:root {
  --navy: #031d46;
  --navy-deep: #01132f;
  --blue: #0b356f;
  --gold: #d79b18;
  --gold-light: #f0bd46;
  --ink: #172033;
  --muted: #5f6570;
  --paper: #fbfaf7;
  --white: #ffffff;
  --line: rgba(3, 29, 70, .14);
  --serif: "Cormorant Garamond", Georgia, serif;
  --sans: "Manrope", Arial, sans-serif;
  --shell: min(1400px, calc(100vw - 9vw));
}

/* Premium legal pages: one restrained editorial system for Privacy, Terms,
   and Accessibility across desktop and mobile. */
html body.legal-page main {
  position: relative;
  padding-bottom: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(5,49,101,.045) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5,49,101,.045) 1px, transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 14% 18%, rgba(47,126,209,.16), transparent 28%),
    linear-gradient(122deg, #dbe8f5 0%, #f8fbfe 46%, #dce9f6 100%);
  background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px, auto, auto;
}

html body.legal-page .page-hero {
  min-height: 430px;
  isolation: isolate;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 79% 26%, rgba(62,145,231,.34), transparent 31%),
    linear-gradient(118deg, #01152f 0%, #063c79 56%, #021b3b 100%);
  background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px, auto, auto;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #e6b83f;
  box-shadow: 0 20px 54px rgba(0,24,57,.18);
}

html body.legal-page .page-hero::before {
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 118%, transparent 0 34%, rgba(236,190,77,.16) 34.2% 34.5%, transparent 34.7%),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(1,16,37,.16), transparent 48%, rgba(1,17,39,.12));
}

html body.legal-page .page-hero::after {
  left: 50%;
  right: auto;
  bottom: 28px;
  width: 72px;
  height: 1px;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #f5c955, transparent);
  box-shadow: none;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
}

html body.legal-page .page-hero .shell {
  min-height: 430px;
  width: min(100% - 48px, 980px);
  padding: 4.25rem 0 4.75rem;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  text-align: center;
}

.legal-kicker,
.legal-intro > span {
  display: block;
  color: #f3c247;
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .2em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.legal-kicker {
  margin-bottom: 1.15rem;
}

html body.legal-page .page-hero h1 {
  max-width: none;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: clamp(4rem, 6vw, 6.5rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: .94;
  letter-spacing: -.045em;
}

html body.legal-page .page-hero h1 em {
  color: #f2b91f;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

html body.legal-page .page-hero p {
  max-width: 660px;
  margin: 1.4rem auto 0;
  color: rgba(244,248,253,.82);
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
}

html body.legal-page .content-section.white {
  position: relative;
  width: min(calc(100% - 48px), 1180px);
  margin: -34px auto 0;
  padding: 0;
  z-index: 3;
  overflow: visible;
  background: transparent;
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: none;
}

html body.legal-page .legal {
  counter-reset: legal-section;
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 1000px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: clamp(2.8rem, 5vw, 5rem) clamp(2.5rem, 6vw, 6.5rem);
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(255,255,255,.98), rgba(239,246,253,.96));
  border: 1px solid rgba(6,43,97,.12);
  border-top: 4px solid #d9a623;
  border-radius: 2px 2px 28px 28px;
  box-shadow: 0 28px 80px rgba(0,31,70,.15);
}

html body.legal-page .legal::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: -150px;
  right: -150px;
  width: 360px;
  height: 360px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(206,155,29,.2);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 42px rgba(7,70,137,.035), 0 0 0 86px rgba(7,70,137,.025);
  pointer-events: none;
}

html body.legal-page .legal-intro {
  position: relative;
  max-width: 760px;
  margin: 0 0 3.5rem;
  padding: 0 0 2rem 1.35rem;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(6,43,97,.14);
  border-left: 2px solid #d9a623;
}

html body.legal-page .legal-intro p {
  margin: .75rem 0 0;
  color: #354c69;
  font-size: .96rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
}

html body.legal-page .legal h2 {
  counter-increment: legal-section;
  position: relative;
  max-width: 760px;
  margin: 2.7rem 0 .7rem;
  padding: 1.45rem 0 0 3.25rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.16);
  color: #052d62;
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 2.7vw, 2.7rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.05;
  letter-spacing: -.025em;
}

html body.legal-page .legal h2::before {
  content: counter(legal-section, decimal-leading-zero);
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 1.65rem;
  color: #c88b09;
  font-family: var(--smg-sans);
  font-size: .69rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
}

html body.legal-page .legal > p {
  max-width: 760px;
  margin: 0 0 1rem 3.25rem;
  color: #53657b;
  font-size: .96rem;
  line-height: 1.82;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.legal-page main { padding-bottom: 0; }

  html body.legal-page .page-hero,
  html body.legal-page .page-hero .shell {
    min-height: 390px;
  }

  html body.legal-page .page-hero .shell {
    width: calc(100% - 40px);
    padding: 3.1rem 0 4.5rem;
  }

  html body.legal-page .page-hero h1 {
    font-size: clamp(3.25rem, 14vw, 4.6rem);
    line-height: .96;
  }

  html body.legal-page .page-hero p {
    max-width: 410px;
    margin-top: 1.1rem;
    font-size: .89rem;
    line-height: 1.66;
  }

  html body.legal-page .content-section.white {
    width: calc(100% - 22px);
    margin-top: -24px;
  }

  html body.legal-page .legal {
    width: 100%;
    padding: 2.4rem 1.3rem 2.8rem;
    border-radius: 2px 2px 22px 22px;
    text-align: center;
  }

  html body.legal-page .legal::before {
    top: -96px;
    right: -130px;
    width: 270px;
    height: 270px;
  }

  html body.legal-page .legal-intro {
    max-width: 520px;
    margin: 0 auto 2.8rem;
    padding: 0 0 1.7rem;
    border-left: 0;
  }

  html body.legal-page .legal-intro p {
    font-size: .84rem;
    line-height: 1.68;
  }

  html body.legal-page .legal h2 {
    max-width: 540px;
    margin: 2.3rem auto .75rem;
    padding: 1.45rem .25rem 0;
    font-size: clamp(1.85rem, 8vw, 2.35rem);
    line-height: 1.08;
  }

  html body.legal-page .legal h2::before {
    position: static;
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: .7rem;
  }

  html body.legal-page .legal > p {
    max-width: 540px;
    margin: 0 auto 1rem;
    color: #4b5f78;
    font-size: .88rem;
    line-height: 1.74;
    text-align: center;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 420px) {
  html body.legal-page .page-hero h1 { font-size: 3.2rem; }
  html body.legal-page .legal-kicker { font-size: .65rem; letter-spacing: .16em; }
  html body.legal-page .legal { padding-inline: 1.05rem; }
}

/* Partners ecosystem: a bolder, editorial partner-program showcase. */
body.partners-page .partner-network-section {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: clamp(5.5rem,8vw,8.5rem) 0;
  color: #fff;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.04) 1px,transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.04) 1px,transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 92% 8%,rgba(38,125,218,.34),transparent 30%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 4% 92%,rgba(214,153,22,.13),transparent 25%),
    linear-gradient(118deg,#021a3b 0%,#063f80 52%,#021b3e 100%);
  background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto,auto;
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  width: clamp(360px,36vw,620px);
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  right: -12%;
  bottom: -44%;
  border: 1px solid rgba(245,201,82,.34);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 66px rgba(255,255,255,.035),0 0 0 67px rgba(113,176,238,.12);
  pointer-events: none;
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section::after {
  content: "SMG";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  left: -.04em;
  bottom: -.16em;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.035);
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-size: clamp(13rem,23vw,25rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: .72;
  letter-spacing: -.08em;
  pointer-events: none;
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .shell {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .catalog-heading {
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0,1.15fr) minmax(300px,.7fr);
  align-items: end;
  gap: clamp(3rem,8vw,8rem);
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .section-kicker {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 1.2rem;
  color: #f3c54e;
  font-size: .7rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .2em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .catalog-heading h2 {
  max-width: 800px;
  margin: 0;
  color: #fff;
  font-size: clamp(3.35rem,4.65vw,5.6rem);
  line-height: .95;
  text-shadow: 0 18px 45px rgba(0,12,31,.28);
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .catalog-heading h2 em {
  display: inline;
  color: #f2bd35;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 500;
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .catalog-heading > p {
  max-width: 500px;
  margin: 0 0 .35rem;
  padding: 1.35rem 0 1.35rem 1.6rem;
  border-left: 1px solid rgba(245,201,82,.58);
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.78);
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));
  gap: 14px;
  margin-top: clamp(3rem,5vw,4.75rem);
  border: 0;
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  min-width: 0;
  min-height: 230px;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  padding: clamp(1.8rem,3vw,2.6rem);
  overflow: hidden;
  background: linear-gradient(145deg,rgba(20,91,165,.78),rgba(3,32,72,.9));
  border: 1px solid rgba(155,202,246,.2);
  border-radius: 2px;
  box-shadow: 0 22px 60px rgba(0,14,38,.2),inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.08);
  transition: transform .25s ease,border-color .25s ease,background .25s ease;
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article:nth-child(2),
body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article:nth-child(3) {
  background: linear-gradient(145deg,rgba(8,66,128,.88),rgba(2,28,64,.94));
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 42%;
  height: 2px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg,#f5cc5d,#b67709);
  box-shadow: 0 0 24px rgba(241,188,49,.34);
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article:hover {
  z-index: 1;
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  border-color: rgba(245,201,82,.5);
  background: linear-gradient(145deg,rgba(27,105,187,.84),rgba(3,34,77,.96));
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-type-number {
  position: absolute;
  top: 1.25rem;
  right: 1.4rem;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.34);
  font-size: .65rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-type-icon {
  width: 42px;
  height: 42px;
  margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
  fill: none;
  stroke: #f4c449;
  stroke-width: 1.35;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 8px 14px rgba(218,155,20,.18));
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types h3 {
  margin: 0;
  color: #fff;
  font-size: clamp(1.5rem,2vw,2rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.05;
}

body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types p {
  max-width: 570px;
  margin: .85rem 0 0;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.7);
  font-size: .84rem;
  line-height: 1.62;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  body.partners-page .partner-network-section {
    padding: 4.2rem 0;
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.04) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.04) 1px,transparent 1px),
      radial-gradient(circle at 92% 5%,rgba(38,125,218,.3),transparent 27%),
      linear-gradient(155deg,#063f80 0%,#032754 48%,#011a3b 100%);
    background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto;
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .catalog-heading {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 1.65rem;
    text-align: center;
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .catalog-heading h2 {
    max-width: 650px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    font-size: clamp(2.75rem,9vw,4rem);
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .catalog-heading > p {
    max-width: 590px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    padding: 1.1rem 0 0;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(245,201,82,.48);
    border-left: 0;
    font-size: .9rem;
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));
    gap: 9px;
    margin-top: 2.7rem;
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article {
    min-height: 225px;
    padding: 1.45rem 1.15rem;
    text-align: left;
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-type-icon {
    width: 34px;
    height: 34px;
    margin: 0 0 1.05rem;
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types h3 {
    font-size: clamp(1.15rem,3.7vw,1.55rem);
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types p {
    margin-top: .7rem;
    font-size: .74rem;
    line-height: 1.5;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 430px) {
  body.partners-page .partner-network-section {
    padding: 3.7rem 0;
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .section-kicker {
    margin-bottom: .9rem;
    font-size: .61rem;
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .catalog-heading h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.4rem,11vw,3rem);
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .catalog-heading > p {
    font-size: .82rem;
    line-height: 1.62;
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types {
    gap: 7px;
    margin-top: 2.25rem;
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article {
    min-height: 216px;
    padding: 1.25rem .88rem;
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-type-number {
    top: .95rem;
    right: .9rem;
    font-size: .56rem;
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-type-icon {
    width: 30px;
    height: 30px;
    margin-bottom: .9rem;
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types h3 {
    font-size: 1.08rem;
  }

  body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types p {
    font-size: .69rem;
    line-height: 1.46;
  }
}

/* Partners hero — intentional two-line desktop lockup */
.partners-page .page-hero h1 .hero-line {
  display: block;
  white-space: normal;
}

@media (min-width: 1181px) {
  html body.partners-page .page-hero h1 {
    font-size: clamp(3.1rem, 4.15vw, 4.5rem);
  }

  .partners-page .page-hero h1 .hero-line {
    white-space: nowrap;
  }
}

* { box-sizing: border-box; }
html { scroll-behavior: smooth; }
body { margin: 0; color: var(--ink); background: var(--paper); font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.65; }
body.menu-open { overflow: hidden; }
img { display: block; max-width: 100%; }
a { color: inherit; text-decoration: none; }
button, input, select, textarea { font: inherit; }
button, a { -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; }
.sr-only { position: absolute; width: 1px; height: 1px; padding: 0; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; clip: rect(0,0,0,0); white-space: nowrap; border: 0; }
.skip-link { position: fixed; top: -100px; left: 12px; z-index: 1000; padding: .7rem 1rem; color: white; background: var(--navy); }
.skip-link:focus { top: 12px; }
.shell { width: var(--shell); margin-inline: auto; }

.utility { display: none; color: #fff; background: var(--navy-deep); border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(215,155,24,.45); }
.utility .shell { min-height: 38px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 1rem; font-size: .75rem; letter-spacing: .08em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.utility p { margin: 0; }
.utility span { color: var(--gold-light); }
.site-header { position: relative; z-index: 50; background: rgba(255,255,255,.96); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
.site-header.is-sticky { position: sticky; top: 0; box-shadow: 0 10px 30px rgba(1,19,47,.08); }
.header-shell { width: var(--shell); min-height: 96px; margin: auto; display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(235px, 320px) 1fr auto; align-items: center; gap: 2rem; }
.brand img { width: 290px; height: 72px; object-fit: contain; object-position: left center; }
.site-nav { justify-self: center; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: clamp(1.2rem, 2.4vw, 2.6rem); }
.site-nav a { position: relative; color: var(--navy); font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 600; }
.site-nav a::after { content: ""; position: absolute; left: 0; right: 100%; bottom: -.45rem; height: 2px; background: var(--gold); transition: right .25s ease; }
.site-nav a:hover::after, .site-nav a.active::after { right: 0; }
.header-cta, .button { display: inline-flex; min-height: 54px; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: .85rem; padding: .9rem 1.45rem; color: white; background: var(--navy); border: 1px solid var(--gold); font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.12rem; font-weight: 700; transition: color .25s, background .25s, transform .25s; }
.header-cta:hover, .button:hover { color: var(--navy); background: var(--gold-light); transform: translateY(-2px); }
.header-cta { min-height: 48px; color: var(--navy); background: white; border-color: var(--navy); font-size: 1rem; }
.button::after, .text-link::after { content: "→"; color: var(--gold); font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 1.2em; }
.button:hover::after { color: var(--navy); }
.button-outline { color: var(--navy); background: transparent; }
.menu-toggle { display: none; width: 48px; height: 48px; padding: 0; border: 1px solid var(--line); background: transparent; }
.menu-toggle i { display: block; width: 22px; height: 2px; margin: 5px auto; background: var(--navy); transition: transform .25s; }

.hero { position: relative; min-height: 610px; overflow: hidden; background: #160f0b; border-bottom: 0; }
.hero::before { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0; z-index: 1; background: var(--navy); clip-path: polygon(0 0, 45% 0, 65% 100%, 0 100%); }
.hero-copy { position: relative; z-index: 2; width: 50%; min-height: 610px; padding: clamp(4rem, 6vw, 6.5rem) max(4.5vw, calc((100vw - 1400px)/2)); display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; background: transparent; }
h1, h2, h3 { margin: 0; color: var(--navy); font-family: var(--serif); font-weight: 500; line-height: .98; }
h1 { max-width: 720px; font-size: clamp(4.2rem, 6vw, 7.5rem); letter-spacing: -.035em; }
.hero-copy h1 { max-width: 610px; color: white; font-size: clamp(3.55rem, 4.25vw, 4.85rem); line-height: 1.02; letter-spacing: -.025em; }
h1 em, h2 em { color: var(--gold); font-style: normal; }
.hero-copy > p { max-width: 550px; margin: 2rem 0 2.2rem; color: rgba(255,255,255,.82); font-size: clamp(1rem, 1.1vw, 1.14rem); }
.hero-actions { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 2.4rem; flex-wrap: wrap; }
.hero .button { color: var(--navy); background: var(--gold-light); border-color: var(--gold-light); }
.hero-secondary { color: var(--gold-light); font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.12rem; font-weight: 700; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--gold); }
.hero-media { position: absolute; inset: 0 0 0 40%; z-index: 0; min-height: 610px; overflow: hidden; }
.hero-media img,
.hero-media video { display: block; width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: 58% center; }
.hero-media-consulting { background: #160f0b; }
.hero-media-consulting img,
.hero-media-consulting video { object-position: center; }
.hero-proof { min-height: 136px; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); align-items: stretch; padding-inline: max(4.5vw, calc((100vw - 1400px)/2)); background: white; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
.hero-proof > div { display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; justify-content: center; padding: 1.5rem; text-align: center; border-right: 1px solid var(--line); }
.hero-proof > div:last-child { border-right: 0; }
.hero-proof strong { color: var(--navy); font-family: var(--serif); font-size: clamp(2.3rem, 3vw, 3.3rem); font-weight: 600; line-height: 1; }
.hero-proof span { margin-top: .45rem; color: var(--muted); font-size: .88rem; }

.intro { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--gold); }
.intro-copy { min-height: 540px; padding: clamp(5rem, 7vw, 8rem) max(4.5vw, calc((100vw - 1400px)/2)); display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; }
.intro-copy h2, .section-heading h2 { font-size: clamp(3.4rem, 4.8vw, 6.3rem); }
.intro-copy p { max-width: 650px; margin: 1.7rem 0 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 1.08rem; }
.text-link { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: .85rem; width: max-content; margin-top: 1.8rem; color: var(--navy); font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.2rem; font-weight: 700; }
.text-link::after { transition: transform .25s; }
.text-link:hover::after { transform: translateX(5px); }
.intro-media { min-height: 540px; overflow: hidden; }
.intro-media img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }

.solutions-feature { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; background: white; }
.solutions-content { min-width: 0; padding: clamp(5rem, 7vw, 8rem) max(4.5vw, calc((100vw - 1400px)/2)); }
.solutions-content h2 { max-width: 710px; font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 3.6vw, 4.4rem); line-height: 1.05; }
.section-lead { max-width: 680px; margin: 1.5rem 0 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: 1.04rem; }
.solution-list { margin-top: 2.5rem; }
.solution-row { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 60px minmax(160px, .8fr) 1.1fr; gap: 1rem; align-items: center; padding: 1.15rem 0; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(215,155,24,.55); }
.solution-row b { color: var(--gold); font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.65rem; font-weight: 500; }
.solution-row h3 { font-size: 1.45rem; }
.solution-row p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); font-size: .92rem; line-height: 1.5; }
.solution-row > * { min-width: 0; }
.solutions-media { min-height: 690px; overflow: hidden; }
.solutions-media img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
.advisory-panel { min-height: 690px; padding: clamp(4rem, 7vw, 8rem); display: flex; align-items: center; color: white; background: var(--navy-deep); border-left: 1px solid var(--gold); }
.advisory-panel > div { max-width: 620px; }
.advisory-panel > div > span { color: var(--gold-light); font-size: .75rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.advisory-panel blockquote { margin: 1.5rem 0 3rem; color: white; font-family: var(--serif); font-size: clamp(2.1rem, 2.7vw, 3.4rem); line-height: 1.12; }
.advisory-panel ul { padding: 0; margin: 0; list-style: none; border-top: 1px solid rgba(215,155,24,.55); }
.advisory-panel li { padding: 1rem 0; color: rgba(255,255,255,.78); border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14); }
.advisory-panel li::before { content: "—"; margin-right: .8rem; color: var(--gold-light); }

.industries { color: white; background: var(--navy-deep); border-top: 1px solid var(--gold); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--gold); padding-top: clamp(4rem, 7vw, 7rem); }
.industries-heading { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; align-items: end; gap: 2rem; padding-bottom: 2.5rem; }
.industries h2 { max-width: 700px; color: white; font-size: clamp(3.5rem, 5vw, 6.4rem); }
.industries p { max-width: 420px; margin: 0; color: rgba(255,255,255,.72); }
.industries .text-link { color: var(--gold-light); }
.industry-visual img { width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 3 / 1; object-fit: cover; }
.industry-labels { width: 100%; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
.industry-labels a { padding: 1.6rem 4vw; color: white; border-right: 1px solid rgba(215,155,24,.38); font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.45rem; text-align: center; }
.industry-labels a:hover { color: var(--gold-light); background: rgba(255,255,255,.035); }

.process { padding: clamp(5.5rem, 8vw, 9rem) 0; background: var(--paper); }
.process h2 { text-align: center; font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 3.7vw, 4.5rem); line-height: 1.05; }
.process-steps { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); gap: 2.5rem; padding: 0; margin: 4rem 0 0; list-style: none; }
.process-steps li { position: relative; padding-top: 1.25rem; border-top: 1px solid var(--gold); }
.process-steps span { color: var(--gold); font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 2.4rem; }
.process-steps h3 { margin-top: .2rem; font-size: 1.85rem; }
.process-steps p { margin: 1rem 0 0; color: var(--muted); }

.founder-section { padding: clamp(5.5rem, 8vw, 9rem) 0; color: white; background: var(--navy-deep); border-block: 1px solid var(--gold); }
.founder-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: .8fr 1.2fr; gap: clamp(3rem, 8vw, 9rem); }
.founder-name > span { display: block; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; color: var(--gold-light); font-size: .75rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.founder-name h2 { color: white; font-size: clamp(3.5rem, 4.8vw, 5.8rem); }
.founder-story .lead { margin-top: 0; color: white; font-family: var(--serif); font-size: clamp(1.7rem, 2.3vw, 2.7rem); line-height: 1.2; }
.founder-story > p:not(.lead) { color: rgba(255,255,255,.7); }
.text-link-light { color: white; }
.credibility-rail { grid-column: 1 / -1; display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); margin-top: 1rem; border-block: 1px solid rgba(215,155,24,.46); }
.credibility-rail div { padding: 2.2rem clamp(1rem, 3vw, 3rem); border-right: 1px solid rgba(215,155,24,.35); }
.credibility-rail div:last-child { border-right: 0; }
.credibility-rail strong { display: block; color: var(--gold-light); font-family: var(--serif); font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 4vw, 4.8rem); font-weight: 500; line-height: 1; }
.credibility-rail span { display: block; margin-top: .65rem; color: rgba(255,255,255,.7); }

.service-catalog { padding: clamp(5.5rem, 8vw, 9rem) 0; background: white; }
.catalog-heading { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.2fr .8fr; gap: 4rem; align-items: end; }
.catalog-heading h2 { font-size: clamp(2.9rem, 3.8vw, 4.6rem); line-height: 1.05; }
.catalog-heading p { margin: 0 0 .5rem; color: var(--muted); }
.catalog-list { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); gap: 0 3rem; margin-top: 4rem; border-top: 1px solid var(--gold); }
.catalog-list span { position: relative; padding: 1.3rem 2rem 1.3rem 0; color: var(--navy); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); font-family: var(--serif); font-size: clamp(1.2rem, 1.8vw, 1.65rem); }
.catalog-list span::after { content: "+"; position: absolute; right: .3rem; color: var(--gold); font-family: var(--sans); }

.partner-preview { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1.08fr .92fr; min-height: 640px; background: var(--paper); border-block: 1px solid var(--gold); }
.partner-preview > img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
.partner-preview > div { padding: clamp(4.5rem, 7vw, 8rem) max(4.5vw, calc((100vw - 1400px)/2)); display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; }
.partner-preview h2 { font-size: clamp(2.9rem, 3.7vw, 4.5rem); line-height: 1.05; }
.partner-preview p { color: var(--muted); }

.quote-band { padding: clamp(5rem, 8vw, 8rem) 0; text-align: center; background: var(--paper); }
.quote-band blockquote { max-width: 1040px; margin: 0 auto; color: var(--navy); font-family: var(--serif); font-size: clamp(2rem, 2.8vw, 3.4rem); line-height: 1.18; }
.quote-band cite { display: block; margin-top: 2rem; color: var(--gold); font-style: normal; font-size: .76rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.cta-actions { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; gap: 2rem; flex-wrap: wrap; }
.phone-link { color: white; font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.35rem; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--gold); }
.phone-link-dark { color: var(--navy); }
.contact-note { margin-top: 2rem; padding-top: 1.5rem; color: var(--muted); border-top: 1px solid var(--line); font-size: .88rem; }

.partner-types { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); gap: 0 4rem; margin-top: 2rem; border-top: 1px solid var(--gold); }
.partner-types article { padding: 2rem 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
.partner-types h3 { font-size: 1.7rem; }
.partner-types p { color: var(--muted); }
.proof-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 1px; background: var(--gold); border: 1px solid var(--gold); }
.proof-grid div { padding: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 4rem); background: var(--navy-deep); }
.proof-grid strong { display: block; color: var(--gold-light); font-family: var(--serif); font-size: clamp(3rem, 5vw, 5.5rem); font-weight: 500; line-height: 1; }
.proof-grid span { color: rgba(255,255,255,.72); }

.cta-band { padding: clamp(5rem, 8vw, 8rem) 0; color: white; text-align: center; background: radial-gradient(circle at 20% 30%, #0a3269 0, var(--navy-deep) 45%); border-block: 1px solid var(--gold); }
.cta-band h2 { max-width: 900px; margin: 0 auto 2.2rem; color: white; font-size: clamp(2.9rem, 3.8vw, 4.6rem); line-height: 1.05; }
.cta-band .button { color: var(--navy); background: var(--gold-light); }

.site-footer { padding: 4rem 0 2rem; color: rgba(255,255,255,.74); background: var(--navy-deep); }
.footer-main { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 320px 1fr; align-items: center; gap: 4rem; padding-bottom: 2rem; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(215,155,24,.45); }
.footer-logo { width: 270px; height: 108px; object-fit: contain; object-position: left; }
.footer-logo-link { display: inline-flex; width: max-content; max-width: 100%; }
.footer-logo-link:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--gold-light); outline-offset: 5px; }
.footer-nav { display: flex; justify-content: flex-end; gap: clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 4.5rem); }
.footer-nav a { color: white; }
.footer-nav a:hover, .footer-legal a:hover { color: var(--gold-light); }
.footer-bottom { display: flex; justify-content: space-between; gap: 2rem; padding-top: 1.5rem; font-size: .8rem; }
.footer-bottom p { margin: 0; }
.footer-legal { display: flex; gap: 2rem; }

.page-hero { min-height: 500px; color: white; background: var(--navy-deep); border-bottom: 1px solid var(--gold); }
.page-hero .shell { min-height: 500px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; }
.page-hero h1 { max-width: 980px; color: white; font-size: clamp(4.1rem, 6.8vw, 7.8rem); }
.page-hero p { max-width: 700px; margin: 1.8rem 0 0; color: rgba(255,255,255,.74); font-size: 1.15rem; }
.content-section { padding: clamp(5rem, 8vw, 9rem) 0; }
.content-section.white { background: white; }
.content-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: .8fr 1.2fr; gap: clamp(3rem, 8vw, 9rem); }
.content-grid h2, .split-media h2 { font-size: clamp(3.1rem, 4.3vw, 5.4rem); }
.content-grid p { margin-top: 0; color: var(--muted); }
.detail-list { padding: 0; margin: 0; list-style: none; }
.detail-list li { padding: 1.3rem 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
.detail-list strong { display: block; color: var(--navy); font-family: var(--serif); font-size: 1.45rem; }
.detail-list span { color: var(--muted); }
.split-media { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; min-height: 600px; }
.split-media > div { padding: clamp(4rem, 7vw, 8rem) max(4.5vw, calc((100vw - 1400px)/2)); display: flex; flex-direction: column; justify-content: center; }
.split-media > img { width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; }
.split-media p { color: var(--muted); }
.contact-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: .8fr 1.2fr; gap: clamp(3rem, 8vw, 9rem); }
.contact-grid h2 { font-size: clamp(3.2rem, 4.5vw, 5.5rem); }
.contact-form { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 1.2rem; }
.field { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: .45rem; }
.field.full { grid-column: 1 / -1; }
.field label { color: var(--navy); font-size: .77rem; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: .09em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.field input, .field select, .field textarea { width: 100%; padding: 1rem; color: var(--ink); background: white; border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 0; outline: none; }
.field input:focus, .field select:focus, .field textarea:focus { border-color: var(--gold); box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(215,155,24,.12); }
.field textarea { min-height: 150px; resize: vertical; }
.form-status { grid-column: 1 / -1; margin: 0; color: var(--navy); }
.legal { max-width: 900px; }
.legal h2 { margin-top: 2.5rem; font-size: 2.2rem; }
.legal p, .legal li { color: var(--muted); }

.reveal { opacity: 1; transform: none; }
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { *, *::before, *::after { scroll-behavior: auto !important; transition: none !important; } .reveal { opacity: 1; transform: none; } }

@media (max-width: 1120px) {
  .header-shell { min-height: 90px; grid-template-columns: 250px 1fr auto; }
  .brand img { width: 240px; height: 72px; }
  .site-nav { gap: 1rem; }
  .site-nav a { font-size: 1rem; }
  .header-cta { display: none; }
  .hero { min-height: 560px; }
  .hero-copy { min-height: 560px; }
  .hero-media { min-height: 560px; }
  .solution-row { grid-template-columns: 48px 1fr; }
  .solution-row p { grid-column: 2; }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  :root { --shell: min(100% - 40px, 680px); }
  .utility .shell { min-height: 34px; justify-content: center; text-align: center; }
  .utility p:last-child { display: none; }
  .header-shell { width: var(--shell); grid-template-columns: 1fr auto; }
  .menu-toggle { display: block; }
  .site-nav { position: fixed; top: 90px; right: auto; bottom: 0; left: 0; width: 100vw; padding: 3rem 30px; display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: flex-start; gap: 1.6rem; background: var(--paper); transform: translateX(110vw); transition: transform .3s ease; }
  .site-nav.open { transform: none; }
  .site-nav a { font-size: 2rem; }
  .hero, .intro, .solutions-feature, .split-media { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .hero { display: grid; overflow: visible; background: var(--navy); }
  .hero::before { display: none; }
  .hero-copy { width: 100%; min-height: 0; padding: 5rem 20px 6rem; background: var(--navy); clip-path: polygon(0 0, 100% 0, 100% 88%, 0 100%); }
  .hero-media { position: relative; inset: auto; min-height: 450px; margin-top: -2.5rem; }
  .hero-media-consulting img { object-position: 55% center; }
  .hero-copy h1 { font-size: clamp(3.2rem, 10vw, 4.5rem); }
  .hero-proof { grid-template-columns: 1fr; padding-inline: 20px; }
  .hero-proof > div { min-height: 112px; border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line); }
  .hero-proof > div:last-child { border-bottom: 0; }
  h1 { font-size: clamp(3.7rem, 16vw, 5.5rem); }
  .intro-copy, .solutions-content, .split-media > div, .advisory-panel { padding: 5rem 20px; }
  .intro-media, .solutions-media, .advisory-panel { min-height: 460px; }
  .industries-heading { align-items: flex-start; flex-direction: column; }
  .industry-visual img { aspect-ratio: 1.35 / 1; }
  .industry-labels a { padding: 1.2rem .5rem; font-size: 1rem; }
  .process-steps { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .footer-main { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 2rem; }
  .footer-logo { margin: auto; object-position: center; }
  .footer-nav { justify-content: center; flex-wrap: wrap; }
  .footer-bottom { align-items: center; flex-direction: column; text-align: center; }
  .content-grid, .contact-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .founder-grid, .catalog-heading, .partner-preview { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .partner-preview > img { min-height: 440px; }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  :root { --shell: calc(100% - 30px); }
  .header-shell { min-height: 82px; }
  .brand img { width: 205px; height: 64px; }
  .site-nav { inset-block-start: 82px; }
  .hero { min-height: 0; }
  .hero-copy { padding: 4rem 20px 5.5rem; }
  .hero-media { min-height: 360px; }
  .hero-copy h1 { font-size: clamp(2.9rem, 13vw, 3.7rem); }
  .hero-actions { display: grid; }
  .button { width: 100%; }
  .intro-copy, .solutions-content { padding-block: 4.5rem; }
  .solution-row { grid-template-columns: 42px 1fr; }
  .industry-visual img { aspect-ratio: .95 / 1; object-position: center; }
  .industry-labels { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .industry-labels a { border-right: 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(215,155,24,.35); }
  .process-steps { grid-template-columns: 1fr; gap: 1.8rem; }
  .footer-nav, .footer-legal { gap: 1rem 1.5rem; }
  .contact-form { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .field.full { grid-column: auto; }
  .page-hero, .page-hero .shell { min-height: 440px; }
  .credibility-rail, .catalog-list, .partner-types, .proof-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .credibility-rail div { border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(215,155,24,.35); }
}

/* Premium first section beneath the homepage hero. */
.home-page .about-preview {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 8% 18%, rgba(247, 190, 47, .14), transparent 23%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 92% 14%, rgba(19, 91, 178, .13), transparent 30%),
    linear-gradient(122deg, #f4f8fd 0%, #ffffff 48%, #edf4fc 100%);
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .9);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(6, 43, 97, .08);
}
.home-page .about-preview::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  top: -180px;
  right: -150px;
  width: 520px;
  height: 520px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(6, 72, 155, .12);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow:
    0 0 0 54px rgba(255, 255, 255, .22),
    0 0 0 108px rgba(10, 74, 151, .035);
}
.home-page .about-preview::after {
  content: "SMG";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  left: -1.5rem;
  bottom: -5.6rem;
  color: rgba(4, 43, 94, .035);
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: clamp(12rem, 22vw, 24rem);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: .72;
  letter-spacing: -.08em;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.home-page .about-preview-grid { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.home-page .about-preview-copy { padding-block: 2rem; }
.home-page .about-preview h2 {
  color: var(--navy-deep);
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
}
.home-page .about-preview .about-lead {
  color: #173a65;
  font-size: 1.12rem;
}
.home-page .about-preview .text-link {
  color: var(--navy);
  text-decoration-color: var(--gold);
  text-decoration-thickness: 2px;
  text-underline-offset: .42rem;
}
.home-page .about-visual::before {
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, #082e63 0%, #0d5aaa 100%);
  box-shadow: 0 28px 70px rgba(2, 27, 61, .15);
}
.home-page .about-visual-accent {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffdb70 0%, #d99a08 48%, #f6c43e 100%);
  box-shadow: 0 18px 45px rgba(185, 127, 0, .2);
}
.home-page .about-visual img {
  outline: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .72);
  outline-offset: -1px;
  box-shadow: 0 30px 75px rgba(2, 27, 61, .22);
}
.home-page .about-note {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #031d42 0%, #0a4387 100%);
  border-left-color: #f6c43e;
  box-shadow: 0 22px 48px rgba(2, 27, 61, .28);
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .home-page .about-preview::before { width: 390px; height: 390px; }
  .home-page .about-preview::after { bottom: -2rem; opacity: .7; }
  .home-page .about-preview-copy { padding-block: 0; }
}

/* Premium people-first visual refresh, inspired by the selected service template. */
:root {
  --navy: #062b61;
  --navy-deep: #021b3d;
  --blue: #0b4c9c;
  --gold: #dca41f;
  --gold-light: #f2be3c;
  --paper: #f5f7fb;
  --serif: "Manrope", Arial, sans-serif;
  --shell: min(1320px, calc(100vw - 8vw));
}

.utility { display: block; border-bottom: 0; }
.utility .shell { min-height: 34px; font-size: .71rem; letter-spacing: .06em; }
.utility a { color: white; font-weight: 700; }
.utility a:hover { color: var(--gold-light); }
.site-header { background: #f1f5fc; border-bottom: 0; }
.header-shell { min-height: 90px; grid-template-columns: minmax(230px, 310px) 1fr auto; }
.brand img { width: 272px; height: 66px; }
.site-nav a { font-family: var(--sans); font-size: .91rem; font-weight: 700; }
.site-nav a::after { bottom: -.7rem; height: 3px; }
.header-cta, .button { border: 0; border-radius: 10px; font-family: var(--sans); font-size: .89rem; font-weight: 800; }
.header-cta { min-height: 52px; padding-inline: 1.35rem; color: var(--navy-deep); background: var(--gold-light); box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(220,164,31,.2); }
.header-cta:hover { color: white; background: var(--navy); }

.home-page .hero { min-height: 680px; isolation: isolate; background: var(--navy-deep); }
.home-page .hero::before { inset: 0; z-index: 1; background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(2,18,43,.98) 0%, rgba(3,28,63,.92) 36%, rgba(3,28,63,.42) 62%, rgba(3,28,63,.05) 100%); clip-path: none; }
.home-page .hero::after { content: ""; position: absolute; z-index: 4; left: -5%; right: -5%; bottom: -72px; height: 132px; background: white; border-radius: 50% 50% 0 0 / 95% 95% 0 0; }
.home-page .hero-media { inset: 0; min-height: 680px; }
.home-page .hero-media img,
.home-page .hero-media video { object-position: center center; }

@media (min-width: 821px) {
  .home-page .hero-media video { object-position: center top; }
}
.home-page .hero-copy { width: var(--shell); max-width: 1320px; min-height: 680px; margin-inline: auto; padding: 5.5rem 52% 8.5rem 0; align-items: flex-start; }
.hero-kicker { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: .7rem; margin-bottom: 1.45rem; color: var(--gold-light); font-size: .72rem; font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: .14em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.hero-kicker::before { content: ""; width: 38px; height: 2px; background: var(--gold-light); }
.home-page .hero-copy h1 { max-width: 680px; font-size: clamp(3.45rem, 4.6vw, 5.3rem); font-weight: 800; line-height: 1.04; letter-spacing: -.045em; }
.home-page .hero-copy > p { max-width: 625px; margin: 1.6rem 0 2.1rem; color: rgba(255,255,255,.8); font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.75; }
.home-page .hero .button { min-height: 57px; color: var(--navy-deep); background: var(--gold-light); padding-inline: 1.7rem; }
.home-page .hero .button:hover { color: white; background: var(--blue); }
.home-page .hero-secondary { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: .55rem; color: white; border: 0; font-family: var(--sans); font-size: .92rem; font-weight: 800; }
.home-page .hero-secondary span { color: var(--gold-light); font-size: 1.2rem; transition: transform .2s ease; }
.home-page .hero-secondary:hover span { transform: translateX(4px); }
.experience-badge { position: absolute; z-index: 5; right: max(5vw, calc((100vw - 1320px)/2)); bottom: 58px; width: 154px; height: 154px; display: grid; place-content: center; color: white; text-align: center; background: var(--blue); border: 8px solid rgba(255,255,255,.9); border-radius: 50%; box-shadow: 0 18px 45px rgba(1,19,47,.26); }
.experience-badge strong { color: var(--gold-light); font-size: 2.8rem; font-weight: 800; line-height: .9; }
.experience-badge span { margin-top: .5rem; font-size: .67rem; font-weight: 700; line-height: 1.25; letter-spacing: .08em; text-transform: uppercase; }

.section-pill { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; min-height: 34px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; padding: .45rem 1rem; color: var(--blue); background: #eaf1fb; border-radius: 99px; font-size: .7rem; font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: .12em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.about-preview { padding: clamp(7rem, 10vw, 10.5rem) 0 clamp(6rem, 8vw, 9rem); background: white; }
.about-preview-grid { display: grid; grid-template-columns: .82fr 1.18fr; gap: clamp(4rem, 8vw, 8.5rem); align-items: center; }
.about-preview h2 { max-width: 620px; font-size: clamp(3rem, 4.3vw, 5.15rem); font-weight: 800; line-height: 1.05; letter-spacing: -.045em; }
.about-preview p { max-width: 650px; color: var(--muted); }
.about-preview .about-lead { margin-top: 1.7rem; color: var(--ink); font-size: 1.08rem; line-height: 1.75; }
.about-visual { position: relative; min-height: 620px; padding: 38px 0 60px 42px; }
.about-visual::before { content: ""; position: absolute; inset: 0 13% 24% 0; background: #edf3fb; border-radius: 28px; }
.about-visual-accent { position: absolute; z-index: 0; top: 0; right: 0; width: 42%; height: 46%; background: var(--gold-light); border-radius: 28px; }
.about-visual img { position: relative; z-index: 1; width: 93%; height: 530px; margin-left: auto; object-fit: cover; border-radius: 28px; box-shadow: 0 24px 60px rgba(2,27,61,.17); }
.about-note { position: absolute; z-index: 2; left: 0; bottom: 0; width: min(335px, 74%); padding: 1.45rem 1.6rem; color: white; background: var(--navy); border-left: 5px solid var(--gold-light); border-radius: 12px; box-shadow: 0 18px 38px rgba(2,27,61,.2); }
.about-note strong, .about-note span { display: block; }
.about-note strong { margin-bottom: .35rem; font-size: 1.12rem; }
.about-note span { color: rgba(255,255,255,.74); font-size: .82rem; line-height: 1.5; }
.about-preview .text-link, .solutions-feature .text-link { font-family: var(--sans); font-size: .92rem; font-weight: 800; }

.home-page .solutions-feature { grid-template-columns: 1.08fr .92fr; background: var(--paper); }
.home-page .solutions-content { padding-block: clamp(5.5rem, 8vw, 8.5rem); }
.home-page .solutions-content h2 { font-size: clamp(2.9rem, 3.7vw, 4.4rem); font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: -.04em; }
.home-page .section-pill-light { color: #b9d6ff; background: rgba(255,255,255,.09); }
.home-page .solution-list { margin-top: 2.7rem; }
.home-page .solution-row { padding: 1.25rem .6rem; border-color: rgba(6,43,97,.14); border-radius: 10px; transition: background .2s ease, transform .2s ease; }
.home-page .solution-row:hover { background: white; transform: translateX(6px); }
.home-page .solution-row b { color: var(--blue); font-family: var(--sans); font-size: .86rem; font-weight: 800; }
.home-page .solution-row h3 { font-size: 1.28rem; font-weight: 800; line-height: 1.2; }
.home-page .advisory-panel { min-height: 720px; background: linear-gradient(145deg, #073b7c, var(--navy-deep)); border: 0; }
.home-page .advisory-panel blockquote { font-family: var(--sans); font-size: clamp(2rem, 2.5vw, 3rem); font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: -.035em; }

.home-page .process { background: white; }
.home-page .process h2, .home-page .founder-name h2, .home-page .service-catalog h2, .home-page .partner-preview h2, .home-page .quote-band blockquote, .home-page .cta-band h2 { font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: -.04em; }
.home-page .process-steps { gap: 1.25rem; }
.home-page .process-steps li { padding: 2rem; background: var(--paper); border: 0; border-radius: 16px; }
.home-page .process-steps span { color: var(--blue); font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 800; }
.home-page .process-steps h3 { margin-top: .8rem; font-size: 1.5rem; font-weight: 800; }
.home-page .founder-section { border: 0; }
.home-page .partner-preview { border: 0; }
.home-page .partner-preview > img { filter: saturate(.82) contrast(1.03); }
.home-page .quote-band { background: #eef3fa; }
.home-page .cta-band { border: 0; }

@media (max-width: 1120px) {
  .header-shell { grid-template-columns: 250px 1fr auto; }
  .home-page .hero-copy { padding-right: 45%; }
  .experience-badge { right: 4vw; }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .utility .shell { justify-content: space-between; }
  .utility a { font-size: .66rem; }
  .site-nav { top: 124px; background: #f1f5fc; }
  .home-page .hero { display: block; min-height: 680px; overflow: hidden; }
  .home-page .hero::before { display: block; background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(2,18,43,.9) 0%, rgba(2,18,43,.75) 55%, rgba(2,18,43,.46) 100%); }
  .home-page .hero::after { bottom: -53px; height: 100px; }
  .home-page .hero-media { position: absolute; inset: 0; min-height: 680px; margin: 0; }
  .home-page .hero-media img,
  .home-page .hero-media video { object-position: 72% center; }
  .home-page .hero-copy { width: var(--shell); min-height: 680px; padding: 5.2rem 0 9rem; justify-content: flex-start; align-items: center; text-align: center; background: transparent; clip-path: none; }
  .hero-kicker::before { display: none; }
  .home-page .hero-copy h1 { max-width: 620px; font-size: clamp(3rem, 10.5vw, 4.5rem); }
  .home-page .hero-copy > p { max-width: 580px; }
  .home-page .hero-actions { justify-content: center; }
  .experience-badge { right: 28px; bottom: 45px; width: 120px; height: 120px; border-width: 6px; }
  .experience-badge strong { font-size: 2.1rem; }
  .experience-badge span { font-size: .57rem; }
  .about-preview-grid, .home-page .solutions-feature { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .about-preview-copy { max-width: 680px; }
  .about-visual { min-height: 560px; margin-top: 1rem; }
  .about-visual img { height: 470px; }
  .home-page .advisory-panel { min-height: 560px; }
  .home-page .founder-grid > *, .home-page .catalog-heading > *, .home-page .partner-preview > div { min-width: 0; }
  .home-page h2, .home-page h2 em { max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: anywhere; }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .utility .shell { min-height: 30px; }
  .utility p { font-size: .58rem; }
  .utility a { font-size: .61rem; }
  .header-shell { min-height: 78px; }
  .brand img { width: 194px; height: 58px; }
  .site-nav { top: 108px; }
  .home-page .hero, .home-page .hero-copy, .home-page .hero-media { min-height: 650px; }
  .home-page .hero-copy { padding: 4.3rem 0 9rem; }
  .home-page .hero-copy h1 { font-size: clamp(2.65rem, 12vw, 3.5rem); }
  .home-page .hero-copy > p { margin-top: 1.25rem; font-size: .96rem; line-height: 1.65; }
  .home-page .hero-actions { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 1.25rem; width: 100%; }
  .home-page .hero .button { width: auto; }
  .experience-badge { right: 18px; bottom: 41px; width: 106px; height: 106px; }
  .experience-badge strong { font-size: 1.85rem; }
  .about-preview { padding: 6rem 0 5rem; }
  .about-preview h2 { font-size: 2.75rem; }
  .about-visual { min-height: 440px; padding: 24px 0 50px 20px; }
  .about-visual img { width: 96%; height: 360px; border-radius: 20px; }
  .about-note { width: 88%; padding: 1.1rem 1.2rem; }
  .home-page .solution-row { grid-template-columns: 32px 1fr; }
  .home-page .founder-name h2 { font-size: 3rem; }
}

/* Rounded service-template geometry used across the full website. */
:root {
  --radius-section: 30px;
  --radius-card: 18px;
  --section-frame: min(1400px, calc(100vw - 32px));
  --soft-shadow: 0 24px 70px rgba(2, 27, 61, .09);
}

body { background: #fff; }
.home-page main { padding-bottom: 0; }

.home-page .solutions-feature,
.home-page .process,
.home-page .founder-section,
.home-page .service-catalog,
.home-page .partner-preview,
.home-page .quote-band,
.home-page .cta-band {
  width: var(--section-frame);
  margin: 24px auto 0;
  border-radius: var(--radius-section);
  overflow: hidden;
}

.home-page .solutions-feature { box-shadow: var(--soft-shadow); }
.home-page .solutions-content { padding-inline: clamp(2.5rem, 5vw, 6rem); }
.home-page .solution-list { display: grid; gap: 12px; }
.home-page .solution-row {
  grid-template-columns: 42px minmax(185px, .8fr) 1.1fr;
  padding: 1.2rem 1.3rem;
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.76);
  border: 1px solid rgba(6,43,97,.08);
  border-radius: var(--radius-card);
}
.home-page .solution-row:last-child { border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(6,43,97,.08); }
.home-page .advisory-panel { border-radius: 0 var(--radius-section) var(--radius-section) 0; }

.home-page .process { padding-inline: clamp(1.3rem, 3vw, 3.2rem); background: #f1f5fc; }
.home-page .process-steps li {
  background: white;
  border: 1px solid rgba(6,43,97,.07);
  border-radius: var(--radius-card);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 32px rgba(2,27,61,.055);
  transition: transform .2s ease, box-shadow .2s ease;
}
.home-page .process-steps li:hover { transform: translateY(-5px); box-shadow: 0 18px 38px rgba(2,27,61,.1); }

.home-page .founder-section { padding-inline: clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 3.5rem); }
.home-page .founder-grid { position: relative; }
.home-page .founder-grid::after {
  content: "16+ YEARS";
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: -2rem;
  padding: .8rem 1.1rem;
  color: var(--gold-light);
  border: 1px solid rgba(242,190,60,.45);
  border-radius: 999px;
  font-size: .68rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
}

.home-page .service-catalog { padding-inline: clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 3.5rem); box-shadow: var(--soft-shadow); border: 1px solid rgba(6,43,97,.07); }
.home-page .catalog-list { gap: 14px; padding-top: 14px; border-top: 0; }
.home-page .catalog-list span {
  padding: 1.15rem 3rem 1.15rem 1.2rem;
  background: #f4f7fb;
  border: 1px solid rgba(6,43,97,.07);
  border-radius: 14px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 700;
}
.home-page .catalog-list span::after { right: 1.15rem; top: 50%; transform: translateY(-50%); }

.home-page .partner-preview { min-height: 580px; box-shadow: var(--soft-shadow); }
.home-page .partner-preview > div { background: #f2f6fc; }
.home-page .quote-band { background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eef4fc, #f8faff); }
.home-page .quote-band .shell { padding-inline: clamp(1rem, 4vw, 4rem); }
.home-page .cta-band { margin-bottom: 0; }

.site-footer { margin: 0 16px; border-radius: 34px 34px 0 0; }

/* Inner pages inherit the same framed, rounded visual language. */
body:not(.home-page) main { padding: 16px 0 32px; background: #f4f7fb; }
body:not(.home-page) .page-hero {
  width: var(--section-frame);
  min-height: 470px;
  margin: 0 auto 24px;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: var(--radius-section);
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: var(--soft-shadow);
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 82% 18%, #0c4f9f 0, var(--navy) 28%, var(--navy-deep) 70%);
}
body:not(.home-page) .page-hero .shell { min-height: 470px; padding-inline: clamp(1rem, 3vw, 3rem); }
body:not(.home-page) .page-hero h1 { font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: -.045em; }
body:not(.home-page) .content-section { width: var(--section-frame); margin: 24px auto 0; padding: clamp(4rem, 7vw, 7rem) clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 4.5rem); border-radius: var(--radius-section); }
body:not(.home-page) .content-section.white { box-shadow: var(--soft-shadow); }
body:not(.home-page) .content-section .shell { width: 100%; }
body:not(.home-page) .split-media {
  width: var(--section-frame);
  min-height: 570px;
  margin: 24px auto 0;
  background: white;
  border-radius: var(--radius-section);
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: var(--soft-shadow);
}
body:not(.home-page) .split-media > div { background: white; }
body:not(.home-page) .split-media h2,
body:not(.home-page) .content-grid h2,
body:not(.home-page) .contact-grid h2 { font-weight: 800; letter-spacing: -.04em; }
body:not(.home-page) .detail-list li,
body:not(.home-page) .partner-types article { margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 1.2rem 1.25rem; background: #f4f7fb; border: 1px solid rgba(6,43,97,.07); border-radius: 14px; }
body:not(.home-page) .detail-list strong { font-family: var(--sans); font-size: 1.1rem; font-weight: 800; }
body:not(.home-page) .proof-grid { gap: 12px; background: transparent; border: 0; }
body:not(.home-page) .proof-grid div { border-radius: var(--radius-card); }
body:not(.home-page) .contact-form { padding: clamp(1.3rem, 3vw, 2.6rem); background: #f3f7fc; border: 1px solid rgba(6,43,97,.07); border-radius: var(--radius-card); }
body:not(.home-page) .field input,
body:not(.home-page) .field select,
body:not(.home-page) .field textarea { border-radius: 10px; }
body:not(.home-page) .legal { padding: clamp(1rem, 2vw, 2rem); background: white; border-radius: var(--radius-card); }

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  :root { --section-frame: calc(100vw - 20px); --radius-section: 22px; }
  .home-page .solutions-feature,
  .home-page .process,
  .home-page .founder-section,
  .home-page .service-catalog,
  .home-page .partner-preview,
  .home-page .quote-band,
  .home-page .cta-band { margin-top: 12px; }
  .home-page .solutions-content { padding-inline: 24px; }
  .home-page .solution-row { grid-template-columns: 36px 1fr; }
  .home-page .solution-row p { grid-column: 2; }
  .home-page .advisory-panel { border-radius: 0 0 var(--radius-section) var(--radius-section); }
  .home-page .founder-grid::after { position: static; display: inline-flex; margin-top: 1rem; }
  .site-footer { margin-inline: 10px; border-radius: 24px 24px 0 0; }
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero,
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero .shell { min-height: 430px; }
  body:not(.home-page) .split-media { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  body:not(.home-page) .split-media > img { min-height: 430px; }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .home-page .solutions-content,
  .home-page .advisory-panel,
  .home-page .process,
  .home-page .founder-section,
  .home-page .service-catalog,
  .home-page .partner-preview > div,
  .home-page .quote-band,
  .home-page .cta-band { padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 20px; }
  .home-page .solution-row { padding: 1.05rem; border-radius: 14px; }
  .home-page .catalog-list { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  body:not(.home-page) .content-section { padding: 3.5rem 20px; }
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero h1 { font-size: clamp(3.2rem, 14vw, 4.4rem); }
}

/* Light footer treatment keeps the original navy-and-gold mark fully legible. */
.site-footer {
  position: relative;
  color: #50617a;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f4f7fc 0%, #e5edf8 100%);
  border: 1px solid rgba(6,43,97,.09);
  box-shadow: 0 -16px 50px rgba(2,27,61,.07);
}
.site-footer::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 34px;
  left: 34px;
  height: 4px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--gold-light), var(--gold), transparent 82%);
  border-radius: 0 0 999px 999px;
}
.site-footer .footer-logo { filter: none; opacity: 1; }
.site-footer .footer-nav a,
.site-footer .footer-legal a { color: var(--navy); font-weight: 700; }
.site-footer .footer-nav a:hover,
.site-footer .footer-legal a:hover { color: #a87608; }
.site-footer .footer-main { border-bottom-color: rgba(6,43,97,.14); }
.site-footer .footer-bottom { color: #5d6b80; }

/* Layered footer: dimensional while preserving the full-color brand mark. */
.site-footer {
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: 5rem 0 0;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 86% 18%, rgba(11,76,156,.17) 0 9%, transparent 9.3%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 86% 18%, transparent 0 15%, rgba(11,76,156,.08) 15.2% 15.8%, transparent 16%),
    linear-gradient(135deg, #f9fbfe 0%, #e8f0fa 52%, #dbe7f6 100%);
}
.site-footer::before {
  right: auto;
  left: 0;
  width: min(560px, 60%);
  height: 7px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, var(--gold-light), var(--gold) 56%, transparent);
  border-radius: 0 999px 999px 0;
}
.site-footer::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  right: -90px;
  bottom: 58px;
  width: 300px;
  height: 300px;
  border: 42px solid rgba(255,255,255,.34);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 1px rgba(6,43,97,.05), inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(6,43,97,.04);
}
.site-footer > .shell { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.site-footer .footer-main {
  padding: 1.4rem;
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.56);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.82);
  border-radius: 22px;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 55px rgba(2,27,61,.09), inset 0 1px 0 white;
  backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
}
.site-footer .footer-logo {
  width: 285px;
  height: 116px;
  padding: 14px 18px;
  background: white;
  border: 1px solid rgba(6,43,97,.08);
  border-radius: 16px;
  box-shadow: 0 12px 28px rgba(2,27,61,.1);
}
.site-footer .footer-nav { gap: clamp(.5rem, 1.3vw, 1.15rem); }
.site-footer .footer-nav a {
  padding: .72rem 1rem;
  border-radius: 10px;
  transition: color .2s ease, background .2s ease, transform .2s ease;
}
.site-footer .footer-nav a:hover {
  color: var(--navy);
  background: white;
  box-shadow: 0 8px 20px rgba(2,27,61,.07);
  transform: translateY(-2px);
}
.site-footer .footer-bottom {
  margin-top: 2.4rem;
  padding: 1.35rem 1.6rem;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.72);
  background: linear-gradient(100deg, var(--navy-deep), #073870);
  border-radius: 18px 18px 0 0;
  box-shadow: 0 -12px 32px rgba(2,27,61,.1);
}
.site-footer .footer-bottom p { color: rgba(255,255,255,.7); }
.site-footer .footer-legal a { color: white; font-weight: 600; }
.site-footer .footer-legal a:hover { color: var(--gold-light); }

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-footer { padding-top: 3.7rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-main { padding: 1.6rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-logo { margin-inline: auto; }
  .site-footer .footer-nav a { padding: .6rem .7rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-bottom { margin-top: 1.5rem; }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .site-footer .footer-main { padding: 1.2rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-logo { width: 245px; height: 104px; }
  .site-footer .footer-nav { gap: .35rem .5rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-nav a { font-size: .82rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-bottom { padding: 1.2rem; border-radius: 14px 14px 0 0; }
}

/* Dimensional navigation surface with restrained brand-color depth. */
.site-header {
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 12% 50%, rgba(11,76,156,.12), transparent 24%),
    linear-gradient(110deg, #dfeaf8 0%, #f8fbff 47%, #e6effb 100%);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(6,43,97,.1);
  box-shadow: 0 10px 30px rgba(2,27,61,.08);
}
.site-header::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  top: -64px;
  right: 12%;
  width: 230px;
  height: 150px;
  border: 28px solid rgba(255,255,255,.32);
  border-radius: 50%;
  transform: rotate(-14deg);
}
.site-header::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  height: 3px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 3%, var(--gold) 23%, rgba(220,164,31,.18) 58%, transparent 92%);
}
.header-shell { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.site-header .brand {
  padding: .25rem .6rem;
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.38);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.6);
  border-radius: 12px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.85);
}
.site-header .brand img { max-width: 100%; }
.site-header .site-nav {
  padding: .55rem .8rem;
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.34);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.58);
  border-radius: 999px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.8);
  backdrop-filter: blur(7px);
}
.site-header .site-nav a { padding-inline: .25rem; }

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-header .brand { width: max-content; padding: .15rem .35rem; }
  .site-header .site-nav {
    padding: 3rem 30px;
    background: linear-gradient(145deg, #eef4fc, #dce8f7);
    border: 0;
    border-radius: 0;
    box-shadow: none;
    backdrop-filter: none;
  }
}

/* Open footer composition: no containers around the brand or navigation. */
.site-footer .footer-main {
  padding: .5rem 0 3rem;
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: none;
  backdrop-filter: none;
}
.site-footer .footer-logo {
  width: 270px;
  height: 108px;
  padding: 0;
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: none;
}
.site-footer .footer-nav { gap: clamp(1.5rem, 4vw, 4.5rem); }
.site-footer .footer-nav a {
  position: relative;
  padding: .35rem 0;
  background: transparent;
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: none;
  transform: none;
}
.site-footer .footer-nav a::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: 100%;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--gold);
  transition: right .2s ease;
}
.site-footer .footer-nav a:hover {
  color: var(--navy);
  background: transparent;
  box-shadow: none;
  transform: none;
}
.site-footer .footer-nav a:hover::after { right: 0; }
.site-footer .footer-bottom {
  margin-top: 0;
  padding: 1.4rem 0 2rem;
  color: #5d6b80;
  background: transparent;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(6,43,97,.16);
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: none;
}
.site-footer .footer-bottom p { color: #5d6b80; }
.site-footer .footer-legal a { color: var(--navy); }
.site-footer .footer-legal a:hover { color: #a87608; }

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-footer .footer-main { padding: 0 0 2.4rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-nav { gap: 1rem 1.8rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-nav a { padding: .3rem 0; }
  .site-footer .footer-bottom { margin-top: 0; }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .site-footer .footer-main { padding: 0 0 2rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-logo { width: 245px; height: 100px; }
  .site-footer .footer-nav { gap: .7rem 1.2rem; }
}

/* Header logo remains open on the navigation surface. */
.site-header .brand {
  padding: 0;
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: none;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-header .brand { padding: 0; }
}

/* Lighter hero veil keeps the photography vivid without sacrificing copy contrast. */
.home-page .hero::before {
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(2,18,43,.86) 0%, rgba(3,28,63,.70) 36%, rgba(3,28,63,.24) 62%, rgba(3,28,63,.02) 100%);
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .home-page .hero::before {
    background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(2,18,43,.78) 0%, rgba(2,18,43,.60) 55%, rgba(2,18,43,.30) 100%);
  }
}

/* Open desktop navigation: links sit directly on the gradient header. */
@media (min-width: 821px) {
  .site-header .site-nav {
    padding: 0;
    background: transparent;
    border: 0;
    border-radius: 0;
    box-shadow: none;
    backdrop-filter: none;
  }
}

/* Premium open footer: layered gradient, no stray shapes, full metallic accent. */
.site-footer {
  padding-top: 4rem;
  background:
    linear-gradient(118deg, rgba(255,255,255,.72) 0%, rgba(255,255,255,.12) 34%, rgba(255,255,255,.66) 62%, rgba(255,255,255,.08) 100%),
    linear-gradient(105deg, #d5e3f3 0%, #edf4fb 32%, #fbfcfe 57%, #c8daed 100%);
  border-color: rgba(6,43,97,.08);
  box-shadow: 0 -22px 70px rgba(2,27,61,.09), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.9);
}
.site-footer::after { display: none; }
.site-footer::before {
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 7px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #75500a 0%, #c88b18 10%, #f7d875 24%, #fff0a6 35%, #bf7e0d 49%, #f5ce67 64%, #fff0a6 77%, #b77608 91%, #6d4807 100%);
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255,248,209,.95), 0 5px 18px rgba(190,126,11,.32);
}
.site-footer .footer-main {
  position: relative;
  min-height: 132px;
  padding: 0 0 3.5rem;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(6,43,97,.12);
}
.site-footer .footer-main::after {
  content: "FOUNDER-LED  •  TRUSTED ADVICE  •  MEASURABLE RESULTS";
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 1.15rem;
  left: 0;
  color: rgba(6,43,97,.56);
  font-size: .65rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
}
.site-footer .footer-logo {
  filter: drop-shadow(0 10px 14px rgba(2,27,61,.14));
}
.site-footer .footer-nav {
  gap: clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 3.4rem);
  align-self: center;
}
.site-footer .footer-nav a {
  color: #052b5e;
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: .075em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}
.site-footer .footer-nav a::after {
  height: 2px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #9c6808, #f0c655);
  box-shadow: 0 2px 7px rgba(190,126,11,.24);
}
.site-footer .footer-bottom {
  padding: 1.15rem 0 1.5rem;
  border-top: 0;
}
.site-footer .footer-bottom p,
.site-footer .footer-legal a {
  color: rgba(3,29,70,.68);
  font-size: .76rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .065em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-footer { padding-top: 3.2rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-main { gap: 1.25rem; padding-bottom: 3.6rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-main::after {
    right: 0;
    bottom: 1.2rem;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 1.7;
  }
  .site-footer .footer-nav { gap: 1rem 1.65rem; }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .site-footer { padding-top: 2.8rem; }
  .site-footer::before { height: 6px; }
  .site-footer .footer-main { padding-bottom: 3.7rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-main::after { font-size: .58rem; letter-spacing: .1em; }
  .site-footer .footer-nav a { font-size: .88rem; letter-spacing: .045em; }
}

/* Larger complete brand mark and eyebrow-free content hierarchy. */
.header-shell { grid-template-columns: minmax(340px, 380px) 1fr auto; min-height: 108px; }
.site-header .brand img { width: 340px; height: 96px; }
.advisory-panel blockquote { margin-top: 0; }

@media (max-width: 1120px) {
  .header-shell { grid-template-columns: 300px 1fr auto; min-height: 100px; }
  .site-header .brand img { width: 290px; height: 88px; }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .header-shell { grid-template-columns: 1fr auto; min-height: 92px; }
  .site-header .brand img { width: 245px; height: 84px; }
  .site-nav { top: 130px; }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .header-shell { min-height: 86px; }
  .site-header .brand img { width: 225px; height: 78px; }
  .site-nav { top: 120px; }
}

/* High-contrast premium footer and more readable desktop navigation. */
@media (min-width: 821px) {
  .site-header .site-nav {
    gap: clamp(1.7rem, 2.35vw, 2.8rem);
    transform: translateX(46px);
  }
  .site-header .site-nav a { font-size: 1.05rem; letter-spacing: .01em; }
}

@media (min-width: 1121px) {
  .site-header .header-cta { position: relative; left: 18px; }
}

@media (min-width: 1121px) and (max-width: 1200px) {
  .header-shell {
    gap: 1.5rem;
  }

  .site-header .site-nav {
    gap: 1.35rem;
    transform: translateX(36px);
  }

  .site-header .header-cta {
    left: 12px;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }
}

/* Final tablet safeguard: remove the desktop split and forced empty height. */
@media (max-width: 1180px) {
  body.home-page .solutions-feature {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
  }

  body.home-page .solutions-content {
    padding: 3.75rem clamp(2rem, 6vw, 4.5rem) 3.25rem;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel {
    min-height: 0;
    height: auto;
    padding: 3.5rem clamp(2rem, 6vw, 4.5rem) 3.75rem;
    border-top: 2px solid var(--smg-gold);
    border-left: 0;
    box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.2), 0 -18px 50px rgba(2,34,74,.12);
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel > div {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 850px;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel blockquote {
    max-width: 800px;
    margin-bottom: 2.25rem;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  body.home-page .solutions-content {
    padding: 3.2rem 24px 2.8rem;
  }

  body.home-page .solution-list { margin-top: 2rem; }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel {
    min-height: 0;
    padding: 3rem 24px 3.15rem;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel blockquote { margin-bottom: 1.8rem; }
  body.home-page .advisory-panel li { padding-block: .85rem; }
}

/* Tablet composition for the strategic-guidance section. */
@media (max-width: 1180px) {
  .home-page .solutions-feature {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
  }

  .home-page .solutions-content {
    padding: 3.75rem clamp(2rem, 6vw, 4.5rem) 3.25rem;
  }

  .home-page .advisory-panel {
    min-height: 0;
    padding: 3.5rem clamp(2rem, 6vw, 4.5rem) 3.75rem;
    border-top: 2px solid var(--smg-gold);
    border-left: 0;
    box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.2), 0 -18px 50px rgba(2,34,74,.12);
  }

  .home-page .advisory-panel > div {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 850px;
  }

  .home-page .advisory-panel blockquote {
    max-width: 800px;
    margin-bottom: 2.25rem;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .home-page .solutions-content {
    padding: 3.2rem 24px 2.8rem;
  }

  .home-page .solution-list { margin-top: 2rem; }

  .home-page .advisory-panel {
    min-height: 0;
    padding: 3rem 24px 3.15rem;
  }

  .home-page .advisory-panel blockquote {
    margin-bottom: 1.8rem;
  }

  .home-page .advisory-panel li { padding-block: .85rem; }
}

.site-footer {
  background:
    linear-gradient(112deg, transparent 0 45.7%, rgba(247,216,117,.9) 45.8%, rgba(180,116,7,.82) 46.05%, transparent 46.2%),
    linear-gradient(112deg, #f9fbfe 0%, #d9e7f5 45.8%, #0c4e8f 46%, #052e61 66%, #011a38 100%);
  box-shadow: 0 -24px 80px rgba(2,27,61,.14), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.92);
}
.site-footer .footer-logo {
  width: 300px;
  height: 116px;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 13px 18px rgba(2,27,61,.2));
}
.site-footer .footer-nav a {
  color: white;
  font-size: 1rem;
  letter-spacing: .075em;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(1,19,47,.28);
}
.site-footer .footer-nav a:hover { color: var(--gold-light); }
.site-footer .footer-main::after { color: rgba(3,29,70,.66); }
.site-footer .footer-bottom {
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(238,194,83,.5);
}
.site-footer .footer-bottom p { color: rgba(3,29,70,.72); }
.site-footer .footer-legal a { color: rgba(255,255,255,.8); }
.site-footer .footer-legal a:hover { color: var(--gold-light); }

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-footer .footer-logo-link { justify-self: center; }

  .site-footer {
    background:
      linear-gradient(180deg, transparent 0 39.7%, rgba(247,216,117,.9) 39.8%, rgba(180,116,7,.8) 40%, transparent 40.2%),
      linear-gradient(180deg, #f8fbfe 0%, #dbe8f6 40%, #0b477f 40.2%, #031e43 72%, #01162f 100%);
  }
  .site-footer .footer-logo { width: 285px; height: 112px; }
  .site-footer .footer-nav a { color: white; font-size: .94rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-main::after { color: rgba(255,255,255,.7); }
  .site-footer .footer-bottom p,
  .site-footer .footer-legal a { color: rgba(255,255,255,.72); }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .site-footer .footer-logo { width: 240px; height: 92px; }
  .site-footer .footer-nav a { font-size: .88rem; }
}

/* Rebalanced header wordmark: readable company name without oversizing the monogram. */
.site-header .brand {
  position: relative;
  width: 350px;
  height: 96px;
  display: block;
  background: linear-gradient(var(--gold), var(--gold)) no-repeat 136px center / 2px 64px;
}
.site-header .brand img {
  width: 122px;
  height: 96px;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: left center;
  overflow: hidden;
}
.site-header .brand::before,
.site-header .brand::after {
  position: absolute;
  left: 156px;
  color: #062b61;
  white-space: nowrap;
  pointer-events: none;
}
.site-header .brand::before {
  content: "SHAK";
  top: 15px;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: 2rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1;
  letter-spacing: .045em;
}
.site-header .brand::after {
  content: "MERCHANT GROUP";
  top: 53px;
  font-size: .82rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  line-height: 1;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
}

@media (max-width: 1120px) {
  .site-header .brand { width: 292px; height: 88px; background-position: 124px center; background-size: 2px 56px; }
  .site-header .brand img { width: 112px; height: 88px; }
  .site-header .brand::before,
  .site-header .brand::after { left: 141px; }
  .site-header .brand::before { top: 15px; font-size: 1.7rem; }
  .site-header .brand::after { top: 48px; font-size: .68rem; letter-spacing: .11em; }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-header .brand { width: 245px; height: 84px; background-position: 119px center; background-size: 2px 50px; }
  .site-header .brand img { width: 108px; height: 84px; }
  .site-header .brand::before,
  .site-header .brand::after { left: 134px; }
  .site-header .brand::before { top: 17px; font-size: 1.42rem; }
  .site-header .brand::after { top: 45px; font-size: .56rem; letter-spacing: .06em; }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .site-header .brand { width: 226px; height: 78px; background-position: 111px center; background-size: 2px 46px; }
  .site-header .brand img { width: 101px; height: 78px; }
  .site-header .brand::before,
  .site-header .brand::after { left: 126px; }
  .site-header .brand::before { top: 16px; font-size: 1.28rem; }
  .site-header .brand::after { top: 41px; font-size: .51rem; letter-spacing: .045em; }
}

/* More restrained wordmark and editorial hero typography. */
@media (min-width: 1121px) {
  .header-shell { grid-template-columns: 300px 1fr auto; }
  .site-header .brand { transform: scale(.84); transform-origin: left center; }
}
.home-page .hero-copy h1 {
  max-width: 640px;
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: clamp(3.35rem, 4.2vw, 4.85rem);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.06;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
  text-wrap: balance;
}
.home-page .hero-copy > p {
  max-width: 570px;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.86);
  font-size: 1.02rem;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.78;
  letter-spacing: .005em;
}
.home-page .hero .button {
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
}
.home-page .hero-secondary {
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: 1.02rem;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-header .brand { transform: scale(.88); transform-origin: left center; }
  .home-page .hero-copy h1 {
    max-width: 590px;
    font-size: clamp(3rem, 10vw, 4.1rem);
    line-height: 1.08;
  }
  .home-page .hero-copy > p { max-width: 540px; font-size: .98rem; }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .home-page .hero-copy h1 { font-size: clamp(2.72rem, 11.2vw, 3.35rem); }
  .home-page .hero-copy > p { font-size: .93rem; line-height: 1.7; }
}

/* Editorial hero: one statement and two deliberate actions. */
.home-page .hero-copy h1 {
  max-width: 720px;
  font-family: "Bodoni MT", "Bodoni 72", Didot, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: clamp(3.8rem, 4.8vw, 5.65rem);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: .96;
  letter-spacing: -.032em;
  text-wrap: initial;
}
.home-page .hero-copy h1 span,
.home-page .hero-copy h1 em { display: block; }
.home-page .hero-copy h1 em {
  margin-top: .08em;
  margin-left: 0;
  color: #f6c441;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: italic;
}

@media (min-width: 1121px) {
  .home-page .hero-copy {
    padding-right: 0;
  }

  .home-page .hero-copy h1 {
    max-width: 820px;
    font-size: clamp(3.7rem, 4.35vw, 5.35rem);
  }
}

.home-page .hero-actions {
  gap: 1rem;
  margin-top: 3.2rem;
}

@media (min-width: 821px) {
  .home-page .hero-actions {
    flex-wrap: nowrap;
    width: max-content;
  }
}

.home-page .hero .button {
  min-height: 60px;
  gap: .9rem;
  padding-inline: 1.8rem;
  border-radius: 999px;
  font-size: .78rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .075em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  box-shadow: 0 14px 34px rgba(0, 10, 28, .22), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .28);
}
.home-page .hero .button svg {
  width: 18px;
  height: 18px;
  fill: none;
  stroke: currentColor;
  stroke-width: 1.6;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
  transition: transform .25s ease;
}
.home-page .hero .button::after { display: none; }
.home-page .hero .button:hover svg { transform: translateX(4px); }
.home-page .hero .button.hero-primary {
  color: #031d42;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9d66f 0%, #e3a616 100%);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 228, 148, .92);
  box-shadow: 0 16px 38px rgba(213, 151, 12, .3), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 250, 221, .72), inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(142, 91, 0, .18);
}
.home-page .hero .button.hero-primary:hover {
  color: #031d42;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe28b 0%, #efb82d 100%);
  box-shadow: 0 20px 44px rgba(213, 151, 12, .38), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .8);
}
.home-page .hero .button.hero-secondary {
  color: white;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, .12), rgba(255, 255, 255, .045));
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .55);
  font-family: var(--sans);
  box-shadow: 0 14px 34px rgba(0, 10, 28, .26), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .16);
  backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
}
.home-page .hero .button.hero-secondary:hover {
  color: #f6c441;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .11);
  border-color: #f6c441;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 40px rgba(0, 10, 28, .32), 0 0 0 1px rgba(246, 196, 65, .18) inset;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .home-page .hero-copy h1 {
    max-width: 680px;
    font-size: clamp(3.35rem, 10.8vw, 4.65rem);
    line-height: .98;
  }
  .home-page .hero-copy h1 em { margin-left: 0; }
  .home-page .hero-actions { margin-top: 2.6rem; }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .home-page .hero-copy h1 {
    font-size: clamp(3rem, 12.7vw, 3.65rem);
    line-height: 1;
  }
  .home-page .hero-actions { gap: .85rem; }
  .home-page .hero .button { width: min(100%, 292px); min-height: 58px; padding-inline: 1.2rem; white-space: nowrap; }
}

@media (max-width: 350px) {
  .home-page .hero .button.hero-primary {
    padding-inline: .85rem;
    font-size: .7rem;
    letter-spacing: .055em;
  }
}

/* High-luxury founder section directly beneath the hero. */
.home-page .about-preview {
  color: white;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 70% 34%, rgba(231, 169, 28, .17), transparent 24%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 12% 86%, rgba(23, 101, 190, .32), transparent 35%),
    linear-gradient(118deg, #020e22 0%, #062a59 55%, #0b4380 100%);
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(247, 196, 65, .62);
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(247, 196, 65, .42);
}
.home-page .about-preview::before {
  inset: 0;
  width: auto;
  height: auto;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: none;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .025) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, .025) 1px, transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 90% 10%, transparent 0 155px, rgba(247, 196, 65, .18) 156px 157px, transparent 158px 218px, rgba(255, 255, 255, .07) 219px 220px, transparent 221px);
  background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px, auto;
  opacity: .85;
}
.home-page .about-preview::after {
  content: "SMG";
  right: -.04em;
  bottom: -.08em;
  left: auto;
  color: transparent;
  font-size: clamp(14rem, 25vw, 28rem);
  line-height: .72;
  letter-spacing: -.08em;
  -webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, .065);
  opacity: 1;
}
.home-page .about-preview-copy { position: relative; z-index: 2; }
.home-page .about-preview h2 {
  max-width: 610px;
  color: white;
  font-family: "Bodoni MT", "Bodoni 72", Didot, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  font-size: clamp(3.75rem, 4.6vw, 5.4rem);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: .98;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
}
.home-page .about-preview h2 em {
  color: #f6c441;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: italic;
}
.home-page .about-preview .about-lead {
  max-width: 570px;
  margin-top: 2.25rem;
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .94);
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  line-height: 1.78;
}
.home-page .about-preview-copy > p:not(.about-lead) {
  max-width: 560px;
  color: rgba(220, 232, 247, .72);
  line-height: 1.82;
}
.home-page .about-preview .text-link {
  margin-top: 2.25rem;
  color: #f6c441;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: color .2s ease, transform .2s ease;
}
.home-page .about-preview .text-link:hover {
  color: white;
  transform: translateX(5px);
}
.home-page .about-visual {
  min-height: 660px;
  padding: 54px 28px 72px 72px;
}
.home-page .about-visual::before {
  inset: 20px 18% 42px 18px;
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, rgba(20, 103, 198, .38), rgba(2, 17, 40, .3));
  border: 1px solid rgba(247, 196, 65, .42);
  border-radius: 180px 30px 30px 30px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .12), 0 30px 80px rgba(0, 6, 17, .35);
}
.home-page .about-visual::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 0;
  top: 78px;
  left: 0;
  width: 144px;
  height: 144px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(247, 196, 65, .46);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 18px rgba(247, 196, 65, .045), 0 0 0 42px rgba(255, 255, 255, .025);
}
.home-page .about-visual-accent {
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  width: 46%;
  height: 44%;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe18a 0%, #d69508 48%, #f5c647 100%);
  border-radius: 26px 180px 26px 26px;
  box-shadow: 0 24px 55px rgba(0, 0, 0, .28);
}
.home-page .about-visual img {
  z-index: 1;
  width: 94%;
  height: 540px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(250, 210, 103, .68);
  border-radius: 42px 16px 42px 16px;
  outline: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .2);
  outline-offset: 5px;
  filter: saturate(.88) contrast(1.04);
  box-shadow: 0 35px 90px rgba(0, 7, 20, .48);
}
.home-page .about-note {
  left: 12px;
  bottom: 18px;
  width: min(360px, 72%);
  padding: 1.55rem 1.7rem;
  color: #031d42;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffffff 0%, #e9f1fa 100%);
  border: 0;
  border-top: 4px solid #f6c441;
  border-radius: 18px 18px 18px 5px;
  box-shadow: 0 26px 58px rgba(0, 7, 20, .4);
}
.home-page .about-note strong { color: #031d42; font-size: 1.16rem; }
.home-page .about-note span { color: #4a607b; }

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .home-page .about-preview::before { width: auto; height: auto; }
  .home-page .about-preview::after { right: -.12em; bottom: -.02em; opacity: 1; }
  .home-page .about-preview-copy { padding-top: 1rem; }
  .home-page .about-visual { min-height: 590px; margin-top: 2.5rem; }
  .home-page .about-visual img { height: 490px; }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .home-page .about-preview h2 { font-size: clamp(3.1rem, 13vw, 3.75rem); }
  .home-page .about-preview .about-lead { font-size: 1.04rem; }
  .home-page .about-visual { min-height: 470px; padding: 38px 0 64px 28px; }
  .home-page .about-visual::before { inset: 10px 14% 38px 0; border-radius: 110px 24px 24px 24px; }
  .home-page .about-visual::after { top: 52px; left: -12px; width: 100px; height: 100px; }
  .home-page .about-visual-accent { width: 48%; height: 42%; border-radius: 22px 100px 22px 22px; }
  .home-page .about-visual img { width: 97%; height: 370px; border-radius: 30px 12px 30px 12px; outline-offset: 3px; }
  .home-page .about-note { left: 0; bottom: 4px; width: 90%; }
}

/* Navigation echoes the footer's premium split-gradient architecture. */
.site-header {
  background:
    linear-gradient(107deg, transparent 0 35.35%, rgba(255, 240, 166, .96) 35.42%, rgba(183, 118, 8, .92) 35.65%, transparent 35.78%),
    linear-gradient(107deg, #f9fbfe 0%, #d9e7f5 35.5%, #0d5397 35.7%, #052f64 67%, #011a38 100%);
  border-bottom: 0;
  box-shadow: 0 16px 45px rgba(1, 19, 47, .2), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .92);
}
.site-header::before {
  inset: 0 0 0 35.8%;
  width: auto;
  height: auto;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 82% 10%, rgba(255, 255, 255, .12), transparent 30%),
    linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .024) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, .024) 1px, transparent 1px);
  background-size: auto, 42px 42px, 42px 42px;
  transform: none;
}
.site-header::after {
  height: 4px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #75500a 0%, #d59a24 12%, #ffe48a 28%, #b97809 46%, #f6ce67 66%, #fff0a6 81%, #875807 100%);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 248, 209, .92), 0 4px 14px rgba(190, 126, 11, .26);
}
@media (min-width: 821px) {
  .site-header .site-nav a {
    color: white;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: .025em;
    text-shadow: 0 2px 12px rgba(1, 19, 47, .35);
  }
  .site-header .site-nav a::after {
    height: 2px;
    background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d99c1f, #ffe48a);
    box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(240, 190, 71, .3);
  }
  .site-header .header-cta {
    color: #031d42;
    background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9d66f 0%, #e1a213 100%);
    border: 1px solid rgba(255, 229, 145, .75);
    box-shadow: 0 12px 28px rgba(0, 10, 27, .28), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);
  }
  .site-header .header-cta:hover {
    color: #031d42;
    background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe594 0%, #efb82c 100%);
  }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-header {
    background:
      linear-gradient(108deg, transparent 0 73.7%, rgba(255, 239, 158, .96) 73.9%, rgba(178, 113, 6, .9) 74.35%, transparent 74.55%),
      linear-gradient(108deg, #f9fbfe 0%, #dce9f6 74%, #0b4b89 74.3%, #021b3b 100%);
  }
  .site-header::before { inset: 0 0 0 74%; background-size: auto, 28px 28px, 28px 28px; }
  .site-header .menu-toggle {
    border-color: rgba(246, 196, 65, .7);
    background: rgba(0, 13, 35, .18);
    box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .1);
  }
  .site-header .menu-toggle i { background: #f6c441; }
  .site-header .site-nav {
    color: white;
    background:
      radial-gradient(circle at 88% 8%, rgba(26, 108, 201, .35), transparent 31%),
      linear-gradient(145deg, #062e62 0%, #01162f 100%);
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(246, 196, 65, .56);
  }
  .site-header .site-nav a { color: white; }
  .site-header .site-nav a::after { background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d99c1f, #ffe48a); }
}

/* Keep footer navigation typography identical to the universal header navigation. */
.site-footer .footer-nav a {
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: clamp(1.14rem, 1.15vw, 1.28rem);
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .018em;
  line-height: normal;
  text-transform: none;
}

@media (min-width: 821px) {
  .site-footer { padding-top: 2.5rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-main {
    min-height: 108px;
    padding-bottom: 2.35rem;
  }
  .site-footer .footer-logo { width: 282px; height: 100px; }
  .site-footer .footer-main::after { bottom: .65rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-bottom { padding: .95rem 0 1.15rem; }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-footer { padding-top: 2.25rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-main { gap: .8rem; padding-bottom: 3rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-logo { width: 265px; height: 98px; }
  .site-footer .footer-nav { gap: .75rem 1.45rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-nav a { font-size: 1.03rem; letter-spacing: .012em; }
  .site-footer .footer-bottom { padding-block: 1rem; }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .site-footer { padding-top: 1.9rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-main { padding-bottom: 2.75rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-logo { width: 220px; height: 82px; }
  .site-footer .footer-nav { gap: .65rem 1.15rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-nav a { font-size: 1rem; letter-spacing: .01em; }
  .site-footer .footer-bottom { gap: .8rem; padding-block: .85rem 1rem; }
}

/* Full-bleed footer: preserve the premium diagonal composition without a frame. */
.site-footer {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
}

.site-footer .footer-bottom {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto minmax(0, 1fr);
  align-items: center;
  column-gap: 2rem;
}

.site-footer .footer-credit {
  justify-self: center;
  margin: 0;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

.site-footer .footer-credit span {
  color: #fff;
  font-size: .69rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(1, 19, 47, .5);
}

.site-footer .footer-credit strong {
  color: #fff;
  font-family: var(--serif);
  font-size: 1.06rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .025em;
  text-transform: none;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(1, 19, 47, .5);
}

.site-footer .footer-legal {
  justify-self: end;
}

/* Architectural light and fine-line depth across the open navy footer field. */
.site-footer::after {
  content: "";
  display: block;
  position: absolute;
  inset: 7px 0 0 46%;
  z-index: 0;
  width: auto;
  height: auto;
  pointer-events: none;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(126deg, transparent 0 53%, rgba(255,255,255,.07) 53.2%, transparent 53.5%),
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 76% -8%, rgba(250,215,119,.2), rgba(35,103,170,.08) 30%, transparent 58%),
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.025) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.025) 1px, transparent 1px);
  background-size: auto, auto, 64px 64px, 64px 64px;
  box-shadow: inset 1px 0 0 rgba(255,224,139,.2);
  opacity: .9;
  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #000 15%, #000 100%);
  mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #000 15%, #000 100%);
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-footer .footer-bottom {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    gap: .75rem;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-credit {
    white-space: normal;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .site-footer::after {
    inset: 40% 0 0;
    box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,224,139,.18);
    -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, transparent, #000 12%, #000 100%);
    mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, transparent, #000 12%, #000 100%);
  }
}

/* Luminous contrast for the founder preview beneath the dark hero. */
.home-page .about-preview {
  color: var(--navy-deep);
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 72% 30%, rgba(238, 181, 42, .18), transparent 23%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 94% 4%, rgba(42, 112, 194, .18), transparent 32%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 8% 92%, rgba(255, 255, 255, .96), transparent 31%),
    linear-gradient(118deg, #eef4fa 0%, #ffffff 46%, #dfeaf6 100%);
  border-top-color: rgba(247, 207, 98, .72);
  border-bottom-color: rgba(6, 43, 97, .14);
}
.home-page .about-preview::before {
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(5, 49, 101, .026) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5, 49, 101, .026) 1px, transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 90% 10%, transparent 0 155px, rgba(190, 128, 10, .23) 156px 157px, transparent 158px 218px, rgba(8, 70, 143, .11) 219px 220px, transparent 221px);
  background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px, auto;
}
.home-page .about-preview::after {
  -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgba(5, 49, 101, .07);
}
.home-page .about-preview h2 { color: var(--navy-deep); }
.home-page .about-preview .about-lead { color: #123b68; }
.home-page .about-preview-copy > p:not(.about-lead) { color: #576b84; }
.home-page .about-preview .text-link { color: #073e7b; }
.home-page .about-preview .text-link:hover { color: #a66f07; }

/* Sculpted metallic ribbon following the hero's curved transition. */
.home-page .hero::after {
  border-top: 9px solid transparent;
  background:
    linear-gradient(#ffffff, #ffffff) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg,
      #6e4705 0%,
      #bd7b0b 10%,
      #ffe38a 23%,
      #c38412 36%,
      #fff0ab 50%,
      #b77308 64%,
      #f7d671 78%,
      #a56606 91%,
      #5f3c04 100%) border-box;
  box-shadow:
    0 -1px 0 rgba(255, 244, 191, .96),
    0 -7px 20px rgba(184, 116, 7, .28),
    inset 0 3px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .72);
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .home-page .hero::after {
    border-top-width: 7px;
    box-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(255, 244, 191, .94), 0 -5px 15px rgba(184, 116, 7, .24);
  }
}

/* Lighter hero veil reveals more of the photography on the copy side. */
.home-page .hero::before {
  background: linear-gradient(90deg,
    rgba(2, 18, 43, .62) 0%,
    rgba(3, 28, 63, .46) 36%,
    rgba(3, 28, 63, .13) 62%,
    rgba(3, 28, 63, 0) 100%);
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .home-page .hero::before {
    background: linear-gradient(180deg,
      rgba(2, 18, 43, .54) 0%,
      rgba(2, 18, 43, .40) 55%,
      rgba(2, 18, 43, .18) 100%);
  }
}

/* Join the founder section directly to the sculpted hero ribbon. */
.home-page .about-preview {
  border-top: 0;
  margin-top: -1px;
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, #eef4fa 0%, #ffffff 46%, #dfeaf6 100%) 0 0 / 100% 180px no-repeat,
    radial-gradient(circle at 72% 30%, rgba(238, 181, 42, .18), transparent 23%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 94% 4%, rgba(42, 112, 194, .18), transparent 32%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 8% 92%, rgba(255, 255, 255, .96), transparent 31%),
    linear-gradient(118deg, #eef4fa 0%, #ffffff 46%, #dfeaf6 100%);
}

.home-page .about-preview::before {
  background-position: 0 29px, 29px 0, center;
}

.home-page .hero::after {
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, #eef4fa 0%, #ffffff 46%, #dfeaf6 100%) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg,
      #6e4705 0%,
      #bd7b0b 10%,
      #ffe38a 23%,
      #c38412 36%,
      #fff0ab 50%,
      #b77308 64%,
      #f7d671 78%,
      #a56606 91%,
      #5f3c04 100%) border-box;
}

/* Pearl, architectural depth for the founder introduction. */
.home-page .about-preview {
  background:
    linear-gradient(90deg, #eef4fa 0%, #ffffff 46%, #dfeaf6 100%) 0 0 / 100% 110px no-repeat,
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 76% 42%, rgba(228, 166, 20, .29), transparent 24%),
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 88% 78%, rgba(18, 91, 177, .27), transparent 30%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 98% 5%, rgba(47, 122, 207, .34), transparent 29%),
    linear-gradient(124deg, #dceaf7 0%, #ffffff 38%, #f7fbff 57%, #c7dbed 100%);
  box-shadow:
    inset 0 95px 140px rgba(255, 255, 255, .24),
    inset 0 -110px 170px rgba(7, 58, 120, .15),
    inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(6, 55, 111, .06);
}

.home-page .about-preview::before {
  background:
    linear-gradient(116deg, transparent 0 36%, rgba(255, 255, 255, .58) 45%, transparent 54%),
    linear-gradient(132deg, transparent 0 67%, rgba(7, 69, 142, .09) 67.5%, transparent 73%),
    linear-gradient(rgba(5, 49, 101, .055) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5, 49, 101, .055) 1px, transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 91% 12%, transparent 0 153px, rgba(166, 105, 4, .5) 154px 157px, transparent 158px 217px, rgba(7, 65, 137, .25) 218px 221px, transparent 222px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 88% 92%, transparent 0 107px, rgba(7, 65, 137, .2) 108px 111px, transparent 112px 165px, rgba(166, 105, 4, .3) 166px 169px, transparent 170px);
  background-size: auto, auto, 58px 58px, 58px 58px, auto, auto;
  background-position: center, center, 0 29px, 29px 0, center, center;
  opacity: 1;
}

.home-page .about-preview::after {
  -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgba(5, 49, 101, .13);
  text-shadow: 0 30px 80px rgba(5, 49, 101, .12);
}

.home-page .about-preview .about-lead {
  color: #0b315d;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.home-page .about-preview-copy > p:not(.about-lead) {
  color: #284a70;
  font-weight: 500;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .home-page .about-preview {
    background: linear-gradient(124deg, #dceaf7 0%, #ffffff 46%, #d8e7f5 100%);
  }

  .home-page .about-preview::before {
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(5, 49, 101, .045) 1px, transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5, 49, 101, .045) 1px, transparent 1px);
    background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px;
    background-position: 0 29px, 29px 0;
    opacity: .7;
  }
}

.home-page .about-preview-grid::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  top: 5%;
  right: -4%;
  width: 54%;
  height: 90%;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background:
    radial-gradient(ellipse at center, rgba(255, 218, 111, .3) 0%, rgba(68, 135, 207, .18) 34%, transparent 70%);
  filter: blur(16px);
  pointer-events: none;
}

.home-page .about-visual::before {
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 25% 18%, rgba(80, 157, 238, .52), transparent 30%),
    linear-gradient(145deg, #0c4c91 0%, #042858 58%, #021a3b 100%);
  border-color: rgba(225, 168, 34, .7);
  box-shadow:
    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .28),
    inset 0 -30px 70px rgba(0, 10, 32, .25),
    0 42px 100px rgba(2, 27, 61, .25);
}

.home-page .about-visual-accent {
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 28% 18%, rgba(255, 248, 197, .9), transparent 24%),
    linear-gradient(135deg, #fff0a8 0%, #e9b52f 28%, #a86605 58%, #f5cb58 82%, #b87908 100%);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 235, 158, .9);
  box-shadow:
    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .72),
    inset 0 -25px 50px rgba(118, 70, 0, .18),
    0 30px 70px rgba(128, 83, 4, .25);
}

.home-page .about-visual img {
  box-shadow:
    0 44px 100px rgba(2, 27, 61, .28),
    0 10px 28px rgba(2, 27, 61, .16);
}

.home-page .about-note {
  border-top: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, .98), rgba(226, 238, 251, .98));
  box-shadow:
    0 30px 70px rgba(2, 27, 61, .27),
    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .95);
}

.home-page .about-note::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0 0 auto;
  height: 4px;
  border-radius: 18px 18px 0 0;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #8d5905 0%, #f8d66e 35%, #b57608 67%, #ffe797 100%);
}

/* Tighter founder-section rhythm. */
.home-page .about-preview {
  padding: clamp(3rem, 4.25vw, 4.25rem) 0 clamp(3.25rem, 4.5vw, 4.5rem);
}

.home-page .about-visual {
  min-height: 560px;
  padding: 34px 24px 50px 54px;
}

.home-page .about-visual img {
  height: 470px;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .home-page .about-preview { padding: 3rem 0 3.25rem; }
  .home-page .about-visual { min-height: 500px; margin-top: 1rem; }
  .home-page .about-visual img { height: 415px; }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .home-page .about-preview { padding: 2.5rem 0 3rem; }
  .home-page .about-visual { min-height: 410px; margin-top: .75rem; padding: 26px 0 52px 22px; }
  .home-page .about-visual img { height: 330px; }
}

/* Keep the curved metallic ribbon visible through both viewport edges. */
.home-page .hero::after {
  left: -20%;
  right: -20%;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(5, 49, 101, .055) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5, 49, 101, .055) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 76% 105%, rgba(224, 164, 23, .22), transparent 24%) padding-box,
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 12% 115%, rgba(18, 91, 177, .22), transparent 32%) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg, #e5eff8 0%, #fbfdff 44%, #d5e4f2 100%) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg,
      #6e4705 0%,
      #bd7b0b 10%,
      #ffe38a 23%,
      #c38412 36%,
      #fff0ab 50%,
      #b77308 64%,
      #f7d671 78%,
      #a56606 91%,
      #5f3c04 100%) border-box;
  background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px, auto, auto, auto, auto;
  background-position: 0 29px, 29px 0, center, center, center, center;
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .home-page .hero::after {
    left: -24%;
    right: -24%;
  }
}

/* ================================================================
   SITE-WIDE EDITORIAL SYSTEM — extended from the approved hero
   and pearl-blue founder introduction.
   ================================================================ */

:root {
  --smg-pearl: #edf4fb;
  --smg-pearl-deep: #d6e5f4;
  --smg-blue: #0a4d97;
  --smg-navy: #031d43;
  --smg-ink: #032451;
  --smg-gold: #dfa91f;
  --smg-gold-light: #f6d36d;
  --smg-serif: "Bodoni MT", "Bodoni 72", Didot, Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
}

.home-page .solutions-feature,
.home-page .process,
.home-page .founder-section,
.home-page .service-catalog,
.home-page .partner-preview,
.home-page .quote-band,
.home-page .cta-band,
body:not(.home-page) .content-section,
body:not(.home-page) .founder-section,
body:not(.home-page) .split-media,
body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview,
body:not(.home-page) .process,
body:not(.home-page) .quote-band,
body:not(.home-page) .cta-band {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.home-page .solutions-content h2,
.home-page .process h2,
.home-page .founder-name h2,
.home-page .service-catalog h2,
.home-page .partner-preview h2,
.home-page .quote-band blockquote,
.home-page .cta-band h2,
body:not(.home-page) h1,
body:not(.home-page) h2,
body:not(.home-page) .quote-band blockquote {
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
}

.home-page h2 em,
body:not(.home-page) h1 em,
body:not(.home-page) h2 em {
  color: var(--smg-gold);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-style: italic;
}

/* Homepage: open service index paired with a dimensional navy panel. */
.home-page .solutions-feature {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, .035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 4% 48%, transparent 0 150px, rgba(255, 218, 119, .3) 151px 153px, transparent 154px 217px, rgba(101, 176, 255, .24) 218px 220px, transparent 221px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 4%, rgba(77, 160, 246, .38), transparent 40%),
    linear-gradient(122deg, #07396f 0%, #0b579d 49%, #073e77 100%);
  background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px, auto, auto, auto;
  border: 0;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.18), inset 0 -55px 105px rgba(0,20,52,.16);
}

.home-page .solutions-content {
  padding: clamp(3rem, 4.5vw, 4.5rem) clamp(3rem, 4vw, 6rem) clamp(2.5rem, 4vw, 4rem);
}

.home-page .solutions-content h2 {
  color: #fff;
  font-size: clamp(3.3rem, 4.4vw, 5.2rem);
  line-height: .98;
}

.home-page .solutions-content .section-lead { color: rgba(255,255,255,.84); }

.home-page .solution-list {
  margin-top: 2.5rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(246, 211, 109, .35);
}

.home-page .solution-row {
  min-height: 86px;
  grid-template-columns: 52px minmax(190px, .82fr) 1fr;
  gap: 1.25rem;
  padding: 1rem 1.2rem;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.82);
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.08);
  border: 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.2);
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.07);
}

.home-page .solution-row:hover {
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.16), rgba(255,255,255,.09));
  box-shadow: 0 14px 36px rgba(0,24,61,.18);
}

.home-page .solution-row b { color: var(--smg-gold-light); font-size: .9rem; }
.home-page .solution-row h3 { color: #fff; font-family: var(--smg-serif); font-size: 1.55rem; font-weight: 600; }
.home-page .solution-row p { color: rgba(255,255,255,.78); }
.home-page .solutions-content > .text-link { color: #fff; }

.home-page .advisory-panel {
  min-height: 690px;
  align-items: flex-start;
  padding-top: clamp(3rem, 4.5vw, 4.5rem);
  border-radius: 0;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 86% 12%, rgba(96,174,255,.42), transparent 32%),
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(145deg, #1265ad 0%, #084b87 50%, #053665 100%);
  background-size: auto, 54px 54px, 54px 54px, auto;
  border-left: 2px solid var(--smg-gold);
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.2), -24px 28px 70px rgba(2,34,74,.16);
}

.home-page .advisory-panel::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  right: -90px;
  bottom: -110px;
  width: 310px;
  height: 310px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(246,211,109,.44);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 48px rgba(246,211,109,.04), 0 0 0 96px rgba(255,255,255,.025);
}

.home-page .advisory-panel blockquote {
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-size: clamp(2.25rem, 3vw, 3.65rem);
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1.08;
}

.principle-icon {
  display: none;
}

.home-page .advisory-intro {
  max-width: 590px;
  margin: 0 0 2.25rem;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.82);
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1.7;
}

@media (min-width: 1181px) {
  body.home-page .solutions-feature {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1.12fr) minmax(430px, .88fr);
  }

  body.home-page .solutions-content {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    justify-content: center;
  }

  body.home-page .solutions-content h2 {
    max-width: 760px;
    font-size: clamp(3.15rem, 3.9vw, 4.7rem);
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel {
    align-items: center;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel > div {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 650px;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel blockquote {
    max-width: 620px;
    margin-bottom: 1.65rem;
    font-size: clamp(2.15rem, 2.55vw, 3.15rem);
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel ul {
    margin-top: 0;
  }
}

/* Homepage and Partners: a connected advisory journey, not four cards. */
.home-page .process,
.partners-page .process {
  padding: clamp(4.75rem, 7vw, 7rem) 0 clamp(5rem, 7vw, 7.5rem);
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 0 0, rgba(19,91,178,.16), transparent 25%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 100% 100%, rgba(224,169,31,.18), transparent 26%),
    linear-gradient(128deg, #deebf7 0%, #fafdff 48%, #d6e5f4 100%);
  border: 0;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.9), inset 0 -35px 90px rgba(8,69,139,.08);
}

.home-page .process {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
}

.home-page .process::before,
.partners-page .process::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at -3% 8%, transparent 0 160px, rgba(7,72,146,.13) 161px 163px, transparent 164px 224px, rgba(189,126,8,.24) 225px 227px, transparent 228px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 103% 92%, transparent 0 190px, rgba(189,126,8,.25) 191px 193px, transparent 194px 264px, rgba(7,72,146,.13) 265px 267px, transparent 268px);
}

.home-page .process h2,
.partners-page .process h2 {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  color: var(--smg-ink);
  font-size: clamp(3.1rem, 4.3vw, 5rem);
}

.home-page .process-steps,
.partners-page .process-steps {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  gap: 0;
  margin-top: 4rem;
}

.home-page .process-steps::before,
.partners-page .process-steps::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 29px;
  left: 12.5%;
  right: 12.5%;
  height: 2px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #835205, #f5d87a 46%, #aa6e08 100%);
  box-shadow: 0 3px 10px rgba(163,103,7,.2);
}

.home-page .process-steps li,
.partners-page .process-steps li {
  position: relative;
  padding: 0 clamp(1.2rem, 2.4vw, 2.5rem);
  text-align: center;
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
}

.home-page .process-steps li + li,
.partners-page .process-steps li + li { border-left: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.16); }

.home-page .process-steps span,
.partners-page .process-steps span {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  width: 60px;
  height: 60px;
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  margin: 0 auto 2rem;
  color: var(--smg-ink);
  background: linear-gradient(145deg, #ffffff, #e7eef7);
  border: 1px solid #c8941b;
  border-radius: 50%;
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-size: 1.55rem;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 24px rgba(3,38,83,.14), inset 0 1px 0 white;
}

.home-page .process-steps h3,
.partners-page .process-steps h3 { font-family: var(--smg-serif); color: var(--smg-ink); font-size: 1.65rem; }

/* Homepage: editorial founder band. */
.home-page .founder-section {
  min-height: 650px;
  padding: clamp(4rem, 6vw, 6.5rem) 0 6rem;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 18% 34%, rgba(17,83,161,.24), transparent 35%),
    linear-gradient(112deg, #01142e 0%, #032650 54%, #061f43 100%);
  border: 0;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.12), inset 0 -70px 120px rgba(0,8,24,.22);
}

.home-page .founder-section::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 4;
  right: -8%;
  bottom: -72px;
  left: -8%;
  height: 112px;
  padding: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(110deg, #f7fbff, #fff 48%, #e5eef8);
  border: 0;
  border-top: 5px solid #dca31b;
  border-radius: 50% 50% 0 0 / 100% 100% 0 0;
  box-shadow: 0 -2px 0 rgba(255,233,158,.8), 0 -12px 28px rgba(183,118,5,.16);
}

.home-page .founder-grid {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 2;
  min-height: 540px;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(360px, .84fr) minmax(520px, 1.16fr);
  grid-template-rows: auto 1fr;
  gap: 1.5rem clamp(3rem, 6vw, 7rem);
  align-items: stretch;
}

.home-page .founder-grid::after { display: none; }

.home-page .founder-name { grid-column: 1; grid-row: 1; align-self: end; }
.home-page .founder-name h2 { font-size: clamp(4.6rem, 6.2vw, 6.8rem); line-height: .84; }
.home-page .founder-story { grid-column: 1; grid-row: 2; max-width: 570px; }
.home-page .founder-story .lead { margin-top: .4rem; font-family: var(--sans); font-size: clamp(1.28rem, 1.55vw, 1.62rem); font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.45; }
.home-page .founder-story > p:not(.lead) { max-width: 540px; font-size: .98rem; line-height: 1.75; }
.home-page .founder-actions { display: flex; align-items: center; gap: clamp(2rem, 4vw, 4.5rem); margin-top: 2.1rem; }
.home-page .founder-actions .text-link { margin-top: 0; }
.home-page .founder-tenure {
  display: inline-flex;
  min-height: 44px;
  align-items: center;
  padding: .55rem 1.3rem;
  color: var(--smg-gold-light);
  border: 1px solid rgba(226,170,32,.78);
  border-radius: 999px;
  font-size: .7rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.home-page .founder-portrait {
  position: relative;
  grid-column: 2;
  grid-row: 1 / 3;
  min-width: 0;
  margin-bottom: -6rem;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.home-page .founder-portrait img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: left center;
  filter: saturate(.96) contrast(1.02);
  -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0%, #000 7%, #000 100%);
  mask-image: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0%, #000 7%, #000 100%);
}

/* Homepage: open capabilities, people-led partnership and quote. */
.home-page .service-catalog {
  padding-block: clamp(4.75rem, 7vw, 7rem);
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 96% 12%, transparent 0 170px, rgba(10,76,151,.11) 171px 173px, transparent 174px 225px, rgba(211,157,27,.18) 226px 228px, transparent 229px),
    linear-gradient(125deg, #f7fbff, #ffffff 42%, #e5eef8);
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 white;
}

.home-page .service-catalog h2 { color: var(--smg-ink); font-size: clamp(3.3rem, 4.5vw, 5.25rem); line-height: .98; }
.home-page .catalog-list { gap: 0 clamp(2rem, 5vw, 5rem); padding: 0; border-top: 0; }
.home-page .catalog-list span {
  padding: 1.3rem 2rem 1.3rem 0;
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.2);
  border-radius: 0;
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-size: 1.4rem;
}

.home-page .partner-preview {
  min-height: 620px;
  grid-template-columns: 1.08fr .92fr;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 96% 10%, rgba(41,122,213,.28), transparent 31%),
    repeating-radial-gradient(circle at 96% 12%, transparent 0 76px, rgba(232,180,47,.09) 77px 78px, transparent 79px 112px),
    linear-gradient(122deg, #01152f 0%, #052d5d 55%, #021b3b 100%);
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.1), inset 0 -60px 110px rgba(0,8,24,.24);
}

.home-page .partner-preview img {
  border-radius: 0 180px 180px 0;
  outline: 2px solid rgba(218,163,30,.8);
  outline-offset: -2px;
  box-shadow: 30px 36px 90px rgba(3,38,83,.2);
}

.home-page .partner-preview img.partner-preview-jimmy {
  object-position: 52% center;
}

.home-page .partner-preview-media {
  position: relative;
  min-width: 0;
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  border-radius: 0 180px 180px 0;
}

.home-page .partner-preview-media img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover;
}

.home-page .partner-preview-media::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  pointer-events: none;
  background:
    radial-gradient(ellipse at 58% 42%, transparent 38%, rgba(1, 18, 43, .13) 100%),
    linear-gradient(112deg, rgba(2, 28, 61, .20) 0%, rgba(3, 37, 76, .07) 48%, rgba(93, 58, 9, .08) 100%);
}

.home-page .partner-preview > div {
  padding: clamp(4rem, 7vw, 7rem);
  background: transparent;
}
.home-page .partner-preview h2 { color: #fff; font-size: clamp(3.3rem, 4.7vw, 5.4rem); line-height: .96; }
.home-page .partner-preview p { color: rgba(255,255,255,.72); }
.home-page .partner-preview .text-link { color: #fff; }

.home-page .quote-band {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at -2% 50%, transparent 0 155px, rgba(8,70,143,.12) 156px 158px, transparent 159px 220px, rgba(198,137,14,.21) 221px 223px, transparent 224px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 102% 50%, transparent 0 155px, rgba(8,70,143,.12) 156px 158px, transparent 159px 220px, rgba(198,137,14,.21) 221px 223px, transparent 224px),
    linear-gradient(120deg,#e9f1fa,#ffffff 48%,#dfeaf6);
  border: 0;
}

.home-page .quote-band blockquote { color: var(--smg-ink); }
.home-page .cta-band {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background-image:
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% -24%, rgba(46,128,219,.12), transparent 44%),
    linear-gradient(100deg, rgba(1,16,38,.54) 0%, rgba(2,28,59,.4) 47%, rgba(2,24,50,.26) 100%),
    url("assets/smg-strategic-advisory-cta.webp");
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: center, center, center 20%;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,227,151,.72), 0 28px 65px rgba(2,25,54,.18);
}

.home-page .cta-band::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: -1;
  pointer-events: none;
  background:
    linear-gradient(115deg, rgba(255,255,255,.035), transparent 28%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 50% 110%, rgba(218,163,30,.18), transparent 42%);
}

.home-page .cta-band > .shell { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
.home-page .cta-band .button { font-size: 1.08rem; }

/* Inner-page heroes inherit the approved photographic navy architecture. */
/* Keep every inner page flush with the footer. The previous bottom padding
   exposed the main background as a stray grey strip above the gold divider. */
body:not(.home-page) main { padding: 0; background: #eaf2fa; }

body:not(.home-page) .page-hero {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  min-height: 560px;
  margin: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background-color: var(--smg-navy);
  background-position: center;
  background-size: cover;
}

body.about-page .page-hero { background-image: url("assets/smg-founder-led-consulting-hero.webp"); }
body.services-page .page-hero { background-image: url("assets/payment-consulting-session.webp"); }
body.partners-page .page-hero { background-image: url("assets/strategic-partner-meeting.webp"); }
body.contact-page .page-hero { background-image: url("assets/smg-business-conversation.webp"); }

body:not(.home-page) .page-hero::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: 0;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(1,18,43,.94) 0%, rgba(2,32,70,.82) 43%, rgba(2,32,70,.3) 69%, rgba(1,18,43,.08) 100%);
}

body:not(.home-page) .page-hero::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1;
  left: -20%;
  right: -20%;
  bottom: -80px;
  height: 138px;
  border-top: 8px solid transparent;
  border-radius: 50% 50% 0 0 / 95% 95% 0 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(5,49,101,.045) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5,49,101,.045) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg,#e4eef8,#ffffff 44%,#d6e5f3) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg,#765005,#f7d66c 34%,#a46b07 67%,#ffe797) border-box;
  background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto;
  box-shadow: 0 -7px 20px rgba(184,116,7,.24);
}

/* Let each opening section continue through its hero wave. Keeping the same
   color field on both sides of the join removes the pale horizontal band. */
html body.about-page .page-hero::after {
  bottom: -78px;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(5,49,101,.045) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(5,49,101,.045) 1px,transparent 1px) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(118deg,#d8e7f5 0%,#fbfdff 48%,#d9e8f5 100%) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg,#765005,#f7d66c 34%,#a46b07 67%,#ffe797) border-box;
  background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto;
}

html body.services-page .page-hero::after {
  bottom: -78px;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg,#022653 14%,#075096 39%,#d6e5f3 51%,#f8fbfe 86%) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg,#765005,#f7d66c 34%,#a46b07 67%,#ffe797) border-box;
  background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto;
}

body.about-page .page-hero + .about-intro,
body.services-page .page-hero + .services-overview {
  margin-top: -2px;
}

@media (max-width: 1020px) {
  html body.services-page .page-hero::after {
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px) padding-box,
      linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px) padding-box,
      radial-gradient(circle at 15% 100%,rgba(39,121,207,.32),transparent 34%) padding-box,
      linear-gradient(#022653,#022653) padding-box,
      linear-gradient(90deg,#765005,#f7d66c 34%,#a46b07 67%,#ffe797) border-box;
    background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto,auto;
  }
}

body:not(.home-page) .page-hero .shell {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  min-height: 560px;
  padding: 4.5rem 48% 7.5rem 0;
  justify-content: center;
}

body:not(.home-page) .page-hero h1 {
  max-width: 760px;
  color: white;
  font-size: clamp(4rem, 5.5vw, 6.4rem);
  line-height: .92;
  text-shadow: 0 15px 38px rgba(0,7,20,.35);
}

body:not(.home-page) .page-hero p {
  max-width: 650px;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.88);
  font-size: 1.06rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
}

body:not(.home-page) .page-hero em {
  color: #f2b91f;
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 400;
  text-shadow: 0 10px 30px rgba(223,169,31,.18);
}

body:not(.home-page) .page-hero h1 em {
  white-space: nowrap;
}

body:not(.home-page) .page-hero p em {
  color: #f6c84e;
  font-family: inherit;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 600;
}

body.contact-page .contact-grid h2 {
  font-weight: 400;
}

/* Page-specific hero photography: distinct stories with a lighter, localized
   navy veil so the imagery remains visible without sacrificing copy contrast. */
body.about-page .page-hero {
  background-image: url("assets/executive-payment-advisory-hero-v5.webp");
  background-position: center 48%;
}

body.contact-page .page-hero {
  background-image: url("assets/merchant-consultation-hero.webp");
  background-position: center 46%;
}

body.about-page .page-hero::before,
body.services-page .page-hero::before,
body.partners-page .page-hero::before,
body.contact-page .page-hero::before {
  background: linear-gradient(90deg,
    rgba(2,18,43,.5) 0%,
    rgba(3,28,63,.32) 30%,
    rgba(3,28,63,.08) 48%,
    rgba(3,28,63,0) 66%,
    rgba(3,28,63,0) 100%);
}

body.about-page .page-hero p,
body.services-page .page-hero p,
body.partners-page .page-hero p,
body.contact-page .page-hero p {
  text-shadow: 0 3px 16px rgba(0,10,28,.72);
}

/* Inner-page pearl editorial fields. */
body:not(.home-page) .content-section,
body:not(.home-page) .split-media,
body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
}

body:not(.home-page) .content-section {
  padding: clamp(5rem, 7vw, 7.5rem) 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(5,49,101,.04) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(5,49,101,.04) 1px,transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 94% 10%, transparent 0 145px, rgba(185,122,8,.26) 146px 148px, transparent 149px 205px, rgba(8,70,143,.14) 206px 208px, transparent 209px),
    linear-gradient(124deg,#e1edf8,#ffffff 42%,#d6e5f3);
  background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto;
}

body:not(.home-page) .content-section > .shell,
body:not(.home-page) .founder-section > .shell,
body:not(.home-page) .process > .shell,
body:not(.home-page) .quote-band > .shell,
body:not(.home-page) .cta-band > .shell {
  width: var(--shell);
}

body:not(.home-page) .content-grid { gap: clamp(3rem,7vw,7rem); }
body:not(.home-page) .content-grid h2,
body:not(.home-page) .catalog-heading h2,
body:not(.home-page) .split-media h2,
body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview h2,
.contact-page .contact-grid h2 {
  color: var(--smg-ink);
  font-size: clamp(3.35rem,4.7vw,5.4rem);
  line-height: .96;
}

body:not(.home-page) .detail-list { border-top: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.2); }
body:not(.home-page) .detail-list li {
  position: relative;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 1.45rem 2.5rem 1.45rem 0;
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.18);
  border-radius: 0;
}

body:not(.home-page) .detail-list li::after {
  content: "+";
  position: absolute;
  top: 1.45rem;
  right: .25rem;
  color: var(--smg-gold);
  font-size: 1.3rem;
}

body:not(.home-page) .detail-list strong { font-family: var(--smg-serif); color: var(--smg-ink); font-size: 1.55rem; }

.about-page .founder-section {
  padding: clamp(4rem,6vw,6rem) 0;
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 50% 0,rgba(26,101,188,.38),transparent 46%),linear-gradient(115deg,#01162f,#06346a 52%,#01162f);
  border: 0;
}

.about-page .proof-grid { gap: 0; background: transparent; border: 0; }
.about-page .proof-grid > div {
  color: white;
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  border-right: 1px solid rgba(238,194,83,.42);
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: none;
}
.about-page .proof-grid > div:last-child { border-right: 0; }
.about-page .proof-grid strong { color: var(--smg-gold-light); font-family: var(--smg-serif); font-weight: 400; }
.about-page .proof-grid span { color: rgba(255,255,255,.75); }

body:not(.home-page) .split-media,
body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview {
  min-height: 620px;
  background: linear-gradient(126deg,#f9fcff,#dce9f6);
}

/* Partners transition: one continuous blue-gray field beneath the gold wave. */
body.partners-page .page-hero::after {
  bottom: -78px;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(5,49,101,.045) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5,49,101,.045) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(#d6e5f4, #d6e5f4) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg,#765005,#f7d66c 34%,#a46b07 67%,#ffe797) border-box;
  background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px, auto, auto;
}

body.partners-page .partner-preview {
  margin-top: -2px;
  border-top: 0;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(5,49,101,.04) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5,49,101,.04) 1px, transparent 1px),
    #d6e5f4;
  background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px, auto;
}

body:not(.home-page) .split-media img,
body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview img {
  border-radius: 0 170px 170px 0;
  outline: 2px solid rgba(218,163,30,.82);
  outline-offset: -2px;
  box-shadow: 30px 35px 90px rgba(3,38,83,.22);
}

body:not(.home-page) .split-media > div,
body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview > div { padding: clamp(4rem,7vw,7rem); }

.partners-page .partner-types { border-top: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.2); }
.partners-page .partner-types article { padding: 2rem 1.5rem 2rem 0; border-color: rgba(5,49,101,.16); }
.partners-page .partner-types h3 { font-family: var(--smg-serif); color: var(--smg-ink); font-size: 1.8rem; }

body:not(.home-page) .quote-band {
  padding: clamp(5rem,8vw,8rem) 0;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at -2% 50%, transparent 0 150px, rgba(8,70,143,.12) 151px 153px, transparent 154px 215px, rgba(198,137,14,.2) 216px 218px, transparent 219px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 102% 50%, transparent 0 150px, rgba(8,70,143,.12) 151px 153px, transparent 154px 215px, rgba(198,137,14,.2) 216px 218px, transparent 219px),
    linear-gradient(120deg,#e7f0f9,#ffffff 48%,#dce8f5);
  border: 0;
}

body:not(.home-page) .quote-band blockquote { color: var(--smg-ink); }

body:not(.home-page) .cta-band {
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  background: radial-gradient(circle at 50% -20%,rgba(36,112,201,.46),transparent 44%),linear-gradient(115deg,#01152f,#083a74 52%,#01152f);
  border-top: 2px solid var(--smg-gold);
}

/* Contact: premium open editorial form. */
.contact-page .content-section { padding-block: clamp(5rem,8vw,8rem); }
.contact-page .contact-grid { gap: clamp(4rem,8vw,8rem); align-items: start; }
.contact-page .contact-form {
  padding: clamp(2rem,3vw,3rem);
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.74);
  border: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.13);
  border-top: 4px solid var(--smg-gold);
  border-radius: 36px 12px 36px 12px;
  box-shadow: 0 34px 90px rgba(3,38,83,.18), inset 0 1px 0 white;
  backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
}

.contact-page .field label { color: var(--smg-ink); font-size: .76rem; letter-spacing: .08em; text-transform: uppercase; }
.contact-page .field input,
.contact-page .field select,
.contact-page .field textarea {
  min-height: 56px;
  color: var(--smg-ink);
  background: rgba(244,248,253,.88);
  border: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.16);
  border-radius: 8px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: .96rem;
}
.contact-page .field textarea { min-height: 150px; }
.contact-page .field input:focus,
.contact-page .field select:focus,
.contact-page .field textarea:focus { border-color: var(--smg-gold); box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(223,169,31,.14); outline: 0; }

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .utility p:only-child {
    display: block;
  }

  .home-page .cta-band {
    background-position: center, center, 82% center;
  }

  .home-page .solutions-feature { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .home-page .advisory-panel { min-height: 540px; border-radius: 0; }
  .home-page .solution-row { grid-template-columns: 42px 1fr; }
  .home-page .solution-row p { grid-column: 2; }

  .home-page .process-steps,
  .partners-page .process-steps { grid-template-columns: 1fr; margin-top: 2.5rem; }
  .home-page .process-steps::before,
  .partners-page .process-steps::before { top: 0; bottom: 0; left: 29px; right: auto; width: 2px; height: auto; }
  .home-page .process-steps li,
  .partners-page .process-steps li { min-height: 145px; padding: 0 0 2.5rem 90px; text-align: left; }
  .home-page .process-steps li + li,
  .partners-page .process-steps li + li { border-left: 0; }
  .home-page .process-steps span,
  .partners-page .process-steps span { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; margin: 0; }

  .home-page .founder-section { padding: 4.5rem 0 5.5rem; }
  .home-page .founder-grid {
    min-height: 0;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    grid-template-rows: auto auto auto;
    gap: 2rem;
  }
  .home-page .founder-name { grid-column: 1; grid-row: 1; }
  .home-page .founder-portrait { grid-column: 1; grid-row: 2; height: 500px; }
  .home-page .founder-portrait { margin-bottom: 0; }
  .home-page .founder-portrait img {
    object-position: 35% center;
    -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, #000 88%, transparent 100%);
    mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, #000 88%, transparent 100%);
  }
  .home-page .founder-story { grid-column: 1; grid-row: 3; max-width: 680px; }
  .home-page .founder-section::after { position: absolute; display: block; margin: 0; }
  .home-page .partner-preview { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .home-page .partner-preview-media { min-height: 430px; border-radius: 0 0 100px 0; }
  .home-page .partner-preview img { min-height: 430px; border-radius: 0 0 100px 0; }
  .home-page .partner-preview img.partner-preview-jimmy { object-position: 58% center; }

  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero,
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero .shell { min-height: 590px; }
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero::before { background: linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(1,18,43,.82),rgba(2,32,70,.68)); }
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero .shell { padding: 5rem 0 8.5rem; justify-content: center; text-align: center; }
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero h1 { max-width: 680px; margin-inline: auto; font-size: clamp(3.5rem,10.5vw,5rem); }
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero p { margin-inline: auto; }

  body:not(.home-page) .content-grid,
  body:not(.home-page) .split-media,
  body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  body:not(.home-page) .split-media img,
  body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview img { min-height: 430px; border-radius: 0 0 100px 0; }
  .about-page .proof-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
  .about-page .proof-grid > div { border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(238,194,83,.36); }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .home-page .cta-band > .shell { width: 100%; }
  .home-page .cta-band .cta-actions { flex-direction: column; gap: 1.35rem; }

  .home-page .solutions-content { padding-inline: 20px; }
  .home-page .solutions-content h2,
  .home-page .process h2,
  .home-page .service-catalog h2,
  .home-page .partner-preview h2 { font-size: clamp(3rem,13vw,3.8rem); }
  .home-page .advisory-panel { min-height: 500px; border-radius: 0; }
  .home-page .founder-section { padding: 3.8rem 20px 5rem; }
  .home-page .founder-section > .shell { width: 100%; }
  .home-page .founder-name h2 { font-size: clamp(4rem, 18vw, 5.3rem); }
  .home-page .founder-portrait { height: 370px; margin-inline: -20px; }
  .home-page .founder-story .lead { font-size: 1.18rem; }
  .home-page .founder-actions { align-items: flex-start; flex-direction: column; gap: 1.25rem; }
  .home-page .founder-section::after { right: -20%; left: -20%; bottom: -66px; height: 96px; }
  .home-page .partner-preview img { min-height: 350px; }
  .home-page .partner-preview-media { min-height: 350px; }

  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero,
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero .shell { min-height: 540px; }
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero::after { left: -26%; right: -26%; }
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero .shell { padding: 4.5rem 0 8rem; }
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero h1 { font-size: clamp(3.25rem,13vw,4.2rem); }
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero p { font-size: .96rem; }
  body:not(.home-page) .content-section { padding: 4rem 0; }
  body:not(.home-page) .content-grid h2,
  body:not(.home-page) .catalog-heading h2,
  body:not(.home-page) .split-media h2,
  body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview h2,
  .contact-page .contact-grid h2 { font-size: clamp(3rem,13vw,3.9rem); }
  body:not(.home-page) .split-media img,
  body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview img { min-height: 350px; }
  body:not(.home-page) .split-media > div,
  body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview > div { padding: 4rem 20px; }
  .contact-page .contact-form { padding: 1.5rem; border-radius: 24px 8px 24px 8px; }
}

/* Keep the WebElevated credit crisp white across every footer theme and browser. */
.site-footer .footer-bottom .footer-credit,
.site-footer .footer-bottom .footer-credit span,
.site-footer .footer-bottom .footer-credit strong {
  color: #ffffff !important;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: #ffffff;
  opacity: 1;
  mix-blend-mode: normal;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0, 12, 32, .78);
}

/* WebElevated credit follows the legal links on the navy footer field. */
.site-footer .footer-bottom {
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
}

.site-footer .footer-legal {
  align-items: center;
}

.site-footer .footer-legal .footer-credit {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: baseline;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: .32rem;
  margin-left: .15rem;
  padding-left: 1.35rem;
  border-left: 1px solid rgba(246, 196, 65, .7);
  font-family: var(--sans);
  line-height: 1;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: none;
  transition: color .2s ease, opacity .2s ease;
}

.site-footer .footer-legal .footer-credit span {
  font-size: .62rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .055em;
  text-transform: none;
}

.site-footer .footer-legal .footer-credit strong {
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: .78rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .015em;
  text-transform: none;
}

.site-footer .footer-legal .footer-credit:hover {
  opacity: .82;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-footer .footer-bottom {
    gap: .6rem;
    padding-block: .8rem .85rem;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-legal {
    width: 100%;
    justify-content: center;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    gap: .65rem 1.15rem;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-legal .footer-credit {
    flex: 0 0 100%;
    order: 10;
    margin: .05rem 0 0;
    padding: .45rem 0 0;
    border: 0;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-legal .footer-credit span { font-size: .54rem; }
  .site-footer .footer-legal .footer-credit strong { font-size: .68rem; }
}

/* Universal primary CTA, derived from the approved homepage hero button. */
.header-cta,
.button:not(.hero-secondary) {
  min-height: 60px;
  gap: .9rem;
  padding-inline: 1.8rem;
  color: #031d42;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9d66f 0%, #e3a616 100%);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 228, 148, .92);
  border-radius: 999px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: .78rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .075em;
  line-height: 1.2;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  box-shadow: 0 16px 38px rgba(213, 151, 12, .3), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 250, 221, .72), inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(142, 91, 0, .18);
}

.header-cta:hover,
.button:not(.hero-secondary):hover {
  color: #031d42;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe28b 0%, #efb82d 100%);
  border-color: rgba(255, 235, 174, .98);
  box-shadow: 0 20px 44px rgba(213, 151, 12, .38), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .8);
}

.header-cta svg,
.button:not(.hero-secondary) svg {
  width: 18px;
  height: 18px;
  flex: 0 0 auto;
  fill: none;
  stroke: currentColor;
  stroke-width: 1.6;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
  transition: transform .25s ease;
}

.header-cta:hover svg,
.button:not(.hero-secondary):hover svg {
  transform: translateX(4px);
}

@media (min-width: 821px) {
  .site-header .header-cta {
    min-height: 60px;
    padding-inline: 1.8rem;
  }
}

/* Resolve legacy section overrides so every primary CTA uses the same finish. */
body .site-header .header-cta,
body .button:not(.hero-secondary) {
  color: #031d42;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9d66f 0%, #e3a616 100%);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 228, 148, .92);
  border-radius: 999px;
  font-family: var(--sans);
  font-size: .78rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .075em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  box-shadow: 0 16px 38px rgba(213, 151, 12, .3), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 250, 221, .72), inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(142, 91, 0, .18);
}

body .site-header .header-cta:hover,
body .button:not(.hero-secondary):hover {
  color: #031d42;
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ffe28b 0%, #efb82d 100%);
  border-color: rgba(255, 235, 174, .98);
  box-shadow: 0 20px 44px rgba(213, 151, 12, .38), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .8);
}

body .button:not(.hero-secondary)::after { display: none; }

body.home-page .cta-band .button { font-size: .78rem; }

@media (min-width: 1121px) and (max-width: 1200px) {
  body .site-header .header-cta {
    left: 0;
    min-height: 56px;
    gap: .65rem;
    padding-inline: 1.15rem;
    font-size: .71rem;
    letter-spacing: .05em;
  }

  body .site-header .header-cta svg {
    width: 16px;
    height: 16px;
  }
}

/* Responsive finishing pass: keep the strategy section compact on tablets. */
@media (max-width: 1180px) {
  body.home-page .solutions-feature {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
  }

  body.home-page .solutions-content {
    padding: 3.75rem clamp(2rem, 6vw, 4.5rem) 3.25rem;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel {
    min-height: 0;
    height: auto;
    padding: 3.5rem clamp(2rem, 6vw, 4.5rem) 3.75rem;
    border-top: 2px solid var(--smg-gold);
    border-left: 0;
    box-shadow: inset 0 18px 34px rgba(1, 21, 51, .12);
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel blockquote {
    max-width: 820px;
    margin-bottom: 2rem;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel ul {
    max-width: 820px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  body.home-page .solutions-content {
    padding: 3.2rem 24px 2.8rem;
  }

  body.home-page .solution-list {
    margin-top: 2rem;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel {
    min-height: 0;
    height: auto;
    padding: 3rem 24px 3.15rem;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel blockquote {
    margin-bottom: 1.8rem;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel li {
    padding-block: .85rem;
  }
}

/* Mobile hero lockup: preserve the intentional three-line headline. */
@media (max-width: 520px) {
  body.home-page .hero-copy {
    padding-inline: 18px;
  }

  body.home-page .hero-copy h1 {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: none;
    font-size: clamp(2.05rem, 9.8vw, 2.8rem);
    line-height: 1.03;
    letter-spacing: -.04em;
  }

  body.home-page .hero-copy h1 span,
  body.home-page .hero-copy h1 em {
    white-space: nowrap;
  }
}

/* Avoid the cramped half-width hero at small-tablet portrait widths. */
@media (min-width: 821px) and (max-width: 900px) {
  body.home-page .hero {
    display: block;
    min-height: 680px;
    overflow: hidden;
  }

  body.home-page .hero::before {
    display: block;
    background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(2, 18, 43, .82) 0%, rgba(2, 18, 43, .64) 58%, rgba(2, 18, 43, .36) 100%);
    clip-path: none;
  }

  body.home-page .hero-media {
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    min-height: 680px;
    margin: 0;
  }

  body.home-page .hero-media img,
  body.home-page .hero-media video {
    object-position: 70% center;
  }

  body.home-page .hero-copy {
    width: var(--shell);
    min-height: 680px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    padding: 5.2rem 0 9rem;
    justify-content: flex-start;
    align-items: center;
    text-align: center;
  }

  body.home-page .hero-copy h1 {
    max-width: 680px;
    font-size: clamp(3.55rem, 8vw, 4.2rem);
  }

  body.home-page .hero-copy h1 span,
  body.home-page .hero-copy h1 em {
    white-space: nowrap;
  }

  body.home-page .hero-actions {
    justify-content: center;
  }

  body.home-page .experience-badge {
    right: 28px;
    bottom: 45px;
    width: 120px;
    height: 120px;
    border-width: 6px;
  }
}

/* Premium mobile off-canvas navigation. */
.mobile-nav-brand,
.mobile-nav-footer,
.mobile-nav-credit,
.mobile-nav-icon,
.mobile-nav-arrow,
.menu-backdrop {
  display: none;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .menu-backdrop {
    position: fixed;
    inset: 0;
    z-index: 40;
    display: block;
    padding: 0;
    background: rgba(0, 12, 31, .58);
    border: 0;
    opacity: 0;
    pointer-events: none;
    backdrop-filter: blur(7px) saturate(.78);
    transition: opacity .4s ease;
  }

  .menu-backdrop.visible {
    opacity: 1;
    pointer-events: auto;
  }

  body .site-header .menu-toggle {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 100;
    width: 52px;
    height: 52px;
    display: grid;
    place-content: center;
    color: #06346d;
    background: linear-gradient(145deg, rgba(255,255,255,.9), rgba(222,235,249,.76));
    border: 1px solid rgba(6,52,109,.2);
    border-radius: 50%;
    box-shadow: 0 10px 26px rgba(2,31,68,.14), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.95);
    transition: background .3s ease, border-color .3s ease, box-shadow .3s ease, transform .3s ease;
  }

  body .site-header .menu-toggle i {
    width: 23px;
    height: 2px;
    margin: 3px auto;
    background: currentColor;
    border-radius: 99px;
    transform-origin: center;
    transition: transform .38s cubic-bezier(.22, 1, .36, 1), width .3s ease;
  }

  body .site-header .menu-toggle[aria-expanded="true"] {
    position: fixed;
    top: max(18px, env(safe-area-inset-top));
    right: 18px;
    color: #07376f;
    background: rgba(255,255,255,.84);
    border-color: rgba(202,142,15,.72);
    box-shadow: 0 14px 34px rgba(0,20,48,.2), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.95);
    backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
  }

  body .site-header .menu-toggle[aria-expanded="true"] i:first-of-type {
    transform: translateY(4px) rotate(45deg);
  }

  body .site-header .menu-toggle[aria-expanded="true"] i:last-of-type {
    transform: translateY(-4px) rotate(-45deg);
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav {
    position: fixed;
    inset: 0 0 0 auto;
    z-index: 80;
    width: min(88vw, 430px);
    height: 100dvh;
    min-height: 100%;
    padding: max(24px, env(safe-area-inset-top)) 28px max(24px, env(safe-area-inset-bottom));
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: stretch;
    gap: 0;
    overflow-x: hidden;
    overflow-y: auto;
    color: white;
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.025) 1px, transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.025) 1px, transparent 1px),
      radial-gradient(circle at 88% 16%, rgba(121,183,226,.18), transparent 36%),
      linear-gradient(180deg,
        #f7fbff 0%,
        #dbe8f6 9%,
        #6fa5cc 17%,
        #2d76aa 26%,
        #105c99 38%,
        #084a83 52%,
        #053b70 66%,
        #04366b 79%,
        #022653 91%,
        #01172f 100%);
    background-size: 54px 54px, 54px 54px, auto, auto;
    border: 0;
    border-left: 3px solid #e8b331;
    border-radius: 0;
    box-shadow: -28px 0 70px rgba(0,10,28,.42), inset 1px 0 0 rgba(255,238,174,.62);
    opacity: 1;
    transform: translateX(calc(100% + 32px));
    transition: transform .52s cubic-bezier(.22, 1, .36, 1);
    backdrop-filter: none;
    overscroll-behavior: contain;
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    right: -178px;
    bottom: 110px;
    width: 340px;
    height: 340px;
    border: 1px solid rgba(99,171,241,.16);
    border-radius: 50%;
    box-shadow:
      0 0 0 42px rgba(99,171,241,.055),
      0 0 0 86px rgba(249,214,111,.04),
      0 0 0 87px rgba(249,214,111,.1);
    pointer-events: none;
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    right: -70px;
    bottom: 238px;
    width: 330px;
    height: 1px;
    background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, rgba(249,214,111,.42), transparent);
    transform: rotate(-34deg);
    transform-origin: center;
    pointer-events: none;
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav.open {
    transform: translateX(0);
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav > * {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
  }

  .mobile-nav-brand {
    min-height: 116px;
    margin: calc(-1 * max(24px, env(safe-area-inset-top))) -28px 8px;
    padding: max(15px, env(safe-area-inset-top)) 72px 14px 24px;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    background: transparent;
    border-bottom: 0;
    border-image: none;
    box-shadow: none;
  }

  .mobile-nav-brand > img {
    width: min(258px, 72vw);
    height: auto;
    display: block;
    object-fit: contain;
    object-position: left center;
    filter: drop-shadow(0 8px 18px rgba(3,38,83,.12));
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav > a {
    min-height: 70px;
    padding: .78rem .15rem;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 31px minmax(0, 1fr) 22px;
    column-gap: 14px;
    align-items: center;
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.9);
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.14);
    font-family: var(--smg-serif, Georgia, serif);
    font-size: clamp(1.4rem, 6.25vw, 1.86rem);
    font-weight: 500;
    letter-spacing: -.02em;
    line-height: 1;
    text-shadow: 0 2px 12px rgba(0,20,48,.34);
    opacity: 0;
    transform: translateX(24px);
    transition: color .25s ease, opacity .34s ease, transform .42s cubic-bezier(.22, 1, .36, 1);
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav > a:focus {
    outline: none;
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav.open > a {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: translateX(0);
    transition-delay: calc(.09s + (var(--nav-index) * .045s));
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav > a::after {
    right: 100%;
    bottom: -1px;
    height: 2px;
    background: linear-gradient(90deg, #dfa619, #ffe28a);
    box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(236,176,42,.22);
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav > a:hover,
  body .site-header .site-nav > a:focus-visible,
  body .site-header .site-nav > a.active {
    color: #f8ca4b;
  }

  .mobile-nav-icon {
    width: 23px;
    height: 23px;
    display: block;
    fill: none;
    stroke: currentColor;
    stroke-width: 1.55;
    stroke-linecap: round;
    stroke-linejoin: round;
    color: #f5c449;
    filter: drop-shadow(0 4px 10px rgba(230,166,25,.18));
    transition: color .25s ease, transform .3s cubic-bezier(.22, 1, .36, 1);
  }

  .mobile-nav-icon-accent {
    stroke: rgba(255,255,255,.68);
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav > a:hover .mobile-nav-icon,
  body .site-header .site-nav > a:focus-visible .mobile-nav-icon,
  body .site-header .site-nav > a.active .mobile-nav-icon {
    color: #ffe185;
    transform: translateX(2px) scale(1.04);
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav > a:hover::after,
  body .site-header .site-nav > a:focus-visible::after,
  body .site-header .site-nav > a.active::after {
    right: 56%;
  }

  .mobile-nav-arrow {
    width: 21px;
    height: 21px;
    display: block;
    fill: none;
    stroke: #f4bc2e;
    stroke-width: 1.7;
    stroke-linecap: round;
    stroke-linejoin: round;
    transition: transform .25s ease;
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav > a:hover .mobile-nav-arrow,
  body .site-header .site-nav > a:focus-visible .mobile-nav-arrow {
    transform: translateX(4px);
  }

  .mobile-nav-footer {
    display: grid;
    gap: 12px;
    margin-top: 22px;
    padding: 24px 0 8px;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(249,214,111,.34);
    opacity: 0;
    transform: translateY(16px);
    transition: opacity .34s ease .3s, transform .42s cubic-bezier(.22, 1, .36, 1) .3s;
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav.open .mobile-nav-footer {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: translateY(0);
  }

  body .site-header .mobile-nav-cta {
    width: min(100%, 250px);
    min-height: 58px;
    padding: .9rem 1rem;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    justify-self: center;
    gap: .7rem;
    color: #031d42;
    background: linear-gradient(135deg, #f9d66f 0%, #e3a616 100%);
    border: 1px solid rgba(255,228,148,.94);
    border-radius: 999px;
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: .88rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: -.01em;
    line-height: 1.2;
    text-align: center;
    text-transform: none;
    box-shadow: 0 16px 38px rgba(213,151,12,.25), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,250,221,.72);
  }

  body .site-header .mobile-nav-cta svg {
    width: 17px;
    height: 17px;
    flex: 0 0 auto;
    fill: none;
    stroke: currentColor;
    stroke-width: 1.7;
    stroke-linecap: round;
    stroke-linejoin: round;
  }

  body .site-header .mobile-nav-phone {
    justify-self: center;
    padding: .45rem .35rem .35rem;
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.9);
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(232,179,49,.56);
    font-size: .88rem;
    letter-spacing: .045em;
  }

  .mobile-nav-credit {
    margin-top: auto;
    padding: 30px 0 max(2px, env(safe-area-inset-bottom));
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    opacity: 0;
    transform: translateY(12px);
    transition: opacity .34s ease .38s, transform .42s cubic-bezier(.22, 1, .36, 1) .38s;
  }

  .mobile-nav-credit::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 16px;
    left: 50%;
    width: 54px;
    height: 1px;
    background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #f6cf63 50%, transparent);
    transform: translateX(-50%);
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav.open .mobile-nav-credit {
    opacity: 1;
    transform: translateY(0);
  }

  body .site-header .mobile-nav-credit a {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: baseline;
    gap: .28rem;
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.72);
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: .78rem;
    font-weight: 500;
    letter-spacing: .055em;
    line-height: 1.2;
    text-decoration: none;
    transition: color .2s ease;
  }

  body .site-header .mobile-nav-credit strong {
    color: #fff;
    font-family: var(--smg-serif, Georgia, serif);
    font-size: 1.03rem;
    font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: .015em;
  }

  body .site-header .mobile-nav-credit a:hover,
  body .site-header .mobile-nav-credit a:focus-visible {
    color: #f6cf63;
  }

  body .site-header .mobile-nav-credit a::after {
    display: none;
  }
}

/* Mobile homepage editorial alignment and balanced two-up collections. */
@media (max-width: 820px) {
  body.home-page .about-preview-copy,
  body.home-page .solutions-content > h2,
  body.home-page .solutions-content > .section-lead,
  body.home-page .solutions-content > .text-link,
  body.home-page .process > .shell > h2,
  body.home-page .founder-name,
  body.home-page .founder-story,
  body.home-page .catalog-heading,
  body.home-page .partner-preview > div {
    text-align: center;
  }

  body.home-page .about-preview-copy p,
  body.home-page .solutions-content > .section-lead,
  body.home-page .catalog-heading p,
  body.home-page .partner-preview p {
    margin-inline: auto;
  }

  body.home-page .about-preview-copy .text-link,
  body.home-page .solutions-content > .text-link,
  body.home-page .partner-preview .text-link {
    display: flex;
    margin-inline: auto;
  }

  body.home-page .solution-list {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    gap: 12px;
  }

  body.home-page .solution-row {
    min-height: 230px;
    padding: 1.35rem 1rem;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: flex-start;
    gap: .7rem;
    text-align: center;
  }

  body.home-page .solution-row b {
    display: grid;
    width: 34px;
    height: 34px;
    place-content: center;
    border: 1px solid rgba(249,214,111,.48);
    border-radius: 50%;
    font-family: var(--sans);
    font-size: .69rem;
  }

  body.home-page .solution-row h3 {
    font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 4.6vw, 1.5rem);
    line-height: 1.08;
  }

  body.home-page .solution-row p {
    grid-column: auto;
    font-size: clamp(.78rem, 2.4vw, .9rem);
    line-height: 1.5;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel {
    text-align: center;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel blockquote {
    margin-inline: auto;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel ul {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    gap: 12px;
    border: 0;
    background: transparent;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel li {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
    min-height: 168px;
    padding: 1.35rem .85rem 1.2rem;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    gap: .85rem;
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.96);
    background:
      linear-gradient(145deg, rgba(16,78,143,.98), rgba(2,31,69,.98));
    border: 1px solid rgba(244,190,57,.58);
    border-radius: 14px;
    box-shadow: 0 16px 34px rgba(0,18,47,.22), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.1);
    font-family: var(--smg-serif);
    font-size: clamp(1rem, 3.2vw, 1.15rem);
    font-weight: 600;
    line-height: 1.24;
    text-wrap: balance;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel li::before {
    display: none;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel .principle-icon {
    width: 42px;
    height: 42px;
    display: block;
    flex: 0 0 auto;
    fill: none;
    stroke: #f6c84f;
    stroke-width: 1.55;
    stroke-linecap: round;
    stroke-linejoin: round;
    filter: drop-shadow(0 6px 12px rgba(222,161,24,.22));
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel .principle-icon-accent {
    stroke: rgba(255,255,255,.74);
  }

  body.home-page .process-steps {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    gap: 1px;
    margin-top: 2.5rem;
    background: rgba(224,168,38,.6);
    border: 1px solid rgba(224,168,38,.62);
  }

  body.home-page .process-steps::before {
    display: none;
  }

  body.home-page .process-steps li,
  body.home-page .process-steps li + li {
    min-height: 205px;
    padding: 1.5rem 1rem;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    text-align: center;
    background: rgba(247,250,254,.98);
    border: 0;
  }

  body.home-page .process-steps span {
    position: static;
    width: 42px;
    height: 42px;
    margin: 0 0 .85rem;
    display: grid;
    place-content: center;
  }

  body.home-page .process-steps h3 {
    font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 4.8vw, 1.45rem);
  }

  body.home-page .process-steps p {
    margin-top: .7rem;
    font-size: clamp(.78rem, 2.5vw, .9rem);
    line-height: 1.5;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-grid {
    justify-items: center;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-story .lead,
  body.home-page .founder-story > p:not(.lead) {
    margin-inline: auto;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-actions {
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
  }

  body.home-page .catalog-list {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    gap: 1px;
    background: rgba(5,49,101,.14);
    border: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.14);
  }

  body.home-page .catalog-list span {
    min-height: 82px;
    padding: 1rem 1.65rem 1rem .8rem;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    background: rgba(255,255,255,.96);
    border: 0;
    font-size: clamp(.88rem, 3.3vw, 1.1rem);
    line-height: 1.28;
    text-align: center;
  }

  body.home-page .catalog-list span::after {
    right: .55rem;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  body.home-page .about-preview,
  body.home-page .process,
  body.home-page .founder-section,
  body.home-page .service-catalog,
  body.home-page .quote-band {
    padding-block: 4rem;
  }

  body.home-page .about-preview h2,
  body.home-page .solutions-content h2,
  body.home-page .process h2,
  body.home-page .founder-name h2,
  body.home-page .service-catalog h2,
  body.home-page .partner-preview h2,
  body.home-page .quote-band blockquote,
  body.home-page .cta-band h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.25rem, 11.2vw, 3rem);
    line-height: 1.02;
  }

  body.home-page .about-preview-copy p,
  body.home-page .solutions-content > .section-lead,
  body.home-page .catalog-heading p,
  body.home-page .partner-preview p,
  body.home-page .founder-story p {
    font-size: .93rem;
    line-height: 1.65;
  }

  body.home-page .solutions-content,
  body.home-page .advisory-panel {
    padding-inline: 18px;
  }

  body.home-page .solution-list {
    gap: 8px;
  }

  body.home-page .solution-row {
    min-height: 225px;
    padding: 1.2rem .72rem;
  }

  body.home-page .solution-row h3 {
    font-size: clamp(1.05rem, 5vw, 1.3rem);
  }

  body.home-page .solution-row p {
    font-size: clamp(.72rem, 3.2vw, .82rem);
  }

  body.home-page .process-steps li,
  body.home-page .process-steps li + li {
    min-height: 210px;
    padding: 1.35rem .72rem;
  }

  body.home-page .advisory-panel li {
    min-height: 122px;
    padding-inline: .65rem;
    font-size: .88rem;
  }

  body.home-page .catalog-list span {
    min-height: 88px;
    padding-inline: .55rem 1.35rem;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-portrait {
    margin-inline: auto;
  }

  body.home-page .partner-preview > div {
    padding: 4rem 20px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 350px) {
  body .site-header .site-nav {
    width: 92vw;
    padding-inline: 20px;
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav > a {
    min-height: 62px;
    font-size: 1.32rem;
  }

  .mobile-nav-brand {
    min-height: 104px;
    margin-inline: -20px;
    padding-inline: 20px 54px;
  }

  .mobile-nav-brand > img {
    width: 220px;
  }

  .mobile-nav-footer {
    padding-top: 20px;
  }

  body.home-page .solution-row {
    min-height: 235px;
    padding-inline: .55rem;
  }

  body.home-page .solution-row p,
  body.home-page .process-steps p {
    font-size: .72rem;
  }
}

/* Phone hero: preserve the cinematic crop while removing excess lower air. */
@media (max-width: 520px) {
  body.home-page .hero,
  body.home-page .hero-copy,
  body.home-page .hero-media {
    min-height: 600px;
  }

  body.home-page .hero-copy {
    padding-bottom: 7rem;
  }

  body.home-page .experience-badge {
    bottom: 34px;
  }
}

/* Carry the founder section's blue-grey architectural field into the gold wave. */
@media (max-width: 820px) {
  body.home-page .hero::after {
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(5, 49, 101, .032) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5, 49, 101, .032) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
      linear-gradient(#dceaf7, #dceaf7) padding-box,
      linear-gradient(90deg,
        #6e4705 0%,
        #bd7b0b 10%,
        #ffe38a 23%,
        #c38412 36%,
        #fff0ab 50%,
        #b77308 64%,
        #f7d671 78%,
        #a56606 91%,
        #5f3c04 100%) border-box;
    background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px, auto, auto;
    background-position: 0 29px, 29px 0, center, center;
  }

  body.home-page .about-preview {
    background: #dceaf7;
  }
}

/* Desktop navigation stays open and editorial—never boxed. */
@media (min-width: 821px) {
  body .site-header .site-nav > a {
    background: transparent;
    border: 0;
    border-radius: 0;
    box-shadow: none;
  }
}

/* Keep the first desktop link clear of the header's diagonal brand edge. */
@media (min-width: 1201px) {
  body .site-header .site-nav {
    gap: clamp(1rem, 1.25vw, 1.45rem);
    transform: translateX(70px);
  }

  body .site-header .header-cta {
    left: 26px;
  }
}

@media (min-width: 1201px) and (max-width: 1360px) {
  body .site-header .site-nav {
    gap: .75rem;
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav > a {
    gap: .35rem;
    font-size: .9rem;
  }

  body .site-header .header-cta {
    padding-inline: 1.2rem;
    font-size: .74rem;
  }
}

@media (min-width: 1201px) and (max-width: 1260px) {
  body .site-header .site-nav {
    gap: .6rem;
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav > a {
    gap: .3rem;
    font-size: .85rem;
  }

  body .site-header .header-cta {
    padding-inline: .85rem;
    font-size: .7rem;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  body .site-header .site-nav,
  body .site-header .site-nav > a,
  .menu-backdrop,
  body .site-header .menu-toggle i {
    transition-duration: .01ms !important;
  }
}

/* Hero secondary action stays open and editorial at every viewport. */
body.home-page .hero .button.hero-secondary,
body.home-page .hero .button.hero-secondary:hover {
  width: auto;
  min-height: 0;
  padding: .45rem .15rem .55rem;
  color: white;
  background: transparent;
  border: 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(246,196,65,.82);
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: none;
  backdrop-filter: none;
}

body.home-page .hero .button.hero-secondary:hover,
body.home-page .hero .button.hero-secondary:focus-visible {
  color: #f6c441;
  background: transparent;
  box-shadow: none;
}

/* Keep the closing consultation CTA conversational rather than all caps. */
body.home-page .cta-band .button {
  text-transform: none;
  letter-spacing: -.01em;
}

/* Mobile process sequence: two balanced rows in reading order. */
@media (max-width: 900px) {
  body.home-page .process .process-steps {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    grid-auto-flow: row;
  }

  body.home-page .process .process-steps > li:nth-child(1) { grid-column: 1; grid-row: 1; }
  body.home-page .process .process-steps > li:nth-child(2) { grid-column: 2; grid-row: 1; }
  body.home-page .process .process-steps > li:nth-child(3) { grid-column: 1; grid-row: 2; }
  body.home-page .process .process-steps > li:nth-child(4) { grid-column: 2; grid-row: 2; }
}

/* Mobile consulting-capabilities disclosure. */
.capability-toggle {
  display: none;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  body.home-page .catalog-list span {
    padding: 1rem 2.15rem 1rem .75rem;
  }

  body.home-page .catalog-list span::after {
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    right: .65rem;
    margin: 0;
    transform: translateY(-50%);
    font-size: 1.15rem;
    line-height: 1;
  }

  body.home-page .catalog-list:not(.expanded) span:nth-child(n + 5) {
    display: none;
  }

  body.home-page .catalog-list.expanded span:nth-child(n + 5) {
    animation: capabilityReveal .42s cubic-bezier(.22, .8, .3, 1) both;
  }

  .capability-toggle {
    width: max-content;
    min-height: 48px;
    margin: 1.5rem auto 0;
    padding: .55rem .15rem .55rem .35rem;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: .75rem;
    color: #06396f;
    background: transparent;
    border: 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(185, 122, 8, .68);
    font: 700 .93rem/1 var(--sans);
    letter-spacing: .025em;
    cursor: pointer;
  }

  .capability-toggle svg {
    width: 30px;
    height: 30px;
    padding: 7px;
    fill: none;
    stroke: #b77a08;
    stroke-width: 1.8;
    stroke-linecap: round;
    stroke-linejoin: round;
    border: 1px solid rgba(185, 122, 8, .55);
    border-radius: 50%;
    transition: transform .35s ease, color .25s ease, background .25s ease;
  }

  .capability-toggle[aria-expanded="true"] svg {
    color: #fff;
    background: linear-gradient(145deg, #e4a91d, #b87907);
    transform: rotate(180deg);
  }

  .capability-toggle:hover,
  .capability-toggle:focus-visible {
    color: #9c6705;
  }
}

@keyframes capabilityReveal {
  from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(-10px); }
  to { opacity: 1; transform: translateY(0); }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  body.home-page .catalog-list.expanded span:nth-child(n + 5) {
    animation: none;
  }
}

/* Mobile quote: compact editorial scale with comfortable reading rhythm. */
@media (max-width: 820px) {
  body.home-page .quote-band {
    padding-block: 3.75rem;
  }

  body.home-page .quote-band .shell {
    padding-inline: clamp(24px, 7vw, 52px);
  }

  body.home-page .quote-band blockquote {
    max-width: 720px;
    font-size: clamp(1.55rem, 4.4vw, 2rem);
    line-height: 1.3;
    letter-spacing: -.022em;
    text-wrap: balance;
  }

  body.home-page .quote-band cite {
    max-width: 320px;
    margin: 1.45rem auto 0;
    font-size: .7rem;
    line-height: 1.5;
    letter-spacing: .1em;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  body.home-page .quote-band {
    padding-block: 2.8rem;
  }

  body.home-page .quote-band .shell {
    padding-inline: 22px;
  }

  body.home-page .quote-band blockquote {
    font-size: clamp(1.28rem, 5.4vw, 1.55rem);
    line-height: 1.35;
  }

  body.home-page .quote-band cite {
    margin-top: 1.2rem;
    font-size: .63rem;
  }
}

/* Premium mobile footer: pearl brand stage flowing into the desktop navy field. */
@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-footer {
    padding: 1.1rem 0 0;
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.025) 1px, transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.025) 1px, transparent 1px),
      radial-gradient(circle at 92% 16%, rgba(121,183,226,.18), transparent 34%),
      radial-gradient(circle at 101% 69%, transparent 0 112px, rgba(121,183,226,.1) 113px 152px, transparent 153px),
      radial-gradient(circle at 101% 69%, transparent 0 174px, rgba(249,214,111,.11) 175px 176px, transparent 177px),
      linear-gradient(180deg,
        #f7fbff 0%,
        #dbe8f6 10%,
        #9bc6e4 19%,
        #4a91c2 29%,
        #176fb2 40%,
        #0d5c9d 53%,
        #074982 66%,
        #04366b 79%,
        #022653 91%,
        #01172f 100%);
    background-size: 54px 54px, 54px 54px, auto, auto, auto, auto;
    box-shadow: 0 -20px 62px rgba(2, 27, 61, .16), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.92);
  }

  .site-footer > .shell {
    width: min(100% - 36px, 760px);
  }

  .site-footer::after {
    inset: 0;
    background:
      radial-gradient(circle at 91% 15%, rgba(246, 211, 109, .1), transparent 27%),
      linear-gradient(132deg, transparent 0 62%, rgba(249,214,111,.2) 62.12%, transparent 62.32%);
    background-size: auto;
    box-shadow: none;
    opacity: 1;
    pointer-events: none;
    -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, transparent 0, #000 82px, #000 100%);
    mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, transparent 0, #000 82px, #000 100%);
  }

  .site-footer .footer-main {
    min-height: 0;
    gap: 1.2rem;
    padding: 0 0 1.35rem;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(246, 211, 109, .42);
  }

  .site-footer .footer-logo {
    width: 230px;
    height: 86px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    object-position: center;
    filter: drop-shadow(0 10px 16px rgba(2, 27, 61, .15));
  }

  .site-footer .footer-nav {
    width: 100%;
    padding-top: .95rem;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(5, minmax(0, 1fr));
    align-items: center;
    gap: .4rem;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-nav a {
    padding: .55rem .2rem;
    color: #fff;
    font-size: 1rem;
    line-height: 1.1;
    text-align: center;
    text-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(1,19,47,.42);
  }

  .site-footer .footer-nav a::after {
    right: 50%;
    left: 50%;
    bottom: 0;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-nav a:hover::after,
  .site-footer .footer-nav a:focus-visible::after {
    right: 20%;
    left: 20%;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-main::after {
    position: static;
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.68);
    font-size: .58rem;
    line-height: 1.55;
    letter-spacing: .105em;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-bottom {
    gap: .85rem;
    padding: 1.05rem 0 1.15rem;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-bottom p {
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.72);
    font-size: .68rem;
    line-height: 1.5;
    letter-spacing: .045em;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-legal {
    width: 100%;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, auto);
    justify-content: center;
    gap: .65rem 1.25rem;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-legal > a:not(.footer-credit) {
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.82);
    font-size: .7rem;
    letter-spacing: .055em;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-legal .footer-credit {
    grid-column: 1 / -1;
    justify-self: center;
    margin: .15rem 0 0;
    padding: .65rem 0 0;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(246, 211, 109, .24);
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .site-footer > .shell {
    width: min(100% - 30px, 470px);
  }

  .site-footer .footer-logo {
    width: 214px;
    height: 80px;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-nav {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(6, minmax(0, 1fr));
    gap: .15rem 0;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-nav a {
    grid-column: span 2;
    padding: .55rem .1rem;
    font-size: .94rem;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-nav a:nth-child(4) { grid-column: 2 / span 2; }
  .site-footer .footer-nav a:nth-child(5) { grid-column: 4 / span 2; }

  .site-footer .footer-main::after {
    font-size: .54rem;
    letter-spacing: .075em;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-bottom p {
    max-width: 290px;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-legal {
    column-gap: .9rem;
  }
}

/* Mobile footer: one calm vertical hierarchy instead of compressed rows. */
@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-footer .footer-main {
    gap: .55rem;
    padding-bottom: .85rem;
    border-bottom-color: rgba(246, 211, 109, .28);
  }

  .site-footer .footer-main::after {
    display: none;
    content: none;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-nav {
    width: min(290px, 100%);
    margin-inline: auto;
    padding-top: .6rem;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: stretch;
    gap: 0;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-nav a,
  .site-footer .footer-nav a:nth-child(n) {
    width: 100%;
    padding: .64rem .4rem;
    display: block;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.12);
    font-size: .96rem;
    line-height: 1.2;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-nav a:last-child {
    border-bottom: 0;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-nav a[href="index.html"] {
    display: none;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-bottom {
    width: min(100%, 280px);
    margin-inline: auto;
    padding: .85rem 0 .75rem;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
    justify-content: center;
    gap: 0 .9rem;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-legal {
    display: contents;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-legal > a:not(.footer-credit) {
    order: 1;
    justify-self: center;
    min-width: 0;
    padding: .44rem .15rem;
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.82);
    font-size: .68rem;
    letter-spacing: .07em;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-bottom p {
    order: 2;
    grid-column: 1 / -1;
    justify-self: center;
    margin: .72rem 0 0;
    padding-top: .72rem;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 390px;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(246, 211, 109, .28);
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.72);
    font-size: clamp(.56rem, 2.35vw, .66rem);
    line-height: 1.55;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }

  .site-footer .footer-legal .footer-credit {
    order: 3;
    grid-column: 1 / -1;
    justify-self: center;
    margin: .6rem 0 0;
    padding: .58rem 1.1rem 0;
    border: 0;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(246, 211, 109, .24);
  }
}

/* Desktop navigation icons: bespoke linework with no boxes or containers. */
@media (min-width: 821px) {
  body .site-header .site-nav > a {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: .38rem;
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav > a .mobile-nav-icon {
    width: 16px;
    height: 16px;
    display: block;
    flex: 0 0 auto;
    fill: none;
    stroke: #f6c441;
    stroke-width: 1.3;
    stroke-linecap: round;
    stroke-linejoin: round;
    filter: drop-shadow(0 2px 5px rgba(222, 161, 24, .14));
    transition: stroke .2s ease, transform .2s ease;
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav > a .mobile-nav-icon-accent {
    stroke: rgba(255,255,255,.7);
  }

  body .site-header .site-nav > a:hover .mobile-nav-icon,
  body .site-header .site-nav > a:focus-visible .mobile-nav-icon,
  body .site-header .site-nav > a.active .mobile-nav-icon {
    stroke: #ffe58b;
    transform: translateY(-1px);
  }
}

/* Closing mobile CTA: tailored to its label instead of spanning the section. */
@media (max-width: 820px) {
  body.home-page .cta-band .button {
    width: max-content;
    max-width: calc(100vw - 48px);
    min-height: 56px;
    gap: .65rem;
    padding-inline: 1.2rem;
  }
}

/* Persistent glass navigation: the utility strip scrolls away while the branded
   navigation settles into a translucent, high-contrast surface. */
.site-header {
  position: sticky;
  top: 0;
  z-index: 70;
  transition: background .32s ease, box-shadow .32s ease, border-color .32s ease;
}

.site-header.is-scrolled {
  background:
    linear-gradient(107deg, transparent 0 35.35%, rgba(255, 240, 166, .72) 35.42%, rgba(183, 118, 8, .68) 35.65%, transparent 35.78%),
    linear-gradient(107deg, rgba(249, 251, 254, .7) 0%, rgba(217, 231, 245, .64) 35.5%, rgba(13, 83, 151, .72) 35.7%, rgba(5, 47, 100, .76) 67%, rgba(1, 26, 56, .8) 100%);
  border-bottom-color: rgba(255, 228, 138, .28);
  box-shadow:
    0 16px 42px rgba(1, 19, 47, .18),
    0 1px 0 rgba(255, 238, 174, .66),
    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .58);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(24px) saturate(155%) contrast(106%);
  backdrop-filter: blur(24px) saturate(155%) contrast(106%);
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .site-header.is-scrolled {
    background:
      linear-gradient(108deg, transparent 0 73.7%, rgba(255, 239, 158, .74) 73.9%, rgba(178, 113, 6, .7) 74.35%, transparent 74.55%),
      linear-gradient(108deg, rgba(249, 251, 254, .72) 0%, rgba(220, 233, 246, .68) 74%, rgba(11, 75, 137, .78) 74.3%, rgba(2, 27, 59, .84) 100%);
    box-shadow:
      0 14px 34px rgba(1, 19, 47, .17),
      0 1px 0 rgba(255, 238, 174, .66),
      inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .6);
    -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(22px) saturate(150%) contrast(105%);
    backdrop-filter: blur(22px) saturate(150%) contrast(105%);
  }

  .site-header.menu-active {
    overflow: visible;
    -webkit-backdrop-filter: none;
    backdrop-filter: none;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .site-header { transition-duration: .01ms; }
}

/* Mobile founder profile: tighter editorial composition without crowding. */
@media (max-width: 820px) {
  body.home-page .founder-section {
    padding: 3.75rem 0 4.5rem;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-grid {
    gap: 1.5rem;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-portrait {
    width: min(100%, 620px);
    height: 440px;
    margin-inline: auto;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-actions {
    margin-top: 1.5rem;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  body.home-page .founder-section {
    padding: 3.2rem 20px 3.8rem;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-grid {
    gap: 1.15rem;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-name h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.6rem, 12vw, 3rem);
    line-height: .94;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-portrait {
    width: min(100%, 330px);
    height: 315px;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-story .lead {
    margin-top: 0;
    font-size: 1.05rem;
    line-height: 1.45;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-story > p:not(.lead) {
    margin-top: 1.1rem;
    font-size: .88rem;
    line-height: 1.58;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-actions {
    margin-top: 1.35rem;
    flex-direction: row;
    flex-wrap: nowrap;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    gap: 1rem 1.35rem;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-actions .text-link {
    margin-top: 0;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }

  body.home-page .founder-tenure {
    min-height: 40px;
    padding: .45rem 1.05rem;
  }
}

/* Inner-page cohesion pass: carry the homepage's editorial weight, spacing,
   pearl fields and compact mobile rhythm through every supporting page. */
body:not(.home-page) .page-hero h1,
body:not(.home-page) .content-grid h2,
body:not(.home-page) .catalog-heading h2,
body:not(.home-page) .split-media h2,
body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview h2,
body:not(.home-page) .quote-band blockquote,
.contact-page .contact-grid h2,
.partners-page .process h2,
body:not(.home-page) .cta-band h2 {
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
}

body:not(.home-page) .cta-band .button {
  text-transform: none;
  letter-spacing: -.01em;
}

body:not(.home-page) .page-hero h1 {
  max-width: 800px;
  font-size: clamp(3.65rem, 5vw, 5.7rem);
  line-height: .98;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

body:not(.home-page) .page-hero p {
  max-width: 610px;
  margin-top: 1.55rem;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}

body:not(.home-page) .content-grid h2,
body:not(.home-page) .catalog-heading h2,
body:not(.home-page) .split-media h2,
body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview h2,
.contact-page .contact-grid h2 {
  font-size: clamp(3rem, 4.15vw, 4.75rem);
  line-height: 1;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

body:not(.home-page) .content-grid p,
body:not(.home-page) .catalog-heading p,
body:not(.home-page) .split-media p,
body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview p,
.contact-page .contact-grid > div > p {
  line-height: 1.72;
}

/* Services overview: balance the opening statement with a richer editorial
   field and a numbered, highly legible capability index. */
.services-page .services-overview {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 13% 32%,rgba(40,119,203,.34),transparent 31%),
    linear-gradient(90deg,#022653 0%,#075096 35%,#d6e5f3 51%,#f8fbfe 100%);
  background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto;
}

.services-page .services-overview::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  width: clamp(310px,38vw,620px);
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  left: -18%;
  bottom: -52%;
  border: 1px solid rgba(246,207,105,.34);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 64px rgba(255,255,255,.035),0 0 0 65px rgba(255,220,120,.12);
  pointer-events: none;
}

.services-page .services-overview::after {
  content: "SMG";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  left: -.03em;
  bottom: -.12em;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.045);
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-size: clamp(12rem,22vw,23rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: .72;
  letter-spacing: -.08em;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.services-page .services-overview .content-grid {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(340px,.88fr) minmax(0,1.12fr);
  align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(4rem,8vw,8.5rem);
}

.services-page .services-overview-intro {
  max-width: 560px;
  padding-right: clamp(1rem,3vw,3rem);
}

.services-page .services-overview .section-kicker {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 1.2rem;
  color: #f4c854;
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.services-page .services-overview h2 {
  margin: 0;
  color: white;
  text-shadow: 0 12px 30px rgba(0,15,40,.2);
}

.services-page .services-overview h2 em {
  display: block;
  color: #f2bd35;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.services-page .services-overview-intro > p {
  max-width: 500px;
  margin: 2rem 0 0;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.86);
  font-size: 1.03rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
}

.services-page .services-overview-pillars {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3,minmax(0,1fr));
  gap: 0;
  margin-top: 2.35rem;
  padding-top: 1.35rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(242,196,77,.46);
}

.services-page .services-overview-pillars span {
  min-width: 0;
  padding: .15rem .8rem .15rem 0;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.72);
  font-size: .68rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.45;
  letter-spacing: .07em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.services-page .services-overview-pillars span + span {
  padding-left: .8rem;
  border-left: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.2);
}

.services-page .services-overview-list {
  padding: clamp(1.35rem,2.5vw,2.2rem) clamp(1.4rem,3vw,2.8rem);
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.58);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.72);
  border-radius: 2px;
  box-shadow: 0 24px 70px rgba(4,41,82,.14),inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.82);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(16px);
  backdrop-filter: blur(16px);
}

.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list {
  counter-reset: service-overview;
  border-top: 0;
}

.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list li {
  counter-increment: service-overview;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 42px minmax(0,1fr) 22px;
  column-gap: 1rem;
  align-items: start;
  padding: 1.2rem 0;
}

.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list li::before {
  content: "0" counter(service-overview);
  grid-column: 1;
  grid-row: 1 / span 2;
  padding-top: .15rem;
  color: #aa7008;
  font-size: .68rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .08em;
}

.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list li::after {
  position: static;
  grid-column: 3;
  grid-row: 1 / span 2;
  align-self: center;
  justify-self: end;
  font-size: 1.1rem;
}

.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list strong,
.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list span {
  grid-column: 2;
}

.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list strong {
  font-size: 1.38rem;
}

.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list span {
  margin-top: .35rem;
  color: #486079;
  font-size: .84rem;
}

@media (max-width: 1020px) {
  .services-page .services-overview {
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px),
      radial-gradient(circle at 15% 16%,rgba(39,121,207,.32),transparent 30%),
      linear-gradient(180deg,#022653 0%,#075096 38%,#d8e7f4 57%,#f8fbfe 100%);
    background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview .content-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 3rem;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview-intro {
    max-width: 680px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    padding-right: 0;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview h2,
  .services-page .services-overview-intro > p {
    margin-inline: auto;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview-pillars {
    max-width: 590px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    margin-top: 2.1rem;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview-list {
    width: min(100%,760px);
    margin-inline: auto;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .services-page .services-overview {
    padding-block: 3.8rem;
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px),
      radial-gradient(circle at 12% 15%,rgba(39,121,207,.34),transparent 31%),
      linear-gradient(180deg,#022653 0%,#075096 35%,#d8e7f4 54%,#f8fbfe 100%);
    background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview .content-grid {
    gap: 2.45rem;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview .section-kicker {
    margin-bottom: .9rem;
    font-size: .64rem;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview h2 em {
    display: inline;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview-intro > p {
    margin-top: 1.45rem;
    font-size: .9rem;
    line-height: 1.68;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview-pillars {
    margin-top: 1.65rem;
    padding-top: 1rem;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview-pillars span {
    padding-inline: .35rem;
    font-size: .57rem;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview-list {
    padding: .7rem 1rem;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list li {
    grid-template-columns: 30px minmax(0,1fr) 18px;
    column-gap: .65rem;
    padding: 1rem 0;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list strong {
    font-size: 1.12rem;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list span {
    font-size: .72rem;
    line-height: 1.5;
  }

  .services-page .services-overview::after {
    left: 50%;
    font-size: 12rem;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
  }
}

/* Keep the Services-specific art direction above the generic inner-page
   content selectors, which intentionally carry higher element specificity. */
body.services-page .services-overview {
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg,#022653 0%,#075096 35%,#d6e5f3 51%,#f8fbfe 100%);
  background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto;
}

body.services-page .services-overview h2 {
  color: white;
}

body.services-page .services-overview-intro > p {
  margin-top: 2rem;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.86);
  font-size: 1.03rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
}

@media (max-width: 1020px) {
  body.services-page .services-overview {
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(180deg,#022653 0%,#075096 38%,#d8e7f4 57%,#f8fbfe 100%);
    background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  body.services-page .services-overview {
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.045) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(180deg,#022653 0%,#075096 35%,#d8e7f4 54%,#f8fbfe 100%);
    background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto;
  }

  body.services-page .services-overview-intro > p {
    margin-top: 1.45rem;
    font-size: .9rem;
    line-height: 1.68;
  }
}

/* Contact conversion experience: founder-led reassurance paired with a
   refined consultation form on one continuous branded field. */
@media (min-width: 821px) {
  body.contact-page .contact-hero h1 {
    max-width: 980px;
    font-size: clamp(3.35rem,4.25vw,4.45rem);
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-hero h1 > span {
    display: block;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-hero h1 > span + span {
    margin-top: .04em;
  }
}

body.contact-page .contact-consultation {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding-block: clamp(5.5rem,7vw,7.5rem);
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.042) 1px,transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.042) 1px,transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 11% 27%,rgba(34,112,200,.34),transparent 29%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 89% 82%,rgba(226,168,31,.13),transparent 24%),
    linear-gradient(111deg,#021c40 0%,#084b8c 42%,#d8e6f3 42.2%,#f7fbff 100%);
  background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto,auto;
}

body.contact-page .contact-consultation::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  width: clamp(360px,42vw,680px);
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  left: -20%;
  bottom: -50%;
  border: 1px solid rgba(246,207,105,.3);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 68px rgba(255,255,255,.035),0 0 0 69px rgba(255,220,120,.1);
  pointer-events: none;
}

body.contact-page .contact-consultation::after {
  content: "SMG";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  left: -.03em;
  bottom: -.1em;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.04);
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-size: clamp(12rem,22vw,23rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: .72;
  letter-spacing: -.08em;
  pointer-events: none;
}

body.contact-page .contact-consultation .contact-grid {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(330px,.82fr) minmax(0,1.18fr);
  align-items: center;
  gap: clamp(4rem,7vw,7.5rem);
}

body.contact-page .contact-intro {
  max-width: 540px;
  color: white;
}

body.contact-page .contact-intro .section-kicker {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
  color: #f4c854;
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

body.contact-page .contact-intro h2 {
  margin: 0;
  color: white;
  text-shadow: 0 12px 34px rgba(0,12,34,.28);
}

body.contact-page .contact-intro h2 em {
  display: block;
  color: #f2bd35;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 500;
}

body.contact-page .contact-intro > .contact-intro-lead {
  max-width: 500px;
  margin: 1.75rem 0 0;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.82);
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1.75;
}

body.contact-page .contact-direct {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 44px 1fr auto;
  gap: 1rem;
  align-items: center;
  margin-top: 2rem;
  padding: 1.15rem 0;
  color: white;
  border-block: 1px solid rgba(242,196,77,.42);
}

body.contact-page .contact-direct > svg,
body.contact-page .contact-assurances svg {
  fill: none;
  stroke: #f2c23f;
  stroke-width: 1.35;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
}

body.contact-page .contact-direct > svg {
  width: 38px;
  height: 38px;
}

body.contact-page .contact-direct span,
body.contact-page .contact-assurances span {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

body.contact-page .contact-direct small,
body.contact-page .contact-assurances small {
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.62);
  font-size: .7rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

body.contact-page .contact-direct strong {
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-size: 1.55rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.15;
}

body.contact-page .contact-direct > i {
  color: #f2c23f;
  font-size: 1.35rem;
  font-style: normal;
  transition: transform .2s ease;
}

body.contact-page .contact-direct:hover > i {
  transform: translateX(5px);
}

body.contact-page .contact-assurances {
  display: grid;
  gap: 1rem;
  margin-top: 1.65rem;
}

body.contact-page .contact-assurances > div {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 34px 1fr;
  gap: .85rem;
  align-items: start;
}

body.contact-page .contact-assurances svg {
  width: 26px;
  height: 26px;
}

body.contact-page .contact-assurances strong {
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.94);
  font-size: .78rem;
  letter-spacing: .04em;
}

body.contact-page .contact-form {
  gap: 1rem 1.15rem;
  padding: clamp(2rem,3vw,3rem);
  background: rgba(249,252,255,.86);
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.9);
  border-top: 3px solid #e2ad29;
  border-radius: 3px;
  box-shadow: 0 32px 90px rgba(2,35,72,.2),inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.95);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(18px);
  backdrop-filter: blur(18px);
}

body.contact-page .contact-form-heading,
body.contact-page .contact-form-progress {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
}

body.contact-page .contact-form-heading > span {
  color: #a66c08;
  font-size: .68rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

body.contact-page .contact-form-heading h3 {
  margin-top: .45rem;
  color: #052e60;
  font-size: clamp(1.9rem,2.4vw,2.65rem);
  line-height: 1;
}

body.contact-page .contact-form-heading p {
  margin: .75rem 0 0;
  color: #526980;
  font-size: .82rem;
}

body.contact-page .contact-form-progress {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3,1fr);
  margin: .45rem 0 .35rem;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.15);
}

body.contact-page .contact-form-progress span {
  position: relative;
  padding: .55rem 0 .7rem;
  color: #718297;
  font-size: .62rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .07em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

body.contact-page .contact-form-progress .active {
  color: #8f5e06;
}

body.contact-page .contact-form-progress .active::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 18%;
  bottom: -1px;
  height: 2px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg,#a86e07,#f0c551);
}

body.contact-page .contact-form .field {
  gap: .4rem;
}

body.contact-page .contact-form .field label {
  color: #123b68;
  font-size: .65rem;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
}

body.contact-page .contact-form .field input,
body.contact-page .contact-form .field select,
body.contact-page .contact-form .field textarea {
  min-height: 52px;
  padding: .85rem 1rem;
  color: #082e59;
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.72);
  border: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.18);
  border-radius: 2px;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 2px rgba(5,49,101,.025);
}

body.contact-page .contact-form .field input::placeholder,
body.contact-page .contact-form .field textarea::placeholder {
  color: #8a9aac;
}

body.contact-page .contact-form .field textarea {
  min-height: 118px;
}

body.contact-page .contact-submit {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto 1fr;
  gap: 1.2rem;
  align-items: center;
  margin-top: .25rem;
}

body.contact-page .contact-submit .button {
  min-width: 190px;
  text-transform: none;
}

body.contact-page .contact-submit > small {
  color: #697e92;
  font-size: .68rem;
  line-height: 1.5;
}

@media (max-width: 1020px) {
  body.contact-page .contact-consultation {
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.042) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.042) 1px,transparent 1px),
      radial-gradient(circle at 15% 15%,rgba(34,112,200,.32),transparent 28%),
      linear-gradient(180deg,#021c40 0%,#084b8c 42%,#d8e6f3 59%,#f7fbff 100%);
    background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-consultation .contact-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 3.2rem;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-intro {
    max-width: 680px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    text-align: center;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-intro h2,
  body.contact-page .contact-intro > .contact-intro-lead {
    margin-inline: auto;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-direct {
    max-width: 520px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    margin-top: 2rem;
    text-align: left;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-assurances {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3,minmax(0,1fr));
    text-align: left;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-form {
    width: min(100%,760px);
    margin-inline: auto;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  body.contact-page .contact-hero h1 > span {
    display: block;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-assurances {
    max-width: 560px;
    margin-inline: auto;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  body.contact-page .contact-consultation {
    padding-block: 3.8rem;
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.042) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.042) 1px,transparent 1px),
      radial-gradient(circle at 15% 12%,rgba(34,112,200,.34),transparent 29%),
      linear-gradient(180deg,#021c40 0%,#084b8c 38%,#d8e6f3 54%,#f7fbff 100%);
    background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-consultation .contact-grid {
    gap: 2.5rem;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-intro .section-kicker {
    margin-bottom: .9rem;
    font-size: .64rem;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-intro h2 em {
    display: inline;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-intro > .contact-intro-lead {
    margin-top: 1.35rem;
    font-size: .9rem;
    line-height: 1.68;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-direct {
    grid-template-columns: 34px 1fr auto;
    gap: .75rem;
    padding-block: .9rem;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-direct > svg {
    width: 30px;
    height: 30px;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-direct strong {
    font-size: 1.3rem;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-assurances {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: .85rem;
    text-align: left;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-assurances > div {
    padding-bottom: .85rem;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.13);
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-form {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: .9rem;
    padding: 1.35rem;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-form .field,
  body.contact-page .contact-form .field.full {
    grid-column: 1;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-form-heading,
  body.contact-page .contact-form-progress {
    grid-column: 1;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-form-heading h3 {
    font-size: 1.85rem;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-form-progress span {
    font-size: .52rem;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-submit {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: .7rem;
    text-align: center;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-submit .button {
    width: 100%;
  }

  body.contact-page .contact-consultation::after {
    left: 50%;
    font-size: 12rem;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
  }
}

/* About introduction: a richer founder-led editorial field with stronger
   contrast and restrained brand details. */
.about-page .about-intro {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(5,49,101,.045) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(5,49,101,.045) 1px,transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 10% 22%,rgba(20,101,185,.18),transparent 31%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 88% 76%,rgba(219,157,20,.13),transparent 25%),
    linear-gradient(118deg,#d8e7f5 0%,#fbfdff 48%,#d9e8f5 100%);
  background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto,auto;
}

.about-page .about-intro::before {
  content: "SMG";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  right: -.05em;
  bottom: -.12em;
  color: rgba(4,48,100,.045);
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-size: clamp(12rem,24vw,25rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: .72;
  letter-spacing: -.08em;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.about-page .about-intro::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  width: clamp(270px,31vw,480px);
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  top: 50%;
  right: -11%;
  border: 1px solid rgba(181,120,8,.25);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 56px rgba(5,70,143,.045),0 0 0 57px rgba(5,70,143,.12);
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  pointer-events: none;
}

.about-page .about-intro .content-grid {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(300px,.8fr) minmax(0,1.2fr);
  align-items: start;
}

.about-page .about-intro-heading {
  padding-top: .25rem;
}

.about-page .about-intro .section-kicker {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
  color: #9b6808;
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-page .about-intro h2 {
  max-width: 570px;
  margin-bottom: 1.75rem;
  color: #052e60;
}

.about-page .about-intro h2 em {
  display: block;
  color: #c8860b;
  font-style: italic;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.about-page .founder-detail {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .8rem;
  color: #244564;
  font-size: .77rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.about-page .founder-detail::before {
  content: "";
  width: 54px;
  height: 1px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg,#a96f08,#f1c755);
}

.about-page .about-intro-copy {
  position: relative;
  padding: .2rem 0 .2rem clamp(2rem,4.5vw,4.5rem);
  border-left: 1px solid rgba(174,116,9,.42);
}

.about-page .about-intro-copy::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: -2px;
  width: 3px;
  height: 72px;
  background: linear-gradient(#f2c44d,#b67607);
  box-shadow: 0 10px 28px rgba(183,118,7,.22);
}

.about-page .about-intro .about-intro-copy p {
  max-width: 720px;
  color: #304d6b;
  font-size: 1rem;
}

.about-page .about-intro .about-intro-copy p:first-child {
  color: #0b3565;
  font-size: clamp(1.08rem,1.25vw,1.22rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.65;
}

.about-page .about-intro .about-intro-copy p:last-child {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

/* Slightly deepen only the Services hero's copy side. */
@media (min-width: 821px) {
  body.services-page .page-hero::before {
    background: linear-gradient(90deg,
      rgba(2,18,43,.59) 0%,
      rgba(3,28,63,.39) 30%,
      rgba(3,28,63,.1) 48%,
      rgba(3,28,63,0) 66%,
      rgba(3,28,63,0) 100%);
  }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .about-page .about-intro .content-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 2.15rem;
  }

  .about-page .about-intro-heading {
    max-width: 620px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .about-page .about-intro h2 {
    margin-inline: auto;
    margin-bottom: 1.35rem;
  }

  .about-page .founder-detail {
    justify-content: center;
  }

  .about-page .about-intro-copy {
    max-width: 680px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    padding: 1.6rem 0 0;
    border-left: 0;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(174,116,9,.36);
    text-align: center;
  }

  .about-page .about-intro-copy::before {
    top: -2px;
    left: 50%;
    width: 84px;
    height: 3px;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
  }

  .about-page .about-intro .about-intro-copy p {
    margin-inline: auto;
  }

  .about-page .about-intro::before {
    right: 50%;
    bottom: -.08em;
    font-size: clamp(10rem,35vw,17rem);
    transform: translateX(50%);
  }

  .about-page .about-intro::after {
    right: -35%;
    opacity: .75;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .about-page .about-intro {
    padding-block: 3.7rem;
  }

  .about-page .about-intro .section-kicker {
    margin-bottom: 1rem;
    font-size: .65rem;
  }

  .about-page .about-intro h2 em {
    display: inline;
  }

  .about-page .founder-detail {
    gap: .6rem;
    font-size: .66rem;
    letter-spacing: .08em;
  }

  .about-page .founder-detail::before {
    width: 30px;
  }

  .about-page .about-intro .about-intro-copy p,
  .about-page .about-intro .about-intro-copy p:first-child {
    font-size: .92rem;
    line-height: 1.68;
  }
}

body:not(.home-page) .detail-list li {
  transition: color .22s ease, padding-left .22s ease;
}

body:not(.home-page) .detail-list li:hover {
  padding-left: .6rem;
}

body:not(.home-page) .detail-list strong {
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1.15;
}

body:not(.home-page) .detail-list span {
  display: block;
  margin-top: .55rem;
  line-height: 1.62;
}

.about-page .proof-grid > div {
  padding-inline: clamp(1.3rem, 3vw, 3rem);
}

.about-page .proof-grid strong {
  line-height: .9;
}

.about-page .split-media > img {
  object-position: 66% center;
}

.partners-page .partner-types article {
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.18);
}

.partners-page .partner-types h3 {
  font-weight: 500;
}

/* The legal pages use the same open pearl editorial field as the homepage,
   rather than an isolated white card. */
body:not(.home-page) .legal {
  max-width: 900px;
  padding: 0;
  background: transparent;
  border-radius: 0;
}

body:not(.home-page) .legal > p,
body:not(.home-page) .legal > h2 {
  max-width: 760px;
}

body:not(.home-page) .legal h2 {
  margin: 2.7rem 0 .7rem;
  padding-top: 1.35rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.18);
  color: var(--smg-ink);
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-size: clamp(2rem, 3vw, 2.75rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: 1;
}

body:not(.about-page):not(.services-page):not(.partners-page):not(.contact-page):not(.home-page) .page-hero {
  min-height: 460px;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.035) 1px,transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 82% 22%, rgba(34,112,200,.36), transparent 34%),
    linear-gradient(118deg,#01162f,#063a75 55%,#01162f);
  background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto;
}

body:not(.about-page):not(.services-page):not(.partners-page):not(.contact-page):not(.home-page) .page-hero .shell {
  min-height: 460px;
  padding-right: 0;
  align-items: center;
  text-align: center;
}

body:not(.about-page):not(.services-page):not(.partners-page):not(.contact-page):not(.home-page) .page-hero h1,
body:not(.about-page):not(.services-page):not(.partners-page):not(.contact-page):not(.home-page) .page-hero p {
  margin-inline: auto;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero,
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero .shell {
    min-height: 500px;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero .shell {
    width: min(100% - 40px, 720px);
    padding: 3.75rem 0 7.4rem;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero h1 {
    max-width: 650px;
    font-size: clamp(3.05rem, 9.2vw, 4.25rem);
    line-height: .98;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero p {
    max-width: 590px;
    margin-top: 1.25rem;
    font-size: .95rem;
    line-height: 1.62;
  }

  body.about-page .page-hero,
  body.contact-page .page-hero {
    background-position: center;
  }

  body.about-page .page-hero::before,
  body.services-page .page-hero::before,
  body.partners-page .page-hero::before,
  body.contact-page .page-hero::before {
    background: linear-gradient(180deg,
      rgba(1,18,43,.2) 0%,
      rgba(2,32,70,.1) 58%,
      rgba(1,18,43,.24) 100%);
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .content-section {
    padding: 4.25rem 0;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .content-grid,
  .contact-page .contact-grid {
    gap: 2rem;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .content-grid > div:first-child,
  body:not(.home-page) .catalog-heading,
  .contact-page .contact-grid > div:first-child {
    max-width: 650px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    text-align: center;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .content-grid h2,
  body:not(.home-page) .catalog-heading h2,
  body:not(.home-page) .split-media h2,
  body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview h2,
  .contact-page .contact-grid h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.85rem, 8.3vw, 3.8rem);
  }

  .about-page .proof-grid {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0,1fr));
  }

  .about-page .proof-grid > div {
    min-width: 0;
    padding: 1.4rem .8rem;
    border-right: 1px solid rgba(238,194,83,.36);
    border-bottom: 0;
  }

  .about-page .proof-grid > div:last-child {
    border-right: 0;
  }

  .about-page .proof-grid strong {
    font-size: clamp(2.2rem, 7vw, 3.4rem);
  }

  .about-page .proof-grid span {
    font-size: .72rem;
    line-height: 1.45;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .split-media,
  body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview {
    min-height: 0;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .split-media > div,
  body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview > div {
    padding: 3.75rem max(24px, calc((100vw - 720px)/2));
    text-align: center;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .split-media img,
  body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview img {
    min-height: 360px;
    max-height: 420px;
    object-fit: cover;
  }

  .partners-page .partner-types {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr));
    gap: 0;
    margin-top: 2rem;
  }

  .partners-page .partner-types article {
    min-width: 0;
    padding: 1.5rem 1rem;
    text-align: center;
    border-right: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.16);
  }

  .partners-page .partner-types article:nth-child(even) {
    border-right: 0;
  }

  .partners-page .partner-types h3 {
    font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 4vw, 1.65rem);
  }

  .partners-page .partner-types p {
    font-size: .82rem;
    line-height: 1.55;
  }

  .partners-page .process .process-steps {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0,1fr));
    gap: 0;
    margin-top: 2rem;
  }

  .partners-page .process .process-steps::before {
    display: none;
  }

  .partners-page .process .process-steps li,
  .partners-page .process .process-steps li + li {
    min-height: 0;
    padding: 1.7rem 1rem;
    text-align: center;
    border: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.14);
  }

  .partners-page .process .process-steps li:nth-child(even) {
    border-left: 0;
  }

  .partners-page .process .process-steps li:nth-child(n+3) {
    border-top: 0;
  }

  .partners-page .process .process-steps span {
    position: static;
    width: 48px;
    height: 48px;
    margin: 0 auto .75rem;
    font-size: .76rem;
  }

  .partners-page .process .process-steps h3 {
    font-size: 1.35rem;
  }

  .partners-page .process .process-steps p {
    margin-top: .55rem;
    font-size: .78rem;
    line-height: 1.5;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .quote-band {
    padding: 4rem 0;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .quote-band blockquote {
    font-size: clamp(2rem, 6.5vw, 3.15rem);
    line-height: 1.12;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .cta-band {
    padding: 4.5rem 20px;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .cta-band h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 7.8vw, 3.55rem);
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .legal {
    width: min(100% - 40px, 760px);
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero,
  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero .shell {
    min-height: 465px;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero .shell {
    width: calc(100% - 36px);
    padding: 3.1rem 0 6.7rem;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero h1 {
    font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 11vw, 3.55rem);
    line-height: 1;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .page-hero p {
    max-width: 360px;
    font-size: .87rem;
    line-height: 1.58;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .content-section {
    padding: 3.35rem 0;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .content-grid h2,
  body:not(.home-page) .catalog-heading h2,
  body:not(.home-page) .split-media h2,
  body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview h2,
  .contact-page .contact-grid h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.45rem, 10.5vw, 3rem);
    line-height: 1.02;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .content-grid p,
  body:not(.home-page) .catalog-heading p,
  body:not(.home-page) .split-media p,
  body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview p,
  .contact-page .contact-grid > div > p {
    font-size: .9rem;
    line-height: 1.64;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .detail-list li {
    padding: 1.15rem 2rem 1.15rem 0;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .detail-list li::after {
    top: 1.15rem;
    right: .1rem;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .detail-list strong {
    font-size: 1.25rem;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .detail-list span {
    font-size: .83rem;
  }

  .about-page .founder-section {
    padding: 2.6rem 0;
  }

  .about-page .proof-grid > div {
    padding: 1.1rem .55rem;
  }

  .about-page .proof-grid strong {
    font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 8vw, 2.35rem);
  }

  .about-page .proof-grid span {
    font-size: .61rem;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .split-media img,
  body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview img {
    min-height: 285px;
    max-height: 310px;
    border-radius: 0 0 70px 0;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .split-media > div,
  body:not(.home-page) .partner-preview > div {
    padding: 3.1rem 20px;
  }

  .partners-page .partner-types article {
    padding: 1.25rem .7rem;
  }

  .partners-page .partner-types h3 {
    font-size: 1.12rem;
  }

  .partners-page .partner-types p {
    font-size: .72rem;
  }

  .partners-page .process .process-steps li,
  .partners-page .process .process-steps li + li {
    padding: 1.35rem .65rem;
  }

  .contact-page .contact-form {
    padding: 1.25rem;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .quote-band {
    padding: 3.2rem 0;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .quote-band blockquote {
    font-size: clamp(1.75rem, 7vw, 2.25rem);
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .cta-band {
    padding: 3.7rem 18px;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .cta-band .button {
    width: max-content;
    max-width: calc(100vw - 42px);
    padding-inline: 1.25rem;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .legal {
    width: calc(100% - 36px);
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .legal h2 {
    margin-top: 2.2rem;
    font-size: 2rem;
  }

  body:not(.home-page) .legal p {
    font-size: .88rem;
    line-height: 1.7;
  }
}

/* Preserve the partner showcase art direction over the generic inner-page
   section rules that appear later in the cascade. */
html body.partners-page .partner-network-section {
  padding: clamp(5.5rem,8vw,8.5rem) 0;
  color: #fff;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.04) 1px,transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.04) 1px,transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 92% 8%,rgba(38,125,218,.34),transparent 30%),
    radial-gradient(circle at 4% 92%,rgba(214,153,22,.13),transparent 25%),
    linear-gradient(118deg,#021a3b 0%,#063f80 52%,#021b3e 100%);
  background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto,auto;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section {
    padding: 4.2rem 0;
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.04) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.04) 1px,transparent 1px),
      radial-gradient(circle at 92% 5%,rgba(38,125,218,.3),transparent 27%),
      linear-gradient(155deg,#063f80 0%,#032754 48%,#011a3b 100%);
    background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 430px) {
  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section {
    padding: 3.7rem 0;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  body.home-page #services-title em {
    display: inline-block;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 350px) {
  body.home-page #services-title {
    font-size: 2.05rem;
  }
}

.about-page .cta-band .keep-together {
  display: inline-block;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  .about-page .cta-band .keep-together {
    white-space: normal;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 350px) {
  .about-page .cta-band h2 {
    font-size: 2.05rem;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.about-page .page-hero::before {
    background: linear-gradient(180deg,
      rgba(1,15,36,.34) 0%,
      rgba(2,24,53,.4) 55%,
      rgba(1,15,34,.56) 100%);
  }
}

@media (min-width: 1021px) {
  html body.services-page .services-overview {
    padding-top: clamp(2.5rem,3vw,3.25rem);
  }

  body.services-page .services-overview .content-grid {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(380px,.94fr) minmax(0,1.06fr);
    align-items: stretch;
    gap: clamp(2rem,4vw,4.5rem);
  }

  body.services-page .services-overview-intro {
    display: flex;
    max-width: none;
    min-height: 100%;
    flex-direction: column;
    padding: clamp(2.2rem,3.5vw,3.5rem);
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.035) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.035) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(145deg,rgba(16,91,168,.62),rgba(2,35,78,.72));
    background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto;
    border: 1px solid rgba(181,215,247,.2);
    border-top: 2px solid #e1aa25;
    box-shadow: 0 24px 70px rgba(0,21,51,.2),inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.06);
  }

  body.services-page .services-overview-intro::after {
    content: "Independent · Strategic · Business-first";
    display: block;
    order: 4;
    margin-top: 1.65rem;
    padding-top: 1rem;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.12);
    color: rgba(255,255,255,.48);
    font-size: .58rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    letter-spacing: .12em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
  }

  body.services-page .services-overview-pillars {
    margin-top: auto;
  }
}

/* Services — connected ecosystem editorial feature */
.services-page .services-ecosystem {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: clamp(4.5rem, 7vw, 7.25rem) 24px;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 7% 82%, rgba(35,112,184,.11) 0, transparent 24%),
    linear-gradient(rgba(5,49,101,.045) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(5,49,101,.045) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(135deg, #f8fbff 0%, #e8f1fa 100%);
  background-size: auto, 72px 72px, 72px 72px, auto;
}

.services-page .services-ecosystem::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 36%;
  height: 4px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #9e6500, #f6d56b);
}

.services-page .ecosystem-shell {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(300px, .72fr) minmax(0, 1.28fr);
  gap: clamp(3rem, 6.5vw, 7rem);
  align-items: center;
  width: min(100%, 1420px);
  margin: 0 auto;
}

.services-page .ecosystem-visual {
  position: relative;
  align-self: center;
  width: min(100%, 490px);
  margin-left: auto;
  padding: 12px 12px 5.7rem;
  background: linear-gradient(155deg, #0d5b9f, #031f49 74%);
  border: 1px solid rgba(206,157,32,.7);
  border-radius: 2px 82px 2px 2px;
  box-shadow: 0 30px 70px rgba(1,28,61,.24);
}

.services-page .ecosystem-visual::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: -18px 30px 28px -18px;
  z-index: -1;
  border: 1px solid rgba(183,128,10,.38);
  border-radius: 2px 88px 2px 2px;
}

.services-page .ecosystem-visual img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  aspect-ratio: 4 / 4.15;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: 52% center;
  border-radius: 0 68px 0 0;
  filter: saturate(.88) contrast(1.03);
}

.services-page .ecosystem-visual img.ecosystem-jimmy-photo {
  object-position: 44% center;
}

.services-page .ecosystem-caption {
  position: absolute;
  right: 2rem;
  bottom: 1.25rem;
  left: 2rem;
  display: grid;
  gap: .35rem;
  color: white;
}

.services-page .ecosystem-caption span {
  color: #f1bc34;
  font-size: .66rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.services-page .ecosystem-caption strong {
  font-family: var(--smg-serif, var(--serif));
  font-size: clamp(1.08rem, 1.5vw, 1.35rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: .01em;
}

.services-page .ecosystem-content {
  max-width: 780px;
}

.services-page .ecosystem-content .section-kicker {
  color: #a66d06;
}

.services-page .ecosystem-content h2 {
  max-width: 760px;
  margin: .8rem 0 1.35rem;
  color: var(--smg-ink, #052f62);
  font-family: var(--smg-serif, var(--serif));
  font-size: clamp(3.5rem, 5.25vw, 6.2rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: .91;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
}

.services-page .ecosystem-content h2 em {
  display: block;
  color: #c48608;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.services-page .ecosystem-lead {
  max-width: 690px;
  margin: 0 0 2rem;
  color: #52677d;
  font-size: clamp(.95rem, 1.15vw, 1.08rem);
  line-height: 1.75;
}

.services-page .ecosystem-list {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 1px;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 1px;
  list-style: none;
  background: rgba(5,49,101,.18);
  border-top: 2px solid #d49a16;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 42px rgba(5,49,101,.08);
}

.services-page .ecosystem-list li {
  min-height: 210px;
  padding: 1.55rem 1.35rem 1.4rem;
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.82);
  transition: background .25s ease, transform .25s ease;
}

.services-page .ecosystem-list li:hover {
  z-index: 1;
  background: #fff;
  transform: translateY(-4px);
}

.services-page .ecosystem-number {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-bottom: 1.35rem;
  color: #bd7e06;
  font-size: .66rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
}

.services-page .ecosystem-list strong {
  display: block;
  min-height: 2.55em;
  color: var(--smg-ink, #052f62);
  font-family: var(--smg-serif, var(--serif));
  font-size: clamp(1.15rem, 1.45vw, 1.42rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.12;
}

.services-page .ecosystem-list p {
  margin: .8rem 0 0;
  color: #607287;
  font-size: .78rem;
  line-height: 1.62;
}

@media (max-width: 1080px) {
  .services-page .ecosystem-shell {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(260px, .68fr) minmax(0, 1.32fr);
    gap: 2.5rem;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-content h2 {
    font-size: clamp(3.25rem, 6vw, 4.7rem);
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-list {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-list li {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: 36px minmax(0, 1fr);
    min-height: 0;
    padding: 1.15rem 1.25rem;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-number {
    grid-row: 1 / span 2;
    margin: .18rem 0 0;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-list strong {
    min-height: 0;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-list p {
    margin-top: .4rem;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .services-page .services-ecosystem {
    padding: 3.8rem 20px 4.2rem;
  }

  .services-page .services-ecosystem::before {
    width: 62%;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-shell {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 2.75rem;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-content {
    display: contents;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-content > .section-kicker,
  .services-page .ecosystem-content > h2,
  .services-page .ecosystem-content > .ecosystem-lead {
    align-self: stretch;
    text-align: center;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-content > .section-kicker {
    order: 1;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-content > h2 {
    order: 2;
    margin: -1.95rem 0 -1.5rem;
    font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 13vw, 4rem);
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-content > .ecosystem-lead {
    order: 3;
    margin: 0;
    font-size: .9rem;
    line-height: 1.68;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-visual {
    order: 4;
    width: min(92%, 430px);
    margin: .15rem auto 0;
    padding: 9px 9px 4.8rem;
    border-radius: 2px 66px 2px 2px;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-visual::before {
    inset: -12px 24px 20px -12px;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-visual img {
    aspect-ratio: 16 / 11;
    object-position: center 36%;
    border-radius: 0 54px 0 0;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-visual img.ecosystem-jimmy-photo {
    object-position: 45% center;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-caption {
    right: 1.35rem;
    bottom: 1rem;
    left: 1.35rem;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-list {
    order: 5;
    align-self: stretch;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 420px) {
  .services-page .services-ecosystem {
    padding-right: 18px;
    padding-left: 18px;
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-content > h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.55rem, 12.7vw, 3.35rem);
  }

  .services-page .ecosystem-list li {
    grid-template-columns: 31px minmax(0, 1fr);
    padding: 1.05rem .9rem;
  }
}

/* Services — complex strategy feature */
.services-page .complex-strategy {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: clamp(5rem, 8vw, 8.5rem) 0;
  color: #fff;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 92% 8%, rgba(35,111,181,.43), transparent 31%),
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(128deg, #073f7c 0%, #032d61 45%, #011c40 100%);
  background-size: auto, 72px 72px, 72px 72px, auto;
}

.services-page .complex-strategy::before,
.services-page .complex-strategy::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  pointer-events: none;
  border: 1px solid rgba(235,183,56,.32);
  border-radius: 50%;
}

.services-page .complex-strategy::before {
  width: 410px;
  height: 410px;
  top: -230px;
  right: -75px;
}

.services-page .complex-strategy::after {
  width: 510px;
  height: 510px;
  top: -279px;
  right: -125px;
  border-color: rgba(133,190,237,.18);
}

.services-page .complex-strategy-grid {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 1;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: minmax(300px, .82fr) minmax(0, 1.18fr);
  gap: clamp(4rem, 8vw, 9rem);
  align-items: center;
}

.services-page .complex-strategy-intro {
  position: relative;
  padding-left: clamp(1.5rem, 3vw, 3.25rem);
  border-left: 2px solid #e0a51f;
}

.services-page .complex-strategy-intro .section-kicker {
  color: #f0bd42;
}

.services-page .complex-strategy-intro h2 {
  max-width: 650px;
  margin: .9rem 0 1.6rem;
  color: #fff;
  font-family: var(--smg-serif, var(--serif));
  font-size: clamp(3.4rem, 5vw, 6rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: .94;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
}

.services-page .complex-strategy-intro h2 em {
  display: block;
  color: #f0b727;
  font-weight: 500;
}

.services-page .complex-strategy-intro > p {
  max-width: 580px;
  margin: 0;
  color: rgba(230,240,250,.72);
  font-size: clamp(.92rem, 1.15vw, 1.08rem);
  line-height: 1.75;
}

.services-page .strategy-signature {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .85rem;
  margin-top: 2.2rem;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.62);
  font-size: .62rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.services-page .strategy-signature i {
  width: 22px;
  height: 1px;
  background: rgba(226,169,38,.62);
}

.services-page .complex-strategy-services ol {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(186,214,239,.28);
}

.services-page .complex-strategy-services li {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 68px minmax(0, 1fr);
  gap: 1.65rem;
  align-items: center;
  min-height: 158px;
  padding: 1.65rem .25rem;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(186,214,239,.22);
  transition: padding-left .25s ease, border-color .25s ease;
}

.services-page .complex-strategy-services li:hover {
  padding-left: .75rem;
  border-color: rgba(238,184,53,.72);
}

.services-page .strategy-icon {
  width: 56px;
  height: 56px;
  overflow: visible;
  fill: none;
  stroke: #efb62d;
  stroke-width: 1.35;
  stroke-linecap: round;
  stroke-linejoin: round;
  transition: transform .25s ease, stroke .25s ease;
}

.services-page .complex-strategy-services li:hover .strategy-icon {
  stroke: #ffd56e;
  transform: translateY(-3px);
}

.services-page .strategy-index {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: .42rem;
  color: #e9ad25;
  font-size: .61rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .14em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.services-page .complex-strategy-services strong {
  display: block;
  color: #fff;
  font-family: var(--smg-serif, var(--serif));
  font-size: clamp(1.35rem, 1.85vw, 1.75rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.1;
}

.services-page .complex-strategy-services p {
  max-width: 650px;
  margin: .62rem 0 0;
  color: rgba(222,235,247,.68);
  font-size: .84rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.services-page .strategy-link {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 1rem;
  margin-top: 2rem;
  padding-bottom: .55rem;
  color: #fff;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #d89d18;
  font-size: .78rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .07em;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.services-page .strategy-link svg {
  width: 22px;
  fill: none;
  stroke: #efb62d;
  stroke-width: 1.5;
}

@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .services-page .complex-strategy-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 3.25rem;
  }

  .services-page .complex-strategy-intro {
    max-width: 680px;
  }

  .services-page .complex-strategy-intro h2 {
    font-size: clamp(3.5rem, 9vw, 5rem);
  }
}

@media (max-width: 560px) {
  .services-page .complex-strategy {
    padding: 4rem 0 4.5rem;
  }

  .services-page .complex-strategy-grid {
    gap: 2.7rem;
  }

  .services-page .complex-strategy-intro {
    padding-left: 1.15rem;
  }

  .services-page .complex-strategy-intro h2 {
    margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
    font-size: clamp(2.65rem, 13vw, 3.55rem);
  }

  .services-page .strategy-signature {
    gap: .55rem;
    margin-top: 1.65rem;
    font-size: .52rem;
    letter-spacing: .1em;
  }

  .services-page .strategy-signature i {
    width: 12px;
  }

  .services-page .complex-strategy-services li {
    grid-template-columns: 48px minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: 1rem;
    min-height: 0;
    padding: 1.35rem 0;
  }

  .services-page .strategy-icon {
    width: 42px;
    height: 42px;
    stroke-width: 1.25;
  }

  .services-page .complex-strategy-services strong {
    font-size: 1.28rem;
  }

  .services-page .complex-strategy-services p {
    font-size: .76rem;
    line-height: 1.55;
  }
}

/* Services — photographic closing consultation CTA */
body.services-page .cta-band {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  display: grid;
  min-height: clamp(470px, 38vw, 610px);
  align-items: center;
  padding: clamp(5rem, 8vw, 7rem) 0;
  background-image:
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(1,17,39,.76) 0%, rgba(2,28,58,.62) 43%, rgba(2,22,45,.28) 72%, rgba(1,14,30,.18) 100%),
    url("assets/smg-strategic-advisory-cta.webp");
  background-position: center, center;
  background-size: cover;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  border-top: 2px solid #d89b16;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(238,190,74,.72);
}

body.services-page .cta-band::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  z-index: -1;
  pointer-events: none;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.025) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.025) 1px, transparent 1px),
    radial-gradient(circle at 18% 100%, rgba(211,154,24,.18), transparent 36%);
  background-size: 74px 74px, 74px 74px, auto;
}

body.services-page .cta-band > .shell {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: flex-start;
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: left;
}

body.services-page .cta-band h2 {
  max-width: 800px;
  margin: 0 0 2.2rem;
  font-size: clamp(3.6rem, 5.6vw, 6.7rem);
  line-height: .93;
  text-shadow: 0 5px 26px rgba(0,10,25,.42);
}

body.services-page .cta-band h2 em {
  display: inline;
  margin-left: .08em;
  color: #efb62b;
  white-space: nowrap;
}

body.services-page .cta-band .button {
  min-width: 255px;
  box-shadow: 0 18px 38px rgba(212,151,15,.24), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.7);
}

/* Partners — premium network portfolio with uncontained line artwork */
html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types {
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, minmax(0, 1fr));
  gap: 1px;
  padding: 1px;
  background: rgba(151,199,243,.22);
  border-top: 2px solid #e2aa27;
  box-shadow: 0 30px 75px rgba(0,13,36,.24);
}

html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article,
html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article:nth-child(2),
html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article:nth-child(3) {
  min-height: 345px;
  justify-content: flex-start;
  padding: 2.25rem 1.75rem 2rem;
  background:
    linear-gradient(150deg, rgba(24,103,182,.78), rgba(2,31,70,.92));
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.07);
}

html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article:nth-child(even) {
  background: linear-gradient(150deg, rgba(10,74,143,.82), rgba(1,27,62,.94));
}

html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article::before {
  top: auto;
  right: 1.75rem;
  bottom: 1.7rem;
  left: auto;
  width: 42px;
  height: 1px;
  opacity: .72;
}

html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-type-number {
  top: auto;
  right: 1.65rem;
  bottom: 3.15rem;
  color: rgba(255,255,255,.22);
  font-family: var(--smg-serif, var(--serif));
  font-size: 2.8rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: -.04em;
  line-height: 1;
}

html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-type-icon {
  width: 64px;
  height: 64px;
  margin: 0 0 2.75rem;
  padding: 0;
  overflow: visible;
  background: none;
  border: 0;
  border-radius: 0;
  stroke: #f5c64d;
  stroke-width: 1.15;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 10px 18px rgba(221,158,20,.2));
  transition: transform .3s ease, stroke .3s ease;
}

html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article:hover .partner-type-icon {
  stroke: #ffe08a;
  transform: translateY(-4px);
}

html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types h3 {
  max-width: 260px;
  margin-top: auto;
  font-size: clamp(1.45rem, 1.65vw, 1.85rem);
}

html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types p {
  max-width: 290px;
  margin-top: .85rem;
  padding-right: .3rem;
  font-size: .76rem;
}

@media (max-width: 1120px) {
  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
  }

  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article,
  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article:nth-child(2),
  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article:nth-child(3) {
    min-height: 285px;
  }

  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types h3,
  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types p {
    max-width: 540px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types {
    gap: 1px;
  }

  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article,
  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article:nth-child(2),
  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article:nth-child(3) {
    min-height: 235px;
    padding: 1.35rem 1rem 1.2rem;
  }

  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-type-icon {
    width: 42px;
    height: 42px;
    margin-bottom: 1.35rem;
    stroke-width: 1.05;
  }

  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-type-number {
    right: .9rem;
    bottom: 2.4rem;
    font-size: 2rem;
  }

  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types article::before {
    right: .95rem;
    bottom: 1.35rem;
    width: 28px;
  }

  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types h3 {
    font-size: 1.05rem;
  }

  html body.partners-page .partner-network-section .partner-types p {
    padding-right: 0;
    font-size: .66rem;
    line-height: 1.45;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  body.services-page .cta-band {
    min-height: 520px;
    padding: 4.5rem 22px;
    background-image:
      linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(1,18,40,.68) 0%, rgba(2,29,61,.57) 52%, rgba(1,17,36,.7) 100%),
      url("assets/smg-strategic-advisory-cta.webp");
    background-position: center, 68% center;
  }

  body.services-page .cta-band > .shell {
    align-items: center;
    width: 100%;
    text-align: center;
  }

  body.services-page .cta-band h2 {
    max-width: 680px;
    font-size: clamp(2.9rem, 10vw, 4.6rem);
  }
}

@media (max-width: 430px) {
  body.services-page .cta-band {
    min-height: 465px;
    padding: 3.9rem 18px;
    background-position: center, 66% center;
  }

  body.services-page .cta-band h2 {
    font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 10vw, 2.75rem);
  }

  body.services-page .cta-band .button {
    min-width: 0;
  }
}

/* Keep the Services hero copy crisp against the photograph on phones. */
@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.services-page .page-hero::before {
    background:
      radial-gradient(circle at 50% 34%, rgba(2, 26, 58, .24) 0%, rgba(1, 17, 39, .46) 72%),
      linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(1, 17, 39, .56) 0%, rgba(2, 29, 63, .62) 52%, rgba(1, 14, 33, .76) 100%);
  }
}

/* Services overview: a concise two-by-two mobile preview with a fifth-item reveal. */
.services-overview-toggle {
  display: none;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.services-page .services-overview-list {
    padding: 1px;
    overflow: hidden;
    background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .34);
    border-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .7);
  }

  html body.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    gap: 1px;
    background: rgba(5, 49, 101, .16);
  }

  html body.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list li {
    position: relative;
    min-height: 170px;
    padding: 1.15rem .85rem 1rem;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: flex-start;
    justify-content: flex-start;
    background: rgba(250, 253, 255, .92);
    border: 0;
  }

  html body.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list li::before {
    order: -2;
    padding: 0 0 .75rem;
    font-size: .63rem;
  }

  html body.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list li::after {
    content: "+";
    position: absolute;
    top: 1rem;
    right: .8rem;
    color: #bd800d;
    font-size: 1rem;
    line-height: 1;
  }

  html body.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list strong,
  html body.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list span {
    width: 100%;
  }

  html body.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list strong {
    padding-right: .45rem;
    font-size: clamp(.96rem, 3.8vw, 1.16rem);
    line-height: 1.08;
  }

  html body.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list span {
    margin-top: .65rem;
    font-size: clamp(.63rem, 2.35vw, .75rem);
    line-height: 1.45;
  }

  html body.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list:not(.expanded) li:nth-child(5) {
    display: none;
  }

  html body.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list li:nth-child(5) {
    grid-column: 1 / -1;
    min-height: 132px;
  }

  html body.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list.expanded li:nth-child(5) {
    animation: capabilityReveal .42s cubic-bezier(.22, .8, .3, 1) both;
  }

  html body.services-page .services-overview-toggle {
    width: max-content;
    min-height: 52px;
    margin: 1.25rem auto 1.15rem;
    padding: .55rem .2rem .55rem .4rem;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: .75rem;
    color: #06396f;
    background: transparent;
    border: 0;
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(185, 122, 8, .62);
    font: 700 .9rem/1 var(--sans);
    letter-spacing: .025em;
    cursor: pointer;
  }

  html body.services-page .services-overview-toggle svg {
    width: 30px;
    height: 30px;
    padding: 7px;
    fill: none;
    stroke: #b77a08;
    stroke-width: 1.6;
    stroke-linecap: round;
    stroke-linejoin: round;
    border: 1px solid rgba(185, 122, 8, .5);
    border-radius: 50%;
    transition: transform .35s ease, background .25s ease;
  }

  html body.services-page .services-overview-toggle[aria-expanded="true"] svg {
    background: rgba(215, 155, 24, .12);
    transform: rotate(180deg);
  }
}

@media (max-width: 390px) {
  html body.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list li {
    min-height: 178px;
    padding-inline: .7rem;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html body.services-page .services-overview-list .detail-list.expanded li:nth-child(5) {
    animation: none;
  }
}

/* Keep all three ecosystem pillars in one composed row on mobile. */
@media (max-width: 760px) {
  html body.services-page .ecosystem-list {
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
    align-items: stretch;
  }

  html body.services-page .ecosystem-list li {
    min-width: 0;
    min-height: 196px;
    padding: 1.05rem .72rem 1rem;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
  }

  html body.services-page .ecosystem-number {
    margin: 0 0 .8rem;
    font-size: .58rem;
  }

  html body.services-page .ecosystem-list strong {
    min-height: 0;
    font-size: clamp(.86rem, 2.55vw, 1.08rem);
    line-height: 1.12;
    overflow-wrap: anywhere;
  }

  html body.services-page .ecosystem-list p {
    margin-top: .65rem;
    font-size: clamp(.6rem, 1.75vw, .7rem);
    line-height: 1.45;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  html body.services-page .ecosystem-list li {
    min-height: 124px;
    padding: 1rem .6rem .9rem;
  }

  html body.services-page .ecosystem-list p {
    display: none;
  }
}

/* Mobile strategy index: three centered disciplines in one continuous row. */
@media (max-width: 560px) {
  html body.services-page .complex-strategy-services ol {
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, minmax(0, 1fr));
    gap: 1px;
    padding: 1px;
    overflow: hidden;
    background: rgba(184, 214, 241, .2);
    border: 1px solid rgba(184, 214, 241, .18);
    border-top: 2px solid rgba(235, 176, 38, .9);
  }

  html body.services-page .complex-strategy-services li {
    min-width: 0;
    min-height: 190px;
    padding: 1.15rem .55rem 1rem;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    gap: 0;
    text-align: center;
    background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(9, 66, 126, .62), rgba(3, 37, 78, .82));
    border: 0;
  }

  html body.services-page .complex-strategy-services li:hover {
    padding-left: .55rem;
    transform: none;
  }

  html body.services-page .strategy-icon {
    width: 36px;
    height: 36px;
    margin-bottom: .8rem;
    stroke-width: 1.1;
  }

  html body.services-page .complex-strategy-services li > div {
    min-width: 0;
  }

  html body.services-page .strategy-index {
    margin-bottom: .5rem;
    font-size: .5rem;
    letter-spacing: .08em;
  }

  html body.services-page .complex-strategy-services strong {
    font-size: clamp(.8rem, 3vw, .98rem);
    line-height: 1.12;
    overflow-wrap: anywhere;
  }

  html body.services-page .complex-strategy-services p {
    display: none;
  }

  html body.services-page .strategy-link {
    width: fit-content;
    max-width: calc(100% - 24px);
    min-height: 52px;
    margin: 1.7rem auto 0;
    padding: .9rem 1.2rem;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    gap: .8rem;
    color: #fff;
    background: linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(239, 182, 45, .2), rgba(255, 255, 255, .055));
    border: 1px solid rgba(242, 190, 60, .68);
    border-radius: 999px;
    box-shadow: 0 14px 34px rgba(0, 15, 36, .24), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, .14);
    font-size: .68rem;
    letter-spacing: .055em;
    text-align: center;
  }

  html body.services-page .strategy-link svg {
    width: 18px;
    flex: 0 0 18px;
  }
}

/* Preserve the Partners hero photograph while securing mobile text contrast. */
@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.partners-page .page-hero::before {
    background:
      radial-gradient(circle at 50% 34%, rgba(2, 26, 58, .2) 0%, rgba(1, 17, 39, .44) 72%),
      linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(1, 17, 39, .55) 0%, rgba(2, 29, 63, .61) 52%, rgba(1, 14, 33, .75) 100%);
  }
}

/* Carry the contact section's navy field through the mobile hero wave. */
@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.contact-page .page-hero::after {
    bottom: -78px;
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, .042) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255, 255, 255, .042) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
      radial-gradient(circle at 18% 100%, rgba(34, 112, 200, .22), transparent 38%) padding-box,
      linear-gradient(#021c40, #021c40) padding-box,
      linear-gradient(90deg, #765005, #f7d66c 34%, #a46b07 67%, #ffe797) border-box;
    background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px, auto, auto, auto;
    box-shadow: 0 -7px 20px rgba(184, 116, 7, .2);
  }

  html body.contact-page .page-hero + .contact-consultation {
    margin-top: -2px;
  }
}

/* Keep the mobile utility message and phone action on one line. */
@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .utility .shell {
    gap: .4rem;
    white-space: nowrap;
    letter-spacing: .02em;
  }

  .utility p,
  .utility a {
    font-size: clamp(.58rem, 2.6vw, .69rem);
  }
}

/* Give both scenes in the stitched homepage film the same fuller desktop
   canvas while preserving the tighter tablet and mobile proportions. */
@media (min-width: 901px) {
  html body.home-page .hero,
  html body.home-page .hero-copy,
  html body.home-page .hero-media {
    min-height: clamp(760px, 42vw, 820px);
  }
}

/* Use one stable mobile crop for the full stitched film so Jimmy is already
   centered when the dissolve begins—without any visible live repositioning. */
@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.home-page .hero-media video {
    object-position: 60% center;
  }

  html body.home-page .hero-copy {
    transform: translateY(22px);
  }

  html body.home-page .founder-portrait img {
    object-position: left center;
  }
}

/* Frame the alternate Jimmy portrait inside the existing Business First
   composition without changing the section's established card geometry. */
html body.home-page .about-visual img.about-visual-jimmy {
  object-position: 46% center;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.home-page .about-visual img.about-visual-jimmy {
    object-position: 35% center;
  }
}

/* About-page close: founder-led consultation imagery with a directional navy
   veil that keeps the call to action crisp without hiding the conversation. */
html body.about-page .cta-band {
  min-height: 520px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.035) 1px, transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(1,17,39,.8) 0%, rgba(2,27,59,.69) 48%, rgba(1,15,35,.56) 100%),
    url("assets/jimmy-about-cta.webp") center 22% / cover no-repeat;
  background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px, auto, cover;
  box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,235,158,.32), inset 0 -70px 110px rgba(0,9,24,.22);
}

html body.about-page .cta-band .keep-together {
  color: var(--smg-gold-light);
  font-style: italic;
}

@media (min-width: 821px) {
  html body.about-page .cta-band {
    min-height: 470px;
    padding-block: 4rem;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.about-page .cta-band {
    min-height: 480px;
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.03) 1px, transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.03) 1px, transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(1,16,37,.64) 0%, rgba(2,25,55,.72) 52%, rgba(1,14,33,.84) 100%),
      url("assets/jimmy-about-cta.webp") 35% center / cover no-repeat;
    background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px, auto, cover;
  }
}

/* About opener: dealership consultation story supplied for Jimmy's profile. */
html body.about-page .page-hero {
  background-image: url("assets/jimmy-about-dealership-hero.webp");
  background-position: center 14%;
}

@media (min-width: 821px) {
  html body.about-page .page-hero::before {
    background: linear-gradient(90deg,
      rgba(1,16,38,.76) 0%,
      rgba(2,27,60,.58) 34%,
      rgba(2,27,60,.15) 66%,
      rgba(1,15,34,.06) 100%);
  }
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.about-page .page-hero {
    background-position: 63% center;
  }
}

/* About profile: pair Jimmy's portrait directly with his founder story, then
   let the advisory philosophy continue as a quieter text-only chapter. */
html body.about-page .about-intro .content-grid {
  grid-template-areas:
    "heading portrait"
    "copy portrait";
  grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(360px, .7fr);
  grid-template-rows: auto 1fr;
  gap: 2.4rem clamp(3.5rem, 6vw, 7rem);
  align-items: start;
}

html body.about-page .about-intro-heading { grid-area: heading; }

html body.about-page .about-intro-copy {
  grid-area: copy;
  padding: 1.8rem 0 0;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(174,116,9,.38);
  border-left: 0;
}

html body.about-page .about-intro-copy::before {
  top: -2px;
  left: 0;
  width: 88px;
  height: 3px;
}

html body.about-page .about-intro-portrait {
  grid-area: portrait;
  position: relative;
  align-self: center;
  justify-self: end;
  width: min(100%, 480px);
  min-height: 0;
  aspect-ratio: 4 / 5;
  margin: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  background: #062c5b;
  border: 1px solid rgba(190,129,10,.7);
  border-radius: 28px;
  box-shadow: 0 30px 70px rgba(3,38,83,.2), 12px 12px 0 rgba(6,66,132,.08);
}

html body.about-page .about-intro-portrait::after {
  content: "FOUNDER-LED ADVISORY";
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  padding: 1rem 1.4rem;
  color: #f3c34d;
  background: linear-gradient(180deg,transparent,rgba(1,18,43,.86));
  font-size: .66rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
  text-align: center;
}

html body.about-page .about-intro-portrait img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  min-height: 0;
  object-fit: cover;
  object-position: 80% center;
}

html body.about-page .about-consultative {
  position: relative;
  overflow: hidden;
  padding: clamp(5rem, 7vw, 7rem) 24px;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(5,49,101,.04) 1px,transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(5,49,101,.04) 1px,transparent 1px),
    linear-gradient(120deg,#f8fbff,#e4eef8);
  background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(179,119,8,.3);
}

html body.about-page .about-consultative::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 50%;
  width: 150px;
  height: 3px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg,#a96f08,#f3ce67,#a96f08);
  transform: translateX(-50%);
}

html body.about-page .about-consultative > .shell { max-width: 1120px; }

html body.about-page .about-consultative .section-kicker {
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 1.25rem;
  color: #9b6808;
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .18em;
  text-align: center;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

html body.about-page .about-consultative h2 {
  max-width: 950px;
  margin: 0 auto 2.6rem;
  color: #052e60;
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-size: clamp(3.2rem, 5vw, 5.5rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: .96;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
  text-align: center;
}

html body.about-page .about-consultative h2 em {
  display: block;
  color: #c8860b;
  font-weight: 500;
}

html body.about-page .about-consultative-copy {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr));
  gap: clamp(2rem,5vw,5rem);
  padding-top: 2rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.18);
}

html body.about-page .about-consultative-copy p {
  margin: 0;
  color: #405b76;
  line-height: 1.78;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.about-page .about-intro .content-grid {
    grid-template-areas: "heading" "portrait" "copy";
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 2rem;
  }

  html body.about-page .about-intro-portrait {
    width: min(88%, 430px);
    min-height: 0;
    aspect-ratio: 4 / 5;
    margin-inline: auto;
    border-radius: 24px;
  }

  html body.about-page .about-intro-portrait img {
    height: 100%;
    min-height: 0;
    object-position: 80% center;
  }

  html body.about-page .about-intro-copy::before {
    left: 50%;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
  }

  html body.about-page .about-consultative {
    padding: 4.5rem 20px;
  }

  html body.about-page .about-consultative h2 em { display: inline; }

  html body.about-page .about-consultative-copy {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 1.25rem;
    text-align: center;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  html body.about-page .about-intro-portrait {
    width: min(92%, 380px);
    border-radius: 20px;
  }
  html body.about-page .about-consultative h2 { font-size: clamp(2.75rem,12vw,3.45rem); }
}

/* About hero: preserve the editorial headline as two deliberate desktop rows
   and keep the photographic opener compact enough to reveal the next section. */
@media (min-width: 821px) {
  html body.about-page .page-hero,
  html body.about-page .page-hero .shell {
    min-height: clamp(500px, 33vw, 560px);
  }

  html body.about-page .page-hero .shell {
    padding: 3rem 20% 6.5rem 0;
  }

  html body.about-page .page-hero h1 {
    max-width: none;
    font-size: clamp(3.7rem, 4.4vw, 5.4rem);
    line-height: .94;
  }

  html body.about-page .page-hero h1 .hero-line {
    display: block;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }

  html body.about-page .page-hero h1 .hero-line + .hero-line {
    margin-top: .08em;
  }
}

/* Inner-page hero rhythm: Services, Partners and Contact share one measured
   desktop height and content width so their photographic openers feel related. */
@media (min-width: 821px) {
  html body.services-page .page-hero,
  html body.services-page .page-hero .shell,
  html body.partners-page .page-hero,
  html body.partners-page .page-hero .shell,
  html body.contact-page .page-hero,
  html body.contact-page .page-hero .shell {
    height: 560px;
    min-height: 560px;
  }

  html body.services-page .page-hero .shell,
  html body.partners-page .page-hero .shell,
  html body.contact-page .page-hero .shell {
    padding: 3.5rem 32% 7rem 0;
    justify-content: center;
  }

  html body.services-page .page-hero h1,
  html body.partners-page .page-hero h1,
  html body.contact-page .page-hero h1 {
    max-width: 850px;
    font-size: clamp(3.4rem, 4.15vw, 4.6rem);
    line-height: .95;
  }

  html body.services-page .page-hero h1 .hero-line,
  html body.partners-page .page-hero h1 .hero-line,
  html body.contact-page .page-hero h1 > span {
    display: block;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }

  html body.services-page .page-hero h1 .hero-line + .hero-line,
  html body.partners-page .page-hero h1 .hero-line + .hero-line,
  html body.contact-page .page-hero h1 > span + span {
    margin-top: .08em;
  }
}

/* Keep the Terms title optically joined on phones and tablets. The italic
   display face creates a wider visual side-bearing before “Use” than the
   roman face, so pull that transition in without changing desktop type. */
@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.terms-page .page-hero h1 em {
    display: inline-block;
    margin-left: -.13em;
  }
}

/* Contact consultation polish: elevate the copy and form into a tailored,
   editorial conversion experience while retaining the simple one-step flow. */
html body.contact-page .contact-consultation .contact-grid {
  grid-template-columns: minmax(340px, .78fr) minmax(560px, 1.22fr);
  gap: clamp(4.5rem, 7.5vw, 8.5rem);
}

html body.contact-page .contact-intro {
  position: relative;
  align-self: center;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-intro .section-kicker {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .9rem;
  margin-bottom: 1.45rem;
  color: #f5ca58;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-intro .section-kicker::after {
  content: "";
  width: 54px;
  height: 1px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #efbd38, transparent);
}

html body.contact-page .contact-intro h2 {
  max-width: 520px;
  font-size: clamp(3.7rem, 4.6vw, 5.35rem);
  line-height: .86;
  letter-spacing: -.045em;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-intro h2 em {
  margin-top: .13em;
  color: #f4bd2d;
  text-shadow: 0 12px 34px rgba(224,161,16,.15);
}

html body.contact-page .contact-intro > .contact-intro-lead {
  max-width: 520px;
  margin-top: 2rem;
  color: rgba(244,248,253,.9);
  font-size: 1.02rem;
  line-height: 1.78;
  text-wrap: pretty;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-direct {
  margin-top: 2.15rem;
  padding: 1.25rem .2rem;
  border-block-color: rgba(242,196,77,.5);
}

html body.contact-page .contact-direct small,
html body.contact-page .contact-assurances small {
  color: rgba(235,242,250,.72);
}

html body.contact-page .contact-assurances {
  gap: 1.15rem;
  margin-top: 1.8rem;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-assurances > div {
  position: relative;
  padding-left: .15rem;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-assurances strong {
  color: #fff;
  font-size: .79rem;
  letter-spacing: .025em;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form {
  position: relative;
  isolation: isolate;
  justify-self: end;
  width: min(100%, 820px);
  gap: 1.1rem 1.25rem;
  padding: clamp(2.6rem, 3.4vw, 3.8rem);
  overflow: hidden;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 100% 0%, rgba(32,111,193,.11), transparent 32%),
    linear-gradient(135deg, rgba(255,255,255,.97), rgba(238,246,253,.94));
  border: 1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.94);
  border-top: 4px solid #dfa820;
  border-radius: 4px 4px 24px 24px;
  box-shadow:
    0 34px 95px rgba(1,30,65,.24),
    0 8px 24px rgba(1,30,65,.08),
    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.98);
  -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(22px) saturate(115%);
  backdrop-filter: blur(22px) saturate(115%);
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  top: -190px;
  right: -170px;
  width: 390px;
  height: 390px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(197,142,18,.2);
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow:
    0 0 0 42px rgba(6,67,133,.035),
    0 0 0 84px rgba(6,67,133,.025);
  pointer-events: none;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  z-index: -1;
  left: clamp(2.6rem, 3.4vw, 3.8rem);
  bottom: 0;
  width: 64px;
  height: 2px;
  background: linear-gradient(90deg, #b77a08, #f1cb67);
  pointer-events: none;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form-heading {
  max-width: 650px;
  margin-bottom: .55rem;
  padding-bottom: 1.65rem;
  border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.15);
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form-heading > span {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .75rem;
  color: #a56b07;
  font-size: .66rem;
  letter-spacing: .19em;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form-heading > span::before {
  content: "";
  width: 22px;
  height: 1px;
  background: #d49b1b;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form-heading h3 {
  max-width: 620px;
  margin: .72rem 0 0;
  color: #052e60;
  font-family: var(--smg-serif);
  font-size: clamp(2.55rem, 3vw, 3.45rem);
  font-weight: 500;
  line-height: .95;
  letter-spacing: -.035em;
  text-wrap: balance;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form-heading p {
  margin-top: 1rem;
  color: #4f657d;
  font-size: .84rem;
  line-height: 1.65;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form .field {
  gap: .5rem;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form .field label {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: .48rem;
  color: #123b68;
  font-size: .63rem;
  font-weight: 800;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form .field label::before {
  content: "";
  width: 4px;
  height: 4px;
  background: #d79b18;
  border-radius: 50%;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(215,155,24,.1);
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form .field input,
html body.contact-page .contact-form .field select,
html body.contact-page .contact-form .field textarea {
  min-height: 56px;
  padding: .95rem 1.05rem;
  color: #082e59;
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.78);
  border: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.16);
  border-bottom-color: rgba(5,49,101,.3);
  border-radius: 6px;
  box-shadow:
    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.9),
    0 7px 18px rgba(5,49,101,.035);
  transition: border-color .2s ease, box-shadow .2s ease, background .2s ease;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form .field input:hover,
html body.contact-page .contact-form .field select:hover,
html body.contact-page .contact-form .field textarea:hover {
  border-color: rgba(5,49,101,.3);
  background: rgba(255,255,255,.94);
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form .field input:focus,
html body.contact-page .contact-form .field select:focus,
html body.contact-page .contact-form .field textarea:focus {
  background: #fff;
  border-color: #c78a0c;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(215,155,24,.12), 0 10px 26px rgba(5,49,101,.07);
}

html body.contact-page .contact-form .field textarea {
  min-height: 132px;
}

html body.contact-page .contact-submit {
  margin-top: .65rem;
  padding-top: 1.35rem;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(5,49,101,.14);
}

html body.contact-page .contact-submit .button {
  min-width: 205px;
  min-height: 54px;
  background: linear-gradient(118deg, #f7d36e 0%, #edb21d 72%);
  box-shadow: 0 14px 30px rgba(207,145,8,.2), inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.72);
}

html body.contact-page .contact-submit > small {
  max-width: 240px;
  color: #5f7389;
}

@media (max-width: 1020px) {
  html body.contact-page .contact-consultation .contact-grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 3rem;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-form {
    justify-self: center;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  html body.contact-page .contact-intro .section-kicker {
    justify-content: center;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-intro .section-kicker::before,
  html body.contact-page .contact-intro .section-kicker::after {
    content: "";
    width: 24px;
    height: 1px;
    background: linear-gradient(90deg, transparent, #efbd38);
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-intro .section-kicker::after {
    background: linear-gradient(90deg, #efbd38, transparent);
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-intro h2 {
    margin-inline: auto;
    font-size: clamp(2.8rem, 13vw, 3.65rem);
    line-height: .9;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-intro > .contact-intro-lead {
    margin-top: 1.5rem;
    font-size: .88rem;
    line-height: 1.68;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-form {
    width: min(100%, 390px);
    padding: 1.75rem 1.15rem 1.55rem;
    border-radius: 4px 4px 18px 18px;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-form::before {
    top: -150px;
    right: -165px;
    width: 310px;
    height: 310px;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-form::after {
    left: 50%;
    width: 48px;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-form-heading {
    max-width: 320px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    padding-bottom: 1.25rem;
    text-align: center;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-form-heading > span {
    justify-content: center;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-form-heading h3 {
    font-size: clamp(2.05rem, 10vw, 2.55rem);
    line-height: .98;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-form-heading p {
    font-size: .76rem;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-form .field input,
  html body.contact-page .contact-form .field select,
  html body.contact-page .contact-form .field textarea {
    min-height: 52px;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-form .field textarea {
    min-height: 112px;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-submit {
    padding-top: 1.05rem;
  }
}

/* Services overview title: preserve the intended two-line desktop lockup. */
@media (min-width: 1021px) {
  html body.services-page .services-overview h2 {
    white-space: nowrap;
  }

  html body.services-page .services-overview h2 em {
    display: block;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }
}

/* Complex strategy: balance the desktop headline into two intentional rows:
   “Strategy for complex and” / “growing organizations.” */
@media (min-width: 1021px) {
  html body.services-page .complex-strategy-grid {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 1fr);
    gap: clamp(3.5rem, 5.5vw, 6.5rem);
  }

  html body.services-page .complex-strategy-intro h2 {
    max-width: 880px;
    font-size: clamp(3.35rem, 4vw, 5.1rem);
    line-height: .94;
  }

  html body.services-page .complex-strategy-intro .complex-strategy-heading-line,
  html body.services-page .complex-strategy-intro h2 em {
    display: block;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }
}

/* Contact uses a single form, so a multi-step progress strip is misleading. */
body.contact-page .contact-form-progress {
  display: none;
}

/* Contact mobile: one centered consultation flow with a compact assurance grid. */
@media (max-width: 520px) {
  html body.contact-page .contact-consultation {
    padding: 3.35rem 0 3.8rem;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-consultation .contact-grid {
    width: min(100% - 34px, 430px);
    gap: 2.15rem;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-intro {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 390px;
    margin-inline: auto;
    text-align: center;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-direct {
    width: min(100%, 340px);
    grid-template-columns: 30px auto 18px;
    justify-content: center;
    margin: 1.75rem auto 0;
    text-align: left;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-assurances {
    width: min(100%, 370px);
    max-width: none;
    margin: 1.4rem auto 0;
    display: grid;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
    gap: 1px;
    overflow: hidden;
    background: rgba(255, 255, 255, .14);
    border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .14);
    border-top-color: rgba(242, 196, 77, .58);
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-assurances > div {
    min-width: 0;
    min-height: 132px;
    padding: 1rem .65rem;
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    gap: .65rem;
    background: rgba(2, 43, 88, .74);
    border: 0;
    text-align: center;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-assurances > div:nth-child(3) {
    grid-column: 1 / -1;
    width: 100%;
    justify-self: center;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-assurances span {
    align-items: center;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-assurances strong {
    font-size: .7rem;
    line-height: 1.25;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-assurances small {
    font-size: .59rem;
    line-height: 1.42;
    text-align: center;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-form {
    width: min(100%, 390px);
    margin-inline: auto;
    padding: 1.4rem 1.15rem 1.3rem;
    border-radius: 14px;
    text-align: left;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-form-heading {
    max-width: 315px;
    margin: 0 auto .35rem;
    text-align: center;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-form-heading h3 {
    margin-inline: auto;
    font-size: clamp(1.75rem, 8.5vw, 2rem);
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-submit .button {
    width: min(100%, 270px);
    justify-self: center;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-submit > small,
  html body.contact-page .form-status {
    text-align: center;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-submit > small {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    margin-inline: auto;
    justify-self: center;
  }
}

/* A light mobile veil keeps the Contact hero copy readable without hiding the scene. */
@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.contact-page .page-hero::before {
    background:
      radial-gradient(circle at 50% 35%, rgba(2, 26, 58, .15) 0%, rgba(1, 17, 39, .34) 74%),
      linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(1, 17, 39, .43) 0%, rgba(2, 29, 63, .5) 54%, rgba(1, 14, 33, .64) 100%);
  }
}

/* Preserve the intended two-word emphasis as one desktop line. */
@media (min-width: 821px) {
  html body.home-page #services-title em {
    display: inline-block;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }

  html body.home-page .advisory-panel li:nth-child(3) span {
    white-space: nowrap;
  }
}

/* Contact hero handoff: continue the consultation section's blue-to-pearl
   diagonal through the curved gold ribbon instead of exposing a pale seam. */
html body.contact-page .page-hero::after {
  bottom: -78px;
  background:
    linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.042) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.042) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(106deg,
      transparent 0%,
      transparent 51.7%,
      #d8e6f3 51.9%,
      #f7fbff 100%) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(#063465,#063465) padding-box,
    linear-gradient(90deg,#765005,#f7d66c 34%,#a46b07 67%,#ffe797) border-box;
  background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px, 100vw 100%, 100vw 100%, auto;
  background-position: 0 0, 0 0, center, center, 0 0;
  background-repeat: repeat, repeat, no-repeat, no-repeat, no-repeat;
  box-shadow: 0 -7px 20px rgba(184,116,7,.2);
}

/* Build the desktop color division from one fixed seam. The wave hands off at
   52vw, then the pearl plane continues from that exact point as a clean
   diagonal instead of relying on two independently sized gradients. */
@media (min-width: 1021px) {
  html body.contact-page .contact-consultation {
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.042) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(255,255,255,.042) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(#063465,#063465);
    background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto;
  }

  html body.contact-page .contact-consultation::before {
    inset: 0 auto 0 52%;
    width: calc(48% + 420px);
    height: 100%;
    aspect-ratio: auto;
    border: 0;
    border-radius: 0;
    box-shadow: none;
    transform: skewX(-16deg);
    transform-origin: top left;
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(5,49,101,.038) 1px,transparent 1px),
      linear-gradient(90deg,rgba(5,49,101,.038) 1px,transparent 1px),
      radial-gradient(circle at 86% 14%,rgba(45,119,197,.14),transparent 28%),
      linear-gradient(128deg,#d8e6f3 0%,#eef5fb 46%,#f9fcff 100%);
    background-size: 58px 58px,58px 58px,auto,auto;
  }
}

@media (min-width: 821px) {
  html body.contact-page .page-hero {
    background-position: center 8%;
  }
}

html body.contact-page .page-hero + .contact-consultation {
  margin-top: -2px;
}

@media (max-width: 820px) {
  html body.contact-page .page-hero::after {
    background:
      linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,.042) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
      linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,.042) 1px, transparent 1px) padding-box,
      radial-gradient(circle at 18% 100%, rgba(34,112,200,.22), transparent 38%) padding-box,
      linear-gradient(#021c40, #021c40) padding-box,
      linear-gradient(90deg,#765005,#f7d66c 34%,#a46b07 67%,#ffe797) border-box;
    background-size: 58px 58px, 58px 58px, auto, auto, auto;
  }
}