:root {
  color-scheme: light;
  --font-display: "Bodoni Moda", "Didot", "Bodoni 72", Georgia, serif;
  --font-mark: "Cinzel", "Trajan Pro", Georgia, serif;
  --font-body: "Jost", "Futura", "Century Gothic", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-ar: "Amiri", "Noto Naskh Arabic", "Times New Roman", serif;

  --fs-display: clamp(2.75rem, 1.6rem + 4.6vw, 5.5rem);
  --fs-h2: clamp(2.1rem, 1.5rem + 2.6vw, 3.5rem);
  --fs-h3: clamp(1.35rem, 1.2rem + .6vw, 1.75rem);
  --fs-body: clamp(1rem, .97rem + .15vw, 1.0625rem);
  --fs-small: .875rem;
  --fs-micro: .72rem;
  --tracking-display: -0.015em;
  --leading-display: 1.04;

  --paper: #fcfbf8;  --surface: #fffefc;  --ivory: #f6f2ea;  --ivory-deep: #efe8da;
  --ink: #1a1712;    --ink-soft: #5e574c;
  --gold-50: #faf5e8; --gold-100: #f3ead6; --gold-300: #e3cc93; --gold-500: #c9a24d; --gold-600: #a8853a; --gold-700: #7f5f1a;
  --foil: linear-gradient(100deg, #7f5f1a 0%, #b8913f 20%, #efdca6 40%, #c9a24d 55%, #8a6a1f 78%, #c9a24d 100%);
  --line: rgb(26 23 18 / .1);
  --line-gold: rgb(168 133 58 / .38);

  /* aliases consumed by base.css */
  --bg: var(--paper); --bg-elevated: var(--surface); --bg-muted: var(--ivory);
  --text: var(--ink); --text-muted: var(--ink-soft);
  --accent: var(--gold-600); --accent-contrast: var(--ink); --accent-soft: rgb(201 162 77 / .16);
  --scrim: linear-gradient(0deg, rgb(26 23 18 / .55), transparent 60%);

  --shadow-soft: 0 1px 1px rgb(90 70 30 / .04), 0 18px 40px -24px rgb(90 70 30 / .28);
  --shadow-lift: 0 2px 2px rgb(90 70 30 / .05), 0 28px 60px -28px rgb(90 70 30 / .38);
  --shadow: var(--shadow-soft);
  --focus: 0 0 0 2px var(--paper), 0 0 0 4px var(--gold-700);

  --radius-card: 0; --radius-input: 0; --radius-button: 0;
  --arch: 999px 999px 0 0;
  --mat-pad: clamp(.5rem, 1vw, .875rem);

  --s-1: .25rem; --s-2: .5rem; --s-3: .75rem; --s-4: 1rem; --s-5: 1.5rem;
  --s-6: 2rem; --s-7: 3rem; --s-8: 4rem; --s-9: 6rem; --s-10: 8rem;
  --section-y: clamp(5rem, 10vw, 9rem);
  --gutter: clamp(1.25rem, 4vw, 3rem);
  --container: 1280px;
  --container-narrow: 46rem;
  --nav-h: 76px;
  --mbar-h: 64px;

  --ease-out: cubic-bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1);
  --ease-inout: cubic-bezier(0.65, 0, 0.35, 1);
  --dur: 0.45s;

  --z-base: 1; --z-sticky: 20; --z-nav: 40; --z-overlay: 60; --z-grain: 80;
}