/* * Caldura v4 — Caldura AI · variant-amber * * Apply: * * The chosen AI expression as of 2026-05-17 (see ADR-0006). Replaces * variant-lab as the production direction; variant-lab is preserved as * history, not deleted. * * Strategic position: material / institutional / "real-world depth" — the * BTC + gold register the brand actually wants. Single-accent confident * identity in the family of mature hedge-fund / VC-celeb brand systems * (Bridgewater navy, Sequoia oxblood, Founders Fund gray, a16z orange), * none of which run two-tone or muted-secondary palettes. * * Direction (see README.md for full positioning): * • Default mode: dark (warm-black ground — kinship with builder/lab) * • Motion: nuanced (carried from lab) — entrance + slow breath, no * radiating rings; breath tempo 5s * • Mark: Bloom / Caldera — static outer horizon + breathing ember * • Accent: warm amber #E8A24C — single confident accent at ~9:1 * (AAA) on warm-black. No --accent-text split needed; the * muted-coral AA gymnastics collapses away. * • Type weights: light (display 400, headline 400) — kept from lab; amber * color carries the visual weight that thin strokes need * • Density: editorial (single-column, generous whitespace) * • Section motif: thin baseline (lab pattern) * • Voice: declaratives — institutional confidence, not founder energy * * Status: chosen. Pending site migration (caldura-group/sites) and asset * library re-export at the amber hue. */ .caldura-ai.variant-amber { /* Mode — dark default (kinship with builder/lab) */ --bg-base: var(--bg-base-dark); --bg-surface: var(--bg-surface-dark); --bg-surface-hover: var(--bg-surface-hover-dark); --text-primary: var(--text-primary-dark); --text-secondary: var(--text-secondary-dark); --text-tertiary: var(--text-tertiary-dark); --border: var(--border-dark); --border-hover: var(--border-hover-dark); /* Entity accent — warm amber. Unlike lab's muted coral (~4.0:1 fail), amber clears AA at ~9:1 on warm-black, so it works as text directly. No --accent-text split required — page styles using var(--accent-text, var(--accent)) get the single accent value via fallback. Lab's split-token complexity collapses. Governance vs. parent gold #D4920A: amber is hex-neighbor but deliberately brighter and more luminous (peachy / molten, not bronze). Parent gold stays on cross-Caldura wayfinders (SisterLink, footer ↗ caldura.com); amber lives on AI surfaces only. Same gold-warm spine signals kinship — the point of a variant system — without merging. */ --accent: 232 162 76; /* #E8A24C warm amber */ --accent-light: 242 192 120; /* #F2C078 lifted amber */ --subtle: 46 32 16; /* #2E2010 deeper amber slate */ /* Focus — uses the accent itself; high contrast on warm-black (~9:1). The outline-offset:2px in tokens-foundation.css still lifts the ring off bright CTA fills, where amber-on-amber would otherwise read flat. */ --focus-ring: 232 162 76; /* Motion — carried from lab (nuanced dynamic) */ --motion-mode: 1; --motion-play-state: running; --motion-breath: 5s; /* slower than foundation's 3s default */ /* Type weights — kept light from lab; amber luminance carries thin strokes */ --weight-display: 400; --weight-h1: 400; --weight-body: 400; --weight-wordmark: 500; /* lockup "Caldura" — shared connected-brand wordmark weight */ --weight-suffix: 400; /* lockup " AI" — entity suffix stays lighter than Caldura */ --letter-spacing-display: 0.01em; /* Density */ --density: editorial; /* No paper texture (matches builder/lab dark register) */ --paper-texture-opacity: 0; /* CTA — amber fill with warm-black knockout. ~8.9:1 (AAA) on the warm- black surrounding ground. The amber-on-amber legibility problem (which forced lab's deep-coral + cream compromise) doesn't exist here because amber is bright enough to carry warm-black text directly. */ --cta-bg: 232 162 76; /* #E8A24C amber */ --cta-text: 26 18 16; /* #1A1210 warm-black */ /* Deck Tier-2 tokens — dark defaults (matches :root and lab) */ --deck-display-text: rgb(255 255 255); --deck-subtitle-muted: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.65); --deck-chrome-text: rgb(255 255 255 / 0.50); --deck-kpi-hero: rgb(var(--accent)); /* pure amber — no white-mix needed */ --deck-highlight-bg: color-mix(in srgb, rgb(var(--accent)) 20%, transparent); --deck-section-band: color-mix(in srgb, rgb(var(--accent)) 15%, rgb(var(--bg-base))); } /* Manual light override (for users who toggle to light) — amber must darken substantially to clear AA on cream. Dark-mode amber at full saturation sits at only ~2:1 on the cream ground; light mode uses a much deeper, browner amber that reads as the same color family at darker register. */ .caldura-ai.variant-amber[data-color-scheme="light"] { --bg-base: var(--bg-base-light); --bg-surface: var(--bg-surface-light); --bg-surface-hover: var(--bg-surface-hover-light); --text-primary: var(--text-primary-light); --text-secondary: var(--text-secondary-light); --text-tertiary: var(--text-tertiary-light); --border: var(--border-light); --border-hover: var(--border-hover-light); --accent: 140 90 15; /* #8C5A0F deep amber · ~4.6:1 on cream (AA) */ --accent-light: 184 120 46; /* #B8782E lifted */ --subtle: 232 220 192; /* #E8DCC0 amber cream */ --focus-ring: 107 67 8; /* #6B4308 darker amber for cream ground */ /* CTA in light mode — very deep amber fill with cream knockout */ --cta-bg: 107 67 8; /* #6B4308 */ --cta-text: 245 240 235; /* #F5F0EB cream */ /* Deck Tier-2 tokens for light cream ground */ --deck-display-text: rgb(26 18 16); --deck-subtitle-muted: rgb(0 0 0 / 0.6); --deck-chrome-text: rgb(0 0 0 / 0.65); --deck-kpi-hero: rgb(var(--accent)); --deck-highlight-bg: color-mix(in srgb, rgb(var(--accent)) 22%, transparent); --deck-section-band: color-mix(in srgb, rgb(var(--accent)) 12%, rgb(var(--bg-base))); }