.hero-assurance { display: flex; gap: 12px 20px; flex-wrap: wrap; margin: 27px 0 0; padding: 20px 0 0; border-top: 1px solid #547264; color: #d0ddcf; font-size: 12px; list-style: none; }
.hero-assurance li { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 7px; }
.hero-assurance li::before { content: ''; display: block; width: 5px; height: 5px; background: #dfbf9d; border-radius: 50%; }
.visitor-faq { background: #f0f0e5; padding-block: 60px; border-top: 1px solid #d2ccbd; }
.faq-layout { display: grid; grid-template-columns: .7fr 1.3fr; gap: 64px; }
.faq-layout > h2 { font: 700 clamp(28px, 3.5vw, 40px)/1.4 var(--display); color: #16392e; margin: 0; }
.visitor-faq details { border-bottom: 1px solid #bac4b3; padding: 16px 0; }
.visitor-faq details:first-child { padding-top: 0; }
.visitor-faq summary { cursor: pointer; min-height: 44px; display: list-item; font-size: 19px; font-weight: 600; color: #203b2e; }
.visitor-faq details p { font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.95; color: #4e5e49; margin: 8px 0 10px; }
.article-page-body { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) 270px; align-items: start; }
.article-content { min-width: 0; max-width: 46rem; background: #fffdf7; border: 1px solid #dadfd1; border-radius: 12px; padding: clamp(22px, 3vw, 40px); }
.article-content .article-prose { font-size: 18px; line-height: 2; }
.article-content .article-prose h2 { border-inline-start: 3px solid #b39060; padding-inline-start: 14px; font-size: 26px; }
.article-aside { position: sticky; top: 108px; }
.public-readtime { border-inline-start: 1px solid #929d87; padding-inline-start: 12px; }
.public-outline { padding: 22px 0 0; margin: 22px 0 0; border: 0; border-top: 1px solid #cbd4c0; background: transparent; }
.public-outline h3 { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 9px; color: #25412d; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; margin: 0 0 17px; }
.public-outline h3 .icon { width: 17px; height: 17px; color: #63755a; }
.public-outline ol { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; max-height: min(40vh, 360px); overflow-y: auto; scrollbar-width: thin; scrollbar-color: #b3c0a5 transparent; }
.public-outline li { margin: 0; border-inline-start: 1px solid #d2daca; }
.public-outline li + li { padding-top: 4px; }
.public-outline a { display: block; min-height: 44px; padding: 10px 14px; border-inline-start: 2px solid transparent; color: #53634b; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.9; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; transition: background-color .15s ease, color .15s ease; }
.public-outline a:hover { color: #243f2b; background: #e9eedf; }
.public-outline a[aria-current="location"] { color: #203d29; background: #e3ead9; border-inline-start-color: #3b6142; font-weight: 600; }
.article-page-hero .article-lead { max-width: 68ch; margin: 0 0 24px; color: #43513e; font-size: clamp(18px, 1.65vw, 22px); line-height: 1.95; }
.article-page-hero .article-lead:empty { display: none; }
.related-reading { max-width: var(--container); width: calc(100% - 80px); margin: 0 auto 70px; }
.related-reading > h2 { font: 700 31px/1.4 var(--display); color: #16392e; }
.related-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 20px; }
.related-grid > a { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 12px; padding: 24px; border: 1px solid #cbd5bf; border-radius: 10px; background: #fffdf7; }
.related-grid > a:hover { border-color: #365b42; }
.related-grid small { color: #754925; font-size: 12px; }
.related-grid h3 { font: 700 24px/1.5 var(--display); color: #16392e; margin: 0; }
.related-grid > a > span { margin-top: auto; color: #35533b; font-size: 14px; }
.contact-dock { position: fixed; z-index: 60; bottom: 0; inset-inline: 0; display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.4fr 1fr; gap: 10px; padding: 10px 16px calc(10px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom)); border-top: 1px solid #aebca2; background: #f9f5ebf5; }
.contact-dock a { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 9px; min-height: 46px; border-radius: 8px; border: 1px solid #365b42; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; color: #243e31; }
.contact-dock a:first-child { background: #243e31; color: #fff; }
.privacy-page { max-width: 860px; padding-block: 60px 90px; }
.privacy-page h1 { font: 700 clamp(32px, 5vw, 48px)/1.4 var(--display); color: #16392e; }
.privacy-page h2 { font: 700 28px/1.4 var(--display); color: #16392e; }
.privacy-page p { font-size: 18px; line-height: 2; }
.privacy-page > a { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; min-height: 44px; text-decoration: underline; }
.privacy-page p a { text-decoration: underline; }
.footer-privacy { text-decoration: underline; }
.privacy-heading { padding-block: 20px 30px; border-bottom: 1px solid #d5dccb; }
.privacy-kicker { color: #6d5435; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 600; }
.privacy-heading h1 { margin-block: 12px 16px; }
.privacy-heading > p { max-width: 60ch; color: #52604b; }
.privacy-heading > small { color: #59664f; font-size: 14px; }
.privacy-page > section { padding-block: 26px; border-bottom: 1px solid #d5dccb; }
.privacy-page section h2 { margin: 0 0 16px; font-size: clamp(23px, 3vw, 29px); line-height: 1.6; }
.privacy-page section p { margin-block: 12px 0; }
.privacy-page ul { padding-inline-start: 24px; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2; }
.privacy-page li + li { margin-top: 16px; }
.privacy-page a { text-underline-offset: 5px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
.privacy-page .privacy-choice { margin-top: 32px; padding: clamp(20px, 4vw, 30px); border: 1px solid #c9d5ba; border-radius: 12px; background: #eaf0df; box-shadow: 0 6px 20px #1b382509; }
.privacy-choice .btn { margin-top: 18px; max-width: 100%; white-space: normal; }
.privacy-choice #analytics-preference { font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600; }
.privacy-page .privacy-sources { font-size: 15px; color: #52604b; }
.privacy-banner { position: fixed; z-index: 80; inset-inline: 24px; bottom: 20px; width: min(940px, calc(100% - 48px)); margin-inline: auto; display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto; align-items: center; gap: 24px; padding: 24px; border: 1px solid #a6b39a; border-radius: 12px; background: #fcfaf3; color: #243e31; box-shadow: 0 10px 50px #12271e30; max-height: 65dvh; overflow-y: auto; }
.privacy-banner h2 { margin: 0 0 8px; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6; }
.privacy-banner p, .form-privacy { margin: 0; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.9; }
.privacy-banner a, .form-privacy a { text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 4px; }
.privacy-banner-actions { display: grid; gap: 10px; }
.privacy-banner-actions button { min-height: 46px; padding: 10px 16px; border: 1px solid #547149; border-radius: 7px; background: #eef2e6; color: #203d2a; font: 600 14px/1.6 var(--font); }
.privacy-banner-actions button:hover { background: #dfe8d4; }
.privacy-banner-actions button:disabled { opacity: .6; cursor: not-allowed; }
.privacy-settings { min-height: 44px; border: 0; padding: 6px 0; background: transparent; color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; text-underline-offset: 5px; font: inherit; }
.privacy-settings:disabled { opacity: .75; cursor: default; }
.form-privacy { margin-bottom: 18px; color: #42533d; }
body:has(.privacy-banner:not([hidden])) .contact-dock { display: none; }
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .privacy-banner { inset-inline: 12px; bottom: max(12px, env(safe-area-inset-bottom)); width: calc(100% - 24px); grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 16px; padding: 20px; }
  .privacy-banner-actions { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
  .privacy-banner-actions button { padding-inline: 9px; }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { .service-card:hover { transform: none !important; } }

/* Editorial hierarchy: a composed portrait, clear choices, and a focused lead story. */
.site-header { background: #fcfaf3; border-bottom-color: #dce0d3; }
.main-nav .nav-link { border-radius: 7px; padding-inline: 8px; }
.main-nav .nav-link.active { background: #e9eee0; text-decoration: none; color: #16392e; }
.header-cta { border-color: #819275; border-radius: 7px; }
.hero-layout { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.12fr) minmax(0, .88fr); gap: clamp(40px, 6vw, 88px); padding-block: clamp(42px, 5vw, 70px); }
.hero h1 { font-weight: 700; font-size: clamp(55px, 6.4vw, 92px); line-height: 1.2; max-inline-size: 7.4em; margin-bottom: 24px; }
.hero-kicker { font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 24px; }
.hero-description { font-size: clamp(17px, 1.4vw, 20px); line-height: 1.95; max-width: 40ch; }
.btn { border-radius: 7px; transition: background-color .16s ease, border-color .16s ease; }
.hero .btn-dark { padding-inline: 22px; min-height: 52px; }
.hero-visual { border: 0; padding: 0 0 12px; }
.portrait-image { height: auto; aspect-ratio: .92; max-height: 540px; border-radius: 44px 8px 8px 8px; object-position: center 30%; }
.hero-visual figcaption { position: relative; margin: -28px 22px 0; padding: 14px 16px; border: 1px solid #dce0d3; border-radius: 7px; background: #fcfaf3; color: #203c2d; box-shadow: 0 7px 20px #071b171a; font-size: 12px; }
.hero-visual figcaption span + span { color: #52604b; }
.hero-assurance { font-size: 12px; margin-top: 26px; }
.section-heading { font-weight: 700; font-size: clamp(35px, 3.7vw, 52px); line-height: 1.4; }
.about-section { background: #f0e9d8; }
.about-layout { grid-template-columns: .65fr 1.35fr; align-items: center; gap: 64px; }
.about-layout .section-heading { border: 0; padding-top: 0; }
.about-layout .section-heading::before { content: ''; display: block; width: 42px; height: 2px; margin-bottom: 20px; background: #98794e; }
.about-layout .section-text { font-size: 18px; max-width: 60ch; }
.services-layout { grid-template-columns: minmax(210px, .38fr) minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 54px; }
.services-heading { position: sticky; top: 110px; border: 0; padding-top: 4px; }
.services-heading .text-link { color: #536749; }
.service-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 14px; border: 0; }
.service-card { grid-template-columns: 38px minmax(0, 1fr) 20px; align-content: start; gap: 16px 12px; min-height: 180px; padding: 22px; border: 1px solid #d3dbc9; border-radius: 10px; background: #fffdf7; transition: border-color .16s ease, transform .16s ease; }
.service-card:hover { background: #fffdf7; border-color: #537149; transform: translateY(-2px); }
.service-symbol { width: 38px; height: 38px; display: grid; place-items: center; background: #edf1e4; border-radius: 8px; color: #35573d; }
.service-symbol .icon { width: 21px; height: 21px; }
.service-card h3 { font-size: 20px; line-height: 1.5; }
.service-card p { grid-column: 1 / -1; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.85; }
.service-arrow { grid-row: 1; color: #59764f; }
.approach-section { background: #e9ebdf; color: #263d2d; }
.approach-heading .section-heading { color: #16392e; }
.approach-heading p, .approach-step p { color: #52604c; }
.approach-section .btn-gold { background: #294b35; color: #fff; }
.approach-section .btn-gold:hover { background: #3a5b42; }
.approach-steps { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 26px 30px; }
.approach-step { grid-template-columns: 34px minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 12px; padding: 20px 0 0; border-color: #b6c2a9; }
.approach-step > span { display: grid; place-items: center; width: 34px; height: 34px; padding: 0; border-radius: 50%; color: #315139; background: #d8e2cc; font-size: 12px; }
.approach-step h3 { font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6; }
.values-section { background: #fdfbf4; }
.value-item { padding-top: 20px; border-top-color: #bcc9ae; }
.value-item h3 { font-size: 25px; margin-bottom: 12px; }
.articles-section { background: #edf1e5; }
.article-filters { gap: 8px; }
.filter-pill { padding: 8px 13px; border: 1px solid #829575; border-radius: 24px; background: transparent; font-size: 13px; }
.filter-pill:hover { border-color: #35573d; background: #e0e8d4; }
.filter-pill.active { background: #294b35; color: #fff; border-color: #294b35; }
.search-field { border-radius: 8px; background: #fffdf7; min-height: 46px; }
.articles-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 18px; }
.article-card { padding: 25px; border: 1px solid #d1dbc4; border-radius: 10px; background: #fffdf7; min-width: 0; transition: border-color .16s ease; }
.article-card:hover { border-color: #6d865e; }
.article-card-top { flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px; margin-bottom: 22px; }
.article-card h3 { font-size: 26px; line-height: 1.55; margin-bottom: 14px; }
.article-card p { display: -webkit-box; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 3; overflow: hidden; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.85; margin-bottom: 24px; }
.article-card:first-child { background: #244332; border-color: #244332; }
.article-card:first-child h3, .article-card:first-child > a { color: #fff7e8; }
.article-card:first-child p, .article-card:first-child .article-date { color: #dce6d4; }
.article-card:first-child .article-category { color: #f0d3ab; }
.article-card > a { border-top: 1px solid #d7dfcd; padding-top: 14px; align-self: stretch; justify-content: space-between; }
.article-card:first-child > a { border-color: #68816a; }
.contact-form-wrap { border-radius: 12px; }
.form-group :is(input, select, textarea) { border-radius: 7px; }
/* Quiet depth from CSS alone: no images, blur filters, or moving backgrounds. */
body { background-image: radial-gradient(ellipse at 100% 0, #d7dfc72b, transparent 65%); }
.hero { background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 15% 20%, #52745045, transparent 55%), linear-gradient(120deg, #0c241e, #193d30 75%, #234534); }
.about-section { background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 100% 0, #fffaf078, transparent 65%), linear-gradient(160deg, #f0e9d8, #e9e0cb); }
.services-section, .contact-section { background-image: radial-gradient(ellipse at 0 50%, #d8e0cb45, transparent 65%); }
.approach-section { background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 100% 15%, #f9fbefb3, transparent 65%), linear-gradient(135deg, #e1e7d8, #edf0e5); }
.articles-section { background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 10% 0, #fafbf0, transparent 60%), linear-gradient(160deg, #edf1e5, #e3eada); }
.article-page-hero { background: radial-gradient(ellipse at 0 0, #f9f8ecb3, transparent 60%), linear-gradient(130deg, #e2e9d9, #edf0e5); }
.service-card, .article-card, .article-content { box-shadow: 0 2px 3px #233c2604, 0 12px 28px #233c2606; }
.contact-form-wrap { box-shadow: 0 2px 3px #233c2604, 0 16px 36px #233c2609; }
@media (forced-colors: active) {
  body, .hero, .about-section, .services-section, .contact-section, .approach-section, .articles-section, .article-page-hero { background-image: none; }
}
@media (max-width: 1050px) {
  .services-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 26px; }
  .services-heading { position: static; }
  .services-heading .section-heading { margin-bottom: 10px; }
  .articles-controls { align-items: start; flex-wrap: wrap; }
  .articles-grid { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); }
  .approach-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 30px; }
  .approach-heading p { max-width: 60ch; }
}
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  .hero-layout { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 34px; padding-block: 36px 42px; }
  .hero h1 { font-size: clamp(47px, 11.5vw, 68px); line-height: 1.25; max-inline-size: 8em; }
  .hero-kicker { margin-bottom: 18px; }
  .hero-description { font-size: 17px; }
  .hero-visual { max-width: 470px; width: 100%; margin-inline: auto; }
  .portrait-image { max-height: 440px; aspect-ratio: 1.05; border-radius: 28px 7px 7px 7px; }
  .hero-visual figcaption { margin-inline: 16px; padding: 12px; }
  .hero-assurance { gap: 10px 16px; font-size: 11px; }
  .about-layout { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 20px; }
  .about-layout .section-text { font-size: 16px; }
  .section-heading { font-size: 36px; }
  .service-card { padding: 20px 16px; min-height: 190px; }
  .service-card h3 { font-size: 19px; }
  .service-card p { font-size: 14px; }
  .article-card { padding: 23px; }
  .article-card h3 { font-size: 26px; }
  .hero-buttons { gap: 15px; }
  .main-nav .nav-link { padding-inline: 12px; border-radius: 0; }
}
@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .service-grid, .articles-grid, .approach-steps { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); }
  .service-card { min-height: 0; padding: 21px; }
  .service-card h3 { font-size: 21px; }
  .service-card p { font-size: 15px; }
}
@media (max-width: 960px) { .article-page-body { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); } .article-content { max-width: none; } .article-aside { position: static; } .related-reading { width: calc(100% - 48px); } }
@media (max-width: 700px) {
  body:has(.contact-dock:not([hidden])) { padding-bottom: calc(70px + env(safe-area-inset-bottom)); }
  .faq-layout, .related-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 24px; }
  .visitor-faq { padding-block: 42px; }
  .hero-assurance { font-size: 11px; gap: 12px; }
  .article-content { padding: 22px 17px; }
  .article-content .article-prose { font-size: 17px; }
  .article-content .article-prose h2 { font-size: 23px; }
  .article-page-meta { flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 10px; font-size: 12px; }
  .related-reading { width: calc(100% - 36px); }
  .privacy-page { padding-block: 36px 60px; }
  .privacy-page p { font-size: 17px; }
}
.article-results-count { color:#536448;font-size:14px;min-height:24px;margin:14px 0 20px; }
.article-copy-link { display:inline-flex;align-items:center;min-height:44px;padding:6px 12px;border:1px solid #8b9d7b;border-radius:7px;background:#f8faef;color:#294532;font:inherit;font-size:13px;cursor:pointer;margin-inline-start:auto; }
.article-copy-link:hover { background:#dfe9d4; }
.copy-link-dialog { width:min(520px,calc(100% - 32px));padding:26px;border:1px solid #8da17d;border-radius:12px;background:#fcfaf3;color:#25402c; }
.copy-link-dialog label { display:grid;gap:12px; }
.copy-link-dialog input { width:100%;min-height:48px;padding:10px;border:1px solid #8da17d;border-radius:6px; }
.copy-link-dialog button { margin-top:18px;min-height:44px;padding:8px 20px;border:1px solid #4c6c41;border-radius:6px;background:#e7eedc;color:#25402c; }
.copy-link-dialog::backdrop { background:#10271da6; }

/* Final editorial pass: distinct surfaces, readable cards, and a focused contact area. */
.hero h1, .section-heading, .article-card h3, .article-page-hero h1 { text-wrap: balance; }
.articles-controls { padding-block: 4px 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #c7d3b9; }
.articles-grid { align-items: stretch; }
.article-card { position: relative; overflow: hidden; }
.article-card-top { gap: 12px; flex-wrap: wrap; }
.article-card .article-date { font-size: 12px; white-space: nowrap; }
.article-card h3 { margin-top: 10px; }
.article-card p { line-height: 1.95; }
.article-card:focus-within { border-color: #506f42; box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #91ab7933; }
.contact-form-wrap { border: 1px solid #d8d0bb; }
.form-header { padding-bottom: 20px; margin-bottom: 24px; border-bottom: 1px solid #c8c4b1; }
.form-header h3 { font-size: 28px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 8px; }
.contact-info .section-heading { max-width: 9em; }
.contact-details > a { border-radius: 8px; padding-inline: 10px; margin-inline: -10px; }
.contact-details > a:hover { background: #e5ebdb; }
.aside-card { border-radius: 12px; box-shadow: 0 8px 24px #203d2509; }
.public-outline a { overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
@media (max-width:700px) {
  .article-page-hero h1 { line-height: 1.45; font-size: clamp(30px,8vw,43px); }
  .article-page-hero .article-lead { line-height: 1.9; }
  .article-card h3 { font-size: 25px; }
  .article-copy-link { margin-inline-start: 0; }
  .form-header h3 { font-size: 25px; }
  .contact-details > a { margin-inline: 0; }
}

.article-page-meta .article-copy-link { order: 2; }
@media (max-width: 700px) { .article-page-meta .public-readtime { border: 0; padding-inline-start: 0; } }