:root {
  /* 🎨 Brand Colors */
  --color-black: #111;
  --color-dark-gray: #222;
  --color-gray-text: #333;
  --color-white: #fff;
  --color-light-gray: #ddd;
  --color-divider: #eee;
  --color-background: #f5f5f5;
  --color-accent: #1a5194;
  --color-body-text: #232323;
  --color-heading-text: #111111;
  --color-subtle-text: #666666;

  /* 📎 Text */
  --color-text: var(--color-black);
  --color-heading: var(--color-black);
  --color-link: var(--color-dark-gray);
  --color-heading-muted: #444;

  /* 🧱 Borders and Backgrounds */
  --color-border: #ccc;
  --color-bg: var(--color-white);
  --color-background-light: #f2f2f2;
  --color-background-tan: #fbf8f3;

  /* 🔗 Link Style Defaults */
  --link-decoration: underline;
  --link-decoration-color: transparent;

  /* ⏱ Transitions */
  --transition-fast: 0.2s ease;
  --transition-smooth: 0.3s ease;

  /* ✍ Typography */
  --font-size-base: 1rem;
  --font-size-base-plus: 1.25rem;
  --font-size-heading: 2rem;
  --font-size-heading-medium: 1.5rem;
  --font-size-small: 0.75rem;
  --font-size-medium: 0.85rem;
  --font-size-heading-mobile: 1.5rem;
  --font-size-page-heading-mobile: 2rem;
  --font-size-section-heading-mobile: 1.85rem;
  --font-size-heading-xl: 2.5rem;
  --font-size-page-title: 3rem;
  --font-content: 'Georgia', 'Times New Roman', serif;
  --font-heading: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  --font-weight-bold-heading: 600;

  /* Border Rounding */
  --border-radius-standard: 0.5rem;
}

/* Shared Styles */

/* === Page Layout Styles === */

/* === Header Link Styles === */
.link-hover-underline {
  position: relative;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--text-muted);
  transition: color var(--transition-fast);
}

.link-hover-underline::after {
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
  width: 0%;
  height: 2px;
  left: 0;
  bottom: -4px;
  background-color: var(--text-light);
  transition: width var(--transition-fast);
}

.link-hover-underline:hover {
  color: var(--text-light);
}

.link-hover-underline:hover::after {
  width: 100%;
}

/* === Content Link Styles === */

.content-text-link {
  margin-top: 0.5rem;
  color: var(--color-accent);
  text-decoration: none;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.content-text-link:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
  text-underline-offset: 2px;
  transition: color var(--transition-fast);
}

.section-header {
  font-family: 'Playfair Display', serif;
  font-size: 2.5rem;
  font-weight: bold;
  text-align: left;
  margin: 1rem 0 2rem;
  position: relative;
  padding: 0.25rem 0;
  width: 100%;
}

.section-header--large-text {
  font-size: 3rem;
}

.section-header::after {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  height: 1px;
  background-color: var(--color-dark-gray);
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
}

.section-header::after {
  bottom: 0;
}

.section-header--muted {
  color: var(--color-heading-muted);
}

.section-header--muted:after {
  color: var(--color-heading-muted);
}

.section-header a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--color-accent);
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.section-header a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
  color: var(--color-accent);
}

[id]::before {
  content: '';
  display: block;
  height: 6rem; /* match your header's height or more */
  margin-top: -6rem;
  visibility: hidden;
}

.tag-pill {
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: 0.75rem;
  padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem;
  margin-right: 0.5rem;
  border-radius: 2rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--color-dark-gray);
  color: var(--color-dark-gray);
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-decoration: none;
}

.tag-pill:hover,
.tag-pill:focus {
  background-color: var(--color-dark-gray);
  color: var(--color-white);
}

.pill-nav {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 1rem;
  margin-bottom: 2rem;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.pill {
  padding: 0.25em 1rem;
  border: 1px solid var(--color-dark-gray);
  border-radius: 2rem;
  font-size: var(--font-size-medium);
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--color-dark-gray);
  transition: all var(--transition-fast);
}

.pill:hover,
.pill:focus,
.pill-selected {
  background-color: var(--color-dark-gray);
  color: var(--color-white);
}

/* === Component Styling === */
.button {
  display: inline-block;
  padding: 0.4rem 0.8rem;
  background-color: transparent;
  border: 2px solid var(--color-accent);
  color: var(--color-accent);
  text-decoration: none;
  font-weight: 600;
  border-radius: 0.25rem;
  font-size: 1rem;
  transition: background-color 0.2s ease, color 0.2s ease;
}

.button:hover {
  background-color: var(--color-accent);
  color: var(--color-white);
}

.button--secondary {
  background-color: var(--color-background);
  border-color: var(--color-border);
  color: var(--color-gray-text);
}

.button--small {
  padding: 0.3rem 0.8rem;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
}

.link-button {
  color: var(--color-accent);
  text-decoration: none;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.link-button:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
}

.heading-link {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: var(--color-heading);
  font-weight: inherit;
}

.heading-link--muted {
  color: var(--color-heading-muted);
}

.heading-link:hover {
  text-decoration: underline;
  color: var(--color-accent);
}

.essay-subtitle {
  font-size: var(--font-size-base);
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
  color: var(--color-text);
  border-left: 4px solid var(--color-accent);
  padding-left: 1rem;
  margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
  opacity: 0.95;
}

.essay-subtitle--fixed-height {
  /* New lines below */
  height: 4.8rem; /* Adjust to fit 2-3 lines based on your font/line-height */
  overflow: hidden;
  display: -webkit-box;
  -webkit-line-clamp: 3; /* number of lines to show */
  line-clamp: 3;
  -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
}