:root {
    /* ─────────────────── BRAND ─────────────────── */
    /* Main color lifted slightly from #163300 for button visibility */
    --primary-color: #2D580C;
    --primary-light: #5C8A35;
    --primary-dark: #1F3F06;
    --primary-deep: #163300; /* Your specific input color */
    /* Secondary changed to Earth Gold to complement Forest Green */
    --secondary-color: #C89F30;
    --secondary-light: #EBC563;
    --secondary-dark: #96741C;
    /* ───────────── NEUTRALS / SURFACES ─────────── */
    --white: #FFFFFF;
    --background-light: #F7F9F6; /* Slight green tint */
    --background-medium: #E2E6E0;
    --background-accent: #D6DBD3;
    --background-dark: #1A2616;
    /* ────────────────── TEXT ──────────────────── */
    --text-dark: #111A0E;
    --text-medium: #3A4538;
    --text-light: #F9FAFC;
    --text-gray: #758073;
    --text-subtle: #9EA89C;
    --text-placeholder: #BEC4BD;
    /* ─────────────── BORDERS / LINES ───────────── */
    --border-light: #D9DFD6;
    --border-medium: #BCC4B9;
    --border-strong: #8F998C;
    /* ───────────── SEMANTIC (SOLID) ────────────── */
    --success-color: #2FAA62;
    --success-light: #A3E3BA;
    --success-dark: #218838;
    --success-deep: #1E7E34;
    --danger-color: #D64545;
    --danger-light: #F3B6B6;
    --danger-dark: #B03535;
    --warning-color: #E7AA46;
    --warning-light: #F5D9A8;
    --warning-dark: #D39E00;
    --warning-deep: #E0A800;
    --info-color: #2D7A8C; /* Muted teal to fit forest theme */
    --info-light: #ADDCE6;
    --info-dark: #1F5A69;
    /* ─────────── RGB HELPERS (raw) ────────────── */
    --primary-rgb: 45, 88, 12;
    --secondary-rgb: 200, 159, 48;
    --success-rgb: 47, 170, 98;
    --danger-rgb: 214, 69, 69;
    --warning-rgb: 231, 170, 70;
    --info-rgb: 45, 122, 140;
    --black-rgb: 0, 0, 0;
    /* ─────────── DISABLED STATE ─────────── */
    --disabled-bg: var(--background-medium);
    --disabled-border: var(--border-medium);
    --disabled-text: var(--text-gray);
    --disabled-opacity: .55;
    /* ─────────── ALERT PASTELS ─────────── */
    --success-bg: #D4EDDA;
    --success-border: #C3E6CB;
    --success-text: #155724;
    --danger-bg: #F8D7DA;
    --danger-border: #F5C6CB;
    --danger-text: #721C24;
    --warning-bg: #FFF3CD;
    --warning-border: #FFEEBA;
    --warning-text: #856404;
    --info-bg: #D1E7EC;
    --info-border: #BEE0E6;
    --info-text: #0C5460;
    /* ─────────── SIDEBAR COLORS ─────────── */
    --sidebar-divider: #384236;
    --sidebar-hover-bg: #2C362A;
    --sidebar-sub-bg: #1F291D;
    --sidebar-sub-hover-bg: #354032;
    --sidebar-sub-active-bg: #4A5747;
    --sidebar-accent: #C89F30; /* Using secondary color */
    /* ─────────── OPTIONAL UTILITIES ─────────── */
    --focus-ring: rgba(var(--primary-rgb), .35);
    --shadow-color: rgba(var(--black-rgb), .15);
    --overlay-bg: rgba(var(--black-rgb), .60);
    --link-color: var(--primary-color);
    --link-hover: var(--primary-dark);
    --muted-link: var(--text-gray);
    /* ───────────  formsss ─────────── */
    --input-bg: var(--white);
    --input-bg-focus: #F4F7F2;
    --input-text: var(--text-dark);
    --input-text-focus: var(--text-dark);
}