:root{
/* --- Pasture green: the primary brand color. Fields, growth, standing ground. --- */
--green-950:#16241A;--green-900:#1E3324;--green-800:#27412D;--green-700:#325437;
--green-600:#416B44;--green-500:#56854F;--green-400:#7BA46F;--green-300:#A6C296;
--green-200:#CBDDBC;--green-100:#E4EEDA;

/* --- Wheat & cream: paper, light, harvest. Cream carries the page; wheat accents. --- */
--cream-50:#FCF9F2;--cream-100:#F7F1E4;--cream-200:#F0E7D3;
--wheat-300:#E3D2AE;--wheat-400:#D2B978;--wheat-500:#BE9E4E;--wheat-600:#9A7C33;--wheat-700:#745C24;

/* --- Warm clay: Ohio subsoil. Used for urgency, deadlines, calls to act. --- */
--clay-100:#F6E2D8;--clay-200:#EDC6B3;--clay-400:#D08B65;
--clay-500:#BE6D44;--clay-600:#A2542F;--clay-700:#7E3F23;

/* --- Warm neutrals: text and rules. Never pure grey, never pure black. --- */
--ink-900:#221E19;--ink-800:#332D25;--ink-700:#4A4238;--ink-600:#635A4C;
--ink-500:#837868;--ink-400:#A79C8B;--ink-300:#C8BEAC;--ink-200:#DED5C3;--ink-100:#EDE6D8;

/* --- Water: sampled from the logo's lower band. The thing the site says is at stake,
       and the colour that carries the official record (case numbers, filings, statute). --- */
--water-100:#DCEEF6;--water-300:#7BBED8;--water-500:#2A87BC;--water-600:#176492;--water-700:#114E71;

/* --- Field: the logo's upper band. Olive and yellow-green, warmer than the pasture ramp.
       Use for illustration and chart fills, not for text. --- */
--field-600:#5C6E3A;--field-500:#7F9C5A;--field-400:#8A9F42;
--cream-logo:#F2EFCE; /* the logo's cream lettering */

/* Legacy slate aliases — the system now has one blue, taken from the mark. */
--sky-600:var(--water-700);--sky-500:var(--water-600);--sky-300:var(--water-300);--sky-100:var(--water-100);

/* ================= SEMANTIC ALIASES ================= */
--text-primary:var(--ink-900);--text-secondary:var(--ink-700);--text-muted:var(--ink-500);
--text-inverse:var(--cream-50);--text-inverse-muted:var(--green-200);
--text-accent:var(--green-700);--text-urgent:var(--clay-600);--text-link:var(--green-700);
--text-link-hover:var(--clay-600);

--surface-page:var(--cream-50);--surface-card:#FFFDF8;--surface-sunken:var(--cream-100);
--surface-field:var(--cream-200);--surface-accent:var(--green-100);
--surface-dark:var(--green-900);--surface-dark-raised:var(--green-800);
--surface-urgent:var(--clay-100);--surface-record:var(--sky-100);

--border-subtle:var(--ink-200);--border-default:var(--ink-300);--border-strong:var(--ink-400);
--border-accent:var(--green-600);--border-dark:var(--green-800);--border-urgent:var(--clay-400);

--action-primary-bg:var(--green-700);--action-primary-bg-hover:var(--green-800);
--action-primary-bg-active:var(--green-900);--action-primary-fg:var(--cream-50);
--action-urgent-bg:var(--clay-600);--action-urgent-bg-hover:var(--clay-700);
--action-quiet-fg:var(--green-800);--action-quiet-bg-hover:var(--green-100);
--focus-ring:var(--wheat-600);

--status-urgent:var(--clay-600);--status-caution:var(--wheat-600);
--status-record:var(--sky-500);--status-settled:var(--green-600);--status-past:var(--ink-400);
}