/* ========================================================================== west575.org — site stylesheet Fonts: Fraunces (headings) — a soft-edged serif with a lot of character at display sizes, so headings read as written-by-a-person rather than templated. Work Sans (body/UI) — a plain, well-built humanist sans that stays out of the way at paragraph length. Loaded from Google Fonts in layouts/_default/baseof.html. Accent: one color, a warm terracotta/marigold (#d9531e). Picked because it reads as a highlighter or a sticky note, not a corporate swatch — nothing here is trying to look like a SaaS product or a publisher's imprint, just a person's site with one confident splash of color. ========================================================================== */ :root { color-scheme: light dark; --bg: #fbf8f3; --bg-raised: #f2ece1; --fg: #241f19; --fg-muted: #6e6559; --border: #e2d8c7; --accent: #d9531e; --accent-fg: #ffffff; /* Same hue as --accent, darkened for button/link contrast on light bg (white-on-#d9531e is 3.6:1, fails WCAG AA for normal text; this pairing hits 4.7:1 against --bg-raised and 5.1:1 for --accent-fg on --cta). */ --cta: #b8431a; --cta-fg: #ffffff; --radius: 0.4rem; --max-width: 40rem; --font-heading: "Fraunces", Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; --font-body: "Work Sans", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; /* Header banner: a fixed dark "ink" base regardless of site theme, with the accent only showing up as a glow near the bottom edge — keeps the gradient sunset-y without ever sitting text on top of the accent color (white-on-accent fails contrast, see --cta note above). */ --header-ink: #241f19; --header-accent: var(--accent); --header-fg: #fbf8f3; --header-fg-muted: rgba(251, 248, 243, 0.72); } @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { :root { --bg: #1a1611; --bg-raised: #241f19; --fg: #f2ece1; --fg-muted: #b3a795; --border: #3a3227; --accent: #f0834f; --accent-fg: #1a1611; --cta: #f0834f; --cta-fg: #1a1611; /* Distinctly darker than dark-mode --bg (#1a1611), so the band still reads as a separate header instead of blending into the page. */ --header-ink: #100d0a; } } * { box-sizing: border-box; } body { margin: 0; font-family: var(--font-body); line-height: 1.65; background: var(--bg); color: var(--fg); display: flex; flex-direction: column; min-height: 100vh; } a { color: var(--cta); } a:hover { text-decoration-thickness: 2px; } .skip-link { position: absolute; left: -9999px; top: 0; z-index: 100; background: var(--cta); color: var(--cta-fg); padding: 0.75rem 1.25rem; border-radius: 0 0 var(--radius) 0; } .skip-link:focus { left: 0; } .sr-only { position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; padding: 0; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0, 0, 0, 0); white-space: nowrap; border: 0; } h1, h2, h3 { font-family: var(--font-heading); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.2; color: var(--fg); } h1 { font-size: 2.25rem; } h2 { font-size: 1.5rem; margin-top: 3rem; } /* Header: a sunset gradient band — dark ink for most of the height (where the wordmark/nav text sits, so contrast stays solid) easing into the accent color only at the very bottom edge, behind the mark's sun. */ header.site { background: linear-gradient( to bottom, var(--header-ink) 0%, var(--header-ink) 70%, var(--header-accent) 100% ); } header.site .inner { max-width: var(--max-width); margin: 0 auto; padding: 1.5rem 1.5rem 2.5rem; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 1rem; flex-wrap: wrap; } header.site .brand { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 0.6rem; font-family: var(--font-heading); font-weight: 600; font-size: 1.25rem; color: var(--header-fg); text-decoration: none; } header.site .brand-mark { width: 1.75rem; height: 1.75rem; flex-shrink: 0; } header.site .brand-mark-peak { fill: var(--header-fg); } header.site .brand-mark-sun { fill: var(--header-accent); } header.site nav { display: flex; gap: 1.5rem; } header.site nav a { color: var(--header-fg-muted); text-decoration: none; font-size: 0.95rem; } header.site nav a:hover, header.site nav a[aria-current="page"] { color: var(--header-fg); } main { flex: 1; max-width: var(--max-width); margin: 0 auto; padding: 3.5rem 1.5rem; width: 100%; } .hero p { font-size: 1.1rem; } .home-subscribe { background: var(--bg-raised); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: var(--radius); padding: 2rem; margin-top: 3rem; } .home-subscribe h2 { margin-top: 0; } /* Footer: about/links on one side, a subscribe form on the other — the one place the newsletter ask repeats on every page. */ footer.site { border-top: 1px solid var(--border); margin-top: 3rem; background: var(--bg-raised); } footer.site .inner { max-width: var(--max-width); margin: 0 auto; padding: 2rem 1.5rem; } footer.site .footer-top { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; gap: 2rem; flex-wrap: wrap; } footer.site .footer-about { font-size: 0.9rem; color: var(--fg-muted); display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.5rem; } footer.site .footer-about nav { display: flex; gap: 1.25rem; } footer.site .footer-about nav a { color: var(--fg-muted); } footer.site .footer-about nav a:hover { color: var(--cta); } footer.site .footer-subscribe { min-width: 16rem; flex: 1 1 16rem; } footer.site .footer-subscribe-label { margin: 0 0 0.75rem; font-size: 0.9rem; color: var(--fg-muted); } .subscribe-form { display: flex; gap: 0.5rem; flex-wrap: wrap; } .subscribe-form input[type="email"] { flex: 1 1 12rem; margin-bottom: 0; } .subscribe-status { font-size: 0.85rem; color: var(--fg-muted); margin: 0.5rem 0 0; } .btn { display: inline-block; padding: 0.7rem 1.4rem; border-radius: var(--radius); background: var(--cta); color: var(--cta-fg); text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600; border: none; font-size: 1rem; cursor: pointer; } .btn:hover { opacity: 0.9; } .btn-subscribe { padding: 0.7rem 1.1rem; } a:focus-visible, button:focus-visible, input:focus-visible, textarea:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--cta); outline-offset: 2px; } label { display: block; font-weight: 600; font-size: 0.9rem; margin-bottom: 0.35rem; } input, textarea { width: 100%; padding: 0.6rem 0.75rem; border-radius: var(--radius); border: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--bg); color: var(--fg); font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: 1.25rem; } .field-honeypot { position: absolute; left: -9999px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; } .contact-form { max-width: 28rem; margin-top: 2rem; } .contact-status { color: var(--fg-muted); } .lede { color: var(--fg-muted); font-size: 1.05rem; } /* Post list (home page + /posts/) */ .post-list { list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 1.5rem 0; } .post-list-item { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; gap: 1rem; padding: 0.75rem 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border); } .post-list-item a { text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600; color: var(--fg); } .post-list-item a:hover { color: var(--cta); } .post-date { color: var(--fg-muted); font-size: 0.9rem; white-space: nowrap; } /* Single post */ .post-header { margin-bottom: 2rem; } .post-meta { color: var(--fg-muted); font-size: 0.9rem; display: flex; gap: 0.75rem; align-items: center; flex-wrap: wrap; } .post-tags { display: flex; gap: 0.5rem; } .post-tag { background: var(--bg-raised); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 999px; padding: 0.15rem 0.65rem; font-size: 0.8rem; } .post-body { font-size: 1.05rem; } .post-body p { margin: 1.25rem 0; }