:root {
  --primary-color: #b0cb1f;
  --accent-color: #a7cf3a;
  --surface-color: #f8fafb;
  --text-on-surface: #191c1d;
  --text-variant: #454839;
  --kinetic-radius: 28px;
  --kinetic-shadow: 0px 12px 32px rgba(78, 103, 0, 0.08);
}

.umass-page {

  /* Kinetic Brand Classes */
  .kinetic-card {
    background: #ffffff;
    border-radius: var(--kinetic-radius);
    box-shadow: var(--kinetic-shadow);
    border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
    transition:
      transform 0.3s ease,
      box-shadow 0.3s ease;
    overflow: hidden;
  }

  .btn-kinetic-outline {
    background: transparent;
    color: var(--primary-color);
    border: 2px solid var(--primary-color);
    border-radius: 50px;
    padding: 10px 32px;
    font-weight: 700;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
  }

  .btn-kinetic-outline:hover {
    background-color: var(--primary-color);
    color: #ffffff;
  }

  .kinetic-badge {
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 4px;
    background-color: #c8f25a;
    color: #151f00;
    padding: 6px 16px;
    border-radius: 50px;
    font-size: 14px;
    font-weight: 600;
    text-transform: uppercase;
  }

  .learning-step {
    width: 64px;
    height: 64px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b0cb1f 0%, #4e6700 100%);
    color: #ffffff;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    font-size: 24px;
    font-weight: 700;
    margin: 0 auto 24px;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 2;
  }

  /* Timeline Connector */
  .step-col {
    position: relative;
  }

  @media (min-width: 768px) {
    .step-col:not(:last-child)::after {
      content: "";
      position: absolute;
      top: 32px;
      left: 50%;
      width: 100%;
      height: 2px;
      background-color: #e1e3e4;
      z-index: 1;
    }
  }

  .navbar {
    height: 80px;
    backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
    background-color: rgba(248, 250, 251, 0.8);
    border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
  }

  @media (max-width: 768px) {
    .hero-title {
      font-size: 2.25rem;
    }
  }

  .form-control,
  .form-select {
    background-color: #eceeef;
    border: none;
    padding: 12px 20px;
    border-radius: 12px;
  }

  .form-control:focus,
  .form-select:focus {
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(78, 103, 0, 0.2);
    background-color: #e1e3e4;
  }

  .success-card {
    border-bottom: 8px solid #b0cb1f !important;
  }

  .material-symbols-outlined {
    vertical-align: middle;
  }

  /* --- Fine-tuned Typography & Elements --- */
  .hero-title {
    font-size: 40px;
    font-weight: 600;
    line-height: 1.15;
    letter-spacing: -0.03em;
    color: var(--text-on-surface);
  }

  .text-primary {
    color: var(--primary-color) !important;
  }

  /* Custom Component Structural Label Alignment */
  .kinetic-form-label {
    font-size: 0.8rem;
    font-weight: 700;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 0.06em;
    color: var(--text-variant) !important;
  }

  /* Upgraded Input Controls styles to overwrite defaults safely */
  .kinetic-form-input,
  .kinetic-form-select {
    background-color: #eceeef !important;
    border: 2px solid transparent !important;
    /* padding: 0.85rem 1.25rem !important; */
    border-radius: 14px !important;
    font-size: 0.95rem;
    color: var(--text-on-surface) !important;
    transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
  }

  .kinetic-form-input:focus,
  .kinetic-form-select:focus {
    background-color: #ffffff !important;
    border-color: var(--accent-color) !important;
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 4px rgba(167, 207, 58, 0.15) !important;
    outline: none;
  }

  /* Negative Space Avatar Alignment Layers */
  .kinetic-avatar-stack {
    margin-right: 0.25rem;
  }

  .kinetic-avatar {
    width: 46px;
    height: 46px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    object-fit: cover;
    border: 3px solid #ffffff;
    box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06);
    transition: transform 0.2s ease;
  }

  .kinetic-avatar:not(:first-child) {
    margin-left: -14px; /* Pulls avatars together into a crisp stack */
  }

  .kinetic-avatar:hover {
    transform: translateY(-4px) scale(1.05);
    position: relative;
    z-index: 10;
  }

  /* Refined primary submission layout button modifications */
  .btn-kinetic-primary {
    border-radius: 50rem;
    font-size: 0.95rem;
    letter-spacing: 0.05em;
    transition:
      transform 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.165, 0.84, 0.44, 1),
      background-color 0.2s ease;
    background-color: #b0cb1f;
    color: white;
  }

  .btn-kinetic-primary:hover {
    background-color: #729904;
    color: #ffffff;
    transform: scale(1.02);
  }

  /* Responsive view optimizations */
  @media (max-width: 991.98px) {
    .hero-title {
      text-align: center;
    }
    .lead {
      text-align: center;
    }
    .d-flex.align-items-center.gap-3.mt-4 {
      justify-content: center;
      margin-bottom: 2rem;
    }
  }

  /* --- High-Contrast Hero Layout Structural Adjustments --- */
  .mass-hero-area {
    position: relative;
    padding: 100px 0;
    background-image: url("../img/hero/umass-hero.jpg");
    background-size: cover;
    background-position: center right;
    background-color: #131c25; /* Safe structural dark fallback */
    z-index: 1;
  }

  /* Linear Left-to-Right Dark Vignette Layer */
  .mass-hero-overlay {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    background: linear-gradient(
      90deg,
      rgba(19, 28, 37, 0.98) 0%,
      rgba(19, 28, 37, 0.9) 35%,
      rgba(19, 28, 37, 0.5) 70%,
      rgba(19, 28, 37, 0.2) 100%
    );
    background: linear-gradient(
      90deg,
      rgba(15, 23, 30, 0.98) 0%,
      rgba(15, 23, 30, 0.88) 45%,
      rgba(15, 23, 30, 0.45) 75%,
      rgba(15, 23, 30, 0.15) 100%
    );
    z-index: 2;
    pointer-events: none;
  }

  /* Isolating the interactive viewport elements clear above the gradient */
  .mass-hero-content {
    z-index: 3;
  }

  /* Typography Overhauls over Dark Canvas */
  .mass-hero-accent {
    color: var(--primary-color);
  }

  .mass-hero-lead {
    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.75) !important;
  }

  .text-white-50 {
    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6) !important;
  }

  /* Glass/Card Layout shadow optimization against background images */
  .mass-form-container {
    box-shadow: 0 30px 60px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25) !important;
  }

  /* Custom interactive input depth fixes for high contrast screens */
  .kinetic-form-input,
  .kinetic-form-select {
    background-color: #f1f3f4 !important;
    color: #191c1d !important;
  }

  .kinetic-form-input:focus,
  .kinetic-form-select:focus {
    background-color: #ffffff !important;
  }

  /* Responsive Adaptive Viewport Breakpoints */
  @media (max-width: 991.98px) {
    .mass-hero-area {
      padding: 70px 0;
    }
    /* Switches to a clean top-to-bottom vertical gradient overlay on mobile screens */
    .mass-hero-overlay {
      background: linear-gradient(
        180deg,
        rgba(15, 23, 30, 0.98) 0%,
        rgba(15, 23, 30, 0.85) 100%
      );
    }
    .hero-title,
    .lead {
      text-align: center;
    }
    .d-flex.align-items-center.gap-3.mt-4 {
      justify-content: center;
      margin-bottom: 2.5rem;
    }
  }

  .umass-view-all {
    font-size: 20px;
  }

  /* Container block split architecture */
  .umass-split-section {
    padding: 5rem 0;
    background-color: #f8f9fa;
  }

  /* Left typography and image hero container */
  .umass-hero-text-wrapper {
    position: relative;
    padding-right: 2rem;
  }

  .umass-badge-accent {
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 0.5rem 1.25rem;
    background-color: rgba(196, 248, 102, 0.2);
    color: #4a7c00;
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 0.85rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    border-radius: 50px;
  }

  .umass-split-heading {
    color: #111111;
    line-height: 1.15;
    letter-spacing: -1px;
  }

  .umass-split-desc {
    color: #555555;
    font-size: 1.15rem;
    line-height: 1.6;
  }

  /* Feature Checklist items on left */
  .umass-feature-list {
    list-style: none;
    padding-left: 0;
  }

  .umass-feature-item {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    color: #333333;
    font-weight: 500;
  }

  .umass-feature-icon {
    color: #c4f866;
    background-color: #111111;
    width: 28px;
    height: 28px;
    display: inline-flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    border-radius: 50%;
    font-size: 0.75rem;
  }

  /* Right solid-fill card architecture */
  .umass-solid-form-card {
    background: #ffffff;
    border-radius: 1.75rem;
    box-shadow: 0 20px 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.06);
    border: 1px solid #eef0f4;
  }

  .umass-form-accent-header {
    background: #111111;
    color: #ffffff;
    padding: 1.5rem 2rem;
    border-top-left-radius: 1.75rem;
    border-top-right-radius: 1.75rem;
  }

  .umass-form-body {
    padding: 2.5rem;
  }

  /* Minimalist floating-style field lines */
  .umass-minimal-input {
    border: 1px solid #dcdcdc !important;
    border-radius: 0.5rem;
    background-color: #ffffff !important;
    color: #111111 !important;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
  }

  .umass-minimal-input:focus {
    border-color: #111111 !important;
    box-shadow: 0 0 0 3px rgba(17, 17, 17, 0.1) !important;
  }

  /* Select wrapper structural modifications */
  .umass-select-arrow-variant {
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    -moz-appearance: none;
    appearance: none;
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' viewBox='0 0 16 16'%3e%3cpath fill='none' stroke='%23111111' stroke-linecap='round' stroke-linejoin='round' stroke-width='2' d='m2 5 6 6 6-6'/%3e%3c/svg%3e");
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: right 1rem center;
    background-size: 14px 10px;
  }

  /* High contrast primary dark button execution */
  .umass-btn-dark-action {
    background: #b0cb1f;
    color: #ffffff;
    border-radius: 0.5rem;
    font-weight: 600;
    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
    font-size: 8px;
    padding: 0.75rem 1.5rem;
    transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out;
  }

  .umass-btn-dark-action:hover {
    background: #b0cb1f;
    color: #111111;
  }
}

.custom-badge {
  background-color: #b0cb1f; /* bg-success */
  border-radius: 50rem;       /* rounded-pill */
  padding-left: 0.5rem;         /* px-3 (16px) */
  padding-right: 0.5rem;        /* px-3 (16px) */
  padding-top: 0.2rem;        /* py-2 (8px) */
  padding-bottom: 0.2rem;     /* py-2 (8px) */
  text-transform: uppercase;  /* text-uppercase */
  font-weight: 600;           /* fw-semibold */
  display: inline-block;      /* Required for badges to scale correctly */
  font-size: 0.75rem;          /* Adjust font size for smaller badges */
  color: #fff;                /* Standard text contrast for success badges */
}

.custom-white-badge {
  background-color: #fff;                  /* bg-white */
  color: #212529;                          /* text-dark */
  border-radius: 50rem;                    /* rounded-pill */
  padding-left: 0.5rem;         /* px-3 (16px) */
  padding-right: 0.5rem;        /* px-3 (16px) */
  padding-top: 0.2rem;        /* py-2 (8px) */
  padding-bottom: 0.2rem;     /* py-2 (8px) */
  text-transform: uppercase;               /* text-uppercase */
  font-size: 0.75rem;                       /* Adjust font size for smaller badges */
  font-weight: 700;                        /* fw-bold */
  box-shadow: 0 0.125rem 0.25rem rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075); /* shadow-sm */
  display: inline-block;                   /* Standard badge alignment */
}