/* cc-fee-site -- layout B (sticky inputs, live results). * * Palette and type: the subject is small-business bookkeeping -- statements, * ledgers, terminals -- so numbers are set in a monospace stack (ledger * columns, not a brochure) and the accent is a muted ledger green rather than * a generic SaaS blue. Prose stays in the system sans stack for readability. * Restrained on purpose: this is a tool people use and leave, not a landing * page. * * Tokens live on :root and are redefined three ways so an explicit toggle * (applied via data-theme -- set before first paint by the inline * script in base.html.j2, and updated afterwards by theme.js's click * handler) always wins over the OS preference, in both directions. * Components are styled through the tokens only -- never inside a media * query -- so those three blocks are the only places colour is decided. */ :root { color-scheme: light dark; --bg: #f6f4ee; --bg-panel: #fffefb; --bg-panel-2: #f0ede4; --ink: #1c2430; --muted: #5b6472; --border: #d9d3c4; --border-strong: #b9b2a0; --accent: #1f5c46; --accent-ink: #ffffff; --win-bg: #edf5ef; --win-border: #1f5c46; --focus: #1f5c46; --shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(28, 36, 48, 0.06); --font-sans: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; --font-mono: ui-monospace, "SFMono-Regular", Menlo, Consolas, "Liberation Mono", monospace; /* The one content column every full-bleed bar (header, footer) and `main` * itself align to. Defined once so the three rulesets that need it can't * drift apart the way `.site-header` and `main` already had -- see * `.content-width` below. Not a colour decision, so it lives outside the * three token blocks above rather than inside them. */ --content-max: 64rem; --content-pad: 1.5rem; } @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { :root { --bg: #12161d; --bg-panel: #1a1f28; --bg-panel-2: #212733; --ink: #e8e6df; --muted: #9aa2ad; --border: #2b323d; --border-strong: #3b4452; --accent: #55b28a; --accent-ink: #08130f; --win-bg: #16241c; --win-border: #55b28a; --focus: #55b28a; --shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); } } :root[data-theme="dark"] { color-scheme: dark; --bg: #12161d; --bg-panel: #1a1f28; --bg-panel-2: #212733; --ink: #e8e6df; --muted: #9aa2ad; --border: #2b323d; --border-strong: #3b4452; --accent: #55b28a; --accent-ink: #08130f; --win-bg: #16241c; --win-border: #55b28a; --focus: #55b28a; --shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); } :root[data-theme="light"] { color-scheme: light; --bg: #f6f4ee; --bg-panel: #fffefb; --bg-panel-2: #f0ede4; --ink: #1c2430; --muted: #5b6472; --border: #d9d3c4; --border-strong: #b9b2a0; --accent: #1f5c46; --accent-ink: #ffffff; --win-bg: #edf5ef; --win-border: #1f5c46; --focus: #1f5c46; --shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(28, 36, 48, 0.06); } /* -------------------------------------------------- reset & base */ * { box-sizing: border-box; } html { -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; } body { margin: 0; background: var(--bg); color: var(--ink); font: 16px/1.5 var(--font-sans); } h1, h2, h3 { font-weight: 600; line-height: 1.25; } p { margin: 0 0 0.75rem; } a { color: var(--accent); } /* -------------------------------------------------- chrome */ /* Shared by `.site-header`'s inner wrapper, `.site-footer`'s inner wrapper, * and `main`: the one column their contents line up to. The bar itself * (background, border) stays full-bleed on the outer element; only this * class is width-constrained and centred. */ .content-width { max-width: var(--content-max); margin-inline: auto; padding-inline: var(--content-pad); } .site-header { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--bg-panel); } .site-header-inner { display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; gap: 1rem; padding-block: 1rem; } .site-header .brand { font-weight: 700; font-size: 1.05rem; text-decoration: none; color: var(--ink); letter-spacing: -0.01em; } #theme-toggle { display: inline-flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; width: 2.25rem; height: 2.25rem; padding: 0; border: 1px solid var(--border-strong); background: var(--bg-panel-2); color: var(--ink); border-radius: 999px; font: inherit; cursor: pointer; flex: none; } #theme-toggle:hover { border-color: var(--accent); } #theme-toggle svg { width: 1.15rem; height: 1.15rem; } /* Which of the two icons is showing is the only signal a visitor gets for * which theme is active, so it is driven off the same three-way cascade as * the colour tokens above (default light, OS dark, explicit override in * either direction) rather than a second, JS-only source of truth. theme.js * only ever toggles the `data-theme` attribute these selectors already key * off of -- it does not touch the icons directly. */ #theme-toggle .icon-moon { display: none; } @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) { #theme-toggle .icon-sun { display: none; } #theme-toggle .icon-moon { display: block; } } :root[data-theme="dark"] #theme-toggle .icon-sun { display: none; } :root[data-theme="dark"] #theme-toggle .icon-moon { display: block; } :root[data-theme="light"] #theme-toggle .icon-sun { display: block; } :root[data-theme="light"] #theme-toggle .icon-moon { display: none; } main { padding-block: 2rem 4rem; } main > h1 { font-size: 1.7rem; margin: 0 0 0.4rem; } .subhead { color: var(--muted); max-width: 60ch; margin: 0 0 2rem; } .site-footer { border-top: 1px solid var(--border); background: var(--bg-panel); color: var(--muted); padding: 1.25rem 1.5rem; font-size: 0.85rem; text-align: center; } .site-footer p { margin: 0; } .footer-nav { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; justify-content: center; gap: 2rem; margin: 0 0 1.1rem; text-align: left; } .footer-nav-group { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.35rem; min-width: 11rem; } .footer-nav-heading { font-size: 0.7rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; color: var(--muted); } .footer-nav a { color: var(--ink); text-decoration: none; font-size: 0.85rem; } .footer-nav a:hover { color: var(--accent); text-decoration: underline; } /* -------------------------------------------------- calculator layout */ .split { display: grid; grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr); gap: 1.5rem; } @media (min-width: 48rem) { .split { grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 20rem) minmax(0, 1fr); align-items: start; } .col-inputs { position: sticky; top: 1.5rem; align-self: start; } } .col-inputs { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 1rem; background: var(--bg-panel); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 8px; padding: 1.25rem; box-shadow: var(--shadow); } .col-inputs fieldset { border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 6px; padding: 0.9rem 0.9rem 0.5rem; margin: 0; display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.75rem; } .col-inputs legend { font-size: 0.75rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; color: var(--muted); padding: 0 0.3rem; } .field { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.3rem; } .field label { font-size: 0.75rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; color: var(--muted); } .field input, .field select, #mix { font: inherit; font-size: 0.95rem; color: var(--ink); background: var(--bg-panel-2); border: 1px solid var(--border-strong); border-radius: 5px; padding: 0.5rem 0.6rem; width: 100%; } .hint { color: var(--muted); font-size: 0.78rem; margin: 0.25rem 0 0; } /* -------------------------------------------------- results */ .col-results { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 1.25rem; } .verdict { border: 1px solid var(--win-border); border-radius: 8px; padding: 1.1rem 1.25rem; background: var(--win-bg); } .verdict #verdict { margin: 0; font-size: 1.3rem; font-weight: 700; color: var(--accent); } /* Side by side only while both columns can still hold a money figure at the * size .num sets it in; below that they stack. * * A plain `1fr 1fr` resolves each track's minimum to min-content, and * "$61,250.00/mo" is a single unbreakable monospace run -- there is no space * in it to wrap at. So a large enough monthly volume pushed this grid wider * than its container, the container wider than the viewport, and the page * scrolled sideways with the winning figure partly off-screen. It happened at * the default numbers on a 320px phone and as soon as a visitor typed a * mid-six-figure volume on a 390px one. * * Two guards, because either alone still leaves a gap. `auto-fit` with * `minmax(min(100%, 10rem), 1fr)` caps each track's minimum at 10rem (or the * container, whichever is smaller, so the track can never itself overflow) * and drops to a single column when two no longer fit. `overflow-wrap: * anywhere` on .num then removes the unbreakable-run floor outright: it * affects min-content sizing, not just visual wrapping, so no figure a * visitor can type widens the track again -- it wraps inside the card * instead. The wrap lands on the "/mo" unit first at any realistic volume. */ .cmp { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(min(100%, 10rem), 1fr)); gap: 1rem; } .cmp .col { border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 8px; padding: 1rem; background: var(--bg-panel); } .cmp .col h3 { margin: 0 0 0.5rem; font-size: 0.9rem; color: var(--muted); font-weight: 600; } .cmp .col.win { border-color: var(--win-border); border-width: 2px; background: var(--win-bg); padding: calc(1rem - 1px); } .cmp .col.win h3 { color: var(--accent); } .cmp .num { margin: 0; font-size: 1.25rem; font-weight: 700; overflow-wrap: anywhere; } .cmp .unit { font-size: 0.85rem; font-weight: 400; color: var(--muted); } .col-results > p { margin: 0; color: var(--muted); } .col-results > p span { color: var(--ink); font-weight: 600; } /* The ad slot. Always rendered (see home.html.j2) so the box occupies the * same space whether or not ADSENSE_CLIENT/ADSENSE_SLOT are set -- an empty * build and a monetised one lay out identically, and a real unit loading in * later does not shift anything below it. min-height is a guess at a * responsive AdSense unit's typical height; close enough that "the box * grew" is the most a visitor could notice. */ .ad-slot { min-height: 100px; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; border: 1px dashed var(--border-strong); border-radius: 8px; background: var(--bg-panel); } .ad-slot-placeholder { font-size: 0.78rem; color: var(--muted); } /* AdSense's own snippet writes this as style="display:block" on the . * It cannot live there: this site's style-src is 'self' with no * 'unsafe-inline', and a browser that does not implement the CSP3 * style-src-attr directive falls the attribute back to style-src and drops * it. A responsive ad unit measures the to pick a size, and an * inline-display gives it nothing to measure -- so the declaration is * revenue-load-bearing and belongs somewhere the policy already allows. */ .adsbygoogle { display: block; } /* The estimates-not-advice line, directly under the result it qualifies. * Quieter than the figures above it and louder than the citation below: a * disclaimer nobody reads is the same as no disclaimer, and one that competes * with the answer is worse than either. */ .result-note { font-size: 0.8rem; line-height: 1.5; color: var(--muted); margin: 0.25rem 0 0; padding-top: 0.75rem; border-top: 1px solid var(--border); } /* The homepage's explanatory sections, below the calculator. Same measure and * heading scale as a content page's
, because they are * the same kind of reading. */ .home-prose { margin-top: 2.5rem; } /* The blended interchange disclosure. Deliberately quiet -- it is a citation, * not a result -- but present rather than tucked behind a disclosure widget: * it is the one figure in this calculation the visitor cannot type in, and * the page's own subhead promises the arithmetic is shown. */ .reference-note { border-top: 1px solid var(--border); padding-top: 1rem; font-size: 0.85rem; color: var(--muted); } .reference-note h2 { margin: 0 0 0.6rem; font-size: 0.8rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; color: var(--muted); font-weight: 600; } .reference-note b, .reference-note strong { color: var(--ink); font-weight: 600; } .reference-note b { font-family: var(--font-mono); font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; } .ref-source { font-size: 0.78rem; margin-bottom: 0.75rem; } /* A weighting no primary source publishes, set apart from the citation above * it so the two cannot be read as the same kind of claim. The rule down the * side is the whole point: a reader skimming should be able to see where the * sourced part of the figure stops. */ .ref-assumption { font-size: 0.78rem; margin: 0 0 0.9rem; padding-left: 0.7rem; border-left: 2px solid var(--border-strong); } /* Nothing on the site ships with this attribute today -- the interchange note * is swapped by rewriting text rather than by hiding five copies of it -- but * the rule is kept because the user-agent default for [hidden] is a `display` * value, and any element placed in a flex or grid container here would * otherwise stay on screen while claiming to be hidden. */ [hidden] { display: none !important; } /* -------------------------------------------------- numeric stability * * Every money and rate value gets tabular figures (fixed digit width) and a * monospace face, so as the visitor types the digits realign instead of * jittering -- the whole point of a live calculator is to look stable while * it updates. */ #verdict, #flat-cost, #ipp-cost, #flat-effective, #ipp-effective, #annual-saving, #breakeven, .field input { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; font-family: var(--font-mono); } /* -------------------------------------------------- content pages */ .prose { max-width: 68ch; } .prose h2 { margin: 2rem 0 0.6rem; font-size: 1.25rem; } .prose h3 { margin: 1.5rem 0 0.5rem; font-size: 1.05rem; } .prose ul, .prose ol { margin: 0 0 1rem; padding-left: 1.25rem; } .prose li { margin-bottom: 0.4rem; } .prose .callout { background: var(--bg-panel); border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 8px; padding: 1rem 1.25rem; margin: 1.25rem 0; } .prose .callout h3 { margin-top: 0; } .prose .callout table { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: var(--font-mono); font-size: 0.88rem; } .prose .callout th, .prose .callout td { text-align: left; padding: 0.3rem 0.5rem 0.3rem 0; border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border); } .prose .callout td:last-child, .prose .callout th:last-child { text-align: right; padding-right: 0; } .prose .cta { display: inline-block; margin-top: 0.5rem; font-weight: 600; } .article-links { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(14rem, 1fr)); gap: 1rem; margin: 0.5rem 0 0; } .article-links a { display: block; border: 1px solid var(--border); border-radius: 8px; padding: 1rem 1.1rem; background: var(--bg-panel); text-decoration: none; color: var(--ink); font-weight: 600; } .article-links a:hover { border-color: var(--accent); color: var(--accent); } .section-heading { margin: 2.5rem 0 0.75rem; font-size: 0.8rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.06em; color: var(--muted); } /* -------------------------------------------------- focus & motion */ a:focus-visible, button:focus-visible, input:focus-visible, select:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid var(--focus); outline-offset: 2px; } @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) { * { transition: none !important; animation: none !important; } }