/* === SECTION-1 === */
.about-section1__section {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  padding: 24px 24px;
  font-family:
    -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial,
    sans-serif;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.about-section1__container {
  max-width: 1200px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

.about-section1__main-title {
  font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 3.5vw, 1.85rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #1e293b;
  margin: 0 0 20px 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  text-align: center;
}

.about-section1__paragraph {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: #64748b; /* Soft slate gray copy diminishes reader eye fatigue */
  font-weight: 500;
  max-width: 800px;
  margin: 5px;
}

/* === END SECTION-1 === */

/* === PURPOSE AND VISION SECTION  ===*/
/* ==========================================================================
   1. Parent Section Canvas Environment Configuration (.about-purpose)
   ========================================================================== */
.about-purpose {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #ffffff; /* Matte white canvas layout from original banner */
  padding: 20px 24px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.about-purpose__container {
  max-width: 960px; /* Constrains line length to optimize reading tracking metrics */
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   2. Typography Headers Hierarchy Sizing
   ========================================================================== */
.about-purpose__header {
  text-align: center;
  margin-bottom: 48px; /* Safe padding clearance buffer next to subheadings rows */
}

.about-purpose__main-title {
  font-size: clamp(
    1.8rem,
    4vw,
    1.85rem
  ); /* Smooth fluid dynamic scaling limits */
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #0c2340; /* High-contrast deep space navy title text */
  margin: 0;
  letter-spacing: 0.05em; /* Elegant capitalization expansion tracking */
  line-height: 1.15;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   3. Content Sub-Blocks & Body Layout Group
   ========================================================================== */
.about-purpose__content-grid {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 24px; /* Uniform clean vertical separation spacing rows */
  width: 100%;
}

.about-purpose__item {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: flex-start;
  text-align: left; /* Aligns content narrative left precisely like image */
}

.about-purpose__sub-heading {
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #4f6482; /* Muted corporate blue sub-heading tint sampled from graphic */
  margin: 0 0 10px 0;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

.about-purpose__text {
  font-size: 1rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: #57657d; /* Soft slate gray copy text minimizes reading ocular fatigue */
  margin: 0;
  font-weight: 400;
  letter-spacing: -0.005em;
}

/* === END PURPOSE AND VISION SECTION  ===*/

/* === SECTION-2 === */
.about-section2__section {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #f1f6fa; /* Clean ice-blue backplate backdrop tint sampled from image */
  padding: 24px 24px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.about-section2__container {
  max-width: 1280px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

.about-section2__main-heading {
  font-size: clamp(1.6rem, 3.5vw, 2.1rem); /* Fluid responsive scaling limits */
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #1e293b; /* Premium slate near-black heading focus */
  margin: 0 0 20px 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  text-align: center;
}

.about-section2__paragraph {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: #64748b; /* Soft slate gray copy diminishes reader eye fatigue */
  font-weight: 500;
  max-width: 800px;
  margin: 5px;
}

/* FRAMEWORK ICON CARD SECTION */

.larc-framework {
  width: 100%;
  padding: 50px 24px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.larc-framework__container {
  max-width: 1200px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 12px;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   2. Core BEM Component Card Layout Properties
   ========================================================================== */
.larc-framework__card {
  position: relative;
  flex: 1;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  border-radius: 8px;
  padding: 64px 24px 36px 24px; /* Generous top padding keeps text from hitting the top badge */
  text-align: center;
  box-sizing: border-box;

  /* Smooth transitions applied exclusively to background and text properties */
  transition:
    transform 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1),
    box-shadow 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1),
    background-color 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
}

/* Central Node Floating Badge Setup */
.larc-framework__icon-badge {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate(
    -50%,
    -50%
  ); /* Centers badge horizontally and splits it cleanly over top border */
  width: 86px;
  height: 86px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);

  /* CRITICAL: Protects the icon element from taking hover state changes */
  pointer-events: none;
}

/* ─── NEW PNG ICON STYLING ─── */
.larc-framework__png-icon {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: contain; /* Prevents the circle image from distorting or stretching */
  border-radius: 50%; /* Enforces clean circular rendering tracks */
}

/* Typography Hierarchy Setup */
.larc-framework__content {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

.larc-framework__heading {
  font-size: 1.15rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  margin: 0 0 16px 0;
  transition: color 0.25s ease;
  line-height: 1.3;
}

.larc-framework__text {
  font-size: 0.8rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  margin: 0;
  font-weight: 400;
  transition: color 0.25s ease;
}

/* Direct Process Connecting Arrows */
.larc-framework__connector {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  color: #0c2340;
  width: 24px;
  height: 24px;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   3. BEM Modifier Rule Variations (Hover Background Only)
   ========================================================================== */

/* ─── CARD 1: ANTICIPATORY INTELLIGENCE (Soft Teal Border) ─── */
.larc-framework__card--anticipatory {
  border: 1.5px solid #063c31;
  background-color: #f4f9f8;
  .larc-framework__heading {
    color: #063c31;
  }
  .larc-framework__text {
    color: #334155;
  }
}

.larc-framework__card--anticipatory:hover {
  background-color: #063c31;
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 24px rgba(6, 60, 49, 0.15);
  .larc-framework__heading {
    color: #ffffff;
  }
  .larc-framework__text {
    color: #e2e8f0;
  }
}

/* ─── CARD 2: GOVERNANCE LEGITIMACY (Navy Blue Border) ─── */
.larc-framework__card--governance {
  border: 1.5px solid #0c2340;
  background-color: #f1f5f9;
  .larc-framework__heading {
    color: #0c2340;
  }
  .larc-framework__text {
    color: #334155;
  }
}

.larc-framework__card--governance:hover {
  background-color: #0c2340;
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 24px rgba(12, 35, 64, 0.15);
  .larc-framework__heading {
    color: #ffffff;
  }
  .larc-framework__text {
    color: #e2e8f0;
  }
}

/* ─── CARD 3: CAPITAL SUSTAINABILITY (Golden Yellow Border) ─── */
.larc-framework__card--capital {
  border: 1.5px solid #dfae37;
  background-color: #fffbeb;
  .larc-framework__heading {
    color: #dfae37;
  }
  .larc-framework__text {
    color: #334155;
  }
}

.larc-framework__card--capital:hover {
  background-color: #dfae37;
  transform: translateY(-4px);
  box-shadow: 0 12px 24px rgba(223, 174, 55, 0.2);
  .larc-framework__heading {
    color: #0b1a30;
  }
  .larc-framework__text {
    color: #0b1a30;
  }
}

/* END FRAMEWORK ICON CARD SECTION */

/* === END SECTION-2 === */

/* === FOUNDER PROFILE SECTION === */
/* ==========================================================================
   1. Parent Section Canvas Environment Configuration (.founder-profile)
   ========================================================================== */
.founder-profile {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #dfae37; /* Exactly sampled warm golden ochre brand background color */
  padding: 24px 24px;
  font-family:
    -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial,
    sans-serif;
  color: #0b1a30; /* Solid high-contrast deep navy text tone for clear legibility */
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.founder-profile__container {
  max-width: 1340px; /* Expanded envelope boundary width to hold the deep 500px column space beautifully */
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  /* align-items: center; */
  gap: 24px; /* Generous breathing room gap between visual and content columns */
}

/* ==========================================================================
   2. Left Column: Portrait Visual Split (Enforces 500px x 667px)
   ========================================================================== */
.founder-profile__visual-side {
  /* Disables fluid flex shrinkage to protect the fixed layout boundaries on desktop */
  flex: 0 0 350px;
  width: 400px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.founder-profile__image-frame {
  width: 329px;
  height: 440px;
  background-color: rgba(
    11,
    26,
    48,
    0.05
  ); /* Faint ambient shadow placeholder box */
  /* border: 1.5px solid #0b1a30;  */
  border-radius: 4px;
  overflow: hidden;
  box-shadow: 0 10px 30px rgba(11, 26, 48, 0.08);
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.founder-profile__img {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  object-fit: cover; /* Guarantees image doesn't flatten or stretch across resizing changes */
  object-position: center top;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   3. Right Column: Biography Content Split
   ========================================================================== */
.founder-profile__content-side {
  flex: 1; /* Fluid column absorbs all remaining row space right of the fixed portrait image block */
  text-align: left;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

/* Typography Hierarchy Setup */
.founder-profile__eyebrow {
  display: block;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  margin-bottom: 12px;
  color: rgba(
    11,
    26,
    48,
    0.8
  ); /* Soft tone reduction enhances hierarchy weight */
}

.founder-profile__name {
  font-size: clamp(
    1.8rem,
    4vw,
    2.5rem
  ); /* Handles fluid dynamic text sizing gracefully */
  font-weight: 700;
  margin: 0 0 8px 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  line-height: 1.15;
}

.founder-profile__roles {
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  margin: 0 0 32px 0;
  line-height: 1.4;
  opacity: 0.9;
}

/* Content Paragraphs Wrapper Envelope */
.founder-profile__bio-narrative {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 20px; /* Precise uniform paragraph spacing */
}

.founder-profile__paragraph {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  font-weight: 400;
}

/* Modifier Rule to flag important transition lead sentences */
.founder-profile__paragraph--highlight {
  font-weight: 600;
  margin-bottom: -4px; /* Squeezes gap tightly before the blockquote block */
}

/* Central Editorial Statement Quote Styling */
.founder-profile__statement {
  margin: 4px 0;
  padding-left: 20px;
  border-left: 3px solid #0b1a30; /* Solid navy track line frames the core statement focus */
  font-size: 1.1rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  line-height: 1.5;
  font-style: italic;
}
/* === END FOUNDER PROFILE SECTION === */

/* === AREA OF CONTRIBUTION SECTION === */
/* ==========================================================================
   1. Parent Section Canvas Environment Configuration (.area-contribution)
   ========================================================================== */
.area-contribution {
  width: 100%;
  /* REFACTORED COLOR: Shifted to a slightly lighter, premium graphite slate navy */
  background-color: #0f1b2d;
  padding: 24px 24px;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.area-contribution__container {
  max-width: 1200px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

/* Header Text Blocks Typography */
.area-contribution__header {
  text-align: center;
  max-width: 780px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

.area-contribution__eyebrow {
  display: block;
  font-size: 0.75rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.12em;
  color: #dfae37; /* Vibrant brand gold sub-tag */
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.area-contribution__main-title {
  font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 4vw, 2rem);
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #ffffff; /* Crisp high-contrast white title text */
  margin: 0 0 16px 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

.area-contribution__subtitle {
  font-size: 0.95rem;
  line-height: 1.6;
  color: #94a3b8; /* Soft slate gray minimizes glare tracking on deep backplates */
  margin: 0;
  font-weight: 300;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   2. High-Density Auto-Fit Matrix Grid Configuration
   ========================================================================== */
.area-contribution__grid {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(260px, 1fr));
  gap: 14px;
  width: 100%;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   3. Premium Compact Card Component (Default Dark State)
   ========================================================================== */
.area-contribution__card {
  position: relative;
  /* Deepened contrast block base maps perfectly into the new background tone */
  background-color: #15243a;
  border: 1px solid rgba(223, 174, 55, 0.18); /* Elegant faint golden boundary track line */
  border-radius: 6px;
  padding: 18px 20px 18px 24px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: flex-start;
  text-align: left;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  min-height: 68px;
  overflow: hidden;
  z-index: 1;

  /* Drop shadow configuration profiles */
  box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);

  /* Synchronous entry transitions handle elevation, layout scale, and background fade sequences */
  transition:
    transform 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1),
    box-shadow 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1),
    border-color 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
}

/* ─── LIGHT GOLDEN BACKGROUND GRADIENT OVERLAY WRAPPER ─── */
.area-contribution__card::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;

  /* Premium, warm ambient light golden gradient fill mesh */
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #fffbeb 0%, #faf3e0 100%);

  opacity: 0; /* Hidden by default state */
  z-index: -1;
  transition: opacity 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
}

/* ─── SUBTLE DYNAMIC LEFT EDGE GOLD ACCENT BAR ─── */
.area-contribution__card::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 4px;
  height: 100%;
  background-color: #dfae37;
  transform: scaleY(0); /* Compressed to center point by default */
  transition: transform 0.25s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
  transform-origin: center;
  z-index: 2;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   4. Interactive Activation Overrides (Active on Hover State)
   ========================================================================== */
.area-contribution__card:hover {
  transform: translateY(-3px);
  border-color: #dfae37; /* Illuminates fully to brand gold */

  /* Multi-layered premium golden shadow bloom */
  box-shadow:
    0 12px 24px -4px rgba(223, 174, 55, 0.18),
    0 4px 12px -2px rgba(223, 174, 55, 0.05);
}

/* REVEALS SMOOTH LIGHT GOLDEN BACKGROUND GRADIENT LAYER */
.area-contribution__card:hover::after {
  opacity: 1; /* Cross-fades the golden backplate into view seamlessly */
}

/* ACTIVATES VERTICAL GOLD ACCENT BAR LINE ON HOVER */
.area-contribution__card:hover::before {
  transform: scaleY(1);
}

/* Changes text from white to dark navy when the gold background is active to protect legibility rules */
.area-contribution__card:hover .area-contribution__card-title {
  color: #0b1a30;
}

/* Compact Card Title Typography (Default State) */
.area-contribution__card-title {
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #f1f5f9; /* Matte silver-white text layers contrast cleanly on dark slate boxes */
  line-height: 1.45;
  margin: 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  z-index: 3;
  transition: color 0.25s ease; /* Fluid text color fade transition matching background cross-fades */
}

/* === END AREA OF CONTRIBUTION SECTION === */

/* === RECOGNITION SECTION === */
/* ==========================================================================
   1. Parent Section Canvas Environment Configuration (.recognition)
   ========================================================================== */
.recognition {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #f1f6fa; /* Clean default light background plate */
  padding: 24px 24px;
  font-family:
    -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial,
    sans-serif;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.recognition__container {
  max-width: 900px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
}

/* Header Typography Setup */
.recognition__header {
  text-align: center;
}

.recognition__eyebrow {
  display: block;
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.1em;
  color: #ca8a04; /* Tone-matched soft golden sub-tag */
  margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.recognition__main-title {
  font-size: clamp(1.6rem, 3.5vw, 2rem); /* Fluid text scaling properties */
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #0f172a; /* Deep charcoal near-black text */
  margin: 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}

.recognition__sub-title {
  font-size: clamp(1.3rem, 3.5vw, 0.85rem); /* Fluid text scaling properties */
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #0f172a; /* Deep charcoal near-black text */
  margin: 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  margin: 20px 20px;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   2. Horizontal Badges Row Fluid Grid
   ========================================================================== */
.recognition__badge-row {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: left;
  align-items: center;
  flex-wrap: wrap; /* Gracefully shifts elements to secondary tiers on small laptop screens */
  gap: 24px;
  width: 100%;
}

/* Base Clean Horizontal Badge Block Element */
.recognition__badge {
  background-color: #f8fafc; /* Crisp off-white interior core base */
  border: 1px solid #1f6ace;
  border-radius: 50px; /* Enforces a premium elongated capsule pill contour layout */
  padding: 12px 28px 12px 18px; /* Tighter padding optimization minimizes vertical whitespace */
  display: flex;
  align-items: center; /* Centers the icon side-by-side perfectly with textual content */
  gap: 16px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  flex: 0 1 auto; /* Allows capsules to adjust width bound sizes based strictly on content text */

  /* Initial subtle shadow boundary profile */
  box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.01);

  /* Transitions handle elevation scaling and illumination curves on hover entry */
  transition:
    transform 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1),
    box-shadow 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1),
    border-color 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1);
}

.recognition__badge:hover {
  transform: translateY(-2px); /* Micro vertical lift */
  border-color: #dfae37; /* Transitions fine boundary track line to brand gold */
  box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.05);
}

/* Circular Icon Housing Frame */
.recognition__icon-container {
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  border: 1px solid #cbd5e1;
  color: #0c2340; /* Royal space navy icon path stroke color */
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  flex-shrink: 0; /* Prevents circles from compressing when container window narrows */
  transition:
    background-color 0.2s ease,
    color 0.2s ease,
    border-color 0.2s ease;
}

.recognition__icon-container svg {
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
}

/* Interlocks icon highlights cleanly with badge hover inputs */
.recognition__badge:hover .recognition__icon-container {
  background-color: #dfae37; /* Swaps icon circle core to full gold on hover focus */
  border-color: #dfae37;
  color: #ffffff; /* Flips interior SVG line vectors to bright white */
}

/* Inner Text Elements */
.recognition__content {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  text-align: left; /* Left aligned inline data tracking text */
}

.recognition__badge-title {
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  font-weight: 700;
  color: #1e293b;
  margin: 0 0 2px 0;
  line-height: 1.2;
}

.recognition__badge-meta {
  font-size: 0.78rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: #64748b; /* Soft gray copy reduces eye strain */
  line-height: 1.2;
}

/* === END RECOGNITION SECTION === */

/* === QUOTE SECTION === */
/* ==========================================================================
   1. Full-Width Background Canvas Plate Context (.statement-quote)
   ========================================================================== */
.statement-quote {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  /* Deep premium space navy background canvas exactly optimized for high-end look */
  background-color: #07111e;
  padding: 24px 24px;
  font-family:
    -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial,
    sans-serif;
  color: #ffffff;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.statement-quote__container {
  position: relative;
  max-width: 960px; /* Constrains line length to optimize high-density reading metrics */
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: center;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  z-index: 2;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   2. Large Decorative Background Graphic Quotation Mark
   ========================================================================== */
.statement-quote__graphic-mark {
  position: absolute;
  top: -20px;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  font-size: 24rem; /* Oversized geometric character mark background fill */
  font-family: "Georgia", serif;
  line-height: 1;
  color: rgba(
    223,
    174,
    55,
    0.05
  ); /* Ultra-faint ambient brand gold tint matrix */
  pointer-events: none;
  z-index: 1;
  user-select: none;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   3. Central Typography Blocks Hierarchy Styling
   ========================================================================== */
.statement-quote__block {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  border: none;
  width: 100%;
}

.statement-quote__text {
  font-size: clamp(
    1.45rem,
    3.5vw,
    2rem
  ); /* Dynamic fluid dynamic scaling parameters */
  font-weight: 300; /* Ultra-light high-end editorial tracking weight layout */
  line-height: 1.55;
  color: #f1f5f9; /* Matte clear silver-white text minimizes visual glare tracking */
  margin: 0 0 40px 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
  font-style: italic;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   4. Attributable Footer Anchor Configuration 
   ========================================================================== */
.statement-quote__footer {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

/* Elegant Center Floating Gold Divider Line Art */
.statement-quote__divider {
  width: 48px;
  height: 2px;
  border: none;
  background-color: #dfae37; /* Exact framework brand-gold token highlight tracking (#DFAE37) */
  margin: 0 0 16px 0;
  border-radius: 2px;
}

.statement-quote__attribution {
  font-size: 1.05rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #dfae37; /* Glowing gold attribution matches design framework specs */
  font-style: normal;
  letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  text-transform: uppercase; /* Enforces clean uppercase alignment metrics */
}

/* === END QUOTE SECTION === */

/* === CTA SECTION === */
/* ==========================================================================
   1. Banner Core Canvas Setup
   ========================================================================== */
.about-cs__section {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #dfae37; /* Exactly sampled warm golden ochre background */
  padding: 40px 24px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.about-cs__content-container {
  max-width: 1200px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: center;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   2. Headline Typography
   ========================================================================== */
.about-cs__statement-title {
  font-size: clamp(
    1.35rem,
    3.5vw,
    2.1rem
  ); /* Handles fluid responsive scaling */
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #0b1a30; /* High-contrast solid deep navy text tone */
  line-height: 1.35;
  margin: 0 0 10px 0;
  letter-spacing: -0.01em;
}
.about-cs__description {
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  line-height: 1.5;
  color: #0f172a;
  max-width: 900px;
  margin: 5px 0px;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   3. Horizontal CTA Buttons Flex Row Grid
   ========================================================================== */
.about-cs__cta-group {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  flex-wrap: wrap; /* Wraps items into tidy tiers on narrow screens */
  gap: 20px;
  width: 100%;
  margin-top: 10px;
}

.about-cs-btn-action {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  background-color: #0c2340; /* Royal navy solid fill color matching original buttons */
  color: #ffffff; /* Crisp white button label text */
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 12px 24px;
  font-size: 0.85rem;
  font-weight: 500;
  border-radius: 6px;
  box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(12, 35, 64, 0.15);
  transition:
    background-color 0.15s ease,
    transform 0.15s ease;
  white-space: nowrap; /* Prevents text elements from breaking lines awkwardly */
}

.about-cs-btn-action:hover {
  background-color: #16365c; /* Soft bright shift on hover state updates */
  transform: translateY(-1px);
}

/* Extended long-shaft arrow tuning */
.about-cs-btn-action .btn-arrow {
  width: 24px; /* Matches your extended layout lengths */
  height: 14px;
  margin-left: 10px;
  overflow: visible;
  transition: transform 0.15s ease;
}

.about-cs-btn-action:hover .btn-arrow {
  transform: translateX(4px); /* Pushes arrow head forward on user hover */
}
/* === END CTA SECTION === */

/* === RESPONSIVE LAYOUT ===*/
@media (max-width: 640px) {
  .about-section1__section {
    padding: 26px 16px;
  }

  .about-section2__section {
    padding: 26px 16px;
  }
  .about-section1__main-title {
    margin-bottom: 36px;
  }

  .about-purpose {
    padding: 26px 16px; /* Squeezes padding slightly to maximize space on pocket phone touch glass */
  }

  .about-purpose__header {
    margin-bottom: 32px;
    text-align: left; /* Toggles left alignment for comfortable smartphone reading */
  }

  .about-purpose__main-title {
    letter-spacing: 0.02em;
  }

  .about-purpose__content-grid {
    gap: 20px;
  }

  .about-purpose__text {
    font-size: 0.95rem;
    line-height: 1.55;
  }

  .larc-framework {
    padding: 80px 16px;
  }

  .larc-framework__container {
    flex-direction: column;
    gap: 60px; /* Space buffer prevents floating badges from hitting card bottoms */
  }

  .larc-framework__connector {
    display: none; /* Hides horizontal process arrows on vertical streams */
  }

  .larc-framework__card {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 440px;
  }

  .founder-profile {
    padding: 80px 16px; /* Minimizes white space edge margins on small touch screens */
  }

  /* Unrolls horizontal row side splits completely into linear vertical layout column streams */
  .founder-profile__container {
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: flex-start;
    gap: 44px;
  }

  /* Overrides fixed desktop pixels so image collapses fluidly inside mobile screen edges */
  .founder-profile__visual-side {
    flex: 0 1 auto;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 400px; /* Prevents portrait from getting uncomfortably massive on mobile viewports */
    margin: 0 auto; /* Centers the portrait element along the smartphone screen centerline */
  }

  .founder-profile__image-frame {
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
    aspect-ratio: 500 / 667; /* Maintains the identical 500x667 geometric profile line ratio safely on mobile */
  }

  .founder-profile__content-side {
    width: 100%;
  }

  .founder-profile__name {
    line-height: 1.2;
  }

  .founder-profile__roles {
    margin-bottom: 24px;
    font-size: 0.9rem;
  }

  .founder-profile__statement {
    font-size: 1.05rem;
  }

  .area-contribution {
    padding: 60px 16px;
  }

  .area-contribution__header {
    margin-bottom: 36px;
    text-align: left;
  }

  .area-contribution__grid {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 12px;
  }

  .area-contribution__card {
    padding: 16px 16px 16px 20px;
    min-height: auto;
  }

  .recognition__badge-row {
    flex-direction: column; /* Unrolls horizontal rows completely into clean vertical columns */
    align-items: stretch; /* Forces items to map out symmetrically */
    max-width: 460px; /* Constrains container boundaries to look premium on mobile screens */
    margin: 0 auto;
    gap: 16px;
  }

  .recognition__badge {
    flex: 1 0 auto;
    width: 100%;
    border-radius: 12px; /* Softens pill caps to standard rounded cards on mobile portrait screens */
    padding: 16px; /* Enhanced tap geometry spacing padding cushion for mobile thumbs */
  }

  .statement-quote {
    padding: 80px 16px; /* Minimizes white space edge margins padding on mobile viewports */
  }

  .statement-quote__graphic-mark {
    font-size: 16rem; /* Compresses decorative elements size on phone frames */
    top: -10px;
  }

  .statement-quote__text {
    line-height: 1.5;
    margin-bottom: 32px;
  }

  .statement-quote__attribution {
    font-size: 0.95rem;
  }

  .about-cs__cta-group {
    flex-direction: column; /* Flips horizontally grouped rows to vertical stack lists */
    gap: 16px;
  }

  .about-cs-btn-action {
    width: 100%; /* Spans full horizontal container envelopes safely on pocket smart screens */
    max-width: 320px;
    box-sizing: border-box;
  }

  .about-cs__section {
    padding: 60px 16px;
  }
}
/* === END RESPONSIVE LAYOUT === */