:root{
  --hkc-ivory:#FBF8F1;
  --hkc-cream:#F2EBDD;
  --hkc-cream2:#F7F1E7;
  --hkc-brown:#271D18;
  --hkc-text:#504740;
  --hkc-muted:#7A7068;
  --hkc-saffron:#B66B35;
  --hkc-gold:#AA8B50;
  --hkc-white:#fff;
  --hkc-border:rgba(39,29,24,.13);
}

.hkc-kartik-site{
  background:var(--hkc-ivory);
  color:var(--hkc-text);
  font-family:Inter,Arial,sans-serif;
}

.hkc-kartik-site *,
.hkc-kartik-site *:before,
.hkc-kartik-site *:after{box-sizing:border-box}

.hkc-kartik-shell{
  width:min(1180px,88%);
  margin:0 auto;
}

.hkc-kartik-reading-shell{
  width:min(820px,88%);
  margin:0 auto;
}

.hkc-kartik-hero{
  padding:95px 0 80px;
  background:
    radial-gradient(circle at 12% 20%,rgba(182,107,53,.09),transparent 32%),
    var(--hkc-ivory);
}

.hkc-kartik-eyebrow,
.hkc-kartik-section-label{
  color:var(--hkc-saffron);
  font-size:10px;
  font-weight:600;
  letter-spacing:2.5px;
  text-transform:uppercase;
}

.hkc-kartik-hero h1,
.hkc-kartik-single-hero h1{
  margin:12px 0 20px;
  color:var(--hkc-brown);
  font-family:"Cormorant Garamond",Georgia,serif;
  font-weight:500;
  line-height:.96;
}

.hkc-kartik-hero h1{font-size:clamp(56px,7vw,88px)}
.hkc-kartik-single-hero h1{font-size:clamp(48px,6vw,74px)}

.hkc-kartik-hero p{
  max-width:760px;
  margin:0;
  color:var(--hkc-muted);
  font-size:17px;
  line-height:1.85;
}

.hkc-kartik-archive-section{padding:65px 0 100px}

.hkc-kartik-tabs{
  display:flex;
  gap:8px;
  flex-wrap:wrap;
  margin-bottom:38px;
}

.hkc-kartik-tabs a{
  padding:10px 18px;
  border:1px solid var(--hkc-border);
  background:#fff;
  color:var(--hkc-brown);
  text-decoration:none;
  font-size:13px;
}

.hkc-kartik-tabs a.is-active{
  background:var(--hkc-brown);
  border-color:var(--hkc-brown);
  color:#fff;
}

.hkc-kartik-grid{
  display:grid;
  grid-template-columns:repeat(3,minmax(0,1fr));
  gap:24px;
}

.hkc-kartik-card{
  display:flex;
  flex-direction:column;
  background:#fff;
  border:1px solid var(--hkc-border);
}

.hkc-kartik-card-image{
  display:block;
  aspect-ratio:4/3;
  overflow:hidden;
  background:var(--hkc-cream);
}

.hkc-kartik-card-image img{
  width:100%;
  height:100%;
  object-fit:cover;
}

.hkc-kartik-image-placeholder{
  display:flex;
  align-items:center;
  justify-content:center;
  width:100%;
  height:100%;
  color:var(--hkc-gold);
  font-family:"Cormorant Garamond",Georgia,serif;
  font-size:31px;
}

.hkc-kartik-card-body{
  display:flex;
  flex:1;
  flex-direction:column;
  padding:25px;
}

.hkc-kartik-card-meta{
  display:flex;
  gap:10px;
  color:var(--hkc-saffron);
  font-size:9px;
  font-weight:600;
  letter-spacing:1.6px;
  text-transform:uppercase;
}

.hkc-kartik-card h2{
  margin:10px 0 8px;
  font-family:"Cormorant Garamond",Georgia,serif;
  font-size:31px;
  font-weight:500;
  line-height:1.05;
}

.hkc-kartik-card h2 a{
  color:var(--hkc-brown);
  text-decoration:none;
}

.hkc-kartik-card-submeta{
  display:flex;
  gap:8px;
  flex-wrap:wrap;
  color:var(--hkc-muted);
  font-size:11px;
}

.hkc-kartik-excerpt{
  margin:17px 0 20px;
  color:var(--hkc-text);
  font-size:13px;
  line-height:1.75;
}

.hkc-kartik-card-footer{
  display:flex;
  align-items:center;
  justify-content:space-between;
  gap:12px;
  margin-top:auto;
  padding-top:17px;
  border-top:1px solid var(--hkc-border);
}

.hkc-kartik-read{
  color:var(--hkc-brown);
  font-size:12px;
  font-weight:600;
  text-decoration:none;
}

.hkc-kartik-audio-count{
  color:var(--hkc-muted);
  font-size:10px;
}

.hkc-kartik-empty{
  padding:60px 30px;
  background:#fff;
  border:1px solid var(--hkc-border);
  text-align:center;
}

.hkc-kartik-single-hero{
  padding:74px 0 60px;
  background:var(--hkc-cream2);
}

.hkc-kartik-back{
  display:inline-block;
  margin-bottom:28px;
  color:var(--hkc-muted);
  font-size:12px;
  text-decoration:none;
}

.hkc-kartik-diary-number{
  margin-top:18px;
  color:var(--hkc-gold);
  font-family:"Cormorant Garamond",Georgia,serif;
  font-size:29px;
}

.hkc-kartik-single-meta{
  display:flex;
  gap:12px;
  flex-wrap:wrap;
  color:var(--hkc-muted);
  font-size:12px;
}

.hkc-kartik-featured{
  width:min(1180px,92%);
  margin:48px auto 0;
}

.hkc-kartik-featured img{
  width:100%;
  max-height:700px;
  object-fit:cover;
}

.hkc-kartik-prose{
  padding:70px 0;
  color:var(--hkc-text);
  font-family:Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;
  font-size:18px;
  line-height:1.95;
}

.hkc-kartik-prose p{margin:0 0 1.4em}
.hkc-kartik-prose img{max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:30px auto}
.hkc-kartik-prose a{color:var(--hkc-saffron)}

.hkc-kartik-recordings{
  margin:0 0 60px;
  padding:34px;
  background:var(--hkc-cream);
  border:1px solid var(--hkc-border);
}

.hkc-kartik-recordings h2{
  margin:8px 0 22px;
  color:var(--hkc-brown);
  font-family:"Cormorant Garamond",Georgia,serif;
  font-size:35px;
  font-weight:500;
}

.hkc-kartik-track{
  padding:18px 0;
  border-top:1px solid var(--hkc-border);
}

.hkc-kartik-track-title{
  margin-bottom:10px;
  color:var(--hkc-brown);
  font-size:13px;
  font-weight:600;
}

.hkc-kartik-track audio{width:100%}

.hkc-kartik-audio-note{
  margin:0 0 45px;
  padding:18px 20px;
  background:#fff7e6;
  border-left:3px solid var(--hkc-gold);
  color:#6b5738;
  font-size:12px;
  line-height:1.6;
}

.hkc-kartik-prev-next{
  display:grid;
  grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;
  gap:30px;
  padding:34px 0;
  border-top:1px solid var(--hkc-border);
  border-bottom:1px solid var(--hkc-border);
}

.hkc-kartik-prev-next span{
  display:block;
  margin-bottom:7px;
  color:var(--hkc-muted);
  font-size:9px;
  letter-spacing:1.5px;
  text-transform:uppercase;
}

.hkc-kartik-prev-next a{
  color:var(--hkc-brown);
  font-family:"Cormorant Garamond",Georgia,serif;
  font-size:22px;
  line-height:1.2;
  text-decoration:none;
}

.hkc-kartik-next{text-align:right}

.hkc-kartik-return{
  padding:32px 0 80px;
  text-align:center;
}

.hkc-kartik-return a{
  color:var(--hkc-saffron);
  font-size:12px;
  font-weight:600;
  text-decoration:none;
}

@media(max-width:950px){
  .hkc-kartik-grid{grid-template-columns:repeat(2,minmax(0,1fr))}
}

@media(max-width:650px){
  .hkc-kartik-shell,
  .hkc-kartik-reading-shell{width:calc(100% - 36px)}

  .hkc-kartik-hero{padding:68px 0 58px}
  .hkc-kartik-archive-section{padding:45px 0 70px}
  .hkc-kartik-grid{grid-template-columns:1fr}

  .hkc-kartik-single-hero{padding:55px 0 45px}
  .hkc-kartik-featured{width:100%;margin-top:0}
  .hkc-kartik-featured img{max-height:none}

  .hkc-kartik-prose{padding:48px 0;font-size:17px}
  .hkc-kartik-recordings{padding:24px 18px}

  .hkc-kartik-prev-next{grid-template-columns:1fr}
  .hkc-kartik-next{text-align:left}
}


.hkc-kartik-diagnostic{
  margin:0 0 28px;
  padding:12px 14px;
  background:#fff;
  border:1px solid var(--hkc-border);
  color:var(--hkc-muted);
  font-size:12px;
  line-height:1.5;
}


/* =========================================================
   v1.5.3 — Imported legacy-content cleanup
   Old Blogger/Gauranga.org HTML contains inline FONT/SPAN
   colours (including bright yellow). Force a readable HKC
   editorial palette inside diary prose without affecting
   the rest of the site.
   ========================================================= */

.hkc-kartik-prose,
.hkc-kartik-prose p,
.hkc-kartik-prose div,
.hkc-kartik-prose span,
.hkc-kartik-prose font,
.hkc-kartik-prose li,
.hkc-kartik-prose td,
.hkc-kartik-prose blockquote,
.hkc-kartik-prose strong,
.hkc-kartik-prose b,
.hkc-kartik-prose em,
.hkc-kartik-prose i{
  color:#000000 !important;
  background-color:transparent !important;
}

.hkc-kartik-prose h1,
.hkc-kartik-prose h2,
.hkc-kartik-prose h3,
.hkc-kartik-prose h4,
.hkc-kartik-prose h5,
.hkc-kartik-prose h6{
  color:var(--hkc-brown) !important;
  background:transparent !important;
  font-family:"Cormorant Garamond",Georgia,serif !important;
  font-weight:500;
  line-height:1.15;
}

.hkc-kartik-prose h2{font-size:36px;margin:1.5em 0 .55em}
.hkc-kartik-prose h3{font-size:29px;margin:1.35em 0 .5em}

.hkc-kartik-prose a,
.hkc-kartik-prose a span,
.hkc-kartik-prose a font{
  color:var(--hkc-saffron) !important;
  text-decoration-color:rgba(182,107,53,.35);
  text-underline-offset:3px;
}

.hkc-kartik-prose [style*="background"],
.hkc-kartik-prose [bgcolor]{
  background:transparent !important;
}

.hkc-kartik-prose font{
  font-family:inherit !important;
  font-size:inherit !important;
}

/* Cleaner audio archive */
.hkc-kartik-recordings-top{
  margin-top:54px;
  margin-bottom:4px;
  padding:32px;
  border:1px solid var(--hkc-border);
  background:#fff;
  box-shadow:0 14px 38px rgba(39,29,24,.05);
}

.hkc-kartik-recordings-top h2{
  margin-bottom:7px;
}

.hkc-kartik-recordings-intro{
  margin:0 0 22px;
  color:var(--hkc-muted);
  font-size:13px;
  line-height:1.65;
}

.hkc-kartik-audio-list,
.hkc-kartik-legacy-audio{
  display:grid;
  gap:10px;
}

.hkc-kartik-legacy-audio{
  margin-top:10px;
}

.hkc-kartik-recordings-top .hkc-kartik-track{
  display:grid;
  grid-template-columns:42px minmax(0,1fr);
  gap:14px;
  align-items:start;
  padding:16px;
  border:1px solid var(--hkc-border);
  border-radius:4px;
  background:var(--hkc-ivory);
}

.hkc-kartik-recordings-top .hkc-kartik-track + .hkc-kartik-track{
  border-top:1px solid var(--hkc-border);
}

.hkc-kartik-track-icon{
  display:flex;
  align-items:center;
  justify-content:center;
  width:42px;
  height:42px;
  border-radius:50%;
  background:var(--hkc-cream);
  color:var(--hkc-saffron);
  font-family:Georgia,serif;
  font-size:20px;
}

.hkc-kartik-track-main{min-width:0}

.hkc-kartik-recordings-top .hkc-kartik-track-title{
  margin:1px 0 4px;
  color:var(--hkc-brown);
  font-family:Inter,Arial,sans-serif;
  font-size:14px;
  font-weight:600;
  line-height:1.35;
}

.hkc-kartik-track-status{
  color:var(--hkc-muted);
  font-size:11px;
  line-height:1.45;
}

.hkc-kartik-track-playable audio{
  width:100%;
  margin-top:12px;
  height:38px;
}

.hkc-kartik-track-legacy{
  opacity:.84;
}

@media (max-width:680px){
  .hkc-kartik-recordings-top{
    margin-top:36px;
    padding:22px 18px;
  }

  .hkc-kartik-recordings-top .hkc-kartik-track{
    grid-template-columns:36px minmax(0,1fr);
    gap:11px;
    padding:13px;
  }

  .hkc-kartik-track-icon{
    width:36px;
    height:36px;
    font-size:17px;
  }
}


/* v1.5.4 — user preference: pure black diary body text */
.hkc-kartik-prose,
.hkc-kartik-prose p,
.hkc-kartik-prose div,
.hkc-kartik-prose span,
.hkc-kartik-prose font,
.hkc-kartik-prose li,
.hkc-kartik-prose td,
.hkc-kartik-prose blockquote,
.hkc-kartik-prose strong,
.hkc-kartik-prose b,
.hkc-kartik-prose em,
.hkc-kartik-prose i{
  color:#000000 !important;
}


/* =========================================================
   v1.5.5 — hard black-text fallback
   Works even if Astra/another theme renders the diary instead
   of the plugin's custom single template.
   ========================================================= */

.hkc-kartik-normalized-content,
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content p,
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content div,
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content span,
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content font,
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content li,
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content td,
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content blockquote,
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content strong,
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content b,
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content em,
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content i,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content p,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content div,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content span,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content font,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content li,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content td,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content blockquote,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content strong,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content b,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content em,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content i{
  color:#000000 !important;
}

/* Old content sometimes colours links too. Keep links readable but not yellow. */
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content a,
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content a span,
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content a font,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content a,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content a span,
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content a font{
  color:#8a4f2d !important;
}

/* No legacy yellow backgrounds. */
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content [style*="background"],
.hkc-kartik-normalized-content [bgcolor],
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content [style*="background"],
body.single-kartik_diary .entry-content [bgcolor]{
  background-color:transparent !important;
}