@sableui/react 0.5.0 → 0.6.1

package/llms/blocks/notification-list-block.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ An activity list: Entity rows with the actor's Avatar, who did what, and a compa
 ## Notes
 
 - Rows are Card + CardList + Entity, inset from the card's padding at any density.
-- Unread is a quiet info dot after the time — the list stays calm when most items are unread.
+- Unread is a quiet info dot before the time, so the times keep one right edge — the list stays calm when most items are unread.
 - framed={false} drops the surface for a Popover, which already is one.
 
 ## Accessibility
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export function NotificationListBlock({ className, framed = true }: Notification
 				{notifications.map((n) => (
 					<Entity
 						key={n.name}
-						leading={<Avatar size="sm" fallback={n.initials} alt={n.name} />}
+						leading={<Avatar variant="art" size="sm" fallback={n.initials} alt={n.name} />}
 						title={
 							<>
 								{n.name}
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ export function NotificationListBlock({ className, framed = true }: Notification
 						subtitle={n.what}
 						action={
 							<span className="flex items-center gap-1.5 text-caption text-muted-foreground">
-								{n.when}
 								{n.unread ? <StatusDot tone="info" /> : null}
+								{n.when}
 							</span>
 						}
 					/>

package/llms/blocks/product-card-block.md

@@ -20,25 +20,10 @@ A product card: edge-to-edge artwork, title and maker, an edition Badge, and the
 ## Source
 
 ```tsx
-import { Badge, Button, Card, CardAction, CardDescription, CardFooter, CardHeader, CardTitle, cn } from "@sableui/react"
+import { Badge, Button, Card, CardAction, CardDescription, CardFooter, CardHeader, CardTitle, cn, GradientArt } from "@sableui/react"
 
 const product = { title: "Untitled (gold rush)", maker: "Mara Okafor", edition: "12 of 50", price: "0.42 SOL" }
 
-/**
- * Placeholder artwork painted from the palette — a soft mesh of the theme's
- * decorative tones over the brand, so it follows every look. Replace the art
- * <div> with your product's image.
- */
-const ART_TONES = ["info", "collectible", "edition", "standard"]
-const ART_SPOTS = [[18, 22, 58], [82, 18, 55], [70, 88, 60], [12, 92, 55]]
-const artwork = [
-	...ART_SPOTS.map(
-		([x, y, reach], i) =>
-			// design-lint-disable-next-line inline-color -- relative colour derived from the theme's own --tone token, so it follows every look
-			`radial-gradient(in oklab at ${x}% ${y}%, oklch(from var(--tone-${ART_TONES[i % ART_TONES.length]}) clamp(0.5, calc(l + 0.16), 0.9) max(calc(c * 1.25), 0.1) h), transparent ${reach}%)`,
-	),
-	"var(--primary)",
-].join(", ")
 
 export interface ProductCardBlockProps {
 	className?: string
@@ -51,7 +36,8 @@ export interface ProductCardBlockProps {
 export function ProductCardBlock({ className, framed = true, onCollect }: ProductCardBlockProps) {
 	return (
 		<Card variant={framed ? "default" : "flat"} className={cn("w-full max-w-xs overflow-hidden", className)}>
-			<div aria-hidden className="aspect-[4/3]" style={{ background: artwork }} />
+			{/* Placeholder art painted from the theme, so it follows every look. Replace with the product image. */}
+			<GradientArt aria-hidden seed={product.title} className="aspect-[4/3]" />
 			<CardHeader>
 				<CardTitle>{product.title}</CardTitle>
 				<CardDescription>{product.maker}</CardDescription>

package/llms/blocks/profile-card-block.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ A profile card: a cover banner, an avatar rising into it, Share and Follow, the
 
 ```tsx
 import { useState } from "react"
-import { Avatar, Button, Card, CardContent, CardDescription, CardTitle, cn, Icon } from "@sableui/react"
+import { Avatar, Button, Card, CardContent, CardDescription, CardTitle, cn, GradientArt, Icon } from "@sableui/react"
 
 const profile = {
 	name: "Juno Avery",
@@ -34,20 +34,6 @@ const profile = {
 	],
 }
 
-/**
- * Placeholder banner painted from the palette — the theme's decorative tones
- * over the brand, so it follows every look. Replace with the person's cover image.
- */
-const ART_TONES = ["info", "collectible", "edition", "standard"]
-const ART_SPOTS = [[10, 50, 60], [50, 0, 55], [90, 60, 60], [40, 100, 50]]
-const banner = [
-	...ART_SPOTS.map(
-		([x, y, reach], i) =>
-			// design-lint-disable-next-line inline-color -- relative colour derived from the theme's own --tone token, so it follows every look
-			`radial-gradient(in oklab at ${x}% ${y}%, oklch(from var(--tone-${ART_TONES[i % ART_TONES.length]}) clamp(0.5, calc(l + 0.16), 0.9) max(calc(c * 1.25), 0.1) h), transparent ${reach}%)`,
-	),
-	"var(--primary)",
-].join(", ")
 
 export interface ProfileCardBlockProps {
 	className?: string
@@ -62,12 +48,13 @@ export function ProfileCardBlock({ className, framed = true, onFollowChange, onS
 	const [following, setFollowing] = useState(false)
 	return (
 		<Card variant={framed ? "default" : "flat"} className={cn("w-full max-w-xs overflow-hidden", className)}>
-			<div aria-hidden className="h-20" style={{ background: banner }} />
+			{/* Placeholder banner painted from the theme, so it follows every look. Replace with the person's cover image. */}
+			<GradientArt aria-hidden seed={profile.handle} className="h-20" />
 			{/* pt-0: the avatar rises into the banner above, so the content
 			    starts at the banner's edge rather than a full pad below it. */}
 			<CardContent className="flex flex-col gap-3 pt-0">
 				<div className="flex items-start justify-between">
-					<Avatar size="lg" fallback={profile.initials} alt={profile.name} className="-mt-6 ring-4 ring-card" />
+					<Avatar variant="art" size="lg" fallback={profile.initials} alt={profile.name} className="-mt-6 ring-4 ring-card" />
 					<div className="flex gap-1.5 pt-3">
 						<Button variant="ghost" size="icon-sm" aria-label="Share profile" onClick={onShare}>
 							<Icon name="share" />

package/llms/blocks/profile-form-block.md

@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export function ProfileFormBlock({ className, framed = true, onSave }: ProfileFo
 				<CardContent>
 					<Stack gap={3}>
 						<Row gap={2}>
-							<Avatar size="lg" fallback={profile.initials} alt={profile.name} />
+							<Avatar variant="art" size="lg" fallback={profile.initials} alt={profile.name} />
 							<Stack gap={0.5} align="start">
 								<Row gap={1}>
 									<Button type="button" variant="outline" size="sm">
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export function ProfileFormBlock({ className, framed = true, onSave }: ProfileFo
 						</Grid>
 					</Stack>
 				</CardContent>
-				<CardFooter className="justify-end">
+				<CardFooter actions className="justify-end">
 					<Button type="submit">Save profile</Button>
 				</CardFooter>
 			</Form>

package/llms/blocks/team-members-block.md

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export function TeamMembersBlock({ className, framed = true, onInvite, onMemberA
 				{members.map((m) => (
 					<Entity
 						key={m.id}
-						leading={<Avatar size="sm" fallback={m.initials} alt={m.name} />}
+						leading={<Avatar variant="art" size="sm" fallback={m.initials} alt={m.name} />}
 						title={m.name}
 						subtitle={m.email}
 						action={

package/llms/blocks/testimonial-block.md

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export function TestimonialBlock({ className }: TestimonialBlockProps) {
 							<blockquote className="text-balance text-heading-3 sm:text-heading-2">“{story.quote}”</blockquote>
 						</Stack>
 						<figcaption className="flex items-center gap-3">
-							<Avatar size="lg" fallback={story.initials} alt={story.name} />
+							<Avatar variant="art" size="lg" fallback={story.initials} alt={story.name} />
 							<div>
 								<p className="text-title-sm">{story.name}</p>
 								<p className="text-body-sm text-muted-foreground">{story.role}</p>

package/llms/components/avatar.md

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Use Avatar to represent a person, team, or account with a compact visual identit
 
 ### Best practices
 
+- Do: Use `variant="art"` where people without photos sit side by side — a member list, an activity feed, a chat. Seeded by the person, each gets their own colour, so faces stay tellable apart at a glance; the neutral fallback makes everyone the same grey circle.
 - Do: Provide meaningful alt text for profile images, or an empty alt when the adjacent text already names the person.
 - Do: Use initials or a simple glyph fallback so missing images still communicate identity.
 - Do: Use consistent sizes within a group; reserve lg for profile headers or major identity moments.
@@ -50,14 +51,17 @@ Use Avatar to represent a person, team, or account with a compact visual identit
 | fallbackDelay | number | — | Delay before showing the fallback, in ms — avoids a flash on fast loads. |
 | status | ReactNode | — | A presence indicator pinned to the bottom-end edge, usually <StatusDot tone="success" />. It sits outside the clipped circle and wears a ring in the surface colour (--avatar-group-ring, else the page background). Use this instead of absolutely positioning a dot over an Avatar. |
 | size | "sm" \| "md" \| "lg" | "md" | Square footprint: 32px / 40px / 48px. |
+| variant | "neutral" \| "art" | "neutral" | What the fallback looks like. neutral: initials on the muted surface. art: initials over GradientArt seeded by the person, so each person without a photo gets their own stable colour from the theme. |
+| seed | string \| number | — | The art variant's seed. Defaults to the fallback text, then `alt`, so a person keeps one colour wherever they appear; pass a user id to tell apart two people who share initials. |
 
 ## Variants
 
 - **size**: sm, md, lg
+- **variant**: neutral, art
 
 ## Tokens used
 
-`muted`, `muted-foreground`, `background`, `card`, `popover`
+`muted`, `muted-foreground`, `background`, `card`, `popover`, `overlay`, `overlay-foreground`
 
 ## Accessibility
 
@@ -90,6 +94,14 @@ import { Avatar } from "@sableui/react"
 <Avatar fallback="AM" alt="Alex Morgan" />
 ```
 
+### Art fallback
+
+```tsx
+import { Avatar } from "@sableui/react"
+
+<Avatar variant="art" fallback="AM" alt="Alex Morgan" />
+```
+
 ### Sizes
 
 ```tsx

package/llms/components/card.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Use Card for a discrete thing with its own boundary, such as one product, one no
 | CardAction | ComponentPropsWithRef<"div"> | Header-aligned top-right action slot (e.g. an overflow menu, switch, or close button). Place inside CardHeader, which becomes a 2-column grid when present and collapses to a single column otherwise. |
 | CardContent | ComponentPropsWithRef<"div"> & { flush?: boolean } | The body region. Padding follows the density knob on all sides — does not assume a preceding CardHeader, so it is safe to use standalone (e.g. no CardHeader in the card). When paired with CardHeader, the seam stays tight because CardHeader zeroes its own bottom padding. `flush` runs it edge to edge for a table: the Table insets its first and last columns by exactly the card padding, so it lines up with the header — never hand-set pl-6/pr-6 on columns. |
 | CardList | ComponentPropsWithRef<"div"> | Rows that run edge to edge in the card (Entity rows, most often), divided by hairlines. Insets each row to the card's own padding, so a list card lines up with every other card at any density — no hand-tuned px-* on the rows. Under a CardHeader it opens with a hairline and a gap; alone it fills the card. |
-| CardFooter | ComponentPropsWithRef<"div"> | Bottom row for actions/meta. Padding follows the density knob. |
+| CardFooter | ComponentPropsWithRef<"div"> & { actions?: boolean } | Bottom row for actions/meta. Padding follows the density knob. `actions` marks it as the card's action row (buttons only): in a sheet (IosSheet, a bottom SheetContent) it becomes a full-width stack pinned to the bottom, primary on top; on a page nothing changes. |
 
 ## Props
 

package/llms/components/gradient-art.md

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+# GradientArt
+
+**Status:** beta
+
+Placeholder artwork painted by a static WebGL shader from the preset's own art direction (the --art-* tokens: palette, ground, warp, softness, grain) — Ember burns, Prism airbrushes, Meridian is grainy monochrome — with a CSS gradient underneath for prerendered pages and browsers without WebGL2.
+
+**Keywords:** gradient, mesh gradient, grain, shader, artwork, placeholder image, cover, banner, avatar fallback, generative
+
+## Usage
+
+Use GradientArt where a real image belongs but none exists yet, or where the image is decoration: a product cover before upload, a profile banner, an album tile, an avatar with no photo. It reads the theme's own tokens, so it follows every preset, mode and live edit; `seed` fixes each item's composition so a list of covers or avatars stays individually recognisable.
+
+### Best practices
+
+- Do: Pass a stable `seed` per item — the name for an avatar, the title for a cover. Each item then keeps the same art across renders, reloads and themes, which is what lets someone recognise it.
+- Do: Size it with layout classes (`aspect-[4/3]`, `h-20`, `size-10 rounded-full`) and put any glyph or initials inside as children; they render above the art.
+- Do: Keep the default `mesh` for covers, tiles and avatars. Reach for `grain` where a printed, tactile surface suits — a banner, a hero card — and keep one variant per surface type so art reads as a system.
+- Don't: Do not put body text over it. The art spans the palette's lightest and most saturated tones, so no single ink is guaranteed to clear contrast across it; reserve overlays for a short label on a scrim or an avatar's initials.
+- Don't: Do not pass colours, and reach for `tones` rarely. The art follows the preset's --art-* tokens on purpose; to change how a product's art looks, set the --theme-art-* hooks in its theme or preset, so every cover, banner and avatar changes together.
+- Don't: Do not use it as a page or hero background. It paints at the element's pixel size, so a full-viewport instance costs a large frame on every theme change; it is sized for covers, banners and tiles.
+
+## Props
+
+| Name | Type | Default | Description |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| variant | "mesh" \| "grain" | "mesh" | mesh: soft spots of colour pulled together by gentle waves. grain: glowing light over deep corners with a printed texture. |
+| tones | ("info" \| "standard" \| "collectible" \| "edition" \| "warning")[] | — | Paint these `--tone-*` colours instead of the preset's art palette. Leave unset to follow the preset's art direction. |
+| seed | string \| number | — | Fixes the composition: the same seed paints the same art in every theme. Pass a stable id. |
+| children | ReactNode | — | Rendered above the art — initials, a glyph, a short label. |
+| className | string | — | Size and shape: aspect, height, rounding. |
+
+## Variants
+
+- **variant**: mesh, grain
+
+## Tokens used
+
+`art-1`, `art-2`, `art-3`, `art-4`, `art-5`, `art-6`, `art-ground`, `art-warp`, `art-softness`, `art-grain`, `primary`, `tone-info`, `tone-standard`, `tone-collectible`, `tone-edition`, `tone-warning`
+
+## Motion
+
+- **arrival** · canvas · `motion-interactive` — The shader frame fades in over the CSS gradient it replaces, so the swap from fallback to shader reads as the art settling rather than a flash.
+- **response** · root · _no motion_ — Artwork, not a control: it does not react to the pointer.
+- **transition** · canvas · _custom (outside the recipe layer)_ — A theme change repaints the frame in place on the next animation frame; there are no states to move between.
+- **activity** · root · _no motion_ — Static by design: nothing animates between paints, so it costs nothing while idle and respects reduced motion without a branch.
+
+## Accessibility
+
+- Decorative by default: the canvas is aria-hidden. When the art stands for something (an avatar), label the element that contains it, not the art.
+- Children render above the art in the normal reading order, so initials or a label are announced as usual.
+
+## Related
+
+- Components: Avatar, Card, AspectBox
+
+## Examples
+
+### Product cover
+
+```tsx
+import { GradientArt } from "@sableui/react"
+
+<GradientArt seed="Untitled (gold rush)" className="aspect-[4/3] rounded-lg" />
+```
+
+### Grain banner
+
+```tsx
+import { GradientArt } from "@sableui/react"
+
+<GradientArt variant="grain" seed="juno" tones={["info", "edition"]} className="h-20 rounded-md" />
+```
+
+### Avatar with initials
+
+```tsx
+import { GradientArt } from "@sableui/react"
+
+<GradientArt seed="Mara Okafor" className="grid size-10 place-items-center rounded-full text-label-md text-overlay-foreground">MO</GradientArt>
+```

package/llms/components/sheet.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Use Sheet for secondary workflows that slide in while preserving context from th
 | SheetHeader | ComponentProps<"div"> | Top section holding SheetTitle/SheetDescription. |
 | SheetTitle | Base UI Drawer.Title props + className | The sheet's accessible name — wires aria-labelledby on the popup. |
 | SheetDescription | Base UI Drawer.Description props + className | Muted supporting line; wires aria-describedby. |
-| SheetFooter | ComponentProps<"div"> | Bottom row for actions, pinned after the scrollable body. |
+| SheetFooter | ComponentProps<"div"> | Bottom row for actions, pinned after the scrollable body. In a bottom sheet it stacks: full width, the primary on top, every button at the cta height. |
 
 ## Props
 

package/llms/foundations/accessibility.md

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Sable's components ship accessible behavior from Base UI. These rules cover what
 
 - **Never:** Color as the only signal (a red border with no message). **Instead:** Color plus text or an icon. Roughly 1 in 12 men cannot tell red from green.
 - **Never:** Opacity on the focus ring. **Instead:** ring-ring at full opacity; tune the token in the theme. A faded ring loses the contrast the theme tested. *Enforced by sable-lint: faded-focus-ring.*
+- **Never:** A brand or status fill retuned under its old label — dark ink on a bright red that passes 4.5:1 at APCA Lc 42. **Instead:** A label that clears 4.5:1 and APCA Lc 60 in both modes. Move the fill's lightness, not its hue, keeping the ink its colour takes. A status colour on a surface is its own token (`--destructive-text`), so the fill can move freely. The ratio alone passes labels that read muddy. A deliberate brand pair is allowed with a recorded reason (lint disable or preset exceptions). *Enforced by sable-lint: label-contrast.*
 - **Never:** Blocking paste, or type="number" for codes and card numbers. **Instead:** type="text" inputMode="numeric" with the right autocomplete. Blocking paste breaks password managers; number inputs scroll-change identifiers.
 - **Never:** forced-color-adjust: none to 'fix' high-contrast mode. **Instead:** Let the system colors apply; verify the result. It removes the user's chosen colors exactly where they need them.
 - **Never:** outline: none without a replacement. **Instead:** focus-visible:ring-2 ring-ring. Keyboard users lose their place.

package/llms/patterns/auth-page.md

@@ -28,22 +28,7 @@ Split sign-in page: a form column (brand mark, heading, email + password, primar
 
 ```tsx
 import { useState } from "react"
-import { Avatar, Badge, Button, Card, CardContent, Entity, Field, Form, Icon, Input, Region, Separator, Stack } from "@sableui/react"
-
-// A soft mesh of the theme's decorative tones over its brand colour, so the
-// artwork follows every theme and mode. Each tone is lifted from its text
-// strength (dark, restrained) to an art strength.
-const artwork = [
-	// design-lint-disable-next-line inline-color -- relative colour derived from the theme's own --tone token, so it follows every look
-	"radial-gradient(in oklab at 18% 22%, oklch(from var(--tone-info) clamp(0.5, calc(l + 0.16), 0.9) max(calc(c * 1.25), 0.1) h), transparent 58%)",
-	// design-lint-disable-next-line inline-color -- relative colour derived from the theme's own --tone token, so it follows every look
-	"radial-gradient(in oklab at 82% 18%, oklch(from var(--tone-collectible) clamp(0.5, calc(l + 0.16), 0.9) max(calc(c * 1.25), 0.1) h), transparent 55%)",
-	// design-lint-disable-next-line inline-color -- relative colour derived from the theme's own --tone token, so it follows every look
-	"radial-gradient(in oklab at 70% 88%, oklch(from var(--tone-edition) clamp(0.5, calc(l + 0.16), 0.9) max(calc(c * 1.25), 0.1) h), transparent 60%)",
-	// design-lint-disable-next-line inline-color -- relative colour derived from the theme's own --tone token, so it follows every look
-	"radial-gradient(in oklab at 12% 92%, oklch(from var(--tone-standard) clamp(0.5, calc(l + 0.16), 0.9) max(calc(c * 1.25), 0.1) h), transparent 55%)",
-	"var(--primary)",
-].join(", ")
+import { Avatar, Badge, Button, Card, CardContent, Entity, Field, Form, GradientArt, Icon, Input, Region, Separator, Stack } from "@sableui/react"
 
 export function AuthPage() {
 	const [pending, setPending] = useState(false)
@@ -131,7 +116,8 @@ export function AuthPage() {
 
 			{/* The brand panel is decoration: on a phone the form is the whole screen. */}
 			<aside aria-label="Featured release" className="hidden p-3 lg:flex">
-				<div className="flex flex-1 flex-col justify-end rounded-xl p-8" style={{ background: artwork }}>
+				{/* Art painted from the theme's tones over its brand, so it follows every look. */}
+				<GradientArt seed="Untitled (gold rush)" className="flex flex-1 flex-col justify-end rounded-xl p-8">
 					<Card className="max-w-md">
 						<CardContent>
 							<Stack gap={3}>
@@ -143,14 +129,14 @@ export function AuthPage() {
 								</p>
 								<Entity
 									className="p-0"
-									leading={<Avatar fallback="MO" />}
+									leading={<Avatar variant="art" fallback="MO" />}
 									title="Mara Okafor"
 									subtitle="Untitled (gold rush), 2026"
 								/>
 							</Stack>
 						</CardContent>
 					</Card>
-				</div>
+				</GradientArt>
 			</aside>
 		</main>
 	)

package/llms/patterns/brand-landing-page.md

@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ export function BrandLandingPage() {
 									</blockquote>
 								</Stack>
 								<figcaption className="flex items-center gap-3">
-									<Avatar size="lg" fallback="MO" />
+									<Avatar variant="art" size="lg" fallback="MO" />
 									<div>
 										<p className="text-title-sm">Maya Okafor</p>
 										<p className="text-body-sm text-muted-foreground">Head of operations, Fielddesk</p>

package/llms/patterns/chat-panel.md

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export function ChatPanel() {
 	// at that size reads as a speck); `alt` names it for a screen reader, which
 	// otherwise gets nothing from a fallback-only avatar.
 	const assistant = (
-		<Avatar
+		<Avatar variant="art"
 			size="sm"
 			alt="Assistant"
 			fallback={<Icon name="sparkles" className="text-base" />}

package/llms/patterns/dashboard-page.md

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export function DashboardPage() {
 							<span className="text-title-sm">Atelier</span>
 						</Row>
 					}
-					actions={<Avatar size="sm" fallback="AL" alt="Ada Lovelace" />}
+					actions={<Avatar variant="art" size="sm" fallback="AL" alt="Ada Lovelace" />}
 				/>
 			}
 			bottomNav={
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export function DashboardPage() {
 					<SidebarFooter>
 						<Entity
 							className="[--entity-py:0]"
-							leading={<Avatar size="sm" fallback="AL" alt="" />}
+							leading={<Avatar variant="art" size="sm" fallback="AL" alt="" />}
 							title="Ada Lovelace"
 							subtitle="@ada"
 							action={
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ export function DashboardPage() {
 								{collectors.map((person) => (
 									<Entity
 										key={person.id}
-										leading={<Avatar size="sm" fallback={person.initials} alt="" />}
+										leading={<Avatar variant="art" size="sm" fallback={person.initials} alt="" />}
 										title={person.name}
 										subtitle={`${person.handle} · ${person.pieces} pieces`}
 										action={<span className="text-mono-sm">{usd.format(person.spent)}</span>}
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ export function DashboardPage() {
 							{activity.map((item) => (
 								<Entity
 									key={item.id}
-									leading={<Avatar size="sm" fallback={item.initials} alt="" />}
+									leading={<Avatar variant="art" size="sm" fallback={item.initials} alt="" />}
 									title={item.who}
 									subtitle={item.what}
 									action={<RelativeTime date={Date.now() - item.when} className="text-caption text-muted-foreground" />}

package/llms/patterns/feed-page.md

@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ const renderPost = (post: Post) => (
 		<Card>
 			<CardList>
 				<Entity
-					leading={<Avatar fallback={post.initials} alt={post.author} />}
+					leading={<Avatar variant="art" fallback={post.initials} alt={post.author} />}
 					title={post.author}
 					subtitle={`${post.handle} · ${post.time}`}
 					action={
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export function FeedPage() {
 					<Card>
 						<CardContent>
 							<Row gap={1.5} align="start">
-								<Avatar fallback="AL" alt="Ada Lovelace" />
+								<Avatar variant="art" fallback="AL" alt="Ada Lovelace" />
 								<Stack gap={1.5} className="min-w-0 flex-1">
 									<Textarea
 										autoResize
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ export function FeedPage() {
 								{suggestions.map((person) => (
 									<Entity
 										key={person.id}
-										leading={<Avatar fallback={person.initials} alt={person.name} />}
+										leading={<Avatar variant="art" fallback={person.initials} alt={person.name} />}
 										title={person.name}
 										subtitle={person.handle}
 										action={
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ export function FeedPage() {
 								{upcoming.map((drop) => (
 									<Entity
 										key={drop.id}
-										leading={<Avatar fallback={drop.initials} alt={drop.artist} />}
+										leading={<Avatar variant="art" fallback={drop.initials} alt={drop.artist} />}
 										title={drop.title}
 										subtitle={`${drop.artist} · ${drop.date}`}
 										action={

package/llms/patterns/landing-page.md

@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ export function LandingPage() {
 											{deploys.map((deploy) => (
 												<Entity
 													key={deploy.meta}
-													leading={<Avatar size="sm" fallback={deploy.initials} alt={deploy.name} />}
+													leading={<Avatar variant="art" size="sm" fallback={deploy.initials} alt={deploy.name} />}
 													title={deploy.title}
 													subtitle={deploy.meta}
 													action={

package/llms/patterns/list-detail-page.md

@@ -212,7 +212,8 @@ export function ListDetailPage() {
 												selected={isSelected}
 												onSelect={() => select(m.id)}
 												leading={
-													<Avatar
+													<Avatar variant="art"
+														seed={m.name}
 														fallback={m.pending ? <Icon name="mail" className="size-5" /> : m.initials}
 														status={m.lastActive === "Online now" ? <StatusDot tone="success" /> : undefined}
 														// The row's title already names it: keep the initials out of the row's name.
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ export function ListDetailPage() {
 								<Card>
 									<CardHeader>
 										<Row gap={2}>
-											<Avatar
+											<Avatar variant="art"
 												size="lg"
 												fallback={selected.pending ? <Icon name="mail" className="size-6" /> : selected.initials}
 												status={selected.lastActive === "Online now" ? <StatusDot tone="success" /> : undefined}

package/llms/patterns/settings-page.md

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export function SettingsPage() {
 							<span className="text-title-sm">Atelier</span>
 						</Row>
 					}
-					actions={<Avatar size="sm" fallback="AL" alt="Ada Lovelace" />}
+					actions={<Avatar variant="art" size="sm" fallback="AL" alt="Ada Lovelace" />}
 				/>
 			}
 			bottomNav={
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export function SettingsPage() {
 					<SidebarFooter>
 						<Entity
 							className="[--entity-py:0]"
-							leading={<Avatar size="sm" fallback="AL" alt="" />}
+							leading={<Avatar variant="art" size="sm" fallback="AL" alt="" />}
 							title="Ada Lovelace"
 							subtitle="@ada"
 							action={
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export function SettingsPage() {
 									<CardContent>
 										<Stack gap={3}>
 											<Row gap={2}>
-												<Avatar size="lg" fallback="AL" alt="Ada Lovelace" />
+												<Avatar variant="art" size="lg" fallback="AL" alt="Ada Lovelace" />
 												<Stack gap={0.5} align="start">
 													<Row gap={1}>
 														<Button type="button" variant="outline" size="sm">

package/llms/reference/token-intent.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 Which token to reach for, and what it is most often confused with. Generated from `src/themes/token-docs.ts`; the full data is `registry.json → tokens`.
 
-### semantic (45)
+### semantic (49)
 
 - **`background`** — The page. The furthest-back surface in the page register. *Use for:* The document body, and any surface meant to read as 'the page itself'. Never anything that floats: background is the BOTTOM of the surface stack (background < card < popover in every dark mode), so a floating panel painted with it reads as a hole beneath the cards it hovers over.
     - **Not** `popover` for anything floating, `card` for a bounded block on the page. `canvas`. `canvas` is the *work* surface in a tool — the artboard being edited — which is not the page behind the UI. Using `background` for an artboard makes the thing being edited indistinguishable from the chrome around it.
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ Which token to reach for, and what it is most often confused with. Generated fro
     - **Not** `foreground`. That is the ink for `background` only; on any other surface it is a contrast gamble that happens to pass in the default theme and fails in another.
 - **`highlight-foreground`** — Ink paired with `highlight`. Evaluate the rendered contrast together; never choose it independently. *Use for:* Whenever the background is `highlight`. Use them as a pair — `bg-highlight text-highlight-foreground` — so a theme can retune the surface and the ink together.
     - **Not** `foreground`. That is the ink for `background` only; on any other surface it is a contrast gamble that happens to pass in the default theme and fails in another.
+- **`destructive-text`** — `destructive` drawn on a surface: text, icons, borders and focus rings. *Use for:* Write `text-destructive`, `border-destructive` or `ring-destructive` — they read this token; only `bg-destructive` reads the fill.
+    - **Not** `destructive` itself for marks on a page. The fill is tuned to carry a label (dark mode lowers it under white ink), which can leave it too dark to read on a dark card.
+- **`success-text`** — `success` drawn on a surface: text, icons, borders and focus rings. *Use for:* Write `text-success`, `border-success` or `ring-success` — they read this token; only `bg-success` reads the fill.
+    - **Not** `success` itself for marks on a page. The fill is tuned to carry a label (dark mode lowers it under white ink), which can leave it too dark to read on a dark card.
+- **`tone-warning-text`** — `tone-warning` drawn on a surface: text, icons, borders and focus rings. *Use for:* Write `text-tone-warning`, `border-tone-warning` or `ring-tone-warning` — they read this token; only `bg-tone-warning` reads the fill.
+    - **Not** `tone-warning` itself for marks on a page. The fill is tuned to carry a label (dark mode lowers it under white ink), which can leave it too dark to read on a dark card.
+- **`tone-info-text`** — `tone-info` drawn on a surface: text, icons, borders and focus rings. *Use for:* Write `text-tone-info`, `border-tone-info` or `ring-tone-info` — they read this token; only `bg-tone-info` reads the fill.
+    - **Not** `tone-info` itself for marks on a page. The fill is tuned to carry a label (dark mode lowers it under white ink), which can leave it too dark to read on a dark card.
 - **`overlay`** — A scrim over the page behind a modal, and the wash behind media chrome. *Use for:* Dialog and sheet backdrops, letterboxing, a pill sitting on top of an image.
     - **Not** `bg-black/50`. Pure black is never right — it crushes whatever is behind it, and a theme cannot tune it. This token is the sanctioned answer, which is why `raw-black-white` is a lint rule.
 - **`overlay-foreground`** — Ink paired with `overlay`. Evaluate the rendered contrast together; never choose it independently. *Use for:* Whenever the background is `overlay`. Use them as a pair — `bg-overlay text-overlay-foreground` — so a theme can retune the surface and the ink together.

package/llms/tasks/auditing-an-app.md

@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ drift; repeated overrides can indicate a missing system hook rather than app mis
 Run relevant `sable doctor`, `sable lint <paths> --json` and `sable grade <paths>
 --json` checks. Lint is lexical; source grades and pattern similarity do not judge
 taste. Deliberately static motion slots remain valid with appropriate feedback.
+Lint's `label-contrast` measures an app's overrides of the brand fills (`--primary`,
+`--sidebar-primary`, `--highlight`) and status fills (`--destructive`, `--success`,
+`--tone-warning`, `--tone-info`) against their labels on top of the installed theme, and
+names the nearest pair that reads. Report it with that pair as a recommendation.
+A reasoned `design-lint-disable-next-line label-contrast` is the app's recorded
+choice: list it as intentional, not as a defect.
 
 ## Deliver evidence-backed findings
 

package/llms/tasks/building-an-ios-prototype.md

@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ Entity rows in a Card) or `redesign` (desktop workspace tools).
 3. Compose: `NativeApp` at the root (`mode` sets light or dark, also on
    `<html>` so portaled Sable popups follow); one `NavigationStack` per tab,
    each holding an `IosPage` with an `IosNavbar` and Sable content; an
-   `IosTabbar` of `IosTab`s with Sable `Icon`s; `IosSheet` around Sable forms.
+   `IosTabbar` of `IosTab`s with Sable `Icon`s; `IosSheet` around Sable forms
+   (`background="opaque"` for a form at the medium detent, and the block
+   `framed={false}`: the sheet is already its surface).
    Keep the app's `IconProvider`.
 4. Frame it on a host page with `PhoneFrame` from `@sableui/react/ios/preview`
    and `@sableui/react/ios/frame.css` (Sable's Phone around an iframe at

package/llms/tasks/converting-an-app.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ button and text node takes a minute and settles the argument.
 
 ## 1. Wire the package
 
-Follow **Consuming** in `llms.txt`: `.npmrc`, `pnpm add`, React dedupe, the CSS
+Follow **Consuming** in `llms.txt`: `pnpm add`, React dedupe, the CSS
 import order, `@source`, fonts, providers. React dedupe is the one that fails
 loudest and least clearly ("invalid hook call").
 

package/llms/tasks/creating-a-preset.md

@@ -31,6 +31,30 @@ light and dark modes and test long text, focus, disabled controls, floating
 surfaces, and errors. Token validation checks the contract and safe CSS structure;
 rendered review establishes contrast, coherence, and suitability.
 
+`--check` also measures the label on every filled role against its `-foreground`,
+in both modes: the brand fills `primary`, `sidebar-primary` and `highlight`, and the
+status fills `destructive`, `success`, `tone-warning` and `tone-info`. A label must
+clear 4.5:1 and APCA Lc 60, because a pair can pass the ratio and still read muddy
+(dark ink on a bright red-orange). A failing pair stops the check with
+`ERR_PRESET_CONTRAST` and the nearest pair that reads, with the fill's lightness
+moved and its hue kept. A fill keeps the ink its light-mode colour takes, so a
+colour with a white label keeps white in dark mode and its fill comes down to meet
+it. Offer that pair to the user.
+
+Each status colour has two tokens. The fill (`destructive`) carries its label;
+`destructive-text` is the same colour drawn on a surface, and `text-destructive`,
+`border-destructive` and `ring-destructive` read it. In dark mode the two usually
+differ: a saturated fill low enough for white, and a lighter text value that reads
+on a dark card. Author both; lowering the fill never darkens the page's error text.
+If the user chose the failing pair on purpose (a brand book, a reference to match),
+keep it and record the decision in the preset rather than overriding it:
+
+```json
+"exceptions": [{ "rule": "label-contrast", "mode": "dark", "token": "primary", "reason": "Brand book specifies dark ink on the bright fill." }]
+```
+
+An accepted pair is reported with its reason on every check; it is never silent.
+
 Canvas's Export view downloads this same format with resolved theme values and
 the current customizations. Enter a name and design guidance, save the JSON, and
 place it in the target project. The browser cannot write into that project for

package/llms/tasks/reviewing-a-design.md

@@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ Use opaque `focus-visible:ring-ring` or `ring-sidebar-ring`; reducing the ring t
 `faded-focus-ring` rule catches those classes. A token contrast report establishes
 the tested pairs, not the entire rendered product's accessibility.
 
+A label on a filled role (a primary or destructive Button, the sidebar's active
+item, a highlight, a success or warning badge) should clear 4.5:1 and APCA Lc 60 in
+both modes. A colour retuned for dark mode often lands where dark ink passes the
+ratio but reads muddy. `label-contrast`
+in `sable lint` and `sable preset --check` find it and suggest the nearest pair
+that reads; offer that pair. Keep a pair the user chose deliberately, recorded with
+its reason (a lint disable or a preset `exceptions` entry), instead of overriding
+it to finish.
+
 Describe a defect as a visible or behavioral consequence: "The heading wraps to
 six lines at 390px and pushes the action below the intended first decision point."
 Then record the repair and before/after artifact IDs in `iterations`. Avoid vague