Four colors carry the whole CultureTechLens identity: Deep Bronze, Black, Bone, and Red. Black and Bone do most of the visual work; Bronze is spent sparingly on borders, highlights, and key branding; Red is the accent. Finalized in Brand Kit v1, founder-selected September 30, 2026.

The four colors

Supporting tones

Rules

• Black and Bone do the work. Every layout should read clearly in just these two.
• Bronze is precious. Borders, rules, highlights, the mark — never fills, never gradients-for-decoration.
• Red means act. Reserve it for the thing the eye should find first: donate buttons, the focal dot, urgent flags.
• Contrast is a promise. Bone on Black and Black on Bone clear WCAG AA at body size; Bronze Soft on Black clears it for large text and links. Never set body copy in Bronze or Red on Black.
• Photography leads. Color frames the archive's real photography; it never substitutes for it.

Use it

Copy-paste CSS variables, matching this site's stylesheet:

:root {
  --bronze: #8A5A2B;
  --bronze-soft: #C99A5E;
  --bronze-deep: #5E3D1C;
  --black: #080808;
  --bone: #E8E0D2;
  --red: #A51C30;
  --red-deep: #6E1220;
}

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