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feat(palette): Departure — sci-fi/typewriter + Fraunces + IBM Plex Mono#218

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Palette B: ferric ink + radar green + photosensitive ivory (light), CRT phosphor green-on-black (dark). Fraunces display, IBM Plex Mono. All 10 WCAG 2 AA + 10 APCA + 16 axe tests pass both themes.

🤖 Generated with Claude Code

…BM Plex Mono

Palette B: classic sci-fi × typewriter, restrained.

LIGHT (photosensitive ivory + ferric ink):
- bg: oklch(0.95 0.015 75) — ivory with amber hint
- fg: oklch(0.18 0.04 25) — ferric red-black (not pure black)
- fg-muted: oklch(0.42 0.04 25) — WCAG 7.43:1 AAA · APCA 79.5
- muted: oklch(0.52 0.03 25) — WCAG 4.81:1 AA · APCA 67.8
- accent: oklch(0.48 0.15 140) — radar green (WCAG 5.35:1 · APCA 70.4)
- accent-hover: oklch(0.55 0.14 75) — flight-deck amber
- border-bold: oklch(0.62 0.02 25) — WCAG 3.16:1 · APCA 54.2

DARK (CRT phosphor on near-black):
- bg: oklch(0.14 0.015 140) — very dark green-black
- fg: oklch(0.92 0.03 140) — phosphor green
- fg-muted: oklch(0.85 0.03 140) — APCA 77.1 · WCAG 12.69:1 AAA
- muted: oklch(0.78 0.03 140) — APCA 63.8 · WCAG 10.00:1 AAA
- accent: oklch(0.82 0.17 140) — bright radar · APCA 73.9
- border-bold: oklch(0.60 0.03 140) — APCA 35.1

TYPOGRAPHY:
- Display: Newsreader → Fraunces Variable (soft terminals, Wes-adjacent
  italic, variable wght + SOFT + OPSZ axes)
- Mono: JetBrains Mono → IBM Plex Mono (more character, vintage
  technical-documentation feel)
- Body: Inter unchanged (workhorse neutral)

MASTHEAD:
- Eyebrow gains a transmission timestamp:
  'Transmission 2026-04-13 · Vol. MMXXVI · No. 77 · Est. MMXV'
- Four data tokens, all numeric/roman/ISO — instrument-panel aesthetic

VERIFIED:
- 10/10 WCAG 2 AA pairs pass in both themes
- 10/10 APCA draft pairs pass in both themes
- 16/16 axe full-page tests pass (8 pages × light/dark)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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