:root {
  --acceptance-graphite: #101417;
  --acceptance-paper: #f7f5ef;
  --acceptance-yellow: #ffc72c;
  --acceptance-green: #20b872;
}

.acceptance-status {
  position: relative;
  z-index: 110;
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto minmax(220px, 1fr) auto;
  gap: 12px 22px;
  align-items: center;
  margin-top: var(--nav-height, 80px);
  padding: 12px max(24px, calc((100vw - 1320px) / 2));
  border-block: 1px solid rgba(255, 199, 44, 0.35);
  background: #171b1d;
  color: var(--acceptance-paper);
  font: 600 0.86rem/1.4 Manrope, Arial, sans-serif;
}

.acceptance-status strong {
  color: var(--acceptance-yellow);
  font-family: "DM Mono", monospace;
  font-size: 0.74rem;
  letter-spacing: 0.09em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
}

.acceptance-status p { margin: 0; }

.acceptance-status nav {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  gap: 6px 16px;
}

.acceptance-status a {
  display: inline-flex;
  min-height: 44px;
  align-items: center;
  color: var(--acceptance-paper);
  text-underline-offset: 4px;
}

.acceptance-status a:is(:hover, :focus-visible) { color: var(--acceptance-green); }

.acceptance-local-note,
.acceptance-caption-gate {
  margin: 18px 0 0;
  padding: 14px 16px;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 199, 44, 0.38);
  border-radius: 10px;
  background: rgba(255, 199, 44, 0.08);
  color: inherit;
  font-size: 0.92rem;
  line-height: 1.55;
}

.acceptance-local-note[role="status"] { border-color: rgba(32, 184, 114, 0.55); }

@media (min-width: 761px) {
  .acceptance-status + main .story-hero .story-media {
    top: 0;
    height: 100%;
  }
}

/* Acceptance audit P1: stop the mechanism heading collapsing beside a fixed-width copy column. */
@media (max-width: 760px) {
  .acceptance-status + main .story-hero { padding-top: 0; }

  .customer-journey > header {
    grid-template-columns: minmax(0, 1fr);
    grid-template-areas: "eyebrow" "title" "copy";
    gap: 14px;
    align-items: start;
  }

  .customer-journey > header h3 {
    max-width: 12ch;
    font-size: clamp(2.55rem, 12vw, 4.6rem);
    line-height: 0.96;
  }

  .customer-journey > header > p:last-child {
    max-width: 52ch;
    margin: 6px 0 0;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 900px) {
  .acceptance-status {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr;
    gap: 4px;
    padding-inline: 20px;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 520px) {
  .acceptance-status nav { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; }
  .acceptance-status a { min-height: 46px; }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  html { scroll-behavior: auto !important; }
}