:root {
  --black: #0E0E0E;
  --black-2: #1A1A0A;
  --gold: #C9A24B;
  --gold-2: #E0BC65;
  --parchment: #F5F1E8;
  --oxblood: #7A1F1F;
  --line: rgba(201,168,76,.20);
  --muted: rgba(245,241,232,.66);
}
* { box-sizing: border-box; }
html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }
body {
  margin: 0;
  background: var(--black);
  color: var(--parchment);
  font: 16px/1.7 "DM Sans", system-ui, sans-serif;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}
a { color: var(--gold); }
a:hover { color: var(--gold-2); }
h1, h2, h3 { font-family: "Syne", sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.01em; line-height: 1.05; margin: 0; }
.editorial { font-family: "Playfair Display", Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; }
.mono { font-family: "DM Mono", ui-monospace, monospace; }
.wrap { max-width: 760px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 24px; }
.wrap-wide { max-width: 1120px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 24px; }

header.site {
  position: sticky; top: 0; z-index: 30;
  background: rgba(14,14,14,.92); backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.nav-row {
  display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between;
  padding: 14px 24px; max-width: 1120px; margin: 0 auto;
}
.brand { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 12px; text-decoration: none; }
.brand .ck {
  width: 38px; height: 38px; border-radius: 10px; display: grid; place-items: center;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, var(--gold), var(--gold-2)); color: var(--black);
  font-family: "Syne", sans-serif; font-size: 22px;
}
.brand-name { font-family: "Syne", sans-serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.04em; color: var(--parchment); }
.nav-cta {
  background: var(--gold); color: var(--black); padding: 10px 18px; border-radius: 999px;
  font-weight: 700; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;
}

.crumbs {
  font-family: "DM Mono", monospace; font-size: 12px;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted); padding: 28px 0 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
}
.crumbs a { color: var(--gold); text-decoration: none; }

article.post header.post-head { padding: 56px 0 28px; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
article.post .chip {
  display: inline-block; padding: 6px 12px; border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 999px;
  font: 500 11px/1 "DM Mono", monospace; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--gold); margin-bottom: 22px;
}
article.post h1 { font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 5.6vw, 4.4rem); color: var(--parchment); margin-bottom: 18px; }
article.post .lede { font-size: 1.18rem; color: rgba(245,241,232,.80); max-width: 660px; margin: 0; }
article.post .post-meta { margin-top: 28px; font-family: "DM Mono", monospace; font-size: 12px; color: var(--muted); letter-spacing: 0.08em; text-transform: uppercase; }

article.post .body { padding: 48px 0; }
article.post .body h2 { font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 3vw, 2.6rem); color: var(--gold); margin: 48px 0 16px; }
article.post .body h3 { font-size: 1.4rem; color: var(--parchment); margin: 32px 0 12px; }
article.post .body p { margin: 0 0 18px; color: rgba(245,241,232,.86); }
article.post .body ul, article.post .body ol { padding-left: 22px; margin: 0 0 22px; }
article.post .body li { margin: 8px 0; color: rgba(245,241,232,.86); }
article.post .body strong { color: var(--gold-2); }
article.post .body code { font-family: "DM Mono", monospace; background: rgba(245,241,232,.06); padding: 2px 6px; border-radius: 4px; font-size: 0.9em; }
article.post .body blockquote {
  border-left: 3px solid var(--gold); margin: 26px 0; padding: 4px 22px;
  font-family: "Playfair Display", Georgia, serif; font-style: italic; color: rgba(245,241,232,.92);
}

.cta-band {
  margin: 56px 0; padding: 36px 32px;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(201,162,75,.10), var(--black) 70%);
  border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 18px;
}
.cta-band .eyebrow {
  font-family: "DM Mono", monospace; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.16em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gold); margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.cta-band h3 { font-size: clamp(1.6rem, 3vw, 2.2rem); color: var(--parchment); margin-bottom: 12px; }
.cta-band p { color: rgba(245,241,232,.80); margin: 0 0 18px; }
.btn {
  display: inline-block; padding: 14px 22px; border-radius: 12px;
  background: var(--gold); color: var(--black); font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;
  transition: background .15s ease, transform .15s ease;
}
.btn:hover { background: var(--gold-2); transform: translateY(-1px); color: var(--black); }

/* A CTA band may offer two doors: the ungated tool first, the trial after it.
   The secondary is outlined rather than dimmed — this theme abandoned dimness
   as a hierarchy lever in the 2026-07-29 contrast pass, so hierarchy comes from
   fill vs. outline and the label stays fully legible either way. */
.btn-secondary {
  background: transparent; color: var(--gold);
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px var(--gold);
  margin-left: 12px;
}
.btn-secondary:hover { background: rgba(201,162,75,.12); color: var(--gold); }
@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .cta-band .btn { display: block; text-align: center; }
  .btn-secondary { margin-left: 0; margin-top: 12px; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .btn, .btn:hover { transition: none; transform: none; }
}

.related {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--line); padding: 40px 0 60px;
}
.related h4 { font-family: "Syne", sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.06em; color: var(--gold); font-size: 1.1rem; margin: 0 0 16px; }
.related-grid { display: grid; gap: 14px; }
.related a {
  display: block; padding: 16px 18px; border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 10px;
  background: rgba(245,241,232,.02); color: var(--parchment); text-decoration: none;
}
.related a:hover { border-color: var(--gold); }
.related a strong { color: var(--gold); display: block; font-family: "Syne", sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.04em; font-size: 1.15rem; }
.related a span { color: rgba(245,241,232,.70); font-size: 14px; }

footer.site {
  background: #0A0A0A; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); padding: 40px 24px 28px;
  color: rgba(245,241,232,.62); font-size: 13px;
}
/* Internal link module — generated into every footer.site page by
   scripts/gen-site-footer.js. Before it existed these pages linked nowhere on
   their own site; see that script's header for why that mattered. */
footer.site .sitelinks { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 24px 20px; padding-bottom: 22px; }
footer.site .sitelinks h3 { font-family: "DM Mono", monospace; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gold); margin: 0 0 10px; font-weight: 500; }
footer.site .sitelinks ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
footer.site .sitelinks li { margin-bottom: 7px; }
footer.site .sitelinks a { color: rgba(245,241,232,.72); font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.4; text-decoration: none; }
footer.site .sitelinks a:hover { color: var(--gold-2); text-decoration: underline; }

footer.site .ecosystem { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr); gap: 12px; margin-bottom: 18px; padding: 18px 0; border-top: 1px solid var(--line); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
footer.site .ecosystem div span { display: block; font-family: "DM Mono", monospace; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gold); margin-bottom: 4px; }
footer.site .ecosystem a { color: rgba(245,241,232,.84); font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; }
footer.site .bottom { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px; justify-content: space-between; }

@media (max-width: 720px) {
  footer.site .ecosystem { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  footer.site .sitelinks { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 20px 16px; }
}

/* ── Evidence box — the case-study receipts behind an article's numbers ─────── */
.evidence {
  margin: 28px 0 34px; padding: 22px 24px; border-radius: 14px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line); border-left: 3px solid var(--gold);
  background: rgba(245,241,232,.03);
}
.evidence .eyebrow {
  font-family: "DM Mono", monospace; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.16em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--gold); margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.evidence h3 { font-size: 1.05rem; color: var(--parchment); margin: 0 0 14px; }
.evidence-grid { display: grid; gap: 12px; margin: 0; }
.evidence-row { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(90px, 22%) 1fr; gap: 14px; align-items: baseline; }
.evidence-row dt { font-family: "DM Mono", monospace; color: var(--gold); font-size: 14px; margin: 0; }
.evidence-row dd { color: rgba(245,241,232,.78); font-size: 14px; margin: 0; }
.evidence-src {
  margin: 14px 0 0; font-size: 12px; color: rgba(245,241,232,.55);
  font-family: "DM Mono", monospace; letter-spacing: 0.04em;
}
@media (max-width: 620px) { .evidence-row { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 2px; } }

/* ── FAQ — rendered Q&A that mirrors the FAQPage schema exactly ────────────── */
.faq { margin: 40px 0 8px; }
.faq h2 { margin-bottom: 14px; }
.faq-item {
  border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 10px;
  padding: 14px 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; background: rgba(245,241,232,.02);
}
.faq-item summary {
  cursor: pointer; color: var(--parchment); font-weight: 600;
  list-style: none; padding-right: 24px; position: relative;
}
.faq-item summary::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; }
.faq-item summary::after {
  content: "+"; position: absolute; right: 0; top: 0; color: var(--gold);
  font-family: "DM Mono", monospace;
}
.faq-item[open] summary::after { content: "−"; }
.faq-item[open] summary { color: var(--gold); margin-bottom: 10px; }
.faq-a { color: rgba(245,241,232,.78); font-size: 15px; }
.faq-a p { margin: 0 0 10px; }
.faq-a p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }

/* ── Author box — the named-human E-E-A-T signal on YMYL tax content ───────── */
.author-box {
  margin: 34px 0 0; padding: 20px 22px; border-radius: 14px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line); background: rgba(245,241,232,.02);
}
.author-box .author-name {
  font-family: "Syne", sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0.04em;
  color: var(--gold); font-size: 1.05rem;
}
.author-box .author-title {
  font-family: "DM Mono", monospace; font-size: 11px; letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  text-transform: uppercase; color: rgba(245,241,232,.55); margin: 4px 0 10px;
}
.author-box p { margin: 0; color: rgba(245,241,232,.78); font-size: 14px; }