argus review: the literal Catppuccin Latte accent hexes (base08-0F)
fail badly as StatusChip fill-text (green/amber/red/yellow on
--purple-dim/base03: 1.4:1-3:1, need 4.5:1) and even as plain text on
--bg/base00 in the agent/dashboard packages that also import this file
(2.3:1-4.8:1). Root cause: Latte's own accents are calibrated against
Lattes near-white base/crust, not a mid-gray surface1; the Mocha row
does not hit this because Mochas pastel accents are already light, so
they contrast fine against a dark surface1 - Lattes saturated-but-mid
accents do not have the same headroom against Lattes own lighter
surface1.
Fix: darken each accent slot from stock Latte (same hue/saturation,
lower HSL lightness via binary search) until real WCAG contrast against
base03 clears 4.5:1 with margin - verified this also clears >7:1
against base00, so both the swarm-ui chip case and the plain-text case
elsewhere are covered by one set of values. base00-07 stay stock Latte
(no contrast role, just surfaces/foreground). Yellow and peach read
closer to olive/brown than a bright yellow/orange once darkened this
far - an inherent property of darkening a warm hue in sRGB, not a
mapping mistake; boosting saturation further did not rescue it
(checked).
Verified with headless-chromium screenshots against the built swarm-ui
bundle: StatusChip text (the exact case argus flagged) and every chip
tone on /components now read clearly.
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