  :root {
    --paper: #F2EFE9;
    --panel: #FBFAF7;
    --ink: #191816;
    --muted: #5E594F;
    --rule: #D3CCBE;
    --field: #8A8375;          /* form control borders: 3.6:1 on panel */
    --red: #A81E25;
    --dark: #17181B;
    --dark-2: #22242A;
    --hivis: #D9E021;
    --wa: #0F7A3A;             /* white text 5.4:1 */
    --wa-ink: #0B5E2D;
    /* Text and rules on the dark sections */
    --on-dark: #fff;
    --on-dark-strong: rgba(255,255,255,.9);
    --on-dark-body: rgba(255,255,255,.74);
    --on-dark-muted: rgba(255,255,255,.62);
    --on-dark-label: rgba(255,255,255,.55);
    --on-dark-line: rgba(255,255,255,.5);
    --on-dark-rule: rgba(255,255,255,.16);
    --scrim: rgba(15,16,19,.70);
    --max: 1120px;
  }
  * { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
  html { -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; }
  @media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) { html { scroll-behavior: smooth; } }
  body {
    font-family: 'Public Sans', system-ui, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
    font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6; color: var(--ink); background: var(--paper);
    overflow-x: hidden;
  }
  ::selection { background: var(--hivis); color: var(--ink); }
  :focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--red); outline-offset: 3px; }
  .hero :focus-visible, .guards :focus-visible, .quote :focus-visible, footer :focus-visible, .wabar:focus-visible { outline-color: var(--hivis); }
  .quote .form :focus-visible { outline-color: var(--red); }
  img { display: block; max-width: 100%; height: auto; }
  a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
  h1, h2, h3, .num { font-family: 'Bitter', Georgia, serif; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.18; }
  .wrap { width: 100%; max-width: var(--max); margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 20px; }
  section { padding: 54px 0; scroll-margin-top: 62px; }
  h2 { font-size: clamp(25px, 3.6vw, 34px); text-wrap: balance; }
  .intro { color: var(--muted); font-size: 17px; max-width: 620px; margin-top: 14px; }
  .cap { font-size: 13px; color: var(--muted); margin-top: 10px; line-height: 1.5; }

  /* ---- Buttons: flat, 1px, no shadow ---- */
  .btn {
    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 9px;
    min-height: 50px; padding: 13px 22px; border: 1px solid transparent; border-radius: 2px;
    font: inherit; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; cursor: pointer; text-align: center;
  }
  .btn svg { width: 19px; height: 19px; flex: none; }
  .btn-wa { background: var(--wa); color: var(--on-dark); }
  .btn-wa:hover { background: var(--wa-ink); }
  .btn-line { background: transparent; color: var(--on-dark); border-color: var(--on-dark-line); }
  .btn-line:hover { border-color: var(--on-dark); background: rgba(255,255,255,.07); }
  .btn-block { width: 100%; }

  /* ---- Header ---- */
  header { background: var(--paper); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); position: sticky; top: 0; z-index: 40; }
  .nav { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 14px; min-height: 62px; }
  .brand { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 10px; margin-right: auto; }
  .brand img { width: 40px; height: 40px; }
  .brand b { display: block; font-family: 'Bitter', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.15; letter-spacing: .01em; white-space: nowrap; }
  .brand small { display: block; font-size: 11px; color: var(--muted); letter-spacing: .04em; white-space: nowrap; }
  .lang { display: inline-flex; border: 1px solid var(--rule); }
  .lang > * {
    display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; border: 0; background: none; font: inherit;
    font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .06em; padding: 0 11px;
    color: var(--muted); cursor: pointer; min-width: 44px; min-height: 42px; text-decoration: none;
  }
  .lang > * + * { border-left: 1px solid var(--rule); }
  .lang .on { background: var(--ink); color: var(--paper); cursor: default; }
  .nav .tel { display: none; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; }
  .nav .btn { min-height: 44px; min-width: 44px; padding: 9px 15px; font-size: 14px; }
  /* Icon-only on phones, but the label stays readable to screen readers */
  .nav .btn-txt { position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden; clip-path: inset(50%); white-space: nowrap; }
  @media (min-width: 740px) { .nav .tel { display: inline-block; } .nav .btn-txt { position: static; width: auto; height: auto; overflow: visible; clip-path: none; } }
  @media (max-width: 420px) {
    .nav { gap: 10px; }
    .brand { gap: 8px; }
    .brand img { width: 34px; height: 34px; }
    .brand b { font-size: 13px; }
    .brand small { letter-spacing: .01em; }
  }

  /* ---- Hero: flat scrim, no gradient ---- */
  .hero { position: relative; background: var(--dark); color: var(--on-dark); padding: 0; isolation: isolate; }
  .hero img.bg { position: absolute; inset: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 50% 32%; z-index: -2; }
  .hero::after { content: ''; position: absolute; inset: 0; background: var(--scrim); z-index: -1; }
  .hero .wrap { padding-top: 58px; padding-bottom: 52px; }
  .hero .lic {
    display: inline-block; border: 1px solid var(--on-dark-line); padding: 5px 11px;
    font-size: 11.5px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase;
  }
  .hero h1 { font-size: clamp(31px, 5vw, 50px); font-weight: 800; margin-top: 20px; max-width: 18ch; text-wrap: balance; }
  .hero h1 > span:first-child { color: var(--hivis); }
  .nw { white-space: nowrap; }
  .hero p.sub { margin-top: 18px; max-width: 54ch; font-size: clamp(16px, 1.8vw, 18px); color: var(--on-dark-strong); }
  .hero .ctas { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 10px; margin-top: 28px; max-width: 460px; }
  @media (min-width: 620px) { .hero .ctas { flex-direction: row; flex-wrap: wrap; max-width: none; } }

  /* ---- Credential strip ---- */
  .strip { background: var(--dark-2); color: var(--on-dark-strong); padding: 0; }
  .strip .wrap { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .strip .wrap > div { padding: 16px 12px 16px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--on-dark-rule); }
  .strip .wrap > div:nth-child(even) { padding-left: 16px; border-left: 1px solid var(--on-dark-rule); }
  .strip .wrap > div:nth-last-child(-n+2) { border-bottom: 0; }
  .strip dt { font-size: 11.5px; letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--on-dark-label); }
  .strip dd { font-family: 'Bitter', serif; font-weight: 700; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 3px; }
  .strip dd em { font-style: normal; color: var(--hivis); }
  @media (min-width: 800px) {
    .strip .wrap { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); }
    .strip .wrap > div + div { padding-left: 16px; border-left: 1px solid var(--on-dark-rule); }
  }

  /* ---- Plain list sections (no icon cards) ---- */
  .plainlist { list-style: none; margin-top: 26px; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); }
  .plainlist li { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); padding: 16px 0; display: grid; gap: 4px 20px; }
  .plainlist b { font-family: 'Bitter', serif; font-size: 17px; }
  .plainlist span { color: var(--muted); font-size: 15px; }
  @media (min-width: 720px) { .plainlist li { grid-template-columns: 15rem 1fr; align-items: baseline; } }
  @media (min-width: 900px) { .twocol { columns: 2; column-gap: 46px; } .twocol li { break-inside: avoid; } }

  /* ---- Lettered standards list ---- */
  .lettered { list-style: none; margin-top: 8px; }
  .lettered li { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 2.1rem 1fr; gap: 16px; padding: 20px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
  .lettered .mark { font-family: 'Bitter', serif; font-weight: 700; font-size: 15px; color: var(--red); padding-top: 2px; }
  .lettered h3 { font-size: 17px; }
  .lettered p { color: var(--muted); font-size: 15px; margin-top: 4px; max-width: 62ch; }
  .standards .split { display: grid; gap: 34px; margin-top: 26px; }
  .standards figure img { border: 1px solid var(--rule); }
  @media (min-width: 880px) { .standards .split { grid-template-columns: 4fr 7fr; align-items: start; } }

  /* ---- Full-bleed photo band ---- */
  .band { padding: 0; background: var(--dark); }
  .band img { width: 100%; max-height: 460px; object-fit: cover; }
  .band .wrap { padding-top: 14px; padding-bottom: 18px; }
  .band figcaption { font-size: 13px; color: var(--on-dark-muted); max-width: 70ch; }

  /* ---- Credentials / documents ---- */
  .docs { background: var(--panel); border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
  .docgrid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); gap: 22px 20px; margin-top: 28px; }
  .doc { display: block; }
  .doc img { width: 100%; border: 1px solid var(--rule); background: #fff; }
  .doc:hover img { border-color: var(--red); }
  .doc b { display: block; font-family: 'Bitter', serif; font-size: 15px; margin-top: 11px; }
  .doc span { display: block; font-size: 13px; color: var(--muted); margin-top: 2px; }
  .doc u { display: inline-block; margin-top: 6px; font-size: 12px; color: var(--red); text-underline-offset: 3px; }
  @media (min-width: 700px) { .docgrid { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); } }
  @media (min-width: 1000px) { .docgrid { grid-template-columns: repeat(5, 1fr); } }
  .docnote { margin-top: 26px; padding-top: 16px; border-top: 1px solid var(--rule); font-size: 13.5px; color: var(--muted); max-width: 70ch; }

  /* ---- Guards photo row ---- */
  .guards { background: var(--dark); color: var(--on-dark); }
  .guards .intro { color: var(--on-dark-body); }
  .photorow { display: grid; gap: 22px; margin-top: 30px; }
  .photorow figure img { width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 3/4; object-fit: cover; object-position: top; border: 1px solid var(--on-dark-rule); }
  .photorow h3 { font-size: 17px; margin-top: 13px; }
  .photorow figcaption { font-size: 13.5px; color: var(--on-dark-muted); margin-top: 4px; }
  @media (min-width: 680px) {
    .photorow { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); gap: 28px; }
    .photorow figure img { aspect-ratio: 4/5; }
    .photorow figcaption { max-width: 52ch; }
  }
  .duty { margin-top: 30px; padding-top: 18px; border-top: 1px solid var(--on-dark-rule); display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 8px 26px; font-size: 14px; color: var(--on-dark-strong); }
  .duty span::before { content: '— '; color: var(--hivis); }

  /* ---- Steps ---- */
  .steps ol { list-style: none; margin-top: 8px; counter-reset: s; }
  .steps li { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 2.4rem 1fr; gap: 16px; padding: 22px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--rule); }
  .steps .num { font-size: 22px; color: var(--red); line-height: 1; padding-top: 2px; }
  .steps h3 { font-size: 18px; }
  .steps p { color: var(--muted); font-size: 15px; margin-top: 4px; max-width: 64ch; }

  /* ---- Form ---- */
  .quote { background: var(--dark); color: var(--on-dark); }
  .quote .intro { color: var(--on-dark-body); }
  .qbox { display: grid; gap: 30px; margin-top: 28px; }
  @media (min-width: 880px) { .qbox { grid-template-columns: 6fr 5fr; align-items: start; } }
  .form { background: var(--panel); color: var(--ink); border: 1px solid var(--rule); padding: 24px; }
  .field { margin-bottom: 15px; }
  .field label { display: block; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .04em; text-transform: uppercase; margin-bottom: 6px; }
  .field input, .field select {
    width: 100%; min-height: 48px; padding: 11px 13px; border: 1px solid var(--field);
    border-radius: 0; font: inherit; font-size: 16px; color: var(--ink); background: #fff; appearance: none;
  }
  .field input::placeholder { color: var(--muted); opacity: 1; }
  .field select { background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='16' height='16' fill='none' stroke='%235E594F' stroke-width='2'%3E%3Cpath d='m4 6 4 4 4-4'/%3E%3C/svg%3E"); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-position: right 13px center; padding-right: 38px; }
  .field input:focus, .field select:focus { outline: 2px solid var(--red); outline-offset: -2px; border-color: var(--red); }
  .field .err { display: none; font-size: 13px; color: var(--red); margin-top: 5px; }
  .field.invalid input, .field.invalid select { border-color: var(--red); }
  .field.invalid .err { display: block; }
  .form .note { font-size: 12.5px; color: var(--muted); margin-top: 11px; }
  .form .fallback { display: none; margin-top: 13px; border: 1px solid var(--rule); padding: 11px; font-size: 13.5px; }
  .form .fallback.show { display: block; }
  .form .fallback a { color: var(--red); font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; }
  .contact > div { padding: 15px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--on-dark-rule); }
  .contact > div:first-child { border-top: 1px solid var(--on-dark-rule); }
  .contact dt { font-size: 11.5px; letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--on-dark-label); }
  .contact dd { margin-top: 4px; font-size: 15px; color: var(--on-dark-strong); }
  /* Taller tap area without moving the text */
  .contact dd a, footer p a { display: inline-block; padding: 10px 0; margin: -10px 0; }
  .contact dd a { text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-color: var(--on-dark-line); text-underline-offset: 4px; }
  .contact dd a:hover { text-decoration-color: currentColor; }

  /* ---- Footer ---- */
  footer { background: var(--dark-2); color: var(--on-dark-body); padding: 38px 0 92px; font-size: 14px; }
  footer .cols { display: grid; gap: 26px; }
  footer .flabel { font-family: 'Public Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 11.5px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.4; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; color: var(--on-dark-label); margin-bottom: 9px; }
  footer p + p { margin-top: 5px; }
  footer a:hover { color: var(--on-dark); text-decoration: underline; }
  footer .fb b { font-family: 'Bitter', serif; color: var(--on-dark); font-size: 15px; display: block; }
  footer .fb small { color: var(--on-dark-label); font-size: 12px; }
  footer .fdesc { margin-top: 10px; }
  .copy { margin-top: 30px; padding-top: 16px; border-top: 1px solid var(--on-dark-rule); font-size: 12.5px; color: var(--on-dark-muted); }
  .copy a { color: var(--hivis); font-weight: 600; }
  @media (min-width: 760px) { footer .cols { grid-template-columns: 1.5fr 1fr 1.2fr; } footer { padding-bottom: 54px; } }

  /* ---- Persistent quote bar (mobile) ---- */
  .wabar {
    position: fixed; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; z-index: 50;
    display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 9px;
    background: var(--wa); color: var(--on-dark); font-weight: 700; font-size: 16px;
    padding: 14px; border-top: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.2);
  }
  .wabar:hover { background: var(--wa-ink); }
  .wabar svg { width: 21px; height: 21px; }
  /* Hidden while the form itself is on screen: it would only duplicate the submit button */
  .wabar.is-off { visibility: hidden; }
  @media (min-width: 760px) {
    .wabar { left: auto; right: 22px; bottom: 22px; padding: 13px 20px; border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.2); }
  }
