:root {
    --bg: #e9f5f5;
    --card: #fcfefe;
    --text: #1c1c1a;
    --muted: #6b6b62;
    --accent: #ff9300;
    --heading: #402548eb;
    --heading-em: #133541;
    --border: #ddddd4;
    --border-bg: #cfdfdf;
    --brown: #2f5d73;
    --white: #fff;
    --lede: #707070;
    --footer-text: #325258;
    --max-w: 1180px;
    --r-md: 6px;
    --serif: 'Newsreader', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;
    --mono: 'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, 'SF Mono', Menlo, monospace;

    /* home.css (hero / subscribe forms) */
    --input-border: #9abbc8;
    --input-bg: #f5fbfe;
    --input-placeholder: #5f7e8d;
    --error: #b3401f;
    --subscribe-placeholder: #aaa;

    /* about.css (disclaimer panel) */
    --disclaimer-text: #ffffffe6;

    /* modular-grid.css */
    --label-col: 160px;
    --grid-gap: 32px;
}