---
id: 10
title: 10 Brand Color Refresh
status: Ready for Dev
date: 2026-09-27
---

## Description

A brownfield color migration replacing the original Navy+Gold palette with a Charcoal + Warm Gray earth-tone palette across the whole application: core CSS theme, all Blade components, email templates, PDF templates, logo/SVG assets, and documentation. Superseded again by Epic 12.

## Acceptance Criteria

- [ ] Story 10.1: Core CSS theme updated with new colors
- [ ] Story 10.2: All Blade components using new palette
- [ ] Story 10.3: Email templates updated
- [ ] Story 10.4: PDF templates updated
- [ ] Story 10.5: Logo files updated/replaced
- [ ] Story 10.6: All documentation updated
- [ ] All pages render correctly with new colors
- [ ] WCAG AA contrast compliance verified
- [ ] RTL layout displays correctly
- [ ] Responsive design intact across breakpoints
- [ ] PDF exports display new branding
- [ ] Email templates display new branding
- [ ] Code formatted with Pint
- [ ] All existing tests passing
- [ ] Visual QA completed on all major pages