Dark mode: darker tab stripe (dark-border green) and darker pine search surfaces

publishing/brand.css

@@ -193,26 +193,31 @@
   background-color: #e8f5e8;
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
 }
-/* In dark, keep the tab row the same green as the header bar so the text on it
- * clears 4.5:1 against green-mid (green-deep against near-black text is only
- * ~4.2:1 — marginal for the small tab labels). */
+/* In dark, the tab row drops to the sheet's dark warm-green (dark-border
+ * #4a5240): quieter than green-mid, white labels still clear 7:1. */
 [data-md-color-scheme="slate"] .md-tabs {
-  background-color: var(--green-mid);
+  background-color: var(--dark-border);
   border-bottom: none;
 }
-/* Search input: the white field is a light-mode choice only. In dark mode it
- * read as light text on a light box — dark mode gets the chat overlay's page
- * tone with light text instead (operator request 2026-11-09). */
+/* Search input: the white field is a light-mode choice only. In dark mode the
+ * search surfaces use the pine family — input on the chips tone, light text. */
 html:not([data-md-color-scheme="slate"]) .md-search__input {
   background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.92);
 }
 [data-md-color-scheme="slate"] .md-search__input {
-  background-color: var(--green-deep);
+  background-color: var(--pine-3);
   color: var(--dark-text);
 }
 [data-md-color-scheme="slate"] .md-search__input::placeholder {
   color: var(--dark-muted);
 }
+[data-md-color-scheme="slate"] .md-search__scrollwrap,
+[data-md-color-scheme="slate"] .md-search-result__article {
+  background-color: var(--pine-2);
+}
+[data-md-color-scheme="slate"] .md-search-result__meta {
+  color: var(--dark-muted);
+}
 
 /* Admonitions get the co-op's washes instead of stock greys. */
 .md-typeset .admonition,