diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 2266d85..9141e86 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -54,20 +54,20 @@
 
             /* ── Design Tokens ── */
             :root {
-                --bg: #3a2416;
-                --surf1: #44301a;
-                --card: #50381e;
-                --lift: #5e4426;
-                --bg-deep: #241810;
-                --border: rgba(210, 140, 60, 0.28);
-                --grey: #9e8060;
-                --silver: #c8a882;
-                --light: #e4cca4;
-                --gold: #d88c3c;
-                --gold-hi: #f0a850;
-                --gold-lo: #8a5422;
-                --gold-glow: rgba(210, 140, 60, 0.22);
-                --white: #f8e8c8;
+                --bg: #efebe9;
+                --surf1: #e8e0da;
+                --card: #fff3e0;
+                --lift: #f5ece4;
+                --bg-deep: #3e2723;
+                --border: rgba(93, 64, 55, 0.25);
+                --grey: #a1887f;
+                --silver: #6d4c41;
+                --light: #5d4037;
+                --gold: #e65100;
+                --gold-hi: #fb8c00;
+                --gold-lo: #bf360c;
+                --gold-glow: rgba(230, 81, 0, 0.18);
+                --white: #3e2723;
             }
 
             /* ── Base ── */
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
                 top: 0;
                 z-index: 500;
                 height: 62px;
-                background: rgba(48, 30, 16, 0.97);
+                background: rgba(62, 39, 35, 0.97);
                 backdrop-filter: blur(20px);
                 -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(20px);
                 border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
@@ -250,9 +250,9 @@
                 inset: 0;
                 background: linear-gradient(
                     160deg,
-                    rgba(58, 36, 20, 0.7) 0%,
-                    rgba(44, 26, 12, 0.48) 50%,
-                    rgba(58, 36, 20, 0.8) 100%
+                    rgba(239, 235, 233, 0.72) 0%,
+                    rgba(239, 235, 233, 0.52) 50%,
+                    rgba(239, 235, 233, 0.8) 100%
                 );
             }
             .hero > *:not(.hero-bg-wrap) {
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@
                 border-radius: 4px;
                 height: 34px;
                 width: 440px;
+                overflow: hidden;
                 transition:
                     border-color 0.25s,
                     box-shadow 0.25s;
@@ -285,13 +286,14 @@
                 padding: 0 10px;
                 font-size: 0.78rem;
                 font-family: "Segoe UI", system-ui, sans-serif;
-                color: var(--white);
+                color: var(--card);
                 min-width: 0;
                 height: 100%;
             }
             .nav-chat-input::placeholder {
                 color: var(--grey);
                 font-style: italic;
+                opacity: 0.8;
             }
             .nav-chat-send {
                 background: none;
@@ -400,9 +402,9 @@
 
             /* ── NAV BOOK MEETING CTA ── */
             .nav-cta-book {
-                border: 1px solid rgba(210, 140, 60, 0.38);
-                color: var(--silver);
-                -webkit-text-fill-color: var(--silver);
+                border: 1px solid rgba(161, 136, 127, 0.55);
+                color: var(--grey);
+                -webkit-text-fill-color: var(--grey);
                 padding: 7px 18px;
                 border-radius: 2px;
                 font-size: 0.8rem;
@@ -414,9 +416,9 @@
                     -webkit-text-fill-color 0.2s;
             }
             .nav-cta-book:hover {
-                border-color: var(--gold);
-                color: var(--gold);
-                -webkit-text-fill-color: var(--gold);
+                border-color: var(--gold-hi);
+                color: var(--gold-hi);
+                -webkit-text-fill-color: var(--gold-hi);
             }
 
             /* ── CHAT PANEL ── */
@@ -526,8 +528,8 @@
                 border-radius: 0 6px 6px 6px;
             }
             .chat-msg.user .chat-bubble {
-                background: var(--gold-lo);
-                color: var(--white);
+                background: var(--gold);
+                color: var(--card);
                 border-radius: 6px 0 6px 6px;
             }
             .chat-thinking .chat-bubble {
@@ -1091,7 +1093,7 @@
                 position: fixed;
                 inset: 0;
                 z-index: 9000;
-                background: rgba(14, 14, 20, 0.88);
+                background: rgba(62, 39, 35, 0.85);
                 backdrop-filter: blur(14px);
                 -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(14px);
                 display: none;
@@ -1102,7 +1104,7 @@
 
             #modal-box {
                 background: var(--card);
-                border: 1px solid rgba(212, 170, 80, 0.35);
+                border: 1px solid rgba(230, 81, 0, 0.25);
                 border-top: 3px solid var(--gold);
                 max-width: 480px;
                 width: 100%;
@@ -1168,8 +1170,8 @@
             .modal-field {
                 width: 100%;
                 padding: 13px 16px;
-                background: rgba(10, 10, 16, 0.7);
-                border: 1px solid rgba(212, 170, 80, 0.25);
+                background: rgba(62, 39, 35, 0.07);
+                border: 1px solid rgba(230, 81, 0, 0.28);
                 color: var(--white);
                 font-size: 0.9rem;
                 border-radius: 2px;
@@ -1184,7 +1186,7 @@
             }
 
             select.modal-field {
-                background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='14' height='8'%3E%3Cpath d='M1 1l6 6 6-6' stroke='%23D6AF52' stroke-width='1.8' fill='none' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
+                background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='14' height='8'%3E%3Cpath d='M1 1l6 6 6-6' stroke='%23E65100' stroke-width='1.8' fill='none' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
                 background-repeat: no-repeat;
                 background-position: right 14px center;
                 padding-right: 40px;