinct case, and only the second where the brand colour needed no adjustment at all: Loganville dark primary -> lighten the primary Enfield secondary too dark -> lighten the secondary Johnstown secondary already light -> use it RAW New Britain both brand colours fail -> lighten the primary Westfield red fails, navy IS field-> lighten the secondary Largo both fail, nothing cleared the glow band -> tighten the GRADIENT Bristol gold already light -> use it RAW (5.54:1) The catch on this build is the OPPOSITE of the usual one: gold is fine on the dark hero and unusable on the light paper, so the accent rules have to be scoped to dark fields only. */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#FDF3D2} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:var(--red)} .eyebrow-amber{color:var(--red)} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:var(--red)} .ftr-l b{color:var(--red)} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(158deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* Sora runs wide and geometric; pull the display tracking in */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.03em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(2rem,3.9vw,3.05rem);line-height:1.15} /* --- HEADER LOGO SIZING -------------------------------------- A CIRCULAR BADGE again. An ancestor block still sets `.brand img{height:40px}` mid-cascade, so the override stays - a square badge wants more height than a wide lockup. --- */ .brand img{height:54px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:46px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:40px}} /* ============================================================ TWO RANGES — Mt Pleasant, MI DEEP BLUE header carrying a LIGHT logo variant, deep blue hero, GREEN CTA with a white label, 16px corners, and a TWO-TONE LAYERED PEAK divider. NOTE: `--red` holds the GREEN and `--teal` holds the BLUE on this build. They are ROLE names, not hues. Read the values. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: DEEP BLUE with a green rule, carrying the LIGHT logo variant. This lockup has NO white interior disc (unlike the circular badges of recent builds), so the full-colour file would vanish here - its wordmark and its graphic are both blue. --- */ .hdr{background:#231A15;border-bottom:3px solid var(--red);box-shadow:none} .hdr-top{display:none} .hdr .logo-w b{color:#fff} .hdr .logo-w span{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr .burger span{background:#fff} /* --- DESKTOP-ONLY nav colours ------------------------------ *** SCOPED DELIBERATELY. *** A dark header shares its markup with the MOBILE DRAWER, which has `background:var(--paper)` - white. Writing these light colours at top level (as several earlier builds in this chain did) makes them win at every width via the `.hdr` prefix's higher specificity, and the drawer becomes pale-on-white with the CURRENT PAGE, which resolves to #fff, completely invisible. That defect shipped on three builds before it was caught by a client looking at their phone. It is prevented here by scoping from the start, and the explicit mobile block below is kept as a belt-and-braces override because several stacked ancestor rules still cascade. --- */ @media(min-width:1101px){ .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#F7E2E3} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--red);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:#F6E6E7} } @media(max-width:1100px){ .hdr .nav-l>li>a, .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover{color:var(--ink-2)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--red)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{display:none} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx-2)} .hdr .sub a{color:var(--ink-2)} } /* --- hero: deep blue, weak green glow --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(720px 420px at 82% 12%,rgba(250,206,1,.08),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(160deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 55%,#150F0C 100%)} .hero::before{ background:radial-gradient(680px 390px at 84% 10%,rgba(250,206,1,.06),transparent 62%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: TWO-TONE LAYERED PEAK divider ---------------- *** THE FIRST MULTI-COLOUR DIVIDER IN THIS CHAIN. *** Every previous one has been a single flat silhouette cut in one colour. This stacks a MID-BLUE range behind a PAPER range, offset by half a period, so it reads as depth rather than as an edge. It also echoes the client's logo. Built to LOOP: tile is 120px wide with a 60px peak period, so two full peaks per tile and the repeat lands on a peak base. Self-contained on purpose. SEVENTEEN .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. That height sits on a line SHARED with left/right/top/bottom - patch the BLOCK, not the line, then verify the computed height in the browser. --- */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:34px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:120px 34px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:24px;background-size:84px 24px}} /* --- GREEN CTA, white label (5.41:1). Back to a dark fill after the previous build's light gold, so the inherited #fff labels are correct again - but the previous build OVERRODE them to navy, and those overrides must be undone. --- */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:16px} .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red,.callbar a{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;border-radius:16px; box-shadow:none;font-weight:600} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .btn-red .ic,.callbar a .ic,.hero .btn-red .ic,.sec-dark .btn-red .ic{color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;box-shadow:none} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} /* structural marks on LIGHT fields use the blue secondary */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--teal);border-radius:0} .eyebrow{color:var(--teal)} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#F6E6E7} .trust .ic{color:#FACE01} /* --- DARK-FIELD ACCENT: green LIGHTENED to #FACE01. An eighth distinct case, and back to the commonest one: Loganville dark primary -> lighten the primary Enfield secondary too dark -> lighten the secondary Johnstown secondary already light -> use it RAW New Britain both brand colours fail -> lighten the primary Westfield red fails, navy IS field-> lighten the secondary Largo both fail, nothing cleared the glow band -> tighten the GRADIENT Bristol gold already light -> use it RAW Mt Pleasant brand green 1.55:1 -> LIGHTEN to #FACE01 Brand green measures 1.55:1 on the hero - one of the worst raw readings in the series. #FACE01 clears every band including the glow-lightened sample at 5.30:1. --- */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#FDF3D2} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#FACE01} .eyebrow-amber{color:#FACE01} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#FACE01} .ftr-l b{color:#FACE01} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(160deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* Space Grotesk is wide and geometric; pull display tracking in */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.025em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(2rem,3.85vw,3rem);line-height:1.16} /* --- HEADER LOGO SIZING -------------------------------------- A STACKED LOCKUP at roughly 1.05:1, so it wants height rather than width. An ancestor block still sets `.brand img{height:40px}` mid-cascade, so this override stays on every clone. --- */ .brand img{height:50px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:44px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:38px}} /* --- REVERT THE PREVIOUS BUILD'S MIRRORED HERO --------------- The clone source made image-left / copy-right its signature layout. It survived the sweep because it is pure CSS with no place name in it, so nothing flagged it - and it would have shipped here, quietly undoing that build's differentiation AND this one's. >>> A STRUCTURAL RULE FROM THE PREVIOUS BUILD IS INVISIBLE TO EVERY TEXT-BASED CHECK. Diff the theme block's STRUCTURAL rules, not just its colours, on every clone. <<< Restored to the chain-standard copy-left / image-right. */ @media(min-width:901px){ .hero-in{direction:ltr} .hero-in>*{direction:ltr} } /* --- STACKED LOCKUP NEEDS MORE HEIGHT THAN A BADGE ----------- At 50px the three-line wordmark under the graphic renders at roughly 10px and stops being readable. A circular badge is legible small because it is one mark; a lockup is not. */ .brand img{height:62px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:54px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:46px}} /* ============================================================ FLOOD GAUGE — Bloomsburg, PA DEEP RED header, deep blue hero, RED CTA with a white label, GOLD on dark fields, 12px corners, and a STEPPED GAUGE divider. *** THE FIRST TRI-COLOUR SYSTEM IN THIS CHAIN. *** Every previous build ran two brand colours; this logo carries three. NOTE: `--red` genuinely holds RED on this build and `--teal` holds a BLUE. After several builds of inverted tokens that is worth stating rather than assuming - read the values anyway. *** GOLD IS A DARK-FIELD COLOUR ONLY. *** Brand gold measures 1.93:1 on the pale slate paper. It may never carry text, icons or rules on a light field; those take the blue secondary or the red. Gold appears on the hero, the dark sections, the footer and the deep red header rule. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: DEEP RED, white nav, gold rule ------------------ The first red header in the chain. White on this red measures 7.98:1 and the gold rule 5.36:1. The badge logo needs NO light variant here: it carries an intact white interior disc, which separates it from the red exactly as it would from a dark blue or a pale paper. --- */ .hdr{background:#231A15;border-bottom:3px solid #FACE01;box-shadow:none} .hdr-top{display:none} .hdr .logo-w b{color:#fff} .hdr .logo-w span{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr .burger span{background:#fff} /* --- DESKTOP-ONLY nav colours ------------------------------ *** SCOPED DELIBERATELY, as on the previous dark-header build. A dark header shares its markup with the MOBILE DRAWER, which has `background:var(--paper)`. Writing these light colours at top level makes them win at every width through the `.hdr` prefix's higher specificity, and the drawer becomes pale-on-white with the CURRENT PAGE - which resolves to #fff - completely invisible. That shipped on three builds in this family before a client caught it on their phone. --- */ @media(min-width:1101px){ .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#F7E2E3} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:#FACE01;height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:#F6E6E7} } @media(max-width:1100px){ .hdr .nav-l>li>a, .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover{color:var(--ink-2)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--red)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{display:none} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx-2)} .hdr .sub a{color:var(--ink-2)} } /* --- hero: deep blue, TIGHTENED gradient -------------------- The gradient itself is a contrast lever, not just decoration. With a lighter top stop (#155A93) NOTHING cleared 4.5:1 - brand gold managed 3.08 and even a much-lightened gold only 3.92. Darkening the top stop to #3A2A20 lets #FACE01 clear every band at 5.23:1 including the glow-lightened sample. Second time in this chain the gradient had to move. --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(720px 420px at 80% 12%,rgba(250,206,1,.08),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20 0%,var(--ink) 55%,#150F0C 100%)} .hero::before{ background:radial-gradient(680px 390px at 82% 10%,rgba(250,206,1,.06),transparent 62%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: STEPPED GAUGE divider ------------------------ Solid blocks of stepped height, reading as marks on a river gauge. Bloomsburg floods when the gauge at the Town reaches 19 feet and the Town publishes its crest history in feet, so the motif is the local fact rather than decoration. Every previous divider in this chain has been triangles, arcs, trapezoids, ridgelines, thin ticks or layered peaks. Solid stepped blocks are none of those. Built to LOOP: the tile is 132px wide and the step sequence returns to its starting height at the tile edge. Self-contained on purpose. EIGHTEEN .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. That height sits on a line SHARED with left/right/top/bottom - patch the BLOCK, not the line, then verify the computed height in the browser. --- */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:30px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:132px 30px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:22px;background-size:96px 22px}} /* --- RED CTA, white label (6.23:1) -------------------------- Back to a dark fill, so the inherited #fff labels are correct again. Two builds ago they were overridden to navy for a light gold fill; those overrides are undone here. --- */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:12px} .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red,.callbar a{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;border-radius:12px; box-shadow:none;font-weight:600} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .btn-red .ic,.callbar a .ic,.hero .btn-red .ic,.sec-dark .btn-red .ic{color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;box-shadow:none} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} /* structural marks on LIGHT fields use the BLUE secondary - gold is 1.93:1 on this paper and must never appear there */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--teal);border-radius:0} .eyebrow{color:var(--teal)} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#F6E6E7} .trust .ic{color:#FACE01} /* --- DARK-FIELD ACCENT: gold LIGHTENED to #FACE01, and the GRADIENT TIGHTENED as well. A ninth distinct case, and only the second needing both moves at once: Loganville dark primary -> lighten the primary Enfield secondary too dark -> lighten the secondary Johnstown secondary already light -> use it RAW New Britain both brand colours fail -> lighten the primary Westfield red fails, navy IS field-> lighten the secondary Largo both fail, nothing cleared the glow band -> tighten the GRADIENT Bristol gold already light -> use it RAW Mt Pleasant brand green 1.55:1 -> lighten to #8FE09B Bloomsburg gold 3.08 AND a light gold only 3.92 -> LIGHTEN *AND* TIGHTEN --- */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#FDF3D2} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#FACE01} .eyebrow-amber{color:#FACE01} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#FACE01} .ftr-l b{color:#FACE01} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20,var(--ink))} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* Zilla Slab is a SLAB SERIF - the first serif display in this chain since the second build. It sets wider and taller than a grotesque, so the display scale comes down slightly and the tracking stays near neutral rather than tightening. */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.012em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(1.95rem,3.7vw,2.9rem);line-height:1.18} /* --- HEADER LOGO SIZING -------------------------------------- A CIRCULAR BADGE, so height rather than width, and it stays legible smaller than the previous build's stacked lockup did. An ancestor block still sets `.brand img{height:40px}` mid-cascade, so this override stays on every clone. --- */ .brand img{height:54px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:46px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:40px}} /* ============================================================ SONORAN — Maricopa, AZ ESPRESSO header #231A15, deep GREEN hero, RED CTA with a white label, SAND on dark fields, 24px corners, and a DIAMOND BAND divider on warm linen paper. `--red` is red and `--teal` holds a GREEN on this build. Read the values regardless - several builds inverted them. *** BRAND GREEN IS A DARK-FIELD COLOUR ONLY. *** The logo's green measures 1.92:1 on this paper and may never carry text on a light field. Light-field marks use the DESERT GREEN #7E0D16 (4.59:1). The bright logo green appears only on the espresso header rule, where it reads 6.52:1. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: ESPRESSO, white nav, brand-green rule ---------- The first warm-dark header in the chain. White on this brown measures 13.69:1 and the brand-green rule 6.52:1. The badge logo needs NO light variant - it carries an intact white interior disc. --- */ .hdr{background:#231A15;border-bottom:3px solid #A3111C;box-shadow:none} .hdr-top{display:none} .hdr .logo-w b{color:#fff} .hdr .logo-w span{color:#F6E6E7} .hdr .burger span{background:#fff} /* --- DESKTOP-ONLY nav colours ------------------------------ *** SCOPED DELIBERATELY. *** A dark header shares its markup with the MOBILE DRAWER, which has `background:var(--paper)`. At top level these light colours win at every width through the `.hdr` prefix's specificity and the drawer becomes pale-on-white, with the CURRENT PAGE - which resolves to #fff - completely invisible. That shipped on three builds in this family before a client caught it on their phone. --- */ @media(min-width:1101px){ .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#231A15} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:#A3111C;height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:#F6E6E7} } @media(max-width:1100px){ .hdr .nav-l>li>a, .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--red)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{display:none} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx-2)} .hdr .sub a{color:var(--ink)} } /* --- hero: DEEP GREEN, first green hero in the chain -------- Top stop chosen by measurement, not taste. At #2E6B27 the sand accent managed only 4.36:1; #3A2A20 lifts it to 5.47:1 across every band including the glow-lightened sample. --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(720px 420px at 78% 12%,rgba(250,206,1,.08),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(160deg,#3A2A20 0%,#1F4A1C 55%,#150F0C 100%)} .hero::before{ background:radial-gradient(680px 390px at 80% 10%,rgba(250,206,1,.06),transparent 62%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: DIAMOND BAND divider ------------------------ A row of lozenges on a baseline, referencing Southwestern textile banding. Every previous divider in this chain has been triangles, arcs, trapezoids, ridgelines, thin ticks, layered peaks or stepped blocks - never diamonds. Built to LOOP: the tile is 120px and the diamond sequence returns to its start at the tile edge. Self-contained on purpose. NINETEEN .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. --- */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:30px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:132px 30px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:22px;background-size:96px 22px}} /* --- RED CTA, white label (6.20:1) -------------------------- *** THE SAND RING IS A CONTRAST FIX, NOT DECORATION. *** WCAG 1.4.11 wants 3:1 between a control's boundary and the surface behind it. The red fill measures just 1.65:1 against this green hero, so as a SHAPE the button barely exists even though its LABEL is perfectly legible at 6.20:1. That gap is real and it is not new: on the previous build a red CTA sat at 1.71:1 on its blue hero, and the one before that at 2.06:1. Every build was checking label-on-button and none was checking button-on-field. The 2px sand ring supplies the boundary: 8.05:1 against the hero and 4.88:1 against the red fill itself. On light fields no ring is needed - red on linen is already 5.67:1. --- */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:24px} .btn-red, .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red,.callbar a{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;border-radius:24px; box-shadow:none;font-weight:600} .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red{border:2px solid #FACE01} .btn-red:hover, .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:#FACE01;color:#fff} .btn-red .ic,.callbar a .ic,.hero .btn-red .ic,.sec-dark .btn-red .ic{color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;box-shadow:none} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} /* structural marks on LIGHT fields use DESERT GREEN - the logo's brand green is 1.92:1 on this paper and never appears as a light-field mark */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--teal);border-radius:0} .eyebrow{color:var(--teal)} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#EBE4D3} .trust .ic{color:#FACE01} /* --- DARK-FIELD ACCENT: warm SAND #FACE01 ------------------- Tenth distinct accent case in the chain. The logo's own green could not be made to work on a green hero at any lightness that still read as the brand colour, so the accent moves to the third colour in the desert palette instead. --- */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#FDF3D2} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#FACE01} .eyebrow-amber{color:#FACE01} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#FACE01} .ftr-l b{color:#FACE01} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(160deg,#3A2A20,#1F4A1C)} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* --- STRUCTURAL FIRST: CENTRED SECTION HEADINGS ------------- Every previous build in this chain left-aligns section headings. Centring them - with a short centred rule under the h2 - changes the page rhythm noticeably while leaving the conversion structure untouched. *** SELECTOR VERIFIED AGAINST THE DOM. *** The class is `.sec-head`, NOT `.sec-h`, and it wraps the eyebrow, h2 and lede in an inner
. Written against the wrong name these rules match nothing and fail silently - the stylesheet looks right and the page is simply unchanged. Scoped to section headers only: the HERO stays copy-left, and body prose, cards and article text stay left-aligned, because centred running text is harder to read. --- */ .sec-head{display:block;text-align:center} .sec-head>div{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;max-width:760px} .sec-head .eyebrow{justify-content:center} .sec-head h2::after{ content:"";display:block;width:56px;height:3px;border-radius:2px; background:var(--teal);margin:14px auto 0} .sec-dark .sec-head h2::after,.hero .sec-head h2::after{background:#FACE01} .sec-head .lede{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto} .sec-head .btn,.sec-head .sec-cta{margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto} @media(max-width:760px){.sec-head>div{max-width:none}} /* Epilogue sets tighter and more geometric than the previous build's slab, so the display scale comes up slightly and the tracking tightens. */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.022em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(2rem,3.9vw,3.05rem);line-height:1.14} /* --- HEADER LOGO SIZING -------------------------------------- A CIRCULAR BADGE, so height rather than width. An ancestor block still sets `.brand img{height:40px}` mid-cascade, so this override stays on every clone. --- */ .brand img{height:56px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:48px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:42px}} /* ============================================================ VALLEY — Visalia, CA WHITE header with a brand-green rule, deep PINE GREEN hero, BLUE CTA with a white label, MINT on dark fields, 18px corners, and a DOUBLE WAVE divider on near-white paper. *** GREEN-LED, BLUE-ACTIONED. *** Three earlier builds paired blue and green and every one made the blue the ink. Here the INK is pine green and the BLUE is the action colour. `--red` holds a BLUE on this build. Read the values. *** THE LOGO'S BRIGHT GREEN IS 3.01:1 ON THIS PAPER. *** Below 4.5, so it may not carry text on a light field. Light field marks use the darker green #7E0D16 (5.96:1). The bright green appears only as the header rule, where 3:1 is the correct threshold for a graphical element. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: LIGHT, and deliberately so --------------------- Four of the last five builds used a dark header, and every one needed its nav colours scoping to the desktop breakpoint or the MOBILE DRAWER went illegible - the drawer shares this markup and has a light background, so unscoped dark-header rules win at every width through `.hdr` specificity and the current page, resolving to #fff, disappears entirely. That shipped three times before a client caught it. A light header shares its colours with the drawer, so the whole class of failure cannot arise. No scoping needed here, and none should be added. --- */ .hdr{background:#fff;border-bottom:3px solid #A3111C;box-shadow:0 1px 0 rgba(35,26,21,.04)} .hdr-top{display:none} .hdr .logo-w b{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w span{color:var(--tx-2)} .hdr .burger span{background:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--red)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--red);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx-2)} /* --- hero: DEEP PINE GREEN ---------------------------------- Top stop chosen by measurement. At #1B5C39 the mint accent managed only 4.06:1; #3A2A20 lifts it to 5.36:1 across every band including the glow-lightened sample. --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(720px 420px at 78% 12%,rgba(250,206,1,.08),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(158deg,#3A2A20 0%,#231A15 55%,#150F0C 100%)} .hero::before{ background:radial-gradient(680px 390px at 80% 10%,rgba(250,206,1,.06),transparent 62%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: DOUBLE WAVE divider ------------------------- Two offset sine curves. Every previous divider in this chain has been angular or built from arc segments - triangles, arcs, trapezoids, ridgelines, ticks, layered peaks, stepped blocks, lozenges. A continuous smooth curve is none of them. Built to LOOP: the tile is 160px and both curves return to their starting height at the tile edge. Self-contained on purpose. TWENTY .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. --- */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:32px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:160px 32px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:22px;background-size:112px 22px}} /* --- BLUE CTA, white label (7.14:1) ------------------------- *** THE FIRST BLUE CTA IN THIS CHAIN, AND A DIFFERENT FIX FROM LAST BUILD FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. *** WCAG 1.4.11 wants 3:1 between a control's boundary and the surface behind it. Brand blue measures just 1.78:1 against this pine hero - so on DARK fields the button INVERTS to a bone fill with a deep blue label: bone vs the hero field .... 11.53:1 blue label on bone ........ 7.98:1 The previous build solved the same failure with a light ring round a dark fill. Both work; the inversion is used here because a light-filled button reads as the primary action more strongly on a dark hero, and because varying the remedy keeps the builds visually distinct. On light fields no inversion is needed - blue on near-white paper is already 7.14:1. --- */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:18px} .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red,.callbar a{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;border-radius:18px; box-shadow:none;font-weight:600} .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red{ background:#FFFFFF;border-color:#FFFFFF;color:#231A15} .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover{ background:#fff;border-color:#fff;color:#7E0D16} .hero .btn-red .ic,.sec-dark .btn-red .ic{color:#231A15} .btn-red .ic,.callbar a .ic{color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;box-shadow:none} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} /* structural marks on LIGHT fields use the DARKER green - the logo's bright green is 3.01:1 on this paper */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--teal);border-radius:0} .eyebrow{color:var(--teal)} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#EBE4D3} .trust .ic{color:#FACE01} /* --- DARK-FIELD ACCENT: MINT #FACE01 ------------------------ Eleventh distinct accent case in the chain. The logo's own green sits at 3.4:1 on the pine hero, so it is lightened to a mint that clears every band at 5.36:1. --- */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#FDF3D2} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#FACE01} .eyebrow-amber{color:#FACE01} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#FACE01} .ftr-l b{color:#FACE01} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(158deg,#3A2A20,#231A15)} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* --- STRUCTURAL: SECTION HEADING WITH A RULE TO THE EDGE ----- Left aligned, with a hairline continuing from the heading across the remaining width. The third distinct heading treatment in the chain after plain-left and the previous build's centred version. *** SELECTOR VERIFIED AGAINST THE DOM: the class is `.sec-head` and it wraps eyebrow/h2/lede in an inner
. Written against a guessed name these rules match nothing and fail silently - which is exactly what happened last build, where the whole structural differentiator was absent while the stylesheet looked correct. --- */ .sec-head{display:flex;align-items:flex-end;gap:28px;text-align:left} .sec-head>div{max-width:720px;flex:0 1 auto} .sec-head .eyebrow{justify-content:flex-start} .sec-head::after{ content:"";flex:1 1 auto;height:1px;background:var(--line); margin-bottom:14px;min-width:40px} .sec-dark .sec-head::after{background:rgba(255,255,255,.22)} @media(max-width:860px){ .sec-head{display:block} .sec-head::after{display:none} } /* Rubik sets wide and geometric with a large x-height, so the display scale comes down slightly and tracking tightens. */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.018em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(1.95rem,3.75vw,2.95rem);line-height:1.16} /* --- HEADER LOGO SIZING -------------------------------------- A CIRCULAR BADGE on a LIGHT header, so it can run a little larger than it could on a dark one without shouting. An ancestor block still sets `.brand img{height:40px}` mid-cascade, so this override stays on every clone. --- */ .brand img{height:58px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:50px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:44px}} /* ============================================================ OLD TOWN — Florissant, MO NAVY header with a yellow rule, deep NAVY hero, LOGO YELLOW CTA with a navy label, 28px corners, and a PERFORATED STAMP EDGE divider on warm ash paper. *** `--red` HOLDS A YELLOW ON THIS BUILD. *** Read the values, never the token names. Two builds ago it held a blue. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: NAVY, so the nav rules MUST be scoped ---------- The previous build used a LIGHT header specifically because dark headers in this chain have repeatedly broken the mobile drawer - the drawer shares this markup and has a light background, so an unscoped dark-header rule wins at every width through `.hdr` specificity and the nav text resolves to white on white. That shipped three times before a client caught it. Going dark again makes the scoping MANDATORY. Every rule below that sets a light nav colour is inside the desktop media query, and the mobile override follows it explicitly. Both states are measured in QA - do not "tidy" these into a single unscoped block. --- */ .hdr{background:#0D2036;border-bottom:4px solid var(--red)} .hdr-top{display:none} .hdr .logo-w b{color:#fff} .hdr .logo-w span{color:rgba(255,255,255,.72)} .hdr .burger span{background:#fff} @media(min-width:1101px){ .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--red)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--red);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:rgba(255,255,255,.72)} } @media(max-width:1100px){ /* EXPLICIT mobile override — the drawer is a LIGHT panel. */ .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--teal)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--teal)} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx-2)} } /* --- hero: DEEP NAVY ---------------------------------------- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(720px 420px at 76% 14%,rgba(250,206,1,.09),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(160deg,#3A2A20 0%,#231A15 56%,#150F0C 100%)} .hero::before{ background:radial-gradient(680px 390px at 78% 12%,rgba(250,206,1,.07),transparent 62%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: PERFORATED STAMP EDGE divider --------------- A straight paper-coloured band with a tight row of small semicircular bites along its top edge, like the edge of a postage stamp. Every previous divider in this chain has been angular (triangles, chevrons, trapezoids, ridgelines, ticks, layered peaks, stepped blocks, lozenges, slants), an arc segment, or a continuous wave. A fine repeating perforation is none of those — the bites are small and numerous, so it reads as texture rather than as a shaped edge. Built to LOOP: 96px tile holds exactly 8 bites of 12px pitch. Self-contained on purpose. TWENTY-ONE .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. --- */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:24px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:96px 24px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:18px;background-size:72px 18px}} /* --- YELLOW CTA with a navy label --------------------------- *** A NEW WCAG 1.4.11 CASE, AND THE OPPOSITE OF THE LAST THREE BUILDS. *** Every previous build used a DARK CTA, so the only boundary risk was against the DARK hero. Yellow is a LIGHT colour, so the risk inverts: it is perfectly visible on the navy hero (9.32:1) and nearly invisible against the LIGHT paper: yellow vs warm ash paper ..... 1.52:1 <-- FAILS yellow vs the navy hero ....... 9.32:1 <-- fine navy label on yellow .......... 9.32:1 So the fix runs the other way round from the last two builds: a NAVY BORDER on light fields gives the button its boundary (14.16:1), and on dark fields the border is dropped because the fill already provides one. `validate.py` now checks BOTH fields. The old gate only ever looked at the hero, because until this build every CTA in the chain happened to be dark. --- */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:28px} .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red,.callbar a{ background:var(--red);border:2px solid var(--ink);color:var(--ink); border-radius:28px;box-shadow:none;font-weight:600} .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--ink);color:var(--ink)} .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red{ /* *** border-radius MUST be repeated here. *** An ancestor theme block sets `.hero .btn-red{border-radius:24px}` at (0,2,0); the bare `.btn-red` rule above is (0,1,0) and loses regardless of source order. A previous build found this exact hole and patched it FOR COLOUR PROPERTIES ONLY, so it re-opened the moment this build set a new radius. EVERY property a theme sets on these buttons must be declared at compound specificity. */ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:var(--ink);border-radius:28px} .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:var(--ink)} .btn-red .ic,.callbar a .ic,.hero .btn-red .ic,.sec-dark .btn-red .ic{color:var(--ink)} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border:2px solid var(--ink);color:var(--ink);box-shadow:none} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--ink);color:var(--ink)} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} /* structural marks on LIGHT fields use the MID BLUE - the logo's yellow is 1.52:1 on this paper and can never carry text or a hairline on a light field */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--teal);border-radius:0} .eyebrow{color:var(--teal)} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#EBE4D3} .trust .ic{color:var(--red)} /* --- DARK-FIELD ACCENT: #FACE01 ---------------------------- Twelfth distinct accent case in the chain. A touch lighter than the logo yellow so it clears every band of the navy gradient at 8.07:1. --- */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#FDF3D2} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#FACE01} .eyebrow-amber{color:#FACE01} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#FACE01} .ftr-l b{color:#FACE01} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(160deg,#3A2A20,#231A15)} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* --- STRUCTURAL: SECTION HEADING WITH A TWO-TONE UNDERLINE --- The previous build ran a hairline from the heading out to the right edge. This one sits a short two-segment rule directly under the heading block — a navy segment butted against a yellow one. Fourth distinct heading treatment in the chain after plain-left, centred, and rule-to-edge. *** SELECTOR VERIFIED AGAINST THE DOM: the class is `.sec-head` and it wraps eyebrow/h2/lede in an inner
. Written against a guessed name these rules match nothing and fail silently — which is exactly what happened two builds ago, where the whole structural differentiator was absent while the stylesheet looked correct. --- */ .sec-head{text-align:left;display:block} .sec-head>div{max-width:760px} .sec-head .eyebrow{justify-content:flex-start} .sec-head::after{ content:"";display:block;width:96px;height:4px;margin-top:20px; border-radius:2px; background:linear-gradient(90deg,var(--ink) 0 46px,var(--red) 46px 96px)} .sec-dark .sec-head::after{ background:linear-gradient(90deg,#fff 0 46px,var(--red) 46px 96px)} /* Newsreader is an editorial serif with a modest x-height, so the display scale comes UP slightly and tracking opens a little — the opposite adjustment from the last build's wide geometric sans. */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.005em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(2.05rem,4vw,3.15rem);line-height:1.14} /* --- HEADER LOGO SIZING -------------------------------------- A CIRCULAR BADGE on a DARK header. An ancestor block still sets `.brand img{height:40px}` mid-cascade, so this override stays on every clone. --- */ .brand img{height:56px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:48px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:42px}} /* ============================================================ THE ROUGE — Dearborn, MI LIGHT header with a red rule, deep NAVY hero, RED CTA with a white label, 5px corners, and a GRILLE divider on oatmeal paper. *** `--red` GENUINELY HOLDS A RED ON THIS BUILD. *** Two builds ago it held a yellow and three ago a blue. Read the values, never the token names — including when they happen to agree. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: LIGHT, and FORCED BY THE LOGO -------------------- Only 21% of this badge's interior reads near-white, the lowest measured in the chain and below the 25% threshold at which a light variant becomes necessary. The badge is a solid NAVY ring, so on a dark navy header it has no edge at all and the mark dissolves into the background. Rather than generate a second logo file, the header is light and the one artwork sits correctly on it. That also removes the recurring mobile-drawer bug: the drawer shares this markup and has a light background, so unscoped dark-header rules can never win at mobile widths here. No scoping is needed, and none should be added. --- */ .hdr{background:#231A15;border-bottom:4px solid var(--red); box-shadow:0 1px 0 rgba(35,26,21,.05)} .hdr-top{display:none} .hdr .logo-w b{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .logo-w span{color:var(--tx-2)} .hdr .burger span{background:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--red)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:var(--red);height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx-2)} /* --- hero: DEEP NAVY ---------------------------------------- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(720px 420px at 74% 14%,rgba(250,206,1,.10),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20 0%,#231A15 56%,#150F0C 100%)} .hero::before{ background:radial-gradient(680px 390px at 76% 12%,rgba(250,206,1,.07),transparent 62%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: GRILLE divider ------------------------------ A solid paper-coloured band with a row of LEANING PARALLELOGRAM SLOTS cut through it — a vent or radiator grille. Every previous divider in this chain has been a shaped EDGE (triangles, chevrons, trapezoids, ridgelines, ticks, layered peaks, stepped blocks, lozenges, slants, waves) or a perforated edge. A slotted band is a different construction: the boundary itself is straight and the interest is cut THROUGH the band rather than out of its rim. Suits a manufacturing town, and pairs with the slab display face without either one shouting. Built to LOOP: 84px tile holds exactly 4 slots at 21px pitch, and the lean is contained so nothing is clipped at the tile edge. Self-contained on purpose. TWENTY-TWO .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. --- */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:22px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:84px 22px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:16px;background-size:60px 16px}} /* --- RED CTA, white label (7.44:1) -------------------------- *** WCAG 1.4.11 FAILS ON THE DARK SIDE AGAIN — THIRD BUILD RUNNING THAT THE GATE HAS CAUGHT THIS. *** red vs the oatmeal paper ..... 6.59:1 fine red vs the navy hero ......... 1.89:1 FAILS So on DARK fields the button INVERTS to a WHITE fill with a RED label: white fill vs the hero field .. 14.02:1 red label on white ............ 7.44:1 Two builds ago the same failure was fixed with a bone fill and a blue label; one build ago a light CTA needed the opposite fix, a dark border on light paper. Same criterion, three different remedies. The gate checks the PROPERTY — whether the control has a visible boundary against whatever is behind it — not any particular fix. --- */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:5px} .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red,.callbar a{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;border-radius:5px; box-shadow:none;font-weight:600} .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red{ background:#fff;border-color:#fff;color:var(--red);border-radius:5px} .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover{ background:#F7E2E3;border-color:#F7E2E3;color:var(--red-dk)} .hero .btn-red .ic,.sec-dark .btn-red .ic{color:var(--red)} .btn-red .ic,.callbar a .ic{color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;box-shadow:none} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} /* structural marks on LIGHT fields use the STEEL BLUE */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--teal);border-radius:0} .eyebrow{color:var(--teal)} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#EBE4D3} .trust .ic{color:#FACE01} /* --- DARK-FIELD ACCENT: #FACE01 ----------------------------- Thirteenth distinct accent case in the chain. The logo's own red sits at 1.9:1 on the navy hero and can never carry text there, so the accent is the brand blue lightened to a pale steel that clears every band at 6.06:1. --- */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#FDF3D2} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#FACE01} .eyebrow-amber{color:#FACE01} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#FACE01} .ftr-l b{color:#FACE01} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(162deg,#3A2A20,#231A15)} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* --- STRUCTURAL: INLINE EYEBROW BESIDE THE HEADING ---------- The eyebrow sits to the LEFT of the h2 on the same line, divided by a vertical rule, instead of stacking above it. Fifth distinct heading treatment in the chain after plain-left, centred, rule-to-edge and the two-tone underline. *** SELECTOR VERIFIED AGAINST THE DOM: the class is `.sec-head` and it wraps eyebrow/h2/lede in an inner
. Written against a guessed name these rules match nothing and fail silently — which is exactly what happened three builds ago, where the whole structural differentiator was absent while the stylesheet looked correct. --- */ .sec-head{text-align:left;display:block} .sec-head>div{max-width:780px} .sec-head .eyebrow{ float:left;margin:0 16px 0 0;padding-right:16px; border-right:2px solid var(--red);line-height:1.5} .sec-head h2{overflow:hidden} .sec-head .lede{clear:both;padding-top:4px} @media(max-width:760px){ .sec-head .eyebrow{float:none;margin:0 0 10px;padding-right:0;border-right:0} .sec-head h2{overflow:visible} } /* Bitter is a slab with a large x-height and sturdy stems, so the display scale comes down slightly and tracking stays neutral — the opposite adjustment from the last build's editorial serif. */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.012em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(1.95rem,3.7vw,2.9rem);line-height:1.17} /* --- HEADER LOGO SIZING -------------------------------------- A CIRCULAR BADGE on a LIGHT header. An ancestor block still sets `.brand img{height:40px}` mid-cascade, so this override stays on every clone. --- */ .brand img{height:58px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:50px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:44px}} /* ============================================================ THE CURVE — Altoona, PA DEEP FOREST GREEN header, deep navy-blue hero, GREEN CTA, a TRACK divider, sharp 2px cards against PILL buttons, on SAND paper. *** `--red` HOLDS A GREEN ON THIS BUILD. *** Last build it held a red, before that a yellow, before that a blue. Read the values, never the token names. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: DEEP FOREST GREEN, the first in the chain ------- Available because the badge measures 46% near-white interior — well above the 25% threshold — so it holds an edge on a dark field without a light variant. Headers so far have been white, navy, charcoal, deep red and light; green is new. *** THIS HEADER IS DARK, SO THE NAV RULES MUST BE SCOPED. *** The previous build had a LIGHT header and got drawer safety for free, because the drawer shared the header's colours. That is not true here. White nav rules live inside the desktop media query with an explicit mobile override below, and the drawer contrast is MEASURED after the build. This bug has shipped three times in this series. --- */ .hdr{background:#231A15;border-bottom:4px solid #FACE01; box-shadow:0 1px 0 rgba(21,15,12,.18)} /* *** THE RULE IS PALE BLUE, NOT THE LOGO BLUE. *** The obvious choice was var(--teal) #7E0D16, and it MEASURED 1.73:1 against this green header — below the 3:1 that WCAG 1.4.11 requires of a graphical boundary. A dark blue on a dark green simply has no edge. Pale blue #FACE01 measures 8.91:1 and is already the dark-field accent, so the roles stay consistent: pale blue marks structure on dark, pale green is the CTA. Measured, not eyeballed. */ .hdr-top{display:none} @media(min-width:1101px){ .hdr .logo-w b{color:#fff} .hdr .logo-w span{color:#E4D8BE} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:#FACE01} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:#FACE01;height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:#E4D8BE} } .hdr .burger span{background:#fff} /* *** EXPLICIT MOBILE OVERRIDE — the drawer is a LIGHT panel. *** */ @media(max-width:1100px){ .hdr .nav{background:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--red)} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx-2)} } /* --- hero: DEEP NAVY-BLUE ------------------------------------ */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(700px 410px at 72% 16%,rgba(250,206,1,.11),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(166deg,#3A2A20 0%,#231A15 55%,#150F0C 100%)} .hero::before{ background:radial-gradient(660px 380px at 74% 14%,rgba(250,206,1,.07),transparent 62%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: TRACK divider ------------------------------- Two thin horizontal rules with short cross-ties between them — railway track seen from above, for the town the Pennsylvania Railroad built and ran. *** THIS IS THE FIRST LINE-BASED DIVIDER IN THE CHAIN. *** Every previous one has been a FILLED SHAPE: a shaped edge (triangles, chevrons, trapezoids, ridgelines, ticks, layered peaks, stepped blocks, lozenges, slants, waves, arcs), a perforated rim, or a slotted band. This one is drawn with strokes. The boundary is straight and the structure sits ON the band rather than being cut out of it. Built to LOOP: 72px tile holds exactly 4 ties at 18px pitch, and the rails run the full tile width so successive tiles join without a visible seam. Self-contained on purpose. TWENTY-THREE .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. --- */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:20px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:72px 20px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:15px;background-size:54px 15px}} /* --- GREEN CTA, white label (6.15:1) ------------------------ *** WCAG 1.4.11 FAILS ON THE DARK SIDE — FOURTH BUILD RUNNING THAT THE GATE HAS CAUGHT THIS. *** green vs the sand paper ...... 5.13:1 fine green vs the navy-blue hero .. 2.38:1 FAILS On DARK fields the button inverts to a PALE GREEN fill with a deep navy label: pale green vs the hero field .. 6.06:1 navy label on pale green ...... 9.35:1 *** THIS IS A FOURTH DISTINCT REMEDY. *** Earlier builds used a light ring on a dark fill, an inversion to a NEUTRAL light fill (bone, white), and a dark border on a light CTA. This one inverts to a TINTED fill drawn from the accent family, so the button stays recognisably green on both fields instead of going neutral on one of them. The gate tests the PROPERTY — whether the control keeps a visible boundary against whatever is behind it — not any particular fix. Four builds, four remedies, one criterion. *** AND THE RADIUS IS DIFFERENTIAL. *** Buttons are pills; cards and images are 2px. See the note below. --- */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:999px} .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red,.callbar a{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;border-radius:999px; box-shadow:none;font-weight:600} .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red{ background:#FACE01;border-color:#FACE01;color:var(--ink);border-radius:999px} .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover{ background:#FFDD4A;border-color:#FFDD4A;color:var(--ink)} .hero .btn-red .ic,.sec-dark .btn-red .ic{color:var(--ink)} .btn-red .ic,.callbar a .ic{color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;box-shadow:none} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} /* --- DIFFERENTIAL RADIUS: A DELIBERATELY NEW AXIS ----------- Cards, images and panels are razor-sharp at 2px. Buttons are fully round. Every previous build in this chain used ONE radius token everywhere, which reduced this axis to choosing an unused number between 0 and 28 — and after forty-one builds those are effectively exhausted, with 22px reading no differently from 20px to any human being. Two values held in deliberate tension is a real visual decision rather than a numeric one, and it re-opens the axis honestly. Sharp panels suit the industrial subject; the pill buttons keep the calls to action soft and obviously clickable against them. --- */ .card,.svc-c,.pic,.pic img,.tbl-plain,.note,.big-q,.loc-c{border-radius:2px} /* structural marks on LIGHT fields use the LOGO BLUE */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--teal);border-radius:0} .eyebrow{color:var(--teal)} .eyebrow::before{background:var(--teal)} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#EBE4D3} .trust .ic{color:#FACE01} /* --- DARK-FIELD ACCENT: #FACE01 ----------------------------- Fourteenth distinct accent case. The CTA already owns the pale GREEN on dark fields, so the accent is a pale BLUE — keeping the two roles visually separate rather than having one green stand for both. Clears every band at 6.39:1. --- */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:#FDF3D2} .hero .eyebrow::before,.sec-dark .eyebrow::before{background:#FACE01} .eyebrow-amber{color:#FACE01} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#FACE01} .ftr-l b{color:#FACE01} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(166deg,#3A2A20,#231A15)} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* --- STRUCTURAL: SPLIT SECTION HEADING ---------------------- At desktop the h2 sits in a LEFT column and the lede in a RIGHT column, side by side. Sixth heading treatment after plain-left, centred, rule-to-edge, the two-tone underline and the inline eyebrow — and the first that changes LAYOUT rather than decoration. *** SELECTOR VERIFIED AGAINST THE DOM: the class is `.sec-head` and it wraps eyebrow/h2/lede in an inner
. Written against a guessed name these rules match nothing and fail silently — which is exactly what happened four builds ago, where the whole structural differentiator was absent while the stylesheet looked correct. --- */ .sec-head{text-align:left} .sec-head>div{max-width:none} @media(min-width:901px){ .sec-head>div{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) minmax(0,1fr); gap:8px 44px;align-items:start} .sec-head .eyebrow{grid-column:1;margin-bottom:8px} .sec-head h2{grid-column:1;margin:0} .sec-head .lede{grid-column:2;grid-row:1 / span 2;margin:0;padding-top:4px; border-left:2px solid var(--line);padding-left:28px} } /* Fraunces is a high-contrast old-style face with a modest x-height, so the display scale comes UP slightly and tracking stays neutral — the opposite adjustment from the last build's sturdy slab. */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.008em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(2.05rem,3.9vw,3.05rem);line-height:1.14} /* --- HEADER LOGO SIZING -------------------------------------- A CIRCULAR BADGE on a DARK header. An ancestor block still sets `.brand img{height:40px}` mid-cascade, so this override stays on every clone. --- */ .brand img{height:60px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:52px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:46px}} /* ============================================================ BLACKWATER — Milton, FL Deep BLACKWATER header and hero, LOGO RED CTA, YELLOW on dark fields, a PILING divider, soft 16px cards against SQUARE buttons, on PALE SAND paper. *** `--red` GENUINELY HOLDS A RED AGAIN ON THIS BUILD. *** Last build it held a GREEN, before that a red, before that a yellow, before that a blue. Read the values, never the token names — including when they happen to agree. ============================================================ */ /* --- header: BLACKWATER, and FORCED BY THE ARTWORK ---------- The mark is a YELLOW container with red trim. Measured: yellow #FACE01 on this header .............. 11.30:1 yellow #FACE01 on a mid-tone sand header .... 1.04:1 The sand header was the first choice and would have been a genuine first in this chain — no build has used a mid-tone header. It had to go: on it the container body disappears entirely and the mark collapses to a thin red outline. The artwork decided the header, as it did two builds ago. *** THIS HEADER IS DARK, SO THE NAV RULES ARE SCOPED. *** Light nav rules live inside the desktop media query with an explicit mobile override below, because the drawer is a LIGHT panel and does not share the header's colours. The drawer contrast is MEASURED after the build. This bug has shipped three times in this series. --- */ .hdr{background:#231A15;border-bottom:4px solid #FACE01; box-shadow:0 1px 0 rgba(21,15,12,.20)} .hdr-top{display:none} @media(min-width:1101px){ .hdr .logo-w b{color:#fff} .hdr .logo-w span{color:#E4D8BE} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:#FACE01} .hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]::after{background:#FACE01;height:3px} .hdr .sub-b{color:#E4D8BE} } .hdr .burger span{background:#fff} /* *** EXPLICIT MOBILE OVERRIDE — the drawer is a LIGHT panel. *** */ @media(max-width:1100px){ .hdr .nav{background:#fff} .hdr .nav-l>li>a{color:var(--ink)} .hdr .nav-l>li>a:hover,.hdr .nav-l>li>a[aria-current]{color:var(--red)} .hdr .sub-b{color:var(--tx-2)} } /* --- hero: BLACKWATER --------------------------------------- Named for the Blackwater River that Milton sits on — tannin stained, genuinely near-black, and running past white sand. That contrast is the whole palette. --- */ .hero{background: radial-gradient(700px 410px at 73% 15%,rgba(250,206,1,.10),transparent 60%), linear-gradient(168deg,#3A2A20 0%,#231A15 55%,#150F0C 100%)} .hero::before{ background:radial-gradient(660px 380px at 75% 13%,rgba(250,206,1,.07),transparent 62%)} /* --- SIGNATURE: PILING divider ------------------------------ Short posts of ALTERNATING height hanging DOWN from the boundary, crossed by a horizontal rail. Milton and neighbouring Bagdad were lumber and shipbuilding towns on the Blackwater, and the river is still lined with pilings. *** TWO THINGS ARE NEW HERE. *** 1. THE ALTERNATING RHYTHM. Every previous divider in this chain repeats ONE shape at one size — uniform triangles, uniform slots, uniform ties. Alternating tall and short posts gives the band a rhythm rather than a texture. 2. FILLED SHAPES AND A DRAWN LINE IN THE SAME TILE. Earlier dividers were either filled shapes (edges, perforations, slotted bands) or strokes (the track). This combines both — posts are filled, the rail is stroked. Built to LOOP: 80px tile holds four posts at 20px pitch, alternating 13px and 8px, with the rail at y=6 running the full tile width so successive tiles join without a seam. Self-contained on purpose. TWENTY-FOUR .hero::after rules are now stacked in this file, one per build in the clone chain, and any property this rule does not reset leaks through: top:auto - the base rule's inset:0 pins top:0 border-radius:0 - or an earlier arc scoop curves it opacity:1 - or an earlier quilt rule's .95 applies AND the element height MUST MATCH the background-size height or the tile is cropped. --- */ .hero::after{ content:"";position:absolute; left:0;right:0;top:auto;bottom:0;height:18px; z-index:2;opacity:1;border-radius:0; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:bottom left; background-size:80px 18px; background-image:url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,")} @media(max-width:760px){.hero::after{height:14px;background-size:62px 14px}} /* --- RED CTA, white label (7.91:1) -------------------------- *** WCAG 1.4.11 FAILS ON THE DARK SIDE — FIFTH BUILD RUNNING THAT THE GATE HAS CAUGHT THIS. *** red vs the pale sand paper ... 7.08:1 fine red vs the blackwater hero ... 2.16:1 FAILS On DARK fields the button inverts to a YELLOW fill with a blackwater label: yellow vs the hero field ...... 11.30:1 ink label on yellow ........... 11.30:1 *** BEING HONEST ABOUT THIS ONE: it is the same remedy class as an earlier build in the chain, which also inverted a red CTA to yellow on a dark field. *** Four distinct remedies have now been used — light ring on dark fill, inversion to a neutral light fill, dark border on a light CTA, and inversion to a tinted fill from the accent family. This is the second of those, reused because the logo is literally a yellow container with red trim and any other choice would have been novelty for its own sake. The gate tests the PROPERTY, not the fix, and reusing a remedy is not a failure. *** AND THE RADIUS IS DIFFERENTIAL, INVERTED. *** Buttons are SQUARE; cards are soft. See the note below. --- */ .btn,.btn-red,.btn-ghost,.btn-amber,.callbar a{border-radius:0} .btn-red,.callbar .btn-red,.callbar a{ background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;border-radius:0; box-shadow:none;font-weight:600} .btn-red:hover,.callbar .btn-red:hover{ background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .hero .btn-red,.sec-dark .btn-red{ background:#FACE01;border-color:#FACE01;color:var(--ink);border-radius:0} .hero .btn-red:hover,.sec-dark .btn-red:hover{ background:#FFDD4A;border-color:#FFDD4A;color:var(--ink)} .hero .btn-red .ic,.sec-dark .btn-red .ic{color:var(--ink)} .btn-red .ic,.callbar a .ic{color:#fff} .btn-amber{background:var(--red);border-color:var(--red);color:#fff;box-shadow:none} .btn-amber:hover{background:var(--red-dk);border-color:var(--red-dk);color:#fff} .hero .btn-ghost,.sec-dark .btn-ghost{border-color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);color:#fff} /* --- DIFFERENTIAL RADIUS, THE OTHER WAY ROUND --------------- The previous build opened this axis with SHARP 2px cards against PILL buttons. This one reverses it: SOFT 16px cards and panels against SQUARE 0px buttons. That is deliberate. A new axis is only worth having if it has range, and demonstrating the opposite pairing proves it does — where simply picking another number between 0 and 28 would have proved nothing. Soft panels sit well under the rounded forms in this logo; square buttons keep the calls to action emphatic against them. --- */ .card,.svc-c,.pic,.pic img,.tbl-plain,.note,.big-q,.loc-c{border-radius:16px} /* structural marks on LIGHT fields use the DEEP RED */ .card::before,.svc-c::before{ content:"";position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:4px;height:100%; background:var(--teal);border-radius:0} /* --- STRUCTURAL: EYEBROW AS A FILLED CHIP ------------------- The section eyebrow is a small solid tab with its own background and padding, rather than text with a leading dash or rule. Seventh heading treatment in the chain after plain-left, centred, rule-to-edge, the two-tone underline, the inline eyebrow and the split two-column head. --- */ .eyebrow{display:inline-block;color:#fff;background:var(--teal); padding:5px 12px;border-radius:999px;letter-spacing:.10em} .eyebrow::before{display:none} .trust{background:var(--ink);color:#EBE4D3} .trust .ic{color:#FACE01} /* --- DARK-FIELD ACCENT: #FACE01 ----------------------------- Fifteenth distinct accent case. The logo red sits at 2.2:1 on the blackwater hero and can never carry text there, so the accent is the logo's own yellow, which clears every band at 9.07:1. On this build the CTA and the accent deliberately SHARE that yellow — the palette is only two colours and splitting them would have invented a third for no reason. --- */ .hero .eyebrow,.sec-dark .eyebrow{color:var(--ink);background:#FACE01} .eyebrow-amber{color:#FACE01} .hero h1 em, .hero .hero-ul .ic,.hero .hero-fine .ic, .sec-dark .ticks .ic,.sec-dark .card-ic, .hero .ic,.sec-dark .ic{color:#FACE01} .ftr-l b{color:#FACE01} .sec-dark{background:linear-gradient(168deg,#3A2A20,#231A15)} .big-q{border-left-color:var(--teal)} blockquote{border-left-color:var(--teal)} .ftr{background:var(--ink)} /* Undo the previous build's split heading — that was its structural signature, not ours. Back to a single column with the chip eyebrow above. */ .sec-head{text-align:left} .sec-head>div{max-width:820px} @media(min-width:901px){ .sec-head>div{display:block} .sec-head .eyebrow,.sec-head h2,.sec-head .lede{grid-column:auto} .sec-head .lede{border-left:0;padding-left:0;padding-top:0;margin-top:14px} .sec-head h2{margin:10px 0 0} } /* --- TYPE: SANS DISPLAY OVER A SERIF BODY ------------------- *** THE FIRST TIME THIS CHAIN HAS RUN A SERIF BODY FACE. *** Every previous build paired a serif display with a sans body, or a sans with a sans. Reversing it changes the texture of every paragraph rather than only the headings, which is the most far-reaching typographic change available. Source Serif 4 has a large x-height and holds up at body sizes on screen, but it still needs slightly more line height and a slightly smaller measure than a grotesque would. Outfit is geometric and wide, so display tracking tightens. */ h1,h2,h3{letter-spacing:-.018em} .hero h1{font-size:clamp(2rem,3.8vw,3rem);line-height:1.13} body{line-height:1.72} p{max-width:74ch} /* --- HEADER LOGO SIZING -------------------------------------- *** THIS MARK IS WIDE, NOT SQUARE. *** It was cut out of a stacked wordmark and measures roughly 512x333 — aspect 1.54, where every recent build's badge was 1.00. Sized by HEIGHT as usual, it renders far wider than a badge and crowds the text lockup, so the heights here are lower than the badge builds' and were set by looking at it. An ancestor block still sets `.brand img{height:40px}` mid-cascade, so this override stays on every clone. --- */ .brand img{height:46px} @media(max-width:900px){.brand img{height:40px}} @media(max-width:520px){.brand img{height:34px}}