diff --git a/arise-source/config/main.css b/arise-source/config/main.css
index 35e6c40..d31d208 100644
--- a/arise-source/config/main.css
+++ b/arise-source/config/main.css
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ body{
         max-width:650px;
         line-height:1.6;
         font-size:18px;
-        color: #d2b48c; /* muted gold-beige text */
-        background-color: #1e1b17; /* deep dark brown */
+        color: #e0c997; /* main warm gold text */
+        background-color: #121212; /* deep desaturated dark base */
         padding:0 10px;
 }
 /********************************/
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ img {
 }
 
 code {
-        background-color: #2a2420; /* slightly warmer dark */
+        background-color: #1f1c19; /* darker warm code background */
         border-radius:16px;
         padding-left:30px;
         padding-right:30px;
         line-height:2em;
         padding-top:1px;
         padding-bottom:1px;
-        color: #d2b48c; /* same as body text */
+        color: #d2b48c;
         font-family:monospace;
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pre {
 }
 
 blockquote {
-        border-left: 2px solid #8a9a5b; /* olive/moss border */
+        border-left: 2px solid #8a9a5b; /* moss/olive */
         display:block;
         margin-top: 1em;
         margin-bottom: 1em;
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ blockquote {
         padding-left: 10px;
         margin-right: 40px;
         font-style: italic;
-        color: #bfa074; /* soft warm text */
+        color: #bfa074; /* subtle warm text */
 }
 
 hr {
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ hr {
         max-width: 300px;
 }
 
-#endline { /* Special kind of <hr> for spacing out footnotes from the rest of a post */
+#endline {
         border: none;
         border-top:1px solid #6b5633; /* bronze */
         margin-left: auto;              
@@ -83,18 +83,18 @@ a {
     text-decoration: none;
 }
 a:hover {
-    color: #f0d89a; /* amber/gold hover */
+    color: #f0d89a; /* amber hover */
 }
 
 h1{
         line-height:1.2;
-        color: #d2b48c;
+        color: #e0d5aa; /* slightly lighter heading */
 }
 
 h2,h3{
         padding-top:24px;
         line-height:1.2;
-        color: #d6b676; /* slightly muted gold */
+        color: #d6b676; /* muted gold */
 }
 
 /* Inline dates */
@@ -192,3 +192,8 @@ h2,h3{
   border-bottom: 1px;
   border-bottom-style: solid;
 }
+
+/*** Optional subtle code “syntax accents” using analogous palette ***/
+code span.number { color: #f0d89a; } /* amber numbers */
+code span.comment { color: #8a9a5b; } /* moss comments */
+code span.keyword { color: #b05a3c; } /* rust keywords */