# ARGENTINA.md — Palette

Dark only. The terminal view of the document is the single theme — there is no
light variant and no toggle. These values mirror `apps/web/src/app/globals.css`
(`:root`), the authoritative source. Live machine view:
`https://argentina.md/brand/manifest.json`.

## Terminal (dark — canonical)

| token            | css var            | hex       | role                                            |
| ---------------- | ------------------ | --------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| paper            | `--paper`          | `#0a0c10` | Background — terminal-dark, the single theme    |
| ink              | `--ink`            | `#e6edf3` | Body text                                       |
| muted            | `--muted`          | `#8b949e` | Secondary text, captions, folio furniture       |
| rule             | `--rule`           | `#21262d` | Hairlines, borders, box-drawing rules           |
| faint            | `--faint`          | `#11151a` | Recessed surfaces — code wells, asides          |
| celeste          | `--celeste`        | `#9ccbef` | THE accent — decoration & non-text marks ≥24px  |
| celeste-ink      | `--celeste-ink`    | `#6cb6ff` | Links & interactive text (AA-contrast on dark)  |
| celeste-display  | `--celeste-display`| `#9ccbef` | Big numerals / large display (~11:1 on dark)    |
| gold             | `--gold`           | `#ffc72c` | Sol de Mayo ONLY — never anything else          |
| ok               | `--ok`             | `#3fb950` | Success                                         |
| error            | `--error`          | `#f85149` | Errors                                          |

## Two laws

- **One accent.** Celeste does all interactive work. If a surface needs a second
  accent, the design is wrong.
- **Gold is the Sol de Mayo only.** Not even the wordmark wears it.

## National source

Celeste `#9ccbef` is the CIE-standardized Argentine flag color (2010 decree),
inherited unchanged. The flag's standardized sun gold is `#F6B40E`; the Sol de
Mayo mark brightens it to a more luminous `#FFC72C` so the sun reads as a glowing
mark on the terminal-dark ground. Minted from the flag, tuned for the screen.

## Partner palette

No treasury or banking partner is named. If one is ever signed, its contained
palette and scope rules get written here first.

## Historical reference (retired)

An earlier light/paper palette (`--paper #FFFFFF`, `--ink #0E1116`,
`--celeste #74ACDF`, `--celeste-ink #2D6FA8`) preceded the dark-only system. It is
retired; it is not used anywhere in the product and is kept only as provenance.