:root {
    /*
      Palette derived from "Financial broadsheet meets modern data terminal".
      No gradients, no purples, no generic blue.
      Strict, high-contrast, editorial.
    */
    --color-bg-base: #f9f9f8; /* Newspaper off-white */
    --color-bg-alt: #f0f0ed;
    --color-bg-dark: #111111;

    --color-text-base: #111111;
    --color-text-muted: #555555;
    --color-text-inverse: #f9f9f8;

    --color-accent: #cc0000; /* Financial red */
    --color-accent-hover: #990000;

    --color-border: #dcdcdc;
    --color-border-dark: #333333;

    --font-family-display: 'Spectral', serif;
    --font-family-body: 'Chivo', sans-serif;
    --font-family-mono: 'Menlo', 'Monaco', 'Courier New', monospace;

    --font-size-xs: 0.75rem;
    --font-size-sm: 0.875rem;
    --font-size-base: 1rem;
    --font-size-md: 1.125rem;
    --font-size-lg: 1.25rem;
    --font-size-xl: 1.5rem;
    --font-size-2xl: 2rem;
    --font-size-3xl: 2.5rem;
    --font-size-4xl: 3rem;

    --line-height-tight: 1.1;
    --line-height-base: 1.5;
    --line-height-relaxed: 1.6;

    --spacing-xs: 0.25rem;
    --spacing-sm: 0.5rem;
    --spacing-md: 1rem;
    --spacing-lg: 1.5rem;
    --spacing-xl: 2rem;
    --spacing-2xl: 3rem;
    --spacing-3xl: 4rem;

    --container-max-width: 1200px;
    --container-padding: var(--spacing-md);
}