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11 changes: 10 additions & 1 deletion assets/style/base/typography.css
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border: none;
}

/* Links need to differ from body text to be recognisable as links. Components
that need another treatment (header, footer, buttons) already set their own
colour, so this only affects links in body content.

--misc-neutral is chosen over the nearer brand tokens because it clears both
thresholds at once: 4.90:1 against the white background (WCAG AA text) and
4.11:1 against --default-body (WCAG 1.4.1, which wants 3:1 when colour alone
separates a link from its surrounding text). --primary-p400 manages 8.06:1 on
white but only 2.50:1 against body text; --primary is the reverse. */
a {
color: black;
color: var(--misc-neutral);
}

@media (max-device-width: 768px),(width <= 768px){
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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion assets/style/sections/footer.css
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Expand Up @@ -15,7 +15,12 @@ footer {

footer * {
color: #fff;
text-decoration: none;
}

/* Footer links keep the white needed for contrast on the dark background, so
the underline is the only thing marking them as links. */
footer a {
text-decoration: underline;
}

.footer-container {
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