/* Footer */
    .compliance-footer {
      display: flex;
      justify-content: space-between;
      align-items: flex-start;
      padding: 48px;
      border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
      font-family: var(--mono);
      font-size: 11px;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      letter-spacing: 0.05em;
      color: var(--graphite);
    }
    .footer-left {
      display: flex;
      flex-direction: column;
      gap: 8px;
    }
    .footer-brand {
      color: var(--ink);
      font-weight: 700;
    }
    .footer-copy {
      color: #8f8f89;
      letter-spacing: 0.05em;
    }
    .compliance-posture {
      display: flex;
      flex-direction: column;
      gap: 8px;
      text-align: right;
    }
    .compliance-posture strong {
      color: var(--ink);
      margin-bottom: 4px;
    }
    .compliance-posture span {
      display: flex;
      justify-content: flex-end;
      gap: 12px;
    }
    .compliance-posture em {
      font-style: normal;
      color: var(--graphite);
      border: 1px solid var(--line);
      padding: 2px 6px;
      border-radius: 2px;
      font-size: 9px;
      background: #ffffff;
      white-space: nowrap;
    }

    /* ============================================================
       SHELL / FOOTER + SEO STRATUM
       ============================================================ */
    .site-footer {
      display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: 1.5fr repeat(3, 1fr);
      gap: 40px;
      padding: 56px 48px;
      border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    }
    .foot-brand {
      display: flex;
      align-items: center;
      gap: 12px;
      font-weight: 700;
      font-size: 18px;
      letter-spacing: -0.02em;
    }
    .foot-brand img { width: 21px; height: 40px; }
    .foot-tagline {
      margin: 14px 0 0 0;
      font-size: 14px;
      line-height: 1.45;
      letter-spacing: -0.01em;
      color: var(--ink);
      max-width: 24ch;
    }
    .foot-line {
      margin: 8px 0 20px 0;
      font-size: 13px;
      line-height: 1.6;
      color: var(--graphite);
      max-width: 34ch;
    }
    .foot-cta {
      text-decoration: none;
      font-size: 13px;
      font-weight: 700;
      color: var(--ink);
      border-bottom: 2px solid var(--accent);
      padding-bottom: 2px;
    }
    .foot-cta:hover { color: var(--accent); }
    .foot-h {
      font-family: var(--mono);
      font-size: 10px;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      letter-spacing: 0.12em;
      color: var(--graphite);
      padding-bottom: 10px;
      margin-bottom: 14px;
      border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
    }
    .foot-links {
      list-style: none;
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      display: flex;
      flex-direction: column;
      gap: 10px;
    }
    .foot-links a {
      text-decoration: none;
      font-size: 13px;
      color: var(--ink);
      border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
      transition: color 0.14s ease, border-color 0.14s ease;
    }
    .foot-links a:hover,
    .foot-links a:focus-visible {
      color: var(--accent);
      border-bottom-color: var(--accent);
    }

    /* Card stratum. Page-body furniture, not footer furniture: the
       homepage requirements section and the compare index both use it. */
    .seo-strata {
      padding: 64px 48px;
      border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
      background: var(--paper-dark);
    }
    .strata-sub {
      font-family: var(--mono);
      font-size: 10px;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      letter-spacing: 0.14em;
      color: var(--graphite);
      margin: 48px 0 18px 0;
      padding-bottom: 10px;
      border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
    }
    .strata-grid {
      display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(240px, 1fr));
      gap: 28px 40px;
    }
    .strata-card h3 {
      font-size: 15px;
      font-weight: 700;
      letter-spacing: -0.01em;
      margin: 0 0 8px 0;
    }
    .strata-card h3 a {
      text-decoration: none;
      color: var(--ink);
      border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
      transition: color 0.14s ease, border-color 0.14s ease;
    }
    .strata-card h3 a:hover,
    .strata-card h3 a:focus-visible {
      color: var(--accent);
      border-bottom-color: var(--accent);
    }
    .strata-card p {
      margin: 0;
      font-size: 13px;
      line-height: 1.65;
      color: var(--graphite);
    }

    /* Link stratum. Sits directly above .site-footer and shares its column
       grid, so the link columns line up with the footer's own. One tone
       darker, to read as the lower of two footer bands rather than a
       separate block. Each further SEO group is another .foot-strata-row. */
    .foot-strata {
      padding: 36px 48px;
      border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
      background: var(--paper-dark);
    }
    .foot-strata-row {
      display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: 1.5fr repeat(3, 1fr);
      gap: 40px;
    }
    .foot-strata-row + .foot-strata-row {
      margin-top: 28px;
      padding-top: 28px;
      border-top: 1px solid var(--line);
    }
    .foot-strata-h {
      align-self: start;
      font-family: var(--mono);
      font-size: 10px;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      letter-spacing: 0.12em;
      color: var(--graphite);
      padding-bottom: 10px;
      border-bottom: 1px solid var(--line);
    }
    .foot-strata-links {
      grid-column: span 3;
      list-style: none;
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      display: grid;
      grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
      gap: 10px 40px;
    }
    .foot-strata-links a {
      text-decoration: none;
      font-size: 13px;
      color: var(--graphite);
      border-bottom: 1px solid transparent;
      transition: color 0.14s ease, border-color 0.14s ease;
    }
    .foot-strata-links a:hover,
    .foot-strata-links a:focus-visible {
      color: var(--accent);
      border-bottom-color: var(--accent);
    }