/*-----------------------------------*\
  #THE STRATEGY LAB - THEME LAYER
  Built on Bootstrap 5.3.8
  Palette ratio: 70% white / neutral  -  30% gold
\*-----------------------------------*/

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #CUSTOM PROPERTIES
\*-----------------------------------*/

:root {
  /* gold family (the 30%) */
  --gold: #b8912a;
  --gold-500: #c9a227;
  --gold-400: #d9b64a;
  --gold-300: #e6cd80;
  --gold-100: #f6edd4;
  --gold-50: #fdfaf1;

  /* neutrals (the 70%) */
  --white: #ffffff;
  --off-white: #fbfaf7;
  --ink: #14161a;
  --ink-soft: #2b2f36;
  --muted: #5f666f;
  --line: #e8e4da;

  --gradient-gold: linear-gradient(135deg, var(--gold-500), var(--gold-300) 55%, var(--gold) 100%);
  --gradient-ink: linear-gradient(135deg, #14161a, #23262d 60%, #14161a);

  --shadow-sm: 0 4px 18px rgba(20, 22, 26, .06);
  --shadow-md: 0 14px 40px rgba(20, 22, 26, .1);
  --shadow-gold: 0 14px 34px rgba(185, 145, 42, .28);

  --radius: 16px;
  --radius-lg: 26px;

  --ease: cubic-bezier(.22, .61, .36, 1);

  /* bootstrap overrides */
  --bs-primary: #b8912a;
  --bs-primary-rgb: 184, 145, 42;
  --bs-body-color: #2b2f36;
  --bs-body-bg: #ffffff;
  --bs-body-font-family: 'Poppins', system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --bs-border-color: #e8e4da;
  --bs-link-color: #b8912a;
  --bs-link-hover-color: #8f7020;
  --bs-focus-ring-color: rgba(184, 145, 42, .3);
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #BASE
\*-----------------------------------*/

* { scroll-margin-top: 96px; }

html {
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  max-width: 100%;
}

body {
  font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family);
  background-color: var(--white);
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  overflow-x: hidden;
  max-width: 100%;
  position: relative;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, .display-1, .display-2, .display-3, .display-4 {
  font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family);
  color: var(--ink);
  letter-spacing: -.01em;
}

p { color: var(--muted); }

a { text-decoration: none; }

::selection {
  background-color: var(--gold-300);
  color: var(--ink);
}

/* scrollbar */
::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 10px; }
::-webkit-scrollbar-track { background: var(--off-white); }
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  background: var(--gold-300);
  border-radius: 20px;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover { background: var(--gold-500); }

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #UTILITIES
\*-----------------------------------*/

.text-gold { color: var(--gold) !important; }
.text-ink { color: var(--ink) !important; }
.text-muted-2 { color: var(--muted) !important; }
.bg-gold { background-color: var(--gold) !important; }
.bg-gold-soft { background-color: var(--gold-50) !important; }
.bg-off-white { background-color: var(--off-white) !important; }
.bg-ink { background-color: var(--ink) !important; }
.border-gold { border-color: var(--gold-300) !important; }

.gold-gradient-text {
  background: linear-gradient(100deg, var(--gold), var(--gold-400) 45%, var(--gold) 90%);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  color: transparent;
}

.section {
  padding-block: clamp(64px, 8vw, 118px);
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.section-eyebrow {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .22em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--gold);
  position: relative;
  padding-inline-start: 2.4rem;
}

.section-eyebrow::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset-inline-start: 0;
  inset-block-start: 50%;
  width: 1.6rem;
  height: 1px;
  background: var(--gold);
  transform: translateY(-50%);
}

.section-eyebrow::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset-inline-start: 1.6rem;
  inset-block-start: 50%;
  width: 6px;
  height: 6px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--gold);
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(184, 145, 42, .12);
}

/* Dark-background variant */
.section-eyebrow.on-dark {
  color: var(--gold-300);
}
.section-eyebrow.on-dark::before { background: var(--gold-300); }
.section-eyebrow.on-dark::after {
  background: var(--gold-300);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(255, 255, 255, .12);
}

.section-title {
  font-size: clamp(1.9rem, 3.4vw, 3rem);
  line-height: 1.12;
  margin-block: 1.1rem .9rem;
}

.section-lead {
  font-size: 1.04rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
  max-width: 60ch;
}

.rule-gold {
  width: 76px;
  height: 4px;
  border-radius: 4px;
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
}

.glow {
  position: absolute;
  border-radius: 50%;
  filter: blur(90px);
  opacity: .55;
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: -1;
}

.glow-gold { background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(201, 162, 39, .38), transparent 68%); }

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #BUTTONS
\*-----------------------------------*/

.btn {
  --bs-btn-font-weight: 600;
  --bs-btn-padding-y: .78rem;
  --bs-btn-padding-x: 1.6rem;
  border-radius: 100px;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
  transition: transform .35s var(--ease), box-shadow .35s var(--ease), background-color .3s, color .3s;
}

.btn-gold {
  color: var(--white);
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  border: 0;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-gold);
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  isolation: isolate;
}

.btn-gold::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: -1;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, var(--gold), var(--gold-500));
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity .35s var(--ease);
}

.btn-gold:hover,
.btn-gold:focus-visible {
  color: var(--white);
  transform: translateY(-3px);
}

.btn-gold:hover::after { opacity: 1; }

.btn-outline-gold {
  color: var(--gold);
  border: 1.5px solid var(--gold-300);
  background-color: transparent;
}

.btn-outline-gold:hover,
.btn-outline-gold:focus-visible {
  color: var(--white);
  background-color: var(--gold);
  border-color: var(--gold);
  transform: translateY(-3px);
}

.btn-ink {
  color: var(--white);
  background-color: var(--ink);
  border: 0;
}

.btn-ink:hover {
  color: var(--gold-300);
  background-color: var(--ink-soft);
  transform: translateY(-3px);
}

.link-arrow {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .45rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: .93rem;
  color: var(--gold);
}

.link-arrow i { transition: transform .35s var(--ease); }
.link-arrow:hover { color: var(--gold); }
.link-arrow:hover i { transform: translateX(6px); }

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #PRELOADER
\*-----------------------------------*/

.preloader {
  position: fixed;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 2000;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 50%, rgba(245, 238, 222, .45) 0%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0) 55%),
    var(--white);
  transition: opacity 1s var(--ease), visibility 1s var(--ease), filter 1s var(--ease), transform 1s var(--ease);
}

.preloader.loaded {
  opacity: 0;
  visibility: hidden;
  pointer-events: none;
  transform: scale(1.08);
  filter: blur(6px);
}

/* Orbiting conic ring */
.preloader::before {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  margin: auto;
  width: 320px;
  height: 320px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: conic-gradient(from 0deg, var(--gold) 0% var(--preloader-progress, 0%), transparent var(--preloader-progress, 0%) 100%);
  animation: preRing 1.6s linear infinite, preGlow 2.4s ease-in-out infinite;
  z-index: 0;
}

.preloader::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  margin: auto;
  width: 306px;
  height: 306px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--white);
  box-shadow: 0 0 80px rgba(196, 161, 94, .15), inset 0 0 50px rgba(196, 161, 94, .1);
  z-index: 0;
}

@keyframes preRing {
  to { transform: rotate(1turn); }
}

@keyframes preGlow {
  0%, 100% { filter: drop-shadow(0 0 8px rgba(196, 161, 94, .25)); }
  50%      { filter: drop-shadow(0 0 20px rgba(196, 161, 94, .45)); }
}

.preloader-brand {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .45rem;
  font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family);
  color: var(--ink);
  text-align: center;
}

.preloader-the {
  font-family: 'Brittany Signature', cursive;
  font-size: 1.4rem;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: var(--gold);
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translateY(-18px);
  animation: preFadeDown .55s var(--ease) .2s forwards;
}

.preloader-name {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: .05em;
  font-family: 'Brittany Signature', cursive;
  font-size: 2.6rem;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: 0;
  line-height: 1.1;
  position: relative;
}

.preloader-typed {
  display: inline-block;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--ink) 0%, var(--ink) 100%);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  clip-path: inset(0 100% 0 0);
  animation: handwrite 2s var(--ease) forwards;
}

/* Lab in gold script */
.preloader-typed .word-lab {
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--gold) 0%, var(--gold-300) 120%);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
}

/* pen nib dot */
.preloader-nib {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 7px;
  height: 7px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background-color: var(--gold);
  margin-inline-start: .05em;
  vertical-align: baseline;
  opacity: 0;
  animation: nib-fade .3s ease 1.8s forwards, nib-pulse 1.2s ease-in-out 1.8s infinite;
}

@keyframes handwrite {
  0%   { clip-path: inset(0 100% 0 0); }
  100% { clip-path: inset(0 0 0 0); }
}

@keyframes nib-fade {
  to { opacity: 1; }
}

@keyframes nib-pulse {
  0%, 100% { transform: scale(1); box-shadow: 0 0 0 rgba(196, 161, 94, 0); }
  50%      { transform: scale(1.6); box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(196, 161, 94, .45); }
}

.preloader.loaded .preloader-nib { animation: none; opacity: 0; }

/* percentage counter */
.preloader-counter {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  margin-block-start: 2.6rem;
  font-family: var(--font-body);
  font-size: .9rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  color: var(--gold);
  opacity: 0;
  animation: preFadeDown .55s var(--ease) .4s forwards;
}

.preloader-counter::after {
  content: '%';
  margin-inline-start: .1em;
  font-weight: 700;
}

/* skip button */
.preloader-skip {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-end: 2.25rem;
  inset-inline-end: 2.25rem;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .3rem;
  padding: .45rem .9rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 100px;
  background-color: transparent;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: .8rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  cursor: pointer;
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translateY(8px);
  transition: all .35s var(--ease);
  animation: preFadeUp .45s var(--ease) .35s forwards;
}

.preloader-skip i { font-size: .7rem; transition: transform .3s var(--ease); }

.preloader-skip:hover {
  border-color: var(--gold-300);
  color: var(--gold);
  background-color: var(--gold-50);
}

.preloader-skip:hover i { transform: translateX(2px); }

@keyframes preFadeDown {
  to { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); }
}

@keyframes preFadeUp {
  to { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); }
}

@media (max-width: 575.98px) {
  .preloader::before { width: 260px; height: 260px; }
  .preloader::after { width: 248px; height: 248px; }
  .preloader-name { font-size: 2.1rem; }
  .preloader-the { font-size: 1.15rem; }
  .preloader-counter { font-size: .8rem; margin-block-start: 2.4rem; }
  .preloader-skip { inset-block-end: 1.4rem; inset-inline-end: 1.4rem; }
}

@keyframes blink-cursor {
  0%, 100% { opacity: 1; }
  50% { opacity: 0; }
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #HEADER / NAVBAR
\*-----------------------------------*/

.site-header {
  position: fixed;
  inset-block-start: 0;
  inset-inline: 0;
  z-index: 1050;
  transition: background-color .4s var(--ease), box-shadow .4s var(--ease);
}

.header-main {
  padding-block: 1.35rem;
  transition: padding .4s var(--ease), background-color .4s var(--ease), box-shadow .4s var(--ease);
}

.site-header.scrolled .header-main {
  padding-block: .7rem;
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .92);
  backdrop-filter: blur(14px);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 0 var(--line), var(--shadow-sm);
}

/* inner pages: header starts solid white so it works on dark hero and light sections */
.inner-page .site-header .header-main {
  background-color: var(--white);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 0 var(--line);
}

/* top contact bar */
.topbar {
  background-color: var(--ink);
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .82);
  overflow: hidden;
  max-height: 60px;
  transition: max-height .4s var(--ease), opacity .3s var(--ease);
}

.site-header.scrolled .topbar {
  max-height: 0;
  opacity: 0;
}

.topbar-inner {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 1rem;
  min-height: 44px;
}

.topbar-contact {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1.6rem;
}

.topbar-contact li {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .5rem;
  font-size: .82rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.topbar-contact i { color: var(--gold-300); font-size: .88rem; }

.topbar-contact a,
.topbar-contact span {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .82);
  transition: color .3s var(--ease);
}

.topbar-contact a:hover { color: var(--gold-300); }

.topbar-social {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .5rem;
  align-self: stretch;
  padding-inline: 2.4rem 1rem;
  /* stretch the panel past the container so it reaches the screen edge */
  margin-inline-end: calc(50% - 50vw);
  padding-inline-end: calc(50vw - 50% + 1rem);
}

/* skewed gold plate: angled left edge + rounded bottom-left corner */
.topbar-social::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background-color: var(--gold);
  border-end-start-radius: 20px;
  transform: skewX(-20deg);
  transform-origin: bottom left;
}

.topbar-social a {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  width: 27px;
  height: 27px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: .8rem;
  line-height: 1;
  color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);
  border-radius: 50%;
  transition: background-color .3s var(--ease), color .3s var(--ease),
    border-color .3s var(--ease), transform .3s var(--ease);
}

.topbar-social a:hover {
  color: var(--gold);
  background-color: var(--white);
  border-color: var(--white);
  transform: translateY(-2px);
}

.scroll-progress {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-end: 0;
  inset-inline-start: 0;
  height: 3px;
  width: 0;
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0;
  transition: width .1s linear;
}

.brand {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0;
}

.brand-mark {
  width: auto;
  height: 56px;
  max-width: 280px;
  object-fit: contain;
  display: block;
  transition: none;
}

.brand-name {
  font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 1.16rem;
  line-height: 1.05;
  color: var(--ink);
}

.brand-tag {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family);
  font-size: .64rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .19em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--gold);
}

.navbar-nav .nav-link {
  position: relative;
  font-weight: 500;
  font-size: .97rem;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  padding-inline: 0 !important;
  transition: color .3s var(--ease);
}

.navbar-nav .nav-item { margin-inline: .85rem; }

.navbar-nav .nav-link::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-end: -4px;
  inset-inline-start: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 2px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transform-origin: left;
  transition: transform .4s var(--ease);
}

.navbar-nav .nav-link:hover,
.navbar-nav .nav-link.active { color: var(--gold); }

.navbar-nav .nav-link:hover::after,
.navbar-nav .nav-link.active::after { transform: scaleX(1); }

/* Nav dropdown — Publications */
.nav-dropdown .dropdown-toggle::after { display: none; }

.nav-chevron {
  font-size: .65rem;
  transition: transform .35s var(--ease);
}

.nav-dropdown:hover .nav-chevron,
.nav-dropdown .nav-link.show .nav-chevron { transform: rotate(180deg); }

.nav-dropdown .dropdown-menu {
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 12px;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-md);
  padding: .5rem;
  margin-block-start: .5rem;
  background-color: var(--white);
  min-width: 200px;
  animation: navDropdown .3s var(--ease);
}

@keyframes navDropdown {
  from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-8px); }
  to   { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); }
}

.nav-dropdown .dropdown-item {
  border-radius: 8px;
  padding: .6rem .9rem;
  font-size: .9rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  transition: all .3s var(--ease);
}

.nav-dropdown .dropdown-item:hover {
  background-color: var(--gold-50);
  color: var(--gold);
  padding-inline-start: 1.1rem;
}

.nav-dropdown .dropdown-item.active {
  background-color: var(--gold-50);
  color: var(--gold);
}

/* Hover-to-open on desktop */
@media (min-width: 992px) {
  .nav-dropdown:hover > .dropdown-menu {
    display: block;
    opacity: 1;
    visibility: visible;
  }

  .nav-dropdown .nav-link.dropdown-toggle {
    cursor: pointer;
  }
}

.nav-toggler {
  width: 46px;
  height: 46px;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background-color: transparent;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  gap: 1px;
  padding: 0;
  justify-self: end;
  margin-inline-end: -6px;
}

.nav-toggler span {
  display: block;
  width: 24px;
  height: 2px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  background-color: var(--ink);
  transition: transform .4s var(--ease), opacity .3s var(--ease), width .4s var(--ease), background-color .3s var(--ease);
}

.nav-toggler span:nth-child(2) { width: 16px; justify-self: end; margin-inline-end: 4px; }

.nav-toggler:hover span { background-color: var(--gold); }

.nav-toggler[aria-expanded="true"] span { background-color: var(--gold); }
.nav-toggler[aria-expanded="true"] span:nth-child(1) { transform: translateY(3px) rotate(45deg); }
.nav-toggler[aria-expanded="true"] span:nth-child(2) { opacity: 0; }
.nav-toggler[aria-expanded="true"] span:nth-child(3) { transform: translateY(-3px) rotate(-45deg); }

/* desktop: drawer wrapper behaves as inline flex row */
@media (min-width: 992px) {
  .nav-drawer { flex-grow: 1; }

  .nav-drawer-body {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: flex-end;
    width: 100%;
  }

  .nav-drawer-cta { margin-inline-start: 1.5rem; }
}

/* mobile drawer */
@media (max-width: 991.98px) {
  .offcanvas { z-index: 1070 !important; }
  .offcanvas-backdrop { z-index: 1040 !important; }

  .nav-drawer {
    width: min(340px, 86vw);
    background-color: var(--white);
    border-inline-start: 1px solid var(--line);
    box-shadow: -20px 0 60px rgba(20, 22, 26, .16);
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
  }

  .nav-drawer-body {
    flex: 1;
    overflow-y: auto;
    padding: 5rem 1.35rem 1.75rem;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
  }

  .navbar-nav .nav-item {
    margin-inline: 0;
    border-block-end: 1px solid var(--line);
  }

  .navbar-nav .nav-item:last-child { border-block-end: 0; }

  .navbar-nav .nav-link {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: space-between;
    padding-block: .95rem !important;
    font-size: 1.02rem;
    font-weight: 500;
  }

  .navbar-nav .nav-link::after { display: none; }

  .navbar-nav .nav-link::before {
    content: "\F285";
    font-family: 'bootstrap-icons';
    font-size: .8rem;
    color: var(--gold);
    opacity: 0;
    transform: translateX(-6px);
    transition: opacity .3s var(--ease), transform .3s var(--ease);
    order: 2;
  }

  .navbar-nav .nav-link.active,
  .navbar-nav .nav-link:hover { color: var(--gold); }

  .navbar-nav .nav-link.active::before,
  .navbar-nav .nav-link:hover::before { opacity: 1; transform: translateX(0); }

  /* staggered entrance */
  .nav-drawer.show .nav-item {
    animation: navItemIn .45s var(--ease) both;
  }

  .nav-drawer.show .nav-item:nth-child(1) { animation-delay: .06s; }
  .nav-drawer.show .nav-item:nth-child(2) { animation-delay: .11s; }
  .nav-drawer.show .nav-item:nth-child(3) { animation-delay: .16s; }
  .nav-drawer.show .nav-item:nth-child(4) { animation-delay: .21s; }
  .nav-drawer.show .nav-item:nth-child(5) { animation-delay: .26s; }
  .nav-drawer.show .nav-item:nth-child(6) { animation-delay: .31s; }
  .nav-drawer.show .nav-item:nth-child(7) { animation-delay: .36s; }
  .nav-drawer.show .nav-item:nth-child(8) { animation-delay: .41s; }

  .nav-drawer-cta {
    margin-block-start: 1.5rem;
    display: grid;
  }

  .nav-drawer-cta .btn { width: 100%; padding-block: .7rem; }

  .nav-drawer-extras {
    margin-block-start: auto;
    padding-block-start: 1.75rem;
  }

  .nav-drawer-contact {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: .8rem;
    margin: 0 0 1.25rem;
    padding-block-start: 1.35rem;
    border-block-start: 1px solid var(--line);
  }

  .nav-drawer-contact li {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: .7rem;
    font-size: .87rem;
    color: var(--muted);
    word-break: break-word;
  }

  .nav-drawer-contact i { color: var(--gold); font-size: .9rem; flex-shrink: 0; }

  .nav-drawer-contact a {
    color: inherit;
    text-decoration: none;
    transition: color .3s var(--ease);
  }

  .nav-drawer-contact a:hover { color: var(--gold); }

  .nav-drawer-social { display: flex; gap: .5rem; }

  .nav-drawer-social a {
    width: 38px;
    height: 38px;
    border-radius: 11px;
    display: grid;
    place-items: center;
    font-size: .92rem;
    color: var(--gold);
    background-color: var(--gold-50);
    border: 1px solid var(--gold-100);
    transition: all .35s var(--ease);
  }

  .nav-drawer-social a:hover {
    background: var(--gradient-gold);
    color: var(--white);
    border-color: transparent;
    transform: translateY(-3px);
  }
}

@keyframes navItemIn {
  from { opacity: 0; transform: translateX(18px); }
  to { opacity: 1; transform: translateX(0); }
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #HERO
\*-----------------------------------*/

.hero {
  position: relative;
  padding-block: clamp(165px, 15vw, 215px) clamp(30px, 5vw, 60px);
  background:
    radial-gradient(860px 420px at 94% -4%, rgba(230, 205, 128, .28), transparent 72%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, var(--white), var(--off-white));
  overflow: hidden;
}

.hero::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  /* contour / topographic lines */
  background-image: url("../images/patterns/contour.svg");
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: left top;
  background-size: cover;
  mask-image: linear-gradient(200deg, #000 5%, rgba(0, 0, 0, .35) 45%, transparent 72%);
  opacity: .2;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.hero-mini-label {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .9rem;
  font-size: .78rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--gold);
  letter-spacing: .03em;
  margin: 0;
}

.hero-mini-label::after {
  content: "";
  width: 78px;
  height: 2px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--gold-300), transparent);
  border-radius: 2px;
}

.hero-title {
  font-size: clamp(2.1rem, 5vw, 3.85rem);
  line-height: 1.24;
  margin-block: 1rem 1.25rem;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.hero-lead {
  font-size: .94rem;
  line-height: 1.82;
  max-width: 51ch;
}

.hero-media-wrap {
  position: relative;
  min-height: min(84vw, 600px);
}

.hero-visual,
.hero-blob {
  position: relative;
  transition: transform .6s var(--ease);
  will-change: transform;
}

.hero-blob {
  width: min(100%, 430px);
  margin-inline: auto;
  background: linear-gradient(150deg, #f3b34f, #ff9f2f);
  border-radius: 42% 42% 22% 22%;
  padding: .55rem .55rem 0;
  overflow: visible;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 44px rgba(255, 159, 47, .22);
}

.hero-blob img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  aspect-ratio: 4 / 5;
  border-radius: 40% 40% 20% 20%;
  mix-blend-mode: normal;
}

.hero-blob::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  border-radius: inherit;
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 18% 18%, rgba(255, 255, 255, .32), transparent 42%);
  pointer-events: none;
}

@keyframes float-soft {
  0%, 100% { transform: translateY(0); }
  50% { transform: translateY(-14px); }
}

.floating-card {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 3;
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .94);
  backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 18px;
  padding: .9rem 1.15rem;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-md);
  animation: float-soft 5.5s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.floating-card.fc-1 { inset-block-start: 54%; inset-inline-start: -3%; animation-delay: .4s; }
.floating-card.fc-2 { inset-block-end: 10%; inset-inline-start: 4%; animation-delay: 1.1s; }

.hero-stat-card {
  min-width: 170px;
}

.hero-tutor-card {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .85rem;
}

.hero-avatars {
  display: flex;
  margin-inline-end: .2rem;
}

.hero-avatars span {
  width: 30px;
  height: 30px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  color: var(--white);
  font-size: .63rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  margin-inline-start: -8px;
  border: 2px solid var(--white);
}

.hero-avatars span:nth-child(1) { margin-inline-start: 0; background-color: #f0b550; }
.hero-avatars span:nth-child(2) { background-color: #2d956d; }
.hero-avatars span:nth-child(3) { background-color: #2e7fb4; }

.hero-flag {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 2;
  width: 60px;
  height: 60px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: 1.45rem;
  border: 4px solid var(--white);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-sm);
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .92);
  animation: float-soft 5s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.hero-flag.flag-1 { inset-block-start: 11%; inset-inline-start: 11%; }
.hero-flag.flag-2 { inset-block-start: -3%; inset-inline-end: 9%; animation-delay: .9s; }
.hero-flag.flag-3 { inset-block-end: 23%; inset-inline-end: 2%; animation-delay: 1.4s; }

.floating-card .fc-value {
  font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  color: var(--gold);
  line-height: 1.15;
}

.floating-card .fc-label {
  font-size: .7rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin: 0;
}

.hero-pills {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: .55rem;
}

.pill {
  font-size: .76rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  background-color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 100px;
  padding: .42rem .95rem;
  transition: border-color .3s, color .3s, transform .3s var(--ease);
}

.pill:hover {
  color: var(--gold);
  border-color: var(--gold-300);
  transform: translateY(-2px);
}

/* marquee */
.marquee {
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: var(--ink);
  padding-block: 1.85rem;
}

.marquee-track {
  display: flex;
  gap: 3.5rem;
  width: max-content;
  animation: marquee 30s linear infinite;
}

.marquee:hover .marquee-track { animation-play-state: paused; }

.marquee-item {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .7rem;
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--white);
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.marquee-item i { color: var(--gold-300); font-size: .65rem; }

@keyframes marquee {
  to { transform: translateX(-50%); }
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #PAGE HERO (inner page banner)
\*-----------------------------------*/

.page-hero {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  text-align: center;
  min-height: 350px;
  padding-block: clamp(150px, 14vw, 200px) clamp(50px, 7vw, 78px);
  background-image: url('../images/about-banner.jpg');
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  color: var(--white);
  overflow: hidden;
}

.page-hero-overlay {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background:
    radial-gradient(700px 300px at 50% 0%, rgba(184, 145, 42, .34), transparent 70%),
    linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(20, 22, 26, .88), rgba(20, 22, 26, .78));
  pointer-events: none;
}

.page-hero .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

.page-hero-content h1 {
  font-size: clamp(2.1rem, 5vw, 3.4rem);
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.1;
  color: var(--white);
  margin-block-end: .85rem;
}

/* breadcrumb */
.page-breadcrumb {
  list-style: none;
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .8rem;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-size: .86rem;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.page-breadcrumb li {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .8rem;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .72);
}

.page-breadcrumb li + li::before {
  content: "\F285";
  font-family: 'bootstrap-icons';
  font-size: .62rem;
  color: var(--gold-300);
}

.page-breadcrumb a {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .72);
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: color .3s var(--ease);
}

.page-breadcrumb a:hover { color: var(--gold-300); }

.page-breadcrumb [aria-current="page"] { color: var(--gold-300); }

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #CARDS
\*-----------------------------------*/

.card-lift {
  background-color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  padding: 2rem 1.75rem 1.5rem;
  height: 100%;
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  transition: transform .45s var(--ease), box-shadow .45s var(--ease), border-color .45s var(--ease);
}

.card-lift::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: 0;
  inset-inline-start: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 3px;
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  transform: scaleX(0);
  transform-origin: left;
  transition: transform .5s var(--ease);
}

.card-lift::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-end: 0;
  inset-inline-end: 0;
  width: 140px;
  height: 140px;
  background: radial-gradient(circle at bottom right, rgba(184, 145, 42, .06), transparent 70%);
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity .5s var(--ease);
  pointer-events: none;
}

.card-lift:hover {
  transform: translateY(-8px);
  border-color: var(--gold-100);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-md);
}

.card-lift:hover::before { transform: scaleX(1); }
.card-lift:hover::after { opacity: 1; }

.card-icon {
  width: 56px;
  height: 56px;
  border-radius: 16px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  color: var(--gold);
  background-color: var(--gold-50);
  border: 1px solid var(--gold-100);
  margin-block-end: 1.15rem;
  transition: background .45s var(--ease), color .45s var(--ease), transform .45s var(--ease);
}

.card-lift:hover .card-icon {
  color: var(--white);
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  transform: rotate(-6deg) scale(1.06);
}

.card-title {
  font-size: 1.16rem;
  margin-block-end: .6rem;
}

.card-text {
  font-size: .95rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
  margin: 0;
}

.card-index {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: .6rem;
  inset-inline-end: 1.3rem;
  font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family);
  font-size: 5rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  line-height: 1;
  color: var(--gold-50);
  z-index: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  transition: color .45s var(--ease);
}

.card-lift:hover .card-index { color: var(--gold-100); }

.card-lift > .card-icon,
.card-lift > .card-title,
.card-lift > .card-text,
.card-lift > .promise-list,
.card-lift > .card-link {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}

/* View more link */
.card-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .4rem;
  margin-block-start: 1.25rem;
  font-size: .85rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .04em;
  color: var(--gold);
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: gap .35s var(--ease), color .35s var(--ease);
}

.card-link i {
  font-size: .9rem;
  transition: transform .35s var(--ease);
}

.card-lift:hover .card-link {
  gap: .7rem;
}

.card-lift:hover .card-link i {
  transform: translateX(3px);
}

/* promise list */
.promise-list {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 1rem 0 0;
}

.promise-list li {
  position: relative;
  padding-inline-start: 1.7rem;
  font-size: .93rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin-block-end: .55rem;
}

.promise-list li::before {
  content: "\F26E";
  font-family: 'bootstrap-icons';
  position: absolute;
  inset-inline-start: 0;
  inset-block-start: -1px;
  color: var(--gold);
  font-size: .95rem;
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #ABOUT
\*-----------------------------------*/

.about-panel {
  background-color: var(--white);
  padding: clamp(1.75rem, 4vw, 3.75rem) clamp(1.25rem, 5vw, 5rem);
}

.about-grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 60px;
  align-items: center;
  max-width: 1320px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

/* left column: image collage */
.image-collage {
  position: relative;
  padding: 20px 20px 30px;
}

.main-img-wrapper {
  position: relative;
  width: 78%;
  margin: 0 auto;
  border-radius: 20px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.main-img-wrapper img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 560px;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
  transition: transform 1.1s var(--ease);
}

.image-collage:hover .main-img-wrapper img { transform: scale(1.05); }

.floating-img-top,
.floating-img-bottom {
  position: absolute;
  border-radius: 20px;
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 4px solid var(--white);
  box-shadow: 0 10px 25px rgba(20, 22, 26, .1);
  z-index: 2;
}

.floating-img-top {
  inset-block-start: -10px;
  inset-inline-start: 0;
  width: 135px;
  height: 135px;
}

.floating-img-bottom {
  inset-block-end: 20px;
  inset-inline-end: 10px;
  width: 145px;
  height: 145px;
}

.floating-img-top img,
.floating-img-bottom img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
}

.exp-badge {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-end: -10px;
  inset-inline-start: 0;
  z-index: 3;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 16px;
  padding: 18px 24px;
  border-radius: 18px;
  color: var(--white);
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-gold);
}

.exp-icon {
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  border-radius: 12px;
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .22);
}

.exp-text h3 {
  font-size: 26px;
  font-weight: 800;
  line-height: 1;
  margin-block-end: 4px;
  color: var(--white);
}

.exp-text p {
  font-size: 12px;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .92);
  white-space: nowrap;
  margin: 0;
}

/* right column: content */
.content-col {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: 18px;
}

.content-col .section-title { margin-block: 0; }

.content-col .description {
  font-size: .95rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
  margin: 0;
}

.cards-wrapper {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 16px;
  width: 100%;
  margin-block-start: 8px;
}

.feature-card {
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: 16px;
  padding: 18px 22px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 16px;
  background-color: var(--off-white);
  transition: transform .4s var(--ease), border-color .4s var(--ease), box-shadow .4s var(--ease);
}

.feature-card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  border-color: var(--gold-300);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-sm);
}

.feature-icon {
  flex-shrink: 0;
  width: 46px;
  height: 46px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  color: var(--white);
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
}

.feature-content h4 {
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin-block-end: 6px;
}

.feature-content p {
  font-size: .85rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  margin: 0;
}

.bottom-bar {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 1.5rem;
  width: 100%;
  margin-block-start: 10px;
}

.author-profile {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 12px;
}

.author-avatar {
  width: 52px;
  height: 52px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  background-color: var(--white);
  overflow: hidden;
}

.author-avatar img {
  width: 76%;
  height: auto;
  object-fit: contain;
}

.author-info h5 {
  font-size: .95rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin: 0;
}

.author-info p {
  font-size: .78rem;
  margin: 0;
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #ABOUT US (inner page)
\*-----------------------------------*/

.about-us-section { background-color: var(--white); overflow: visible; }

.about-us-layout {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 4rem;
}

/* left: images + floating badge */
.about-us-images {
  flex: 1;
  position: relative;
  min-height: 540px;
}

.about-us-img {
  border-radius: 1.5rem;
  object-fit: cover;
  position: absolute;
}

.about-us-img-top {
  width: 78%;
  height: 380px;
  inset-block-start: 0;
  inset-inline-start: 0;
  z-index: 1;
  box-shadow: 0 20px 40px rgba(20, 22, 26, .08);
}

.about-us-img-bottom {
  width: 62%;
  height: 280px;
  inset-block-end: 0;
  inset-inline-end: 20px;
  z-index: 2;
  border: 12px solid var(--white);
  box-shadow: -10px 10px 30px rgba(20, 22, 26, .08);
}

.about-us-experience {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: 15%;
  inset-inline-end: 0;
  width: 220px;
  height: 135px;
  z-index: 3;
  color: var(--white);
}

.about-us-badge-shape {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 20px 35px rgba(184, 145, 42, .35));
}

.about-us-badge-content {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  padding: 1.6rem 2rem;
  height: 100%;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
}

.about-us-badge-content h3 {
  font-size: 2.4rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1;
  margin-block-end: .25rem;
}

.about-us-badge-content p {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .6px;
  line-height: 1.3;
  margin: 0;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

/* right: text content */
.about-us-content {
  flex: 1;
  padding-inline-end: 20px;
}

.about-us-subtitle {
  display: block;
  color: var(--gold);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: .75rem;
  letter-spacing: 2px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  margin-block-end: 1rem;
}

.about-us-title {
  font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family);
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 3.4vw, 2.65rem);
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.2;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin-block-end: 1.25rem;
}

.about-us-title em {
  font-style: italic;
  color: var(--gold);
  font-weight: 600;
}

.about-us-content > p {
  color: var(--muted);
  font-size: .96rem;
  line-height: 1.8;
  margin-block-end: 1.6rem;
}

.about-us-content h4 {
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin-block-end: 1rem;
}

.about-us-features {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  gap: 1.1rem;
  margin-block-end: 1.9rem;
}

.about-us-features li {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .75rem;
  font-size: .88rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}

.about-us-features i {
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  color: var(--gold);
  flex-shrink: 0;
}

.about-us-cta {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .55rem;
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  color: var(--white);
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: .95rem 1.85rem;
  border-radius: 100px;
  font-size: .85rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: .6px;
  transition: all .35s var(--ease);
  box-shadow: 0 8px 20px rgba(184, 145, 42, .25);
}

.about-us-cta i { transition: transform .35s var(--ease); }
.about-us-cta:hover { transform: translateX(3px); box-shadow: 0 10px 26px rgba(184, 145, 42, .35); }
.about-us-cta:hover i { transform: translateX(3px); }

/* --- Stats banner --- */
.stats-banner {
  background-color: var(--gold);
  padding-block: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 3.25rem);
}

.stats-grid {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 2rem;
}

.stat-item {
  flex: 1 1 220px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1.2rem;
  color: var(--ink);
  position: relative;
  padding-inline-start: 2rem;
}

.stat-item:not(:first-child)::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset-inline-start: 0;
  inset-block-start: 10%;
  height: 80%;
  width: 1px;
  background-color: rgba(20, 22, 26, .14);
}

.stat-icon {
  width: 52px;
  height: 52px;
  border: 1.5px dashed rgba(20, 22, 26, .32);
  border-radius: 50%;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  color: var(--ink);
  flex-shrink: 0;
}

.stat-text h4 {
  font-size: 1.8rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  margin-block-end: .15rem;
  line-height: 1;
}

.stat-text p {
  font-size: .84rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: rgba(20, 22, 26, .75);
  margin: 0;
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #JOURNEY (milestone timeline)
\*-----------------------------------*/

.journey {
  position: relative;
  padding-block: clamp(3.5rem, 7vw, 6rem) 2rem;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.journey-intro {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 20;
  max-width: 460px;
}

.journey-intro .section-title { margin-block: 1rem .9rem; }

.journey-timeline {
  position: relative;
  margin-block-start: -60px;
  height: 400px;
  z-index: 10;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.timeline-wrapper {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

.timeline-curve {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: 0;
  inset-inline-start: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 1;
}

.journey .node {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 10;
  pointer-events: auto;
}

.journey .node-1 { inset-inline-start: 20%; inset-block-start: 70%; }
.journey .node-2 { inset-inline-start: 55%; inset-block-start: 40%; }
.journey .node-3 { inset-inline-start: 85%; inset-block-start: 15%; }

.node-dot {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: -12px;
  inset-inline-start: -12px;
  width: 24px;
  height: 24px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  border: 5px solid var(--white);
  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(184, 145, 42, .25);
  z-index: 2;
  transition: transform .4s var(--ease), box-shadow .4s var(--ease);
}

.journey .node:hover .node-dot {
  transform: scale(1.2);
  box-shadow: 0 6px 18px rgba(184, 145, 42, .4);
}

.node-number {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: -75px;
  inset-inline-start: 10px;
  font-size: 180px;
  font-weight: 800;
  line-height: .75;
  letter-spacing: -5px;
  color: var(--gold-50);
  z-index: 0;
  user-select: none;
  pointer-events: none;
  transition: color .45s var(--ease);
}

.journey .node-3 .node-number { inset-inline-start: -25px; }

.journey .node:hover .node-number { color: var(--gold-100); }

.node-content {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: 25px;
  inset-inline-start: -5px;
  width: 220px;
  z-index: 2;
}

.node-content h3 {
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin-block-end: .4rem;
}

.node-content p {
  font-size: .82rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin: 0;
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #CURVED DIVIDER
\*-----------------------------------*/

.curve-divider {
  width: 100%;
  height: 120px;
  position: relative;
  background-color: var(--white);
  margin-block-end: -1px;
  z-index: 1;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.curve-divider svg {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #TEAM
\*-----------------------------------*/

.team-section {
  background-color: var(--off-white);
  padding-block: 1rem clamp(3.5rem, 7vw, 6rem);
  overflow: hidden;
}

.team-layout {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 2.5rem;
}

.team-text {
  flex: 0 0 34%;
  max-width: 400px;
}

.team-text .section-title { margin-block: 1rem .9rem; }

.team-controls {
  display: flex;
  gap: .75rem;
  margin-block-start: 1.75rem;
}

.team-arrow {
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 1.5px solid var(--gold-300);
  color: var(--gold);
  background: transparent;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: .95rem;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: all .35s var(--ease);
}

.team-arrow:hover {
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  color: var(--white);
  border-color: transparent;
  transform: translateY(-3px);
}

.team-arrow:disabled {
  opacity: .35;
  cursor: not-allowed;
  transform: none;
}

.team-cards-wrapper {
  flex: 1;
  min-width: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.team-track {
  display: flex;
  gap: 1.25rem;
  transition: transform .6s var(--ease);
}

.team-card {
  flex: 0 0 220px;
  background-color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 16px;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 30px rgba(20, 22, 26, .04);
  transition: transform .45s var(--ease), box-shadow .45s var(--ease), border-color .45s var(--ease);
}

.team-card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-8px);
  border-color: var(--gold-100);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-md);
}

.team-card img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 240px;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
  transition: transform .8s var(--ease);
}

.team-card:hover img { transform: scale(1.06); }

.team-card-info { padding: 1rem 1.1rem 1.15rem; }

.team-card-info h4 {
  font-size: .98rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin-block-end: .2rem;
}

.team-card-info span {
  font-size: .78rem;
  color: var(--muted);
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #APPROACH TIMELINE
\*-----------------------------------*/

.timeline {
  position: relative;
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
}

.timeline::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset-block: 12px;
  inset-inline-start: 19px;
  width: 2px;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, var(--gold-300), var(--gold-100));
}

.timeline-item {
  position: relative;
  padding-inline-start: 3.6rem;
  padding-block-end: 1.9rem;
}

.timeline-item:last-child { padding-block-end: 0; }

.timeline-dot {
  position: absolute;
  inset-inline-start: 0;
  inset-block-start: 2px;
  width: 40px;
  height: 40px;
  border-radius: 12px;
  background-color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--gold-100);
  color: var(--gold);
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: .9rem;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-sm);
}

.timeline-item h4 {
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  margin-block-end: .35rem;
}

.timeline-item p {
  font-size: .93rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
  margin: 0;
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #INDUSTRIES
\*-----------------------------------*/

.industry-tile {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .9rem;
  background-color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 14px;
  padding: 1.05rem 1.15rem;
  height: 100%;
  transition: transform .4s var(--ease), border-color .4s var(--ease), background-color .4s var(--ease);
}

.industry-tile i {
  font-size: 1.25rem;
  color: var(--gold);
  transition: transform .4s var(--ease);
}

.industry-tile span {
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: .95rem;
  color: var(--ink);
}

.industry-tile:hover {
  transform: translateY(-6px);
  border-color: var(--gold-300);
  background-color: var(--gold-50);
}

.industry-tile:hover i { transform: scale(1.15); }

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #PLATFORM (features)
\*-----------------------------------*/

.platform {
  background: var(--gradient-ink);
  color: var(--white);
  overflow: hidden;
}

.platform h2, .platform h3, .platform h4 { color: var(--white); }
.platform p { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .72); }

.platform .section-eyebrow {
  color: var(--gold-300);
}
.platform .section-eyebrow::before { background: var(--gold-300); }
.platform .section-eyebrow::after {
  background: var(--gold-300);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(255, 255, 255, .12);
}

.feature-glass {
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .05);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .1);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  padding: 1.6rem 1.4rem;
  height: 100%;
  transition: transform .45s var(--ease), background-color .45s var(--ease), border-color .45s var(--ease);
}

.feature-glass i {
  font-size: 1.5rem;
  color: var(--gold-300);
  display: block;
  margin-block-end: .9rem;
}

.feature-glass h4 { font-size: 1.05rem; margin-block-end: .5rem; }

.feature-glass p { font-size: .92rem; line-height: 1.65; margin: 0; }

.feature-glass:hover {
  transform: translateY(-7px);
  background-color: rgba(201, 162, 39, .1);
  border-color: rgba(201, 162, 39, .4);
}

/* dashboard mock */
.dash-mock {
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .05);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .12);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  padding: 1.4rem;
}

.dash-bars {
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-end;
  gap: .7rem;
  height: 150px;
  margin-block-start: 1.2rem;
}

.dash-bars span {
  flex: 1;
  border-radius: 8px 8px 3px 3px;
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  height: 0;
  transition: height 1.2s var(--ease);
}

.dash-meter {
  height: 7px;
  border-radius: 100px;
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .12);
  overflow: hidden;
}

.dash-meter i {
  display: block;
  height: 100%;
  width: 0;
  border-radius: 100px;
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  transition: width 1.4s var(--ease);
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #CASE STUDIES / INSIGHTS
\*-----------------------------------*/

.case-card {
  position: relative;
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  overflow: hidden;
  height: 100%;
  min-height: 320px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: flex-end;
  isolation: isolate;
}

.case-card img {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: -2;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: transform 1s var(--ease);
}

.case-card::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: -1;
  background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(20, 22, 26, .92) 5%, rgba(20, 22, 26, .25) 55%, rgba(20, 22, 26, .05));
  transition: background .5s var(--ease);
}

.case-card:hover img { transform: scale(1.08); }

.case-card:hover::after {
  background: linear-gradient(to top, rgba(20, 22, 26, .94) 8%, rgba(184, 145, 42, .45) 90%);
}

.case-body { padding: 1.6rem 1.5rem; }

.case-tag {
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--ink);
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  border-radius: 100px;
  padding: .3rem .8rem;
  margin-block-end: .8rem;
}

.case-body h3 {
  color: var(--white);
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  line-height: 1.4;
  margin-block-end: .5rem;
}

.case-body p {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .78);
  font-size: .9rem;
  margin: 0;
}

.insight-card {
  background-color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  overflow: hidden;
  height: 100%;
  transition: transform .45s var(--ease), box-shadow .45s var(--ease), border-color .45s var(--ease);
}

.insight-thumb {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 10;
}

.insight-thumb > a {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

.insight-thumb img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: transform .9s var(--ease);
}

.insight-card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-8px);
  border-color: var(--gold-100);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-md);
}

.insight-card:hover .insight-thumb img { transform: scale(1.08); }

.insight-badge {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: .9rem;
  inset-inline-start: .9rem;
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--white);
  background-color: rgba(20, 22, 26, .8);
  backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
  border-radius: 100px;
  padding: .3rem .8rem;
}

.insight-body { padding: 1.4rem 1.35rem 1.5rem; }

.insight-meta {
  font-size: .78rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--gold);
  margin-block-end: .6rem;
}

.insight-body h3 {
  font-size: 1.08rem;
  line-height: 1.45;
  margin-block-end: .6rem;
}

.insight-body h3 a { color: inherit; transition: color .3s; }
.insight-body h3 a:hover { color: var(--gold); }

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #ACCORDION / TABS
\*-----------------------------------*/

.accordion-item {
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius) !important;
  margin-block-end: .8rem;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: var(--white);
}

.accordion-button {
  font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family);
  font-size: 1.03rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--ink);
  background-color: var(--white);
  padding: 1.15rem 1.3rem;
  box-shadow: none !important;
}

.accordion-button:not(.collapsed) {
  color: var(--gold);
  background-color: var(--gold-50);
}

.accordion-button::after {
  --bs-accordion-btn-icon: none;
  content: "\F4FE";
  font-family: 'bootstrap-icons';
  font-size: 1rem;
  color: var(--gold);
  background-image: none;
  width: auto;
  height: auto;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
}

.accordion-body {
  padding: 0 1.3rem 1.3rem;
  font-size: .95rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.nav-pills-gold {
  gap: .5rem;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.nav-pills-gold .nav-link {
  border-radius: 100px;
  font-size: .9rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  background-color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  padding: .55rem 1.25rem;
  transition: all .35s var(--ease);
}

.nav-pills-gold .nav-link:hover { border-color: var(--gold-300); color: var(--gold); }

.nav-pills-gold .nav-link.active {
  color: var(--white);
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  border-color: transparent;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-gold);
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #CTA BAND
\*-----------------------------------*/

.cta-band {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  padding: clamp(2.4rem, 5vw, 4rem);
}

.cta-band img {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: -2;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}

.cta-band::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: -1;
  background: linear-gradient(100deg, rgba(20, 22, 26, .93) 20%, rgba(184, 145, 42, .78));
}

.cta-band h2 { color: var(--white); }
.cta-band p { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .84); }

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #WHY US
\*-----------------------------------*/

.why-us { background-color: var(--white); overflow: visible; }

/* top header */
.why-header {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: 2.5rem;
  margin-block-end: clamp(3rem, 6vw, 5rem);
}

.why-header-left { flex: 1; }

.why-subtitle {
  display: block;
  color: var(--gold);
  font-size: .82rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .04em;
  margin-block-end: .5rem;
}

.why-title {
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 3.6vw, 2.65rem);
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.15;
  margin-block-end: .9rem;
}

.why-cue {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .95rem;
  color: var(--gold);
  font-size: .86rem;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.why-cue::after {
  content: "";
  display: block;
  width: 120px;
  height: 1px;
  background-color: var(--line);
}

.why-header-right {
  flex: 1;
  max-width: 550px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: flex-start;
  margin-block-start: .6rem;
}

.why-header-right p {
  font-size: .94rem;
  line-height: 1.8;
  margin-block-end: 1.15rem;
}

.why-view-all {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .45rem;
  color: var(--gold);
  font-size: .88rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: gap .35s var(--ease), color .35s var(--ease);
}

.why-view-all i { font-size: .7rem; transition: transform .35s var(--ease); }
.why-view-all:hover { gap: .7rem; color: var(--gold-500); }
.why-view-all:hover i { transform: translateX(2px); }

/* main content */
.why-main {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 3rem;
}

.why-content { flex: 1; max-width: 500px; }

.why-content h3 {
  font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 2.8vw, 2.15rem);
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.3;
  margin-block-end: 1rem;
}

.why-content > p {
  font-size: .96rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
  margin-block-end: 1.4rem;
}

.why-list { margin: 0 0 1.9rem; display: grid; gap: .7rem; }

.why-list li {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .7rem;
  font-size: .93rem;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
}

.why-list i {
  width: 24px;
  height: 24px;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  border-radius: 50%;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: .78rem;
  color: var(--gold);
  background-color: var(--gold-50);
  border: 1px solid var(--gold-100);
}

.why-buttons { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: .9rem; }

/* graphic */
.why-graphic-col {
  flex: 1;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: flex-end;
}

.why-graphic {
  position: relative;
  width: 500px;
  height: 500px;
  max-width: 100%;
}

.why-ring {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: 50%;
  inset-inline-start: 50%;
  width: 440px;
  height: 440px;
  max-width: 92%;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  border: 2px dashed var(--gold-300);
  border-radius: 50%;
  z-index: 1;
  animation: whySpin 30s linear infinite;
}

.why-circle {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: 50%;
  inset-inline-start: 50%;
  transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
  width: 350px;
  height: 350px;
  max-width: 74%;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  background-color: var(--gold-50);
  border-radius: 50%;
  overflow: hidden;
  z-index: 2;
}

.why-circle img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  display: block;
  transition: transform 1.1s var(--ease);
}

.why-graphic:hover .why-circle img { transform: scale(1.06); }

/* floating badges */
.why-badge {
  position: absolute;
  background-color: var(--white);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 25px rgba(20, 22, 26, .08);
  z-index: 3;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  color: var(--gold);
}

.why-badge-tl {
  width: 46px;
  height: 46px;
  inset-block-start: 50px;
  inset-inline-start: 80px;
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  animation: whyFloat 4s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.why-badge-br {
  width: 40px;
  height: 40px;
  inset-block-end: 20px;
  inset-inline-end: 80px;
  font-size: .95rem;
  animation: whyFloat 3.5s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.why-badge-avatar { padding: 3px; overflow: hidden; }

.why-badge-avatar img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  border-radius: 50%;
  object-fit: cover;
}

.why-badge-bl {
  width: 52px;
  height: 52px;
  inset-block-end: 40px;
  inset-inline-start: 70px;
  animation: whyFloat 4.5s ease-in-out infinite 1s;
}

.why-badge-tr {
  width: 62px;
  height: 62px;
  inset-block-start: 100px;
  inset-inline-end: 15px;
  animation: whyFloatReverse 6s ease-in-out infinite .5s;
}

.why-badge-stats {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: 220px;
  inset-inline-start: -10px;
  z-index: 3;
  background-color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 14px;
  padding: .95rem 1.5rem;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 30px rgba(20, 22, 26, .06);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .2rem;
  text-align: center;
  animation: whyFloatReverse 5s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.why-badge-stats i { color: var(--gold); font-size: 1.05rem; margin-block-end: .15rem; }

.why-badge-stats .stat-num {
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  color: var(--gold);
  line-height: 1;
}

.why-badge-stats .stat-label {
  font-size: .68rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--muted);
  letter-spacing: .04em;
}

@keyframes whyFloat {
  0%, 100% { transform: translateY(0); }
  50% { transform: translateY(-15px); }
}

@keyframes whyFloatReverse {
  0%, 100% { transform: translateY(0); }
  50% { transform: translateY(15px); }
}

@keyframes whySpin {
  from { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(0deg); }
  to { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(360deg); }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .why-ring,
  .why-badge,
  .why-badge-stats { animation: none !important; }
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #CONTACT FORM
\*-----------------------------------*/

.contact-panel {
  background-color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  padding: clamp(1.6rem, 3vw, 2.6rem);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-sm);
}

.form-label {
  font-size: .84rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .04em;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin-block-end: .4rem;
}

.form-control, .form-select {
  border-radius: 12px;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  background-color: var(--off-white);
  padding: .8rem 1rem;
  font-size: .95rem;
  transition: border-color .3s, box-shadow .3s, background-color .3s;
}

.form-control:focus, .form-select:focus {
  background-color: var(--white);
  border-color: var(--gold-300);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(201, 162, 39, .14);
}

.contact-info-item {
  display: flex;
  gap: 1rem;
  align-items: flex-start;
  padding-block: 1rem;
  border-block-end: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.contact-info-item:last-child { border-block-end: 0; }

.contact-info-item i {
  flex-shrink: 0;
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  border-radius: 13px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  color: var(--gold);
  background-color: var(--gold-50);
  border: 1px solid var(--gold-100);
}

.contact-info-item h5 {
  font-size: .82rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--muted);
  font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family);
  margin-block-end: .2rem;
}

.contact-info-item a, .contact-info-item p {
  font-size: 1rem;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin: 0;
  transition: color .3s;
}

.contact-info-item a:hover { color: var(--gold); }

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #FOOTER
\*-----------------------------------*/

.footer {
  background-color: var(--ink);
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .7);
  padding-block: 0;
}

/* CTA strip */
.footer-cta {
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  padding-block: clamp(1.75rem, 3.5vw, 2.5rem);
}

.footer-cta-inner {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 1.5rem;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.footer-cta-text h3 {
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 2.2vw, 1.75rem);
  font-weight: 700;
  margin: 0;
}

.footer-cta-text p {
  color: rgba(20, 22, 26, .7);
  margin: .25rem 0 0;
  font-size: .98rem;
}

.footer-cta .btn-gold {
  background-color: var(--ink);
  color: var(--white);
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.footer-cta .btn-gold::after {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .15);
}

.footer-cta .btn-gold:hover {
  background-color: var(--ink);
  color: var(--gold-300);
}

/* Main footer body */
.footer-main {
  padding-block: clamp(3rem, 6vw, 4.6rem) 2.5rem;
}

.footer h5 {
  color: var(--white);
  font-family: var(--bs-body-font-family);
  font-size: .82rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  margin-block-end: 1.2rem;
}

.footer .brand-mark {
  height: 54px;
  background-color: transparent;
  border-radius: 0;
  padding: 0;
  mix-blend-mode: lighten;
}

.footer p { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .66); font-size: .94rem; }

.footer-desc {
  max-width: 340px;
  line-height: 1.7;
}

.footer-link {
  display: block;
  font-size: .94rem;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .66);
  padding-block: .38rem;
  transition: color .3s var(--ease), transform .3s var(--ease);
}

.footer-link:hover {
  color: var(--gold-300);
  transform: translateX(5px);
}

/* Contact list */
.footer-contact {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: .85rem;
  margin: 0 0 0;
}

.footer-contact li {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .75rem;
  font-size: .92rem;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .66);
}

.footer-contact a {
  color: inherit;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: color .3s var(--ease);
}

.footer-contact a:hover { color: var(--gold-300); }

.footer-contact-icon {
  width: 36px;
  height: 36px;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  border-radius: 10px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: .95rem;
  color: var(--gold-300);
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .06);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .1);
  transition: all .35s var(--ease);
}

.footer-contact li:hover .footer-contact-icon {
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  color: var(--ink);
  border-color: transparent;
}

.social-list { display: flex; gap: .6rem; flex-wrap: wrap; }

.social-link {
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  border-radius: 14px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  color: var(--gold-300);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .14);
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .04);
  backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
  transition: all .4s var(--ease);
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.social-link::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity .4s var(--ease);
  z-index: 0;
}

.social-link i {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  transition: transform .4s var(--ease);
}

.social-link:hover {
  border-color: transparent;
  transform: translateY(-5px) scale(1.05);
  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(184, 145, 42, .3);
}

.social-link:hover::before { opacity: 1; }
.social-link:hover i { transform: scale(1.1); }

.social-link:hover { color: var(--ink); }

.social-link[aria-label="YouTube"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(255, 62, 48, .35);
}
.social-link[aria-label="YouTube"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff3e30, #ff6b6b);
}
.social-link[aria-label="YouTube"]:hover { color: var(--white); }

.social-link[aria-label="Facebook"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(24, 119, 242, .35);
}
.social-link[aria-label="Facebook"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1877f2, #4293f7);
}
.social-link[aria-label="Facebook"]:hover { color: var(--white); }

.social-link[aria-label="LinkedIn"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(10, 102, 194, .35);
}
.social-link[aria-label="LinkedIn"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0a66c2, #3b8fe3);
}
.social-link[aria-label="LinkedIn"]:hover { color: var(--white); }

.social-link[aria-label="Instagram"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(228, 64, 95, .35);
}
.social-link[aria-label="Instagram"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f09433, #e6683c 25%, #dc2743 50%, #cc2366 75%, #bc1888);
}
.social-link[aria-label="Instagram"]:hover { color: var(--white); }

.social-link[aria-label="X"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(20, 22, 26, .4);
}
.social-link[aria-label="X"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #14161a, #2b2f36);
}
.social-link[aria-label="X"]:hover { color: var(--white); }

.social-link[aria-label="TikTok"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
}
.social-link[aria-label="TikTok"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #000000, #25f4ee 50%, #fe2c55);
}
.social-link[aria-label="TikTok"]:hover { color: var(--white); }

.social-link[aria-label="Email"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(184, 145, 42, .3);
}

.newsletter-form {
  display: flex;
  gap: .5rem;
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .06);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .14);
  border-radius: 100px;
  padding: .35rem .35rem .35rem 1.1rem;
  transition: border-color .35s var(--ease), background-color .35s var(--ease);
}

.newsletter-form:focus-within {
  border-color: var(--gold-300);
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .09);
}

.newsletter-form input {
  flex: 1;
  min-width: 0;
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  outline: none;
  color: var(--white);
  font-size: .92rem;
}

.newsletter-form input::placeholder { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .45); }

/* Bottom bar */
.footer-bottom {
  border-block-start: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .1);
  padding-block: 1.4rem;
  font-size: .88rem;
}

.footer-bottom p { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .5); }

.footer-legal {
  display: flex;
  gap: 1.5rem;
}

.footer-legal a {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: color .3s var(--ease);
}

.footer-legal a:hover { color: var(--gold-300); }

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #WHATSAPP FLOAT
\*-----------------------------------*/

.whatsapp-float {
  position: fixed;
  inset-block-end: 24px;
  inset-inline-end: 24px;
  z-index: 1060;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .5rem;
  text-decoration: none;
  animation: waBounceIn .6s var(--ease) .8s both;
}

@keyframes waBounceIn {
  0%   { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(20px) scale(.7); }
  60%  { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(-6px) scale(1.05); }
  100% { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0) scale(1); }
}

.whatsapp-label {
  display: inline-block;
  padding: .55rem .95rem;
  font-size: .9rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  background: var(--white);
  border-radius: 100px;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 16px rgba(20, 22, 26, .12);
  white-space: nowrap;
  animation: waPulseText 2.4s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.whatsapp-icon {
  width: 54px;
  height: 54px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  background: #25D366;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 18px rgba(37, 211, 102, .35);
  transition: transform .35s var(--ease), box-shadow .35s var(--ease);
  animation: waPulse 2.4s ease-in-out infinite;
}

.whatsapp-icon svg { width: 26px; height: 26px; }

.whatsapp-float:hover .whatsapp-icon {
  transform: scale(1.1) rotate(8deg);
  box-shadow: 0 6px 24px rgba(37, 211, 102, .5);
}

.whatsapp-float:hover .whatsapp-label {
  color: #25D366;
}

@keyframes waPulse {
  0%, 100% { transform: scale(1); }
  50%      { transform: scale(1.08); }
}

@keyframes waPulseText {
  0%, 100% { transform: scale(1); }
  50%      { transform: scale(1.03); }
}

/* Mobile: shrink the label */
@media (max-width: 575.98px) {
  .whatsapp-float {
    inset-block-end: 18px;
    inset-inline-end: 18px;
  }

  .whatsapp-label { padding: .45rem .8rem; font-size: .82rem; }

  .whatsapp-icon {
    width: 48px;
    height: 48px;
  }

  .whatsapp-icon svg { width: 23px; height: 23px; }
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #SCROLL REVEAL
\*-----------------------------------*/

[data-reveal] {
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translateY(34px);
  transition: opacity .85s var(--ease), transform .85s var(--ease);
  transition-delay: var(--reveal-delay, 0s);
}

[data-reveal="left"] { transform: translateX(-42px); }
[data-reveal="right"] { transform: translateX(42px); }
[data-reveal="zoom"] { transform: scale(.94); }

[data-reveal].revealed {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: translate(0) scale(1);
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  *, *::before, *::after {
    animation-duration: .001ms !important;
    animation-iteration-count: 1 !important;
    transition-duration: .001ms !important;
    scroll-behavior: auto !important;
  }

  [data-reveal] { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #RESPONSIVE
\*-----------------------------------*/

@media (max-width: 1199.98px) {
  .floating-card.fc-1 { inset-inline-start: 2%; }
  .floating-card.fc-2 { inset-inline-start: 8%; }
  .hero-flag.flag-1 { inset-inline-start: 4%; }
}

@media (max-width: 991.98px) {
  .hero { padding-block-start: 120px; }
  .hero-media-wrap { min-height: auto; }
  .hero-blob { width: min(100%, 390px); }
  .hero-flag { width: 52px; height: 52px; font-size: 1.25rem; }
  .header-main { padding-block: 1.05rem; }
  .site-header.scrolled .header-main { padding-block: .62rem; }
  .topbar-address { display: none; }
  .brand-mark { height: 48px; max-width: 230px; }
  .footer .brand-mark { height: 52px; }

  .about-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 50px;
  }

  .image-collage {
    max-width: 500px;
    margin-inline: auto;
  }

  /* journey: stack intro above a shorter timeline */
  .journey-intro {
    max-width: 100%;
    text-align: center;
    margin-inline: auto;
  }

  .journey-timeline {
    margin-block-start: 2.5rem;
    height: 320px;
  }

  /* team: stack text above the carousel */
  .team-layout {
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .team-text {
    flex: none;
    max-width: 100%;
  }

  .team-controls { justify-content: center; }

  .team-cards-wrapper { width: 100%; }

  .curve-divider { height: 80px; }

  /* about us: scale collage layout, keep overlapping design */
  .about-us-layout {
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 2.5rem;
  }

  .about-us-images {
    flex: none;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 520px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    min-height: 460px;
  }

  .about-us-img {
    position: absolute;
    inset: auto;
  }

  .about-us-img-top {
    width: 85%;
    height: 300px;
    inset-block-start: 0;
    inset-inline-start: 0;
    z-index: 1;
  }

  .about-us-img-bottom {
    width: 68%;
    height: 220px;
    inset-block-end: 0;
    inset-inline-end: 20px;
    border: 8px solid var(--white);
    z-index: 2;
  }

  .about-us-experience {
    position: absolute;
    inset-block-start: 12%;
    inset-inline-end: 0;
    width: 180px;
    height: 110px;
    z-index: 3;
  }

  .about-us-content {
    padding-inline-end: 0;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .about-us-subtitle { text-align: center; }

  .about-us-features {
    justify-items: center;
  }

  .about-us-features li { justify-content: center; }

  .about-us-cta { margin-inline: auto; }

  /* why us: stack header and content */
  .why-header,
  .why-main {
    flex-direction: column;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .why-header-left,
  .why-header-right,
  .why-content {
    max-width: 100%;
    width: 100%;
  }

  .why-header-right { align-items: center; margin-block-start: 0; }
  .why-cue { justify-content: center; }
  .why-cue::after { width: 70px; }
  .why-list li { justify-content: flex-start; text-align: left; }
  .why-buttons { justify-content: center; }

  .why-graphic-col { justify-content: center; }

  .why-graphic {
    width: 440px;
    height: 440px;
    margin-block-start: 2.5rem;
  }

  .why-badge-stats { inset-block-start: 190px; inset-inline-start: 0; }
  .why-badge-tl { inset-inline-start: 60px; }
  .why-badge-bl { inset-inline-start: 52px; }
}

/* mobile: no top contact bar / social strip */
@media (max-width: 767.98px) {
  .topbar { display: none; }
  .hero { padding-block-start: 104px; }

  .journey-timeline { height: 280px; }
  .node-content { width: 175px; text-align: left; }
  .node-content h3 { font-size: .92rem; }
  .node-content p { font-size: .78rem; }

  .node-number {
    font-size: 120px;
    inset-block-start: -50px;
    letter-spacing: -3px;
  }

  .journey .node-3 .node-number { inset-inline-start: -18px; }
  .journey .node-3 { inset-inline-start: 78%; }
  .journey .node-3 .node-content { inset-inline-start: auto; inset-inline-end: -5px; }

  .curve-divider { height: 60px; }
}

@media (max-width: 575.98px) {
  .main-img-wrapper { width: 100%; }
  .main-img-wrapper img { height: 320px; }
  .floating-img-top { width: 96px; height: 96px; inset-inline-start: -8px; }
  .floating-img-bottom { width: 104px; height: 104px; inset-inline-end: -8px; }
  .exp-badge { padding: 14px 18px; gap: 12px; inset-inline-start: -6px; }
  .exp-icon { width: 38px; height: 38px; font-size: 1.15rem; }
  .exp-text h3 { font-size: 22px; }

  .bottom-bar {
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: flex-start;
    gap: 20px;
  }

  .floating-card { display: none; }
  .hero-flag { display: none; }
  .hero-title { line-height: 1.15; }
  .hero::before { opacity: .14; }

  .journey-timeline { height: 400px; }
  .timeline-curve { display: none; }

  /* stack the milestones vertically once the curve is too tight */
  .timeline-wrapper {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 1.75rem;
  }

  .journey .node {
    position: relative;
    inset: auto !important;
    padding-inline-start: 2.25rem;
  }

  .node-dot { inset-block-start: 6px; inset-inline-start: 0; }

  .node-number {
    font-size: 82px;
    inset-block-start: -26px;
    inset-inline-start: 1.6rem !important;
  }

  .node-content {
    position: relative;
    inset: auto !important;
    width: 100%;
  }

  .team-card { flex: 0 0 min(260px, 78vw); }
  .team-card img { height: 220px; }

  /* about us: scale collage on small screens, keep overlapping design */
  .about-us-layout { gap: 2.25rem; }
  .about-us-images { min-height: 360px; }
  .about-us-img-top { width: 85%; height: 220px; }
  .about-us-img-bottom { width: 70%; height: 160px; border: 6px solid var(--white); inset-inline-end: 10px; }
  .about-us-experience { width: 150px; height: 95px; inset-block-start: 10%; }
  .about-us-badge-content { padding: 1rem 1.25rem; }
  .about-us-badge-content h3 { font-size: 1.6rem; }
  .about-us-content { text-align: center; padding-inline: 0; }
  .about-us-subtitle { margin-block-end: .75rem; }
  .about-us-title { font-size: 1.85rem; margin-block-end: 1rem; }
  .about-us-content > p { font-size: .92rem; line-height: 1.7; margin-block-end: 1.4rem; }
  .about-us-content h4 { font-size: .95rem; margin-block-end: .85rem; }
  .about-us-features { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: .9rem; text-align: left; }
  .about-us-features li { justify-content: flex-start; gap: .65rem; font-size: .86rem; }
  .about-us-cta { width: 100%; justify-content: center; padding: 1rem 1.5rem; }

  /* why us: shrink the graphic and pull badges inward */
  .why-graphic {
    width: min(320px, 88vw);
    height: min(320px, 88vw);
  }

  .why-badge-tl { width: 38px; height: 38px; inset-block-start: 24px; inset-inline-start: 20px; font-size: .9rem; }
  .why-badge-br { width: 34px; height: 34px; inset-block-end: 10px; inset-inline-end: 30px; font-size: .82rem; }
  .why-badge-bl { width: 42px; height: 42px; inset-block-end: 18px; inset-inline-start: 12px; }
  .why-badge-tr { width: 48px; height: 48px; inset-block-start: 52px; inset-inline-end: 0; }

  .why-badge-stats {
    inset-block-start: auto;
    inset-block-end: 34%;
    inset-inline-start: -6px;
    padding: .65rem 1rem;
  }

  .why-badge-stats .stat-num { font-size: .92rem; }
  .why-badge-stats .stat-label { font-size: .62rem; }

  .why-buttons .btn { width: 100%; }
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #EDITORIALS PAGE
\*-----------------------------------*/

/* Featured editorial */
.editorial-featured-section { padding-block: clamp(48px, 6vw, 80px); }

.editorial-featured {
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-md);
  background-color: var(--white);
}

.editorial-featured-media {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  min-height: 340px;
}

.editorial-featured-media img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: transform .8s var(--ease);
}

.editorial-featured:hover .editorial-featured-media img { transform: scale(1.04); }

.editorial-featured-badge {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: 1.25rem;
  inset-inline-start: 1.25rem;
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  color: var(--white);
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .15em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  padding: .4rem .9rem;
  border-radius: 100px;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-gold);
}

.editorial-featured-body {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  padding: clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 3rem);
  background-color: var(--white);
}

.editorial-featured-content h2 {
  font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 2.6vw, 2.1rem);
  line-height: 1.2;
  margin-block: .9rem .8rem;
}

.editorial-featured-content p {
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
  margin-block-end: 1.2rem;
}

/* Category tags */
.editorial-category {
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--gold);
  padding: .3rem .8rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--gold-300);
  border-radius: 100px;
  background-color: var(--gold-50);
}

.editorial-category-sm {
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: .68rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--gold);
  margin-block-end: .35rem;
}

/* Meta row */
.editorial-meta {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 1rem;
  font-size: .82rem;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.editorial-meta i { color: var(--gold); margin-inline-end: .3rem; }

/* Filter bar */
.editorial-filters-section { padding-block: 0; margin-block-end: 0; }

.editorial-filters {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: .6rem;
  justify-content: center;
  padding-block: 1.5rem;
}

.editorial-filter-btn {
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 100px;
  padding: .5rem 1.2rem;
  font-size: .82rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--muted);
  background-color: var(--white);
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: all .3s var(--ease);
}

.editorial-filter-btn:hover {
  border-color: var(--gold-300);
  color: var(--gold);
}

.editorial-filter-btn.active {
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  color: var(--white);
  border-color: transparent;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-gold);
}

/* Editorial cards grid */
.editorial-grid-section { padding-block: clamp(32px, 5vw, 64px); }

.editorial-card {
  background-color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  overflow: hidden;
  height: 100%;
  transition: transform .4s var(--ease), box-shadow .4s var(--ease), border-color .4s var(--ease);
}

.editorial-card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-6px);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-md);
  border-color: var(--gold-300);
}

.editorial-card-media {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  aspect-ratio: 16 / 10;
}

.editorial-card-media img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: transform .6s var(--ease);
}

.editorial-card:hover .editorial-card-media img { transform: scale(1.06); }

/* ---- video (YouTube) hover overlay ---- */

.video-overlay {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 2;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: .7rem;
  background-color: rgba(20, 22, 26, 0);
  transition: background-color .4s var(--ease);
}

.video-overlay:hover,
.video-overlay:focus-visible {
  background-color: rgba(20, 22, 26, .5);
  outline: 0;
}

.video-play {
  position: relative;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 62px;
  height: 62px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background-color: var(--white);
  color: #ff0000;
  font-size: 1.85rem;
  line-height: 1;
  opacity: 0;
  transform: scale(.72);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, .35);
  transition: opacity .4s var(--ease), transform .4s var(--ease), background-color .3s, color .3s;
}

.video-play i { transform: translateY(1px); }

/* pulsing ring */
.video-play::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 2px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .65);
  opacity: 0;
}

.video-overlay:hover .video-play,
.video-overlay:focus-visible .video-play {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: scale(1);
}

.video-overlay:hover .video-play::before {
  animation: videoPulse 1.6s var(--ease) infinite;
}

.video-hint {
  font-size: .74rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--white);
  opacity: 0;
  transform: translateY(8px);
  transition: opacity .4s var(--ease), transform .4s var(--ease);
}

.video-overlay:hover .video-hint,
.video-overlay:focus-visible .video-hint {
  opacity: 1;
  transform: translateY(0);
}

@keyframes videoPulse {
  0%   { opacity: .8; transform: scale(1); }
  100% { opacity: 0; transform: scale(1.55); }
}

/* duration pill, bottom-right of the thumbnail */
.video-duration {
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-end: .7rem;
  inset-inline-end: .7rem;
  z-index: 3;
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .25rem;
  padding: .18rem .5rem;
  border-radius: 6px;
  background-color: rgba(20, 22, 26, .82);
  backdrop-filter: blur(4px);
  color: var(--white);
  font-size: .74rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
  letter-spacing: .02em;
  line-height: 1.35;
  pointer-events: none;
  transition: background-color .35s var(--ease), transform .35s var(--ease);
}

.video-duration i { font-size: .8rem; color: var(--gold-300); }

.editorial-card:hover .video-duration {
  background-color: rgba(20, 22, 26, .95);
  transform: translateY(-2px);
}

/* compact variant for the small sidebar thumbnails */
.video-duration-sm {
  inset-block-end: .25rem;
  inset-inline-end: .25rem;
  padding: .05rem .28rem;
  border-radius: 4px;
  font-size: .6rem;
  letter-spacing: 0;
}

.video-overlay-sm { gap: 0; }

.video-overlay-sm .video-play {
  width: 30px;
  height: 30px;
  font-size: .95rem;
  box-shadow: 0 6px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
}

.video-overlay-sm .video-play::before { border-width: 1.5px; }

/* touch devices have no hover - keep the affordance visible */
@media (hover: none) {
  .video-overlay { background-color: rgba(20, 22, 26, .3); }

  .video-play {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: scale(1);
  }

  .video-hint {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: none;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .video-overlay:hover .video-play::before { animation: none; }
}

.editorial-card-badge {
  z-index: 3;
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: .9rem;
  inset-inline-start: .9rem;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .92);
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: .68rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  padding: .3rem .7rem;
  border-radius: 100px;
  backdrop-filter: blur(6px);
}

.editorial-card-body { padding: 1.35rem 1.35rem 1.5rem; }

.editorial-card-body h3 {
  font-size: 1.08rem;
  line-height: 1.35;
  margin-block-end: .6rem;
}

.editorial-card-body h3 a { color: var(--ink); transition: color .3s var(--ease); }
.editorial-card-body h3 a:hover { color: var(--gold); }

.editorial-card-body p {
  font-size: .9rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
  margin-block-end: 1rem;
}

.editorial-card-meta {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: .75rem;
  font-size: .78rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.editorial-card-meta i { color: var(--gold); margin-inline-end: .25rem; }

.editorial-card-social li a i { color: var(--muted); }

.editorial-card-meta-info {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .75rem;
}

/* Card social icons */
.editorial-card-social {
  display: flex;
  gap: .4rem;
  align-items: center;
}

.editorial-card-social li a {
  width: 30px;
  height: 30px;
  border-radius: 8px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: .82rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  background-color: var(--white);
  transition: all .35s var(--ease);
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.editorial-card-social li a::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity .35s var(--ease);
  z-index: 0;
}

.editorial-card-social li a i {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  transition: color .35s var(--ease);
}

.editorial-card-social li a:hover {
  transform: translateY(-3px);
  border-color: transparent;
}

.editorial-card-social li a:hover::before { opacity: 1; }

.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="LinkedIn"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0a66c2, #3b8fe3);
}
.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="LinkedIn"]:hover i { color: #0a66c2; }
.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="LinkedIn"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 6px 16px rgba(10, 102, 194, .35);
}

.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="Facebook"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1877f2, #4293f7);
}
.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="Facebook"]:hover i { color: #1877f2; }
.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="Facebook"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 6px 16px rgba(24, 119, 242, .35);
}

.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="YouTube"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff0000, #ff6b6b);
}
.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="YouTube"]:hover i { color: #ff0000; }
.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="YouTube"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 6px 16px rgba(255, 0, 0, .35);
}

.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="X"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #14161a, #2b2f36);
}
.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="X"]:hover i { color: #14161a; }
.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="X"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 6px 16px rgba(20, 22, 26, .35);
}

.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="TikTok"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #000000, #25f4ee 50%, #fe2c55);
}
.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="TikTok"]:hover i { color: #fe2c55; }
.editorial-card-social li a[aria-label="TikTok"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 6px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, .35);
}

/* Featured sidebar (right column) */
.editorial-featured-sidebar {
  position: sticky;
  inset-block-start: 100px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 1.25rem;
}

.editorial-sidebar-heading {
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--ink);
  padding-block-end: .75rem;
  border-block-end: 2px solid var(--gold-300);
  margin-block-end: .5rem;
}

.editorial-sidebar-desc {
  font-size: .85rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: var(--muted);
  margin-block-end: 1.25rem;
}

.editorial-featured-mini {
  display: flex;
  gap: .85rem;
  align-items: flex-start;
  padding-block-end: 1.25rem;
  border-block-end: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.editorial-featured-mini:last-of-type {
  border-block-end: 0;
  padding-block-end: 0;
}

.editorial-featured-mini-media {
  position: relative;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  width: 72px;
  height: 72px;
  border-radius: 10px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.editorial-featured-mini-media img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  transition: transform .5s var(--ease);
}

.editorial-featured-mini:hover .editorial-featured-mini-media img { transform: scale(1.08); }

.editorial-featured-mini-body { flex: 1; min-width: 0; }

.editorial-featured-mini-body h5 {
  font-size: .9rem;
  line-height: 1.35;
  font-weight: 600;
  margin-block: .15rem .3rem;
}

.editorial-featured-mini-body h5 a { color: var(--ink); transition: color .3s var(--ease); }
.editorial-featured-mini-body h5 a:hover { color: var(--gold); }

.editorial-featured-mini-meta {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: .5rem;
  font-size: .72rem;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.editorial-featured-mini-meta i { color: var(--gold); margin-inline-end: .2rem; }

.editorial-mini-social {
  display: flex;
  gap: .3rem;
  align-items: center;
}

.editorial-mini-social li a {
  width: 24px;
  height: 24px;
  border-radius: 6px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  font-size: .68rem;
  color: var(--muted);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  background-color: var(--white);
  transition: all .35s var(--ease);
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.editorial-mini-social li a::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity .35s var(--ease);
  z-index: 0;
}

.editorial-mini-social li a i {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  transition: color .35s var(--ease);
}

.editorial-mini-social li a:hover {
  transform: translateY(-2px);
  border-color: transparent;
}

.editorial-mini-social li a:hover::before { opacity: 1; }

.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="LinkedIn"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #0a66c2, #3b8fe3);
}
.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="LinkedIn"]:hover i { color: #0a66c2; }
.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="LinkedIn"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(10, 102, 194, .35);
}

.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="Facebook"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #1877f2, #4293f7);
}
.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="Facebook"]:hover i { color: #1877f2; }
.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="Facebook"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(24, 119, 242, .35);
}

.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="YouTube"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ff0000, #ff6b6b);
}
.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="YouTube"]:hover i { color: #ff0000; }
.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="YouTube"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(255, 0, 0, .35);
}

.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="X"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #14161a, #2b2f36);
}
.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="X"]:hover i { color: #14161a; }
.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="X"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(20, 22, 26, .35);
}

.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="TikTok"]:hover::before {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #000000, #25f4ee 50%, #fe2c55);
}
.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="TikTok"]:hover i { color: #fe2c55; }
.editorial-mini-social li a[aria-label="TikTok"]:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 4px 12px rgba(0, 0, 0, .35);
}

.editorial-sidebar-newsletter {
  background: var(--gradient-ink);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  padding: 1.5rem;
  color: var(--white);
}

.editorial-sidebar-newsletter h5 { color: var(--white); font-size: 1.05rem; margin-block-end: .4rem; }
.editorial-sidebar-newsletter p { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .7); font-size: .82rem; margin-block-end: 1rem; }

.editorial-sidebar-newsletter .newsletter-form { gap: .5rem; }

/* Trending section */
.editorial-trending-section { padding-block: clamp(48px, 6vw, 80px); }

.editorial-trending-list { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0; }

.editorial-trending-item {
  display: flex;
  gap: 1.25rem;
  align-items: flex-start;
  padding-block: 1.5rem;
  border-block-end: 1px solid var(--line);
  transition: padding-inline-start .3s var(--ease);
}

.editorial-trending-item:first-child { padding-block-start: 0; }
.editorial-trending-item:last-child { border-block-end: 0; }

.editorial-trending-item:hover { padding-inline-start: .5rem; }

.editorial-trending-num {
  font-size: 2.2rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  line-height: 1;
  color: transparent;
  -webkit-text-stroke: 1.5px var(--gold-300);
  flex-shrink: 0;
  min-width: 3rem;
  transition: -webkit-text-stroke-color .3s var(--ease);
}

.editorial-trending-item:hover .editorial-trending-num {
  -webkit-text-stroke-color: var(--gold);
}

.editorial-trending-body h3 {
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  line-height: 1.35;
  margin-block: .2rem .4rem;
}

.editorial-trending-body h3 a { color: var(--ink); transition: color .3s var(--ease); }
.editorial-trending-body h3 a:hover { color: var(--gold); }

.editorial-trending-meta {
  font-size: .78rem;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.editorial-trending-meta i { color: var(--gold); margin-inline-end: .2rem; }

/* Sidebar */
.editorial-sidebar { position: sticky; inset-block-start: 100px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 1.5rem; }

.editorial-sidebar-card {
  background-color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  padding: 1.5rem;
}

.editorial-sidebar-card h4 {
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  margin-block-end: 1rem;
}

.editorial-picks-list li {
  padding-block: .75rem;
  border-block-end: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.editorial-picks-list li:last-child { border-block-end: 0; padding-block-end: 0; }
.editorial-picks-list li:first-child { padding-block-start: 0; }

.editorial-picks-list a {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: .2rem;
  transition: padding-inline-start .3s var(--ease);
}

.editorial-picks-list a:hover { padding-inline-start: .4rem; }

.editorial-pick-title {
  font-size: .92rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--ink);
  transition: color .3s var(--ease);
}

.editorial-picks-list a:hover .editorial-pick-title { color: var(--gold); }

.editorial-pick-meta {
  font-size: .76rem;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.editorial-sidebar-cta {
  background: var(--gradient-ink);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  padding: 1.75rem;
  color: var(--white);
}

.editorial-sidebar-cta h4 { color: var(--white); font-size: 1.15rem; margin-block-end: .5rem; }
.editorial-sidebar-cta p { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .7); font-size: .88rem; margin-block-end: 1rem; }

.editorial-sidebar-cta .newsletter-form { gap: .5rem; }

/* Responsive */
@media (max-width: 991.98px) {
  .editorial-featured-body { padding: 1.5rem; }
  .editorial-featured-sidebar { position: static; }
}

@media (max-width: 575.98px) {
  .editorial-featured-media { min-height: 240px; }
  .editorial-featured-content h2 { font-size: 1.3rem; }
  .editorial-meta { gap: .6rem; font-size: .76rem; }
  .editorial-trending-num { font-size: 1.6rem; min-width: 2rem; }
  .editorial-filters { gap: .4rem; }
  .editorial-filter-btn { padding: .4rem .9rem; font-size: .76rem; }
  .editorial-card-social li a { width: 28px; height: 28px; font-size: .76rem; }
  .editorial-featured-mini-media { width: 60px; height: 60px; }
}

/* ========================================
   FORM TOAST NOTIFICATION
   ======================================== */

.form-toast {
  display: none;
  position: fixed;
  bottom: 2rem;
  right: 2rem;
  z-index: 9999;
  min-width: 320px;
  max-width: 480px;
  padding: 1.1rem 1.4rem;
  background: #fff;
  border-radius: 12px;
  box-shadow: 0 8px 30px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.14);
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: .75rem;
  font-size: .9rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
  border-left: 4px solid #01bbbf;
  animation: toastSlideIn .35s ease;
}

.form-toast.show {
  display: flex;
}

.form-toast .toast-icon {
  font-size: 1.3rem;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  margin-top: 1px;
}

.form-toast .toast-body {
  flex: 1;
  color: #333;
}

.form-toast .toast-close {
  background: none;
  border: none;
  color: #999;
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  cursor: pointer;
  padding: 0;
  line-height: 1;
  flex-shrink: 0;
  transition: color .2s;
}

.form-toast .toast-close:hover {
  color: #333;
}

@keyframes toastSlideIn {
  from {
    opacity: 0;
    transform: translateY(20px);
  }
  to {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: translateY(0);
  }
}

@media (max-width: 575.98px) {
  .form-toast {
    left: 1rem;
    right: 1rem;
    bottom: 1rem;
    min-width: auto;
    max-width: none;
  }
}

/*-----------------------------------*\
  #INSIGHT ARTICLE (single read page)
\*-----------------------------------*/

/* reading progress */
.read-progress {
  position: fixed;
  inset-block-start: 0;
  inset-inline: 0;
  height: 3px;
  z-index: 1080;
  background: transparent;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.read-progress span {
  display: block;
  height: 100%;
  width: 0;
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  box-shadow: 0 0 12px rgba(201, 162, 39, .6);
  transition: width .1s linear;
}

/* hero */
.article-hero {
  position: relative;
  padding-block: clamp(140px, 13vw, 190px) clamp(56px, 7vw, 88px);
  background: var(--gradient-ink);
  color: var(--white);
  overflow: hidden;
}

.article-hero::before,
.article-hero::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  border-radius: 50%;
  filter: blur(110px);
  pointer-events: none;
}

.article-hero::before {
  width: 460px;
  height: 460px;
  inset-block-start: -160px;
  inset-inline-end: -120px;
  background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(201, 162, 39, .42), transparent 70%);
}

.article-hero::after {
  width: 380px;
  height: 380px;
  inset-block-end: -180px;
  inset-inline-start: -140px;
  background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(230, 205, 128, .22), transparent 70%);
}

.article-hero .container { position: relative; z-index: 1; }

.article-hero .page-breadcrumb { justify-content: flex-start; }

.article-hero .section-eyebrow { color: var(--gold-300); }
.article-hero .section-eyebrow::before { background: var(--gold-300); }
.article-hero .section-eyebrow::after {
  background: var(--gold-300);
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(255, 255, 255, .12);
}

.article-title {
  font-size: clamp(1.9rem, 3.9vw, 3.1rem);
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.12;
  color: var(--white);
  margin-block: 1.1rem .9rem;
}

.article-standfirst {
  font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.4vw, 1.14rem);
  line-height: 1.75;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .78);
  max-width: 62ch;
  margin-block-end: 1.6rem;
}

.article-meta {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .6rem 1.4rem;
  padding-block-start: 1.3rem;
  border-block-start: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .14);
  font-size: .84rem;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .7);
}

.article-meta-item {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .45rem;
}

.article-meta-item i { color: var(--gold-300); }

.article-hero-figure {
  position: relative;
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .12);
  box-shadow: 0 30px 70px rgba(0, 0, 0, .45);
  aspect-ratio: 4 / 3;
}

.article-hero-figure img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}

.article-hero-figure figcaption {
  position: absolute;
  inset-inline: 0;
  inset-block-end: 0;
  padding: 2.4rem 1.2rem .95rem;
  font-size: .78rem;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .82);
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, transparent, rgba(20, 22, 26, .9));
}

/* layout */
.article-layout { padding-block: clamp(48px, 6vw, 84px); }

/* table of contents */
.article-aside {
  position: sticky;
  inset-block-start: 100px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 1.25rem;
}

.article-toc {
  background-color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  padding: 1.4rem 1.3rem;
}

.article-toc h4 {
  font-size: .74rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--gold);
  margin-block-end: 1rem;
}

.article-toc ol {
  list-style: none;
  counter-reset: toc;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border-inline-start: 1px solid var(--line);
}

.article-toc li { counter-increment: toc; }

.article-toc a {
  display: block;
  padding: .5rem 0 .5rem 1rem;
  margin-inline-start: -1px;
  border-inline-start: 2px solid transparent;
  font-size: .88rem;
  line-height: 1.45;
  color: var(--muted);
  transition: color .3s var(--ease), border-color .3s var(--ease), padding-inline-start .3s var(--ease);
}

.article-toc a::before {
  content: counter(toc, decimal-leading-zero);
  font-size: .7rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: var(--gold-300);
  margin-inline-end: .5rem;
}

.article-toc a:hover { color: var(--ink); }

.article-toc a.active {
  color: var(--gold);
  font-weight: 600;
  border-inline-start-color: var(--gold);
}

.article-toc a.active::before { color: var(--gold); }

.article-share-box {
  background-color: var(--gold-50);
  border: 1px solid var(--gold-100);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  padding: 1.3rem;
}

.article-share-box h4 {
  font-size: .74rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--gold);
  margin-block-end: .9rem;
}

.share-list {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: .5rem;
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

.share-list a,
.share-list button {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 38px;
  height: 38px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  background-color: var(--white);
  color: var(--ink);
  font-size: .92rem;
  transition: transform .3s var(--ease), background-color .3s, color .3s, border-color .3s;
}

.share-list a:hover,
.share-list button:hover {
  transform: translateY(-3px);
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  border-color: transparent;
  color: var(--white);
}

/* body typography */
.article-body {
  font-size: 1.02rem;
  line-height: 1.85;
  max-width: 72ch;
}

.article-body > p { margin-block-end: 1.35rem; }

.article-body .article-lead {
  font-size: 1.14rem;
  line-height: 1.8;
  color: var(--ink-soft);
  font-weight: 500;
}

.article-body h2 {
  font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 2.3vw, 1.9rem);
  line-height: 1.25;
  margin-block: 2.8rem 1.1rem;
  scroll-margin-top: 110px;
}

.article-body h3 {
  font-size: clamp(1.1rem, 1.7vw, 1.3rem);
  line-height: 1.4;
  margin-block: 2rem .85rem;
}

.article-body h2 + p,
.article-body h3 + p { margin-block-start: 0; }

.article-body strong { color: var(--ink); font-weight: 600; }

.article-body ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 0 1.5rem;
  padding: 0;
}

.article-body ul li {
  position: relative;
  padding-inline-start: 1.7rem;
  margin-block-end: .7rem;
  color: var(--muted);
}

.article-body ul li::before {
  content: "\F26E";
  font-family: 'bootstrap-icons';
  position: absolute;
  inset-inline-start: 0;
  inset-block-start: .05rem;
  font-size: .82rem;
  color: var(--gold);
}

/* section divider with number */
.article-chapter {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1rem;
  margin-block: 3rem 1.4rem;
}

.article-chapter-num {
  flex-shrink: 0;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 46px;
  height: 46px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--gradient-gold);
  color: var(--white);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 1.02rem;
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-gold);
}

.article-chapter h2 {
  margin: 0;
  scroll-margin-top: 110px;
}

/* pull quote */
.pull-quote {
  position: relative;
  margin-block: 2.2rem;
  padding: 1.9rem 1.8rem 1.6rem 3.4rem;
  background-color: var(--off-white);
  border-inline-start: 3px solid var(--gold);
  border-radius: 0 var(--radius) var(--radius) 0;
}

.pull-quote::before {
  content: "\F6B0";
  font-family: 'bootstrap-icons';
  position: absolute;
  inset-block-start: 1.1rem;
  inset-inline-start: 1.2rem;
  font-size: 1.4rem;
  color: var(--gold-300);
}

.pull-quote p {
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--ink);
  margin: 0;
}

.pull-quote cite {
  display: block;
  margin-block-start: .8rem;
  font-size: .82rem;
  font-style: normal;
  letter-spacing: .06em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--gold);
  font-weight: 600;
}

/* callout: business translation */
.callout {
  position: relative;
  margin-block: 2rem;
  padding: 1.6rem 1.7rem;
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  background-color: var(--gold-50);
  border: 1px solid var(--gold-100);
}

.callout-label {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .5rem;
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--gold);
  margin-block-end: .7rem;
}

.callout p { margin-block-end: 0; }
.callout p + p { margin-block-start: .8rem; }

.callout.callout-ink {
  background: var(--gradient-ink);
  border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .1);
}

.callout.callout-ink .callout-label { color: var(--gold-300); }
.callout.callout-ink p { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .8); }
.callout.callout-ink strong { color: var(--white); }

/* question prompt */
.article-prompt {
  margin-block: 2rem;
  padding: 1.5rem 1.6rem;
  border: 1px dashed var(--gold-300);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  background-color: var(--white);
}

.article-prompt p {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 1.06rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--ink);
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.article-prompt p + p { margin-block-start: .6rem; font-weight: 400; font-size: .96rem; color: var(--muted); }

/* stat strip */
.article-stats {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(150px, 1fr));
  gap: 1px;
  margin-block: 2.4rem;
  background-color: var(--line);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  overflow: hidden;
}

.article-stat {
  background-color: var(--white);
  padding: 1.4rem 1.2rem;
  text-align: center;
}

.article-stat b {
  display: block;
  font-size: clamp(1.6rem, 3vw, 2.1rem);
  font-weight: 800;
  line-height: 1;
  color: var(--gold);
  margin-block-end: .4rem;
}

.article-stat span {
  font-size: .8rem;
  line-height: 1.45;
  color: var(--muted);
  display: block;
}

/* takeaways */
.takeaway-card {
  background-color: var(--white);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
  padding: 1.5rem 1.4rem;
  height: 100%;
  transition: transform .45s var(--ease), box-shadow .45s var(--ease), border-color .45s var(--ease);
}

.takeaway-card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-6px);
  border-color: var(--gold-100);
  box-shadow: var(--shadow-md);
}

.takeaway-icon {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  border-radius: 14px;
  background-color: var(--gold-50);
  color: var(--gold);
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  margin-block-end: .9rem;
}

.takeaway-card h4 {
  font-size: 1.02rem;
  line-height: 1.4;
  margin-block-end: .45rem;
}

.takeaway-card p {
  font-size: .9rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
  margin: 0;
}

/* tags + author */
.article-tags {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: .5rem;
  list-style: none;
  margin: 2.4rem 0 0;
  padding: 0;
}

.article-tags a {
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: .78rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--muted);
  background-color: var(--off-white);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: 100px;
  padding: .35rem .9rem;
  transition: color .3s, background-color .3s, border-color .3s;
}

.article-tags a:hover {
  color: var(--white);
  background-color: var(--gold);
  border-color: var(--gold);
}

.article-author {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1.1rem;
  margin-block-start: 2.2rem;
  padding: 1.4rem 1.5rem;
  background-color: var(--off-white);
  border: 1px solid var(--line);
  border-radius: var(--radius);
}

.article-author-mark {
  flex-shrink: 0;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 56px;
  height: 56px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--gradient-ink);
  color: var(--gold-300);
  font-size: 1.3rem;
}

.article-author h5 { font-size: 1rem; margin-block-end: .2rem; }
.article-author p { font-size: .86rem; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0; }

/* article CTA band */
.article-cta {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  border-radius: var(--radius-lg);
  background: var(--gradient-ink);
  color: var(--white);
  padding: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 3.2rem);
  margin-block-start: 3rem;
}

.article-cta::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  width: 320px;
  height: 320px;
  inset-block-start: -140px;
  inset-inline-end: -110px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(201, 162, 39, .4), transparent 70%);
  filter: blur(70px);
  pointer-events: none;
}

.article-cta > * { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.article-cta h3 { color: var(--white); font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 2.2vw, 1.8rem); margin-block-end: .7rem; }
.article-cta p { color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .75); max-width: 58ch; }

/* responsive */
@media (max-width: 991.98px) {
  .article-aside { position: static; }
  .article-toc ol { max-height: none; }
  .article-body { max-width: none; }
}

@media (max-width: 575.98px) {
  .article-meta { gap: .5rem 1rem; font-size: .78rem; }
  .pull-quote { padding: 1.6rem 1.2rem 1.3rem 2.9rem; }
  .pull-quote p { font-size: 1rem; }
  .article-chapter { gap: .75rem; }
  .article-chapter-num { width: 38px; height: 38px; font-size: .9rem; }
  .article-author { flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; gap: .8rem; }
}