Always read DESIGN.md before making any visual or UI decisions.
All font choices, colors, spacing, border-radius, and aesthetic direction are defined there.
Do not deviate without explicit user approval.
Key rules:
- Display font: Fraunces (serif) — never substitute with Inter, Roboto, or other grotesks without approval
- Accent color:
#CBFF2E(electric chartreuse) — use sparingly; this is a high-value signal color, not a background fill - Background:
#0D0C0B(warm near-black) — not cool gray, not pure black - Aesthetic: Industrial Editorial — asymmetric, left-anchored, operator-console energy
- Never: purple gradients, 3-column icon grids, centered hero with floating CTA, glassmorphism, decorative blobs
In QA mode, flag any code that doesn't match DESIGN.md — including font substitutions, off-palette colors, or layout patterns that conflict with the defined aesthetic.