:root {
  /* A COMPOSED light palette with its own soul — sand / pine-ink / persimmon.
     Not the dark inverted: tinted paper (not near-white), a COLORED ink (not
     umber-black), and a saturated color-block plate for real presence. */
  --sc-black: #e9dcbd;       /* sand field — slightly deeper so the bloom reads */
  --sc-glow-1: rgba(250, 244, 228, 0.92); /* warm light bloom, top-left (visible) */
  --sc-glow-2: rgba(250, 244, 228, 0.0);
  --sc-glow-cool: rgba(86, 64, 38, 0.22); /* deeper warm vignette, far corner */

  --sc-bg: #e9dcbd;
  --sc-paper: #f3e9d2;       /* raised plane (non-plate surfaces) */
  --sc-paper-raised: #fbf4e2;
  --sc-blush: #e7d3a8;

  /* Ink — deep PINE (a colored dark, not umber-black). This is the soul. */
  --sc-ink: #1d3a31;
  --sc-ink-soft: #3a564b;
  --sc-ink-muted: #5f7368;
  --sc-meta: #7c7a5a;        /* mono labels — warm moss */
  --sc-dim: #b6a880;         /* trailing period, frame furniture */

  /* Structure — COLORED hairlines (pine at low alpha) */
  --sc-line: rgba(29, 58, 49, 0.18);
  --sc-line-soft: rgba(29, 58, 49, 0.10);
  --sc-line-warm: #d2c19a;

  /* Accent — muted copper: present and warm, but not shouting */
  --sc-accent: #a8703f;
  --sc-accent-deep: #8f5d33;
  --sc-accent-border: rgba(168, 112, 63, 0.50);
  --sc-ember: #c89a4f;       /* gold, in reserve */

  /* Type — identical to the anchor (structural signature held constant) */
  --sc-font-display: "Fraunces", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  --sc-font-mono: "IBM Plex Mono", "SFMono-Regular", Consolas, ui-monospace, monospace;
  --sc-font-sans: "InterVar", Inter, ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;

  --sc-radius-sm: 2px;
  --sc-radius-md: 4px;
  --sc-radius-lg: 6px;

  --sc-shadow-plane: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.55) inset, 0 20px 42px -30px rgba(80, 58, 30, 0.22);

  --sc-grain-blend: multiply;
  --sc-grain-opacity: 0.05;
  --sc-plate-glow: rgba(255, 248, 232, 0.55);

  /* Specimen plate RECEDES — a soft cream-on-cream card, barely lifted, that
     steps back into the light world. The PINE specimen type is the single
     point of depth; the card itself does not punch a hole. */
  --sc-plate-bg: #f1e7cf;
  --sc-plate-border: #ddcca8;
  --sc-plate-ink: #1d3a31;        /* pine — the focal depth */
  --sc-plate-ink-soft: #3a564b;
  --sc-plate-meta: #8a7a58;
  --sc-plate-line: rgba(29, 58, 49, 0.14);
  --sc-plate-muted: #5f7368;

  --sc-space-1: 4px;
  --sc-space-2: 8px;
  --sc-space-3: 12px;
  --sc-space-4: 16px;
  --sc-space-5: 24px;
  --sc-space-6: 32px;
  --sc-space-7: 48px;
  --sc-space-8: 72px;
  --sc-space-9: 112px;
}