:root {
  --ve-bg: #070709;
  --ve-bg-elevated: #101014;
  --ve-border: rgba(201, 168, 92, 0.18);
  --ve-gold: #c9a85c;
  --ve-gold-soft: #e4d2a6;
  --ve-text: #ebe6dc;
  --ve-muted: #9a9286;
  --ve-danger: #d4a0a0;
}

html {
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
}

body {
  background:
    radial-gradient(1200px 600px at 10% -10%, rgba(201, 168, 92, 0.08), transparent 55%),
    radial-gradient(900px 500px at 90% 0%, rgba(120, 90, 60, 0.06), transparent 50%),
    var(--ve-bg);
  color: var(--ve-text);
  font-family: "Segoe UI", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
}

.ve-serif {
  font-family: "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, "Book Antiqua", Georgia, serif;
}

.ve-card {
  background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(24, 24, 28, 0.95), rgba(14, 14, 18, 0.98));
  border: 1px solid var(--ve-border);
  transition: border-color 0.2s ease, transform 0.2s ease, box-shadow 0.2s ease;
}

.ve-card:hover {
  border-color: rgba(201, 168, 92, 0.45);
  transform: translateY(-2px);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
}

.ve-prose h2 {
  color: var(--ve-gold-soft);
  font-family: "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, "Book Antiqua", Georgia, serif;
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  margin-top: 2rem;
  margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
}

.ve-prose h3 {
  color: #d8c9a8;
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  margin-top: 1.5rem;
  margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
}

.ve-prose p,
.ve-prose li {
  color: #cfc7bb;
  line-height: 1.75;
  font-size: 0.98rem;
}

.ve-prose ul,
.ve-prose ol {
  padding-left: 1.25rem;
  margin: 0.75rem 0 1rem;
}

.ve-prose li {
  margin: 0.35rem 0;
}

.ve-prose a {
  color: var(--ve-gold);
  text-decoration: underline;
  text-underline-offset: 3px;
}

.ve-prose strong {
  color: #f0e8da;
}

.ve-callout {
  border-left: 3px solid var(--ve-gold);
  background: rgba(201, 168, 92, 0.07);
  padding: 1rem 1.1rem;
  border-radius: 0 0.75rem 0.75rem 0;
  margin: 1.25rem 0;
}

.ve-callout ol {
  margin: 0.75rem 0 0;
  padding-left: 1.25rem;
}

.ve-callout li {
  margin: 0.4rem 0;
  color: #cfc7bb;
}

.ve-footer a:hover {
  color: var(--ve-gold-soft);
}