@tenphi/glaze 0.0.0-snapshot.99c649d → 0.0.0-snapshot.9dc79fc

package/dist/index.d.cts

@@ -1,57 +1,263 @@
 //#region src/contrast-solver.d.ts
+type LinearRgb = [number, number, number];
+type ContrastPreset = 'AA' | 'AAA' | 'AA-large' | 'AAA-large';
+type MinContrast$1 = number | ContrastPreset;
 /**
- * OKHSL Contrast Solver
+ * Named APCA Lc floor presets (APCA Bronze Simple Mode conformance levels),
+ * independent of role. Use them anywhere an APCA target is accepted.
  *
- * Finds the closest OKHSL lightness that satisfies a WCAG 2 contrast target
- * against a base color. Used by glaze when resolving dependent colors
- * with `contrast`.
+ * | Preset        | Lc  | Use case                                             |
+ * | ------------- | --- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
+ * | `'preferred'` | 90  | Preferred body / column text                         |
+ * | `'body'`      | 75  | Minimum body / column text                           |
+ * | `'content'`   | 60  | Readable non-body content (~WCAG AA 4.5:1)           |
+ * | `'large'`     | 45  | Large/bold headlines; fine icons/outlines (~3:1)     |
+ * | `'non-text'`  | 30  | Solid icons/controls; placeholder/disabled text      |
+ * | `'min'`       | 15  | Dividers/decorative; APCA "point of invisibility"    |
  */
-type ContrastPreset = 'AA' | 'AAA' | 'AA-large' | 'AAA-large';
-type MinContrast$1 = number | ContrastPreset;
-interface FindLightnessForContrastOptions {
+type ApcaPreset = 'preferred' | 'body' | 'content' | 'large' | 'non-text' | 'min';
+declare const APCA_PRESETS: Record<ApcaPreset, number>;
+/**
+ * APCA-W3 "Enhanced Level" delta added to a bare APCA target in high-contrast
+ * mode when no explicit HC value is provided (analogous to WCAG AAA over AA).
+ * Only applied when neither the outer `contrast` pair nor the inner `apca`
+ * pair carries an explicit HC entry.
+ */
+declare const APCA_HC_ENHANCEMENT = 15;
+/** Upper bound for an APCA Lc target after HC enhancement. */
+declare const APCA_MAX_LC = 106;
+/**
+ * Resolve an APCA target — a raw Lc number (kept as-is) or an `ApcaPreset`
+ * keyword mapped to its Lc value. The magnitude is forced non-negative.
+ */
+declare function resolveApcaTarget(value: number | ApcaPreset): number;
+/** Metric + numeric target after resolving a `ContrastSpec` for a mode. */
+interface ResolvedContrast {
+  metric: 'wcag' | 'apca';
+  /** WCAG ratio (>= 1) or APCA Lc magnitude (0–106). */
+  target: number;
+  /**
+   * APCA argument order: which side the resolved (candidate) color plays
+   * against the base. `'fg'` (default) → `apcaContrast(yCandidate, yBase)`;
+   * `'bg'` → `apcaContrast(yBase, yCandidate)`. Always `'fg'` for WCAG
+   * (symmetric, ignored).
+   */
+  polarity?: 'fg' | 'bg';
+}
+declare function resolveMinContrast(value: MinContrast$1): number;
+/**
+ * Resolve a `ContrastSpec` (already selected from any outer HC pair) for a
+ * given mode into `{ metric, target }`. Handles the inner metric HC pair and
+ * preset resolution. `polarity` is passed through to the result for the APCA
+ * branch (it controls argument order in the solver); WCAG ignores it.
+ *
+ * `outerExplicitHC` indicates whether the caller selected this `spec` from an
+ * explicit high-contrast entry of the outer `contrast` pair. Together with the
+ * inner metric pair, it decides whether the HC auto-enhancement fires:
+ *  - APCA: +15 Lc "Enhanced Level" boost when neither level is explicit.
+ *  - WCAG: AA → AAA / AA-large → AAA-large promotion (SC 1.4.3 → 1.4.6) when
+ *    neither level is explicit. AAA-family presets and bare numbers are left
+ *    unchanged (AAA is the top WCAG tier).
+ * Defaults to `false` (correct for direct callers, which pass a single
+ * selected spec rather than an outer pair).
+ */
+declare function resolveContrastForMode(spec: ContrastSpec, isHighContrast: boolean, polarity?: 'fg' | 'bg', outerExplicitHC?: boolean): ResolvedContrast;
+/**
+ * Resolve a `contrast` spec — including its outer `[normal, highContrast]`
+ * pair — at a manual contrast `level` (0–100), by resolving both ends and
+ * interpolating the numeric target.
+ *
+ * Level 0 / 100 delegate verbatim to {@link resolveContrastForMode}, so the
+ * endpoints are bit-identical to classic normal / high-contrast resolution.
+ * Resolving each end fully first also means every rule that governs the
+ * escalation still applies at both ends for free: preset mapping, the
+ * `APCA_MAX_LC` clamp, and the explicit-HC suppression that cancels the
+ * `AA → AAA` promotion and the `+15 Lc` enhancement.
+ *
+ * Throws when the two ends measure in different metrics — a WCAG ratio and an
+ * APCA Lc live on different scales, so there is no target between them. Such a
+ * pair is rejected at authoring time by `validateColorDefs`; this is the guard
+ * for direct callers.
+ */
+declare function resolveContrastForLevel(spec: HCPair<ContrastSpec>, level: number, polarity?: 'fg' | 'bg'): ResolvedContrast;
+/**
+ * APCA lightness contrast (Lc), signed: positive for dark text on light bg,
+ * negative for light text on dark bg. Inputs are screen luminances (0–1).
+ */
+declare function apcaContrast(yText: number, yBg: number): number;
+interface FindToneForContrastOptions {
   /** Hue of the candidate color (0–360). */
   hue: number;
   /** Saturation of the candidate color (0–1). */
   saturation: number;
-  /** Preferred lightness of the candidate (0–1). */
-  preferredLightness: number;
-  /** Base/reference color as linear sRGB (channels may be outside 0–1 before clamp). */
-  baseLinearRgb: [number, number, number];
-  /** WCAG contrast ratio target floor. */
-  contrast: MinContrast$1;
-  /** Search bounds for lightness. Default: [0, 1]. */
-  lightnessRange?: [number, number];
+  /** Preferred tone of the candidate (0–1). */
+  preferredTone: number;
+  /** Base/reference color as linear sRGB. */
+  baseLinearRgb: LinearRgb;
+  /** Resolved contrast floor (metric + target). */
+  contrast: ResolvedContrast;
+  /** Search bounds for tone. Default: [0, 1]. */
+  toneRange?: [number, number];
   /** Convergence threshold. Default: 1e-4. */
   epsilon?: number;
-  /** Maximum binary-search iterations per branch. Default: 14. */
+  /** Maximum binary-search iterations per branch. Default: 18. */
   maxIterations?: number;
+  /**
+   * Preferred search direction before auto-flip is considered. Default: the
+   * side whose bound scores higher (the only open side when `preferredTone`
+   * sits on a bound); a tie within float noise starts `'darker'`.
+   */
+  initialDirection?: 'lighter' | 'darker';
+  /**
+   * Also search the opposite direction. Default: false. When both directions
+   * meet the target, the result nearer `preferredTone` wins; a gap within
+   * twice the search resolution is a tie and keeps `initialDirection`.
+   */
+  flip?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * When `flip` is on and *both* directions meet the target, keep
+   * `initialDirection` instead of taking whichever result lands nearer the
+   * preferred tone. Default: false (nearest wins).
+   *
+   * The nearest-wins tie-break is unstable along a ramp of targets: which side
+   * is nearer shifts as the target grows, so a color can swap sides between two
+   * adjacent targets. Set this when a caller needs the side to be a property of
+   * the color rather than of the target — the manual contrast level does. The
+   * flip itself is unaffected: an initial direction that cannot reach the
+   * target still falls back to the opposite side.
+   */
+  preferInitial?: boolean;
+  /** Use the hue-independent "safe" chroma boundary. Default: false. */
+  pastel?: boolean;
 }
-interface FindLightnessForContrastResult {
-  /** Chosen lightness in 0–1. */
-  lightness: number;
-  /** Achieved WCAG contrast ratio. */
+interface FindToneForContrastResult {
+  /** Chosen tone in 0–1. */
+  tone: number;
+  /** Achieved score (WCAG ratio or APCA Lc magnitude). */
   contrast: number;
   /** Whether the target was reached. */
   met: boolean;
-  /** Which branch was selected. */
+  /**
+   * The side the result was found on. The two sides meet at `preferredTone`,
+   * so a met result sits on that side of the base too. `'preferred'` whenever
+   * a met result is `preferredTone` itself: it already cleared the
+   * overshooting search target, or it clears the bare target and no search
+   * could improve on it — no searched side met the floor, or the starting
+   * side's only position was `preferredTone` (it sits on that side's bound).
+   * Also `'preferred'` when `toneRange` leaves no room to search, met or not.
+   * An unmet result otherwise reports the side whose extreme it pinned to.
+   */
   branch: 'lighter' | 'darker' | 'preferred';
+  /** Whether the result auto-flipped to the opposite direction. */
+  flipped?: boolean;
+}
+/**
+ * Find the tone that satisfies a contrast floor against a base color,
+ * staying as close to `preferredTone` as possible. A searched result keeps the
+ * overshoot (1% for WCAG, 0.5 Lc for APCA). When no searched side reaches the
+ * floor, the result pins to the initial direction's extreme, unmet — unless
+ * `preferredTone` itself clears the bare target, which is then kept as met
+ * (`branch: 'preferred'`, the same label a met result gets when the starting
+ * side's only position is `preferredTone`).
+ */
+declare function findToneForContrast(options: FindToneForContrastOptions): FindToneForContrastResult;
+interface FindValueForMixContrastOptions {
+  /** Preferred mix parameter (0–1). */
+  preferredValue: number;
+  /** Base color as linear sRGB — the color the mix is measured against. */
+  baseLinearRgb: LinearRgb;
+  /** Resolved contrast floor (metric + target). */
+  contrast: ResolvedContrast;
+  /**
+   * Luminance of the mixed color at parameter t, in the metric's basis
+   * ({@link metricLuminance}). This closure is the only view the solver has of
+   * the mix's target color, blend, and color space.
+   */
+  luminanceAtValue: (t: number) => number;
+  /** Convergence threshold. Default: 1e-4. */
+  epsilon?: number;
+  /** Maximum binary-search iterations per branch. Default: 20. */
+  maxIterations?: number;
+  /** Auto-flip mix direction when contrast can't be met. Default: false. */
+  flip?: boolean;
+}
+interface FindValueForMixContrastResult {
+  value: number;
+  contrast: number;
+  met: boolean;
+  flipped?: boolean;
 }
-declare function resolveMinContrast(value: MinContrast$1): number;
 /**
- * Find the OKHSL lightness that satisfies a WCAG 2 contrast target
- * against a base color, staying as close to `preferredLightness` as possible.
+ * Find the mix parameter (ratio or opacity) that satisfies a contrast floor
+ * against a base color, staying as close to `preferredValue` as possible.
+ * Misses pin to the initial direction's end like the tone solver, and a
+ * `preferredValue` that clears the bare target is kept as met when no searched
+ * side reaches the floor (a value of 1 has no room toward the target).
  */
-declare function findLightnessForContrast(options: FindLightnessForContrastOptions): FindLightnessForContrastResult;
+declare function findValueForMixContrast(options: FindValueForMixContrastOptions): FindValueForMixContrastResult;
 //#endregion
 //#region src/types.d.ts
 /** A value or [normal, high-contrast] pair. */
 type HCPair<T> = T | [T, T];
+/** Bare WCAG contrast target: a ratio number or a named preset. */
 type MinContrast = number | ContrastPreset;
+/**
+ * A contrast floor with a pluggable metric.
+ *
+ * - `number` / `ContrastPreset`: a WCAG ratio (bare form).
+ * - `{ wcag }`: WCAG ratio or preset, optionally an HC pair.
+ * - `{ apca }`: APCA Lc target (absolute value or preset), optionally an HC pair.
+ *
+ * The `[normal, highContrast]` pair may live at the outer level
+ * (`[4.5, 7]`, `[{ wcag: 4.5 }, { wcag: 7 }]`) or inside the metric
+ * (`{ wcag: [4.5, 7] }`, `{ apca: [45, 60] }`, `{ apca: ['content', 'body'] }`).
+ */
+type ContrastSpec = number | ContrastPreset | {
+  wcag: HCPair<number | ContrastPreset>;
+} | {
+  apca: HCPair<number | ApcaPreset>;
+};
+/**
+ * The semantic role a color plays against its base, used to fix APCA contrast
+ * polarity (which side is the foreground vs the background). WCAG is
+ * symmetric, so role never changes WCAG results.
+ */
+type Role = 'text' | 'surface' | 'border';
+/**
+ * Any string accepted as a `role`. Canonical values plus aliases normalized by
+ * `normalizeRole` (see `roles.ts`): `surface` (bg/background/fill/canvas/
+ * paper/layer), `text` (fg/foreground/content/ink/label/stroke), `border`
+ * (divider/outline/separator/hairline/rule).
+ */
+type RoleInput = Role | 'bg' | 'background' | 'fill' | 'canvas' | 'paper' | 'layer' | 'fg' | 'foreground' | 'content' | 'ink' | 'label' | 'stroke' | 'divider' | 'outline' | 'separator' | 'hairline' | 'rule';
 type AdaptationMode = 'auto' | 'fixed' | 'static';
 /** A signed relative offset string, e.g. '+20' or '-15.5'. */
 type RelativeValue = `+${number}` | `-${number}`;
+/**
+ * Force a color to a tone extreme:
+ * - `'max'`: the highest tone in the active scheme range/window.
+ * - `'min'`: the lowest tone.
+ *
+ * Under `mode: 'auto'` the extreme inverts in the dark scheme (so `'max'`
+ * tracks the inversion and becomes the darkest tone). No `base` required.
+ */
+type ExtremeValue = 'max' | 'min';
+/**
+ * A tone value as authored on a color.
+ * - Number: absolute tone (0–100).
+ * - `'+N'` / `'-N'`: relative to the base's tone (requires `base`).
+ * - `'max'` / `'min'`: forced to the scheme's tone extreme (no base needed).
+ */
+type ToneValue = number | RelativeValue | ExtremeValue;
 /** Color format for output. */
-type GlazeColorFormat = 'okhsl' | 'rgb' | 'hsl' | 'oklch';
+type GlazeColorFormat = 'okhsl' | 'okhst' | 'rgb' | 'hsl' | 'oklch';
+/**
+ * Output format for an HDR glow value (`glaze.formatHdr()`). Only
+ * `'srgb-linear'` — `color(srgb-linear R G B)` with channels that may exceed
+ * 1 — since OKLCH lightness clamps at parse time and `rgb()` / `hsl()` cannot
+ * go past white.
+ */
+type GlazeHdrFormat = 'srgb-linear';
 /**
  * Controls which scheme variants are generated in the export.
  * Light is always included (it's the default).
@@ -59,8 +265,29 @@ type GlazeColorFormat = 'okhsl' | 'rgb' | 'hsl' | 'oklch';
 interface GlazeOutputModes {
   /** Include dark scheme variants. Default: true. */
   dark?: boolean;
-  /** Include high-contrast variants (both light-HC and dark-HC). Default: false. */
+  /**
+   * Include high-contrast variants (both light-HC and dark-HC). Default: false.
+   *
+   * Independent of `contrastLevel` — the level positions the normal variants
+   * while these stay the true high-contrast resolution, so the two compose. The
+   * exception is a global level of 100, where the normal variants already *are*
+   * the high-contrast ones: the tier would duplicate them and is dropped.
+   * @see GlazeConfig.contrastLevel
+   */
   highContrast?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Include the HDR tier of glows past SDR white (`variant.hdr`, set by
+   * `GlowTuning.headroom`). Default: false — every exporter's output stays
+   * byte-identical to SDR even when a headroom is set.
+   *
+   * When on, each exporter adds the HDR values next to the SDR ones it
+   * already emits (only for the scheme variants the other modes include),
+   * always written as `color(srgb-linear R G B)`: Tasty `hdr` state keys,
+   * `json()` `lightHdr` / `darkHdr` / … keys, `tokens()` `lightHdr` / … maps,
+   * Tailwind blocks under `hdrSelector`, DTCG `$extensions`. `css()` reads
+   * its own `hdr` option, which falls back to this.
+   */
+  hdr?: boolean;
 }
 /** Hex color string for DX hints. Runtime validation in `parseHex()`. */
 type HexColor = `#${string}`;
@@ -70,14 +297,66 @@ interface OkhslColor {
   s: number;
   l: number;
 }
+/**
+ * Direct OKHST color input — OKHSL with the lightness axis replaced by the
+ * contrast-uniform tone axis. `h`: 0–360, `s`: 0–1, `t`: 0–1 (tone).
+ */
+interface OkhstColor {
+  h: number;
+  s: number;
+  t: number;
+}
+/** sRGB components in 0–255 (value-shorthand object form). */
+interface RgbColor {
+  r: number;
+  g: number;
+  b: number;
+}
+/** OKLCh components matching CSS `oklch(L C H)` (L/C: 0–1, H: degrees). */
+interface OklchColor {
+  l: number;
+  c: number;
+  h: number;
+}
 interface RegularColorDef {
   /**
-   * Lightness value (0–100).
-   * - Number: absolute lightness.
-   * - String ('+N' / '-N'): relative to base color's lightness (requires `base`).
+   * Seed this color from a literal color instead of from the theme.
+   *
+   * Accepts the same values as `glaze.color()` — hex, `rgb()`, `hsl()`,
+   * `okhsl()`, `okhst()`, `oklch()`, or a value object. It supplies three
+   * things at once: `hue`, `tone`, and — unlike every other color in a theme —
+   * an **absolute saturation** rather than a factor of the seed. That last
+   * part is the point: a color can now be more saturated than its theme, so
+   * honoring a brand color no longer means re-seeding the whole theme to reach
+   * it.
+   *
+   * The **light, normal-contrast** variant reproduces the value exactly
+   * (a local `lightTone: false`, matching the value-shorthand form of
+   * `glaze.color()`). Dark and high-contrast variants adapt as usual — they
+   * are where readability outranks fidelity, and a color pinned across every
+   * scheme would defeat both. A `contrast` floor still applies everywhere and
+   * still only moves the color when the authored value misses it.
+   *
+   * Sibling fields override what the value supplied, so
+   * `{ from: '#2F5BFF', hue: 300 }` keeps its saturation and tone but rotates
+   * the hue.
+   */
+  from?: GlazeColorValue;
+  /**
+   * Tone value (0–100, contrast-uniform — see `docs/okhst.mdx`).
+   * - Number: absolute tone.
+   * - String ('+N' / '-N'): relative to base color's tone (requires `base`).
+   * - `'max'` / `'min'`: force to the scheme's tone extreme (no base needed).
+   *
+   * Defaults to the tone of `from` when that is set.
+   */
+  tone?: HCPair<ToneValue>;
+  /**
+   * Saturation factor applied to the seed saturation (0–1, default: 1).
+   *
+   * With `from`, an explicit value here is still a factor of the seed and
+   * overrides the absolute saturation the color carried.
    */
-  lightness?: HCPair<number | RelativeValue>;
-  /** Saturation factor applied to the seed saturation (0–1, default: 1). */
   saturation?: number;
   /**
    * Hue override for this color.
@@ -85,77 +364,332 @@ interface RegularColorDef {
    * - String ('+N' / '-N'): relative to the theme seed hue.
    */
   hue?: number | RelativeValue;
+  /**
+   * Dark-scheme hue override. Applies to the `dark` and `darkContrast`
+   * variants; falls back to `hue` when omitted.
+   * - Number: absolute hue (0–360).
+   * - String ('+N' / '-N'): relative to the theme's **dark** seed hue
+   *   (`GlazeTheme.darkHue`, itself defaulting to the light seed hue).
+   *
+   * Ignored under `mode: 'static'`, which pins one value across all schemes.
+   */
+  darkHue?: number | RelativeValue;
+  /**
+   * Dark-scheme saturation factor (0–1) applied to the dark seed
+   * saturation. Applies to the `dark` and `darkContrast` variants; falls
+   * back to `saturation` when omitted.
+   *
+   * When set, the global `darkDesaturation` reduction is **not** applied on
+   * top — the resulting saturation is taken literally. Ignored under
+   * `mode: 'static'`.
+   */
+  darkSaturation?: number;
   /** Name of another color in the same theme (dependent color). */
   base?: string;
-  /** WCAG contrast ratio floor against the base color. */
-  contrast?: HCPair<MinContrast>;
+  /**
+   * Contrast floor against the base color. A bare number/preset is WCAG;
+   * use `{ wcag }` / `{ apca }` to pick the metric. Accepts an HC pair.
+   */
+  contrast?: HCPair<ContrastSpec>;
   /** Adaptation mode. Default: 'auto'. */
   mode?: AdaptationMode;
+  /**
+   * Whether to flip out-of-bounds results to the opposite side instead of
+   * clamping to the extreme. Affects both:
+   * - relative `tone`: when `base ± delta` exceeds `[0, 100]`, mirror the
+   *   delta to the other side of the base. If the mirrored target is also
+   *   out of range, keep the original delta and clamp on the authored side.
+   * - `contrast`: when the requested direction can't meet the floor, try the
+   *   opposite side (same as the global `autoFlip`).
+   *
+   * Defaults to the global `autoFlip` config (default `true`). Set `false`
+   * to clamp instead.
+   */
+  autoFlip?: boolean;
   /**
    * Fixed opacity (0–1).
    * Output includes alpha in the CSS value.
    * Does not affect contrast resolution — a semi-transparent color
-   * has no fixed perceived lightness, so `contrast` and `opacity`
+   * has no fixed perceived tone, so `contrast` and `opacity`
    * should not be combined (a console.warn is emitted).
    */
   opacity?: number;
+  /**
+   * Per-color override for the hue-independent "safe" chroma limit used in
+   * OKHSL↔sRGB conversions (luminance, contrast solving, output formatting).
+   * Falls through to the per-theme / per-token `pastel` override when omitted.
+   * @see GlazeConfigOverride.pastel
+   */
+  pastel?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Semantic role against `base`: how this color is used. Fixes APCA contrast
+   * polarity (the argument order in `apcaContrast`). WCAG is symmetric so it
+   * never affects WCAG results.
+   *
+   * Resolution: explicit `role` wins; else inferred from the color name when
+   * `inferRole` is enabled (default); else the opposite of the base's role;
+   * else defaults to `'text'` (foreground).
+   */
+  role?: RoleInput;
+  /**
+   * Whether this color is inherited by child themes created via `extend()`.
+   * Default: true. Set to false to make this color local to the current theme.
+   */
+  inherit?: boolean;
 }
-/** Shadow tuning knobs. All values use the 0–1 scale (OKHSL). */
-interface ShadowTuning {
-  /** Fraction of fg saturation kept in pigment (0-1). Default: 0.18. */
-  saturationFactor?: number;
-  /** Upper clamp on pigment saturation (0-1). Default: 0.25. */
-  maxSaturation?: number;
-  /** Multiplier for bg lightness → pigment lightness. Default: 0.25. */
-  lightnessFactor?: number;
-  /** [min, max] clamp for pigment lightness (0-1). Default: [0.05, 0.20]. */
-  lightnessBounds?: [number, number];
+/**
+ * Tuning shared by `shadow` and `glow`. Global defaults come from
+ * `shadowTuning` / `glowTuning`; a per-color `tuning` merges over them field
+ * by field.
+ */
+interface LightingTuning {
   /**
-   * Target minimum gap between pigment lightness and bg lightness (0-1).
-   * Default: 0.05.
+   * β — how strongly the object (`fg`) scales the step. The step is
+   * `intensity × k` with `k = max(0, 1 + β · d · (t_bg − t_fg) / 100)`,
+   * `d = +1` for a shadow and `−1` for a glow: a darker object deepens its
+   * shadow, a lighter one strengthens its glow. An object at the surface's
+   * own tone (or no `fg`) gives exactly `intensity`. `0` ignores the object.
+   * Default: 0.5.
    */
-  minGapTarget?: number;
-  /** Max alpha (0-1). Reached at intensity=100 with max contrast. Default: 1.0. */
-  alphaMax?: number;
+  objectInfluence?: number;
   /**
-   * Blend weight (0-1) pulling pigment hue toward bg hue.
-   * 0 = pure fg hue, 1 = pure bg hue. Default: 0.2.
+   * Pigment saturation (0–1) in the surface's hue. Default: 0 (neutral black /
+   * white). Shows only with `reach` below 1 — pure black and white have no hue.
    */
-  bgHueBlend?: number;
+  tint?: number;
+  /**
+   * Where the pigment sits (0–1): the fraction of the way from the surface's
+   * tone to black (shadow) / white (glow). Default: 1 (pure black / white),
+   * the most reach. Lower values let a `tint` show at the cost of reach.
+   */
+  reach?: number;
+  /**
+   * Pull (0–1) of the pigment hue from the surface's hue toward the object's
+   * (`fg`) hue. Default: 0. Needs `fg`, a `tint`, and `reach` below 1 to show.
+   */
+  hueBleed?: number;
+}
+/**
+ * Tuning for `shadow` colors: the shared {@link LightingTuning}. It has no
+ * `headroom` — a shadow darkens toward black, and nothing goes below black —
+ * so a `headroom` set on a shadow's tuning throws.
+ */
+type ShadowTuning = LightingTuning;
+/** Tuning for `glow` colors: the shared {@link LightingTuning} plus HDR `headroom`. */
+interface GlowTuning extends LightingTuning {
+  /**
+   * Stops above SDR white a glow may use when its step crosses white. Default:
+   * 0 (SDR only). Counted in stops — doublings of SDR white's luminance — not
+   * as a ratio: `1` allows up to 2× white, `2` up to 4×. Must be a finite
+   * number ≥ 0; values above 2 clamp to 2 with a one-time warning.
+   *
+   * Only a glow whose target tone (surface tone + `intensity × k`) passes 100
+   * gets an HDR value: the variant's `hdr`, an opaque exposure of what SDR
+   * paints at its brightest — the pigment at full opacity, or a white surface
+   * no pigment can lift — plus a gain in stops. A pigment that cannot lift a
+   * non-white surface at all (`reach: 0` on a gray surface, say) paints
+   * nothing in SDR, so it gets no HDR value either and keeps the SDR "cannot
+   * reach" warning. On a chromatic surface a `reach: 0` gray can measure
+   * slightly brighter than the surface and pins at full opacity instead.
+   * Nothing about the SDR variant changes. The gain lands the exact step when
+   * the headroom allows it; the brightest channel caps at `2^headroom`.
+   * High-contrast schemes use the same headroom.
+   *
+   * The HDR value lands the whole step, not just the part past white. A
+   * full-reach glow (the default `reach: 1`) is pinned at white, so its HDR
+   * value starts at white (`exposure` → 0) as the target passes 100. A glow
+   * with `reach` below 1 is pinned at its pigment, below white: just under 100
+   * it stays short there (and warns), and just past 100 its HDR value jumps to
+   * the exact step.
+   */
+  headroom?: number;
 }
+/**
+ * A translucent dark overlay that lands the surface (`bg`) exactly
+ * `intensity` tones darker in every scheme — a shade for state layers and
+ * scrims, or, with `fg`, an object-aware drop shadow.
+ */
 interface ShadowColorDef {
   type: 'shadow';
   /**
-   * Background color name — the surface the shadow sits on.
-   * Must reference a non-shadow color in the same theme.
+   * The surface the shadow falls on. Must reference a color that is not a
+   * shadow or glow.
    */
   bg: string;
   /**
-   * Foreground color name for tinting and intensity modulation.
-   * Must reference a non-shadow color in the same theme.
-   * Omit for achromatic shadow at full user-specified intensity.
+   * The object casting the shadow (e.g. the card). A darker object casts a
+   * deeper shadow, a lighter one a softer shadow — see
+   * `LightingTuning.objectInfluence`. Omit for an exact shade of `intensity`
+   * tones. Must reference a color that is not a shadow or glow.
    */
   fg?: string;
   /**
-   * Shadow intensity, 0-100.
+   * Tone step, 0–100: how many tones darker than `bg` the composite lands.
    * Supports [normal, highContrast] pair.
    */
   intensity: HCPair<number>;
   /** Override default tuning. Merged field-by-field with global `shadowTuning`. */
   tuning?: ShadowTuning;
+  /**
+   * Per-color override for the hue-independent "safe" chroma limit used in
+   * OKHSL↔sRGB conversions (luminance, contrast solving, output formatting).
+   * Falls through to the per-theme / per-token `pastel` override when omitted.
+   * @see GlazeConfigOverride.pastel
+   */
+  pastel?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Whether this color is inherited by child themes created via `extend()`.
+   * Default: true. Set to false to make this color local to the current theme.
+   */
+  inherit?: boolean;
+}
+/**
+ * The mirror of {@link ShadowColorDef}: a translucent light overlay that lands
+ * the surface (`bg`) exactly `intensity` tones lighter in every scheme — for
+ * dark-mode elevation, edge highlights, and lightening state layers.
+ */
+interface GlowColorDef {
+  type: 'glow';
+  /**
+   * The surface the glow falls on. Must reference a color that is not a
+   * shadow or glow.
+   */
+  bg: string;
+  /**
+   * The object emitting the glow. A lighter object glows stronger, a darker
+   * one weaker — see `LightingTuning.objectInfluence`. Omit for an exact tint
+   * of `intensity` tones. Must reference a color that is not a shadow or glow.
+   */
+  fg?: string;
+  /**
+   * Tone step, 0–100: how many tones lighter than `bg` the composite lands.
+   * Supports [normal, highContrast] pair.
+   */
+  intensity: HCPair<number>;
+  /** Override default tuning. Merged field-by-field with global `glowTuning`. */
+  tuning?: GlowTuning;
+  /**
+   * Per-color override for the hue-independent "safe" chroma limit used in
+   * OKHSL↔sRGB conversions (luminance, contrast solving, output formatting).
+   * Falls through to the per-theme / per-token `pastel` override when omitted.
+   * @see GlazeConfigOverride.pastel
+   */
+  pastel?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Whether this color is inherited by child themes created via `extend()`.
+   * Default: true. Set to false to make this color local to the current theme.
+   */
+  inherit?: boolean;
 }
-type ColorDef = RegularColorDef | ShadowColorDef;
+interface MixColorDef {
+  type: 'mix';
+  /** Background/base color name — the "from" color. */
+  base: string;
+  /** Target color name — the "to" color to mix toward. */
+  target: string;
+  /**
+   * Mix ratio 0–100 (0 = pure base, 100 = pure target).
+   * In 'transparent' blend mode, this controls the opacity of the target.
+   * Supports [normal, highContrast] pair.
+   */
+  value: HCPair<number>;
+  /**
+   * Blending mode. Default: 'opaque'.
+   * - 'opaque': produces a solid color by interpolating base and target.
+   * - 'transparent': produces the target color with alpha = value/100.
+   */
+  blend?: 'opaque' | 'transparent';
+  /**
+   * Interpolation color space for opaque blending. Default: 'okhsl'.
+   * - 'okhsl': perceptually uniform, consistent with Glaze's internal model.
+   * - 'srgb': linear-light sRGB interpolation (like CSS
+   *   `color-mix(in srgb-linear, …)`).
+   *
+   * Ignored for 'transparent' blend: the browser composites that one, and
+   * its contrast solve models the browser (`source-over` on gamma-encoded
+   * sRGB).
+   */
+  space?: 'okhsl' | 'srgb';
+  /**
+   * Minimum contrast between the base and the resulting color.
+   * In 'opaque' mode, adjusts the mix ratio to meet contrast.
+   * In 'transparent' mode, adjusts opacity to meet contrast against the composite.
+   * A bare number/preset is WCAG; use `{ wcag }` / `{ apca }` to pick the
+   * metric. Supports [normal, highContrast] pair.
+   */
+  contrast?: HCPair<ContrastSpec>;
+  /**
+   * Per-color override for the hue-independent "safe" chroma limit used in
+   * OKHSL↔sRGB conversions (luminance, contrast solving, output formatting).
+   * Falls through to the per-theme / per-token `pastel` override when omitted.
+   * @see GlazeConfigOverride.pastel
+   */
+  pastel?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Semantic role of the mixed result against `base`. Same semantics as
+   * `RegularColorDef.role` (fixes APCA polarity). Resolution and defaults
+   * are identical.
+   */
+  role?: RoleInput;
+  /**
+   * Whether this color is inherited by child themes created via `extend()`.
+   * Default: true. Set to false to make this color local to the current theme.
+   */
+  inherit?: boolean;
+}
+type ColorDef = RegularColorDef | ShadowColorDef | GlowColorDef | MixColorDef;
 type ColorMap = Record<string, ColorDef>;
-/** Resolved color for a single scheme variant. */
+/**
+ * Resolved color for a single scheme variant.
+ *
+ * Stored in OKHST: `h` / `s` are OKHSL hue/saturation, `t` is the canonical
+ * contrast-uniform tone (0–1, reference eps). Convert to OKHSL lightness via
+ * `variantToOkhsl` at the rendering / luminance edges.
+ */
 interface ResolvedColorVariant {
   /** OKHSL hue (0–360). */
   h: number;
   /** OKHSL saturation (0–1). */
   s: number;
-  /** OKHSL lightness (0–1). */
-  l: number;
+  /** Canonical tone (0–1, reference eps). */
+  t: number;
   /** Opacity (0–1). Default: 1. */
   alpha: number;
+  /**
+   * Effective `pastel` flag used while resolving this variant (author def or
+   * config fallback). Carried on the variant so output formatting matches the
+   * gamut mapping applied during resolution.
+   */
+  pastel?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * HDR tier of a glow whose step crosses SDR white, present only when the
+   * glow's `headroom` is above 0, its target tone passes 100, and SDR is
+   * pinned at its brightest — the pigment at full opacity, or a white surface
+   * (see `GlowTuning.headroom`). Absent everywhere else — shadows, mixes,
+   * regular colors, a glow whose pigment cannot lift a non-white surface, and
+   * every glow at the default headroom of 0.
+   */
+  hdr?: ResolvedHdr;
+}
+/**
+ * The HDR value of a glow past SDR white: an opaque base plus a gain. The base
+ * is what SDR paints at its brightest — the glow's pigment at full opacity, or
+ * the white surface it cannot lift — and the HDR color is that base's linear
+ * sRGB times `2^exposure`. Format it with `glaze.formatHdr()`.
+ *
+ * Stored in OKHST like the variant. `s` is always standard (non-pastel)
+ * OKHSL saturation, whatever the variant's `pastel`, since the base is an
+ * arbitrary in-gamut composite.
+ */
+interface ResolvedHdr {
+  /** Base OKHSL hue (0–360). */
+  h: number;
+  /** Base OKHSL saturation (0–1, non-pastel). */
+  s: number;
+  /** Base canonical tone (0–1, reference eps). */
+  t: number;
+  /** Gain over the base in stops (`log2` of the linear factor), above 0. */
+  exposure: number;
 }
 /** Fully resolved color across all scheme variants. */
 interface ResolvedColor {
@@ -164,81 +698,646 @@ interface ResolvedColor {
   dark: ResolvedColorVariant;
   lightContrast: ResolvedColorVariant;
   darkContrast: ResolvedColorVariant;
-  /** Adaptation mode. Present only for regular colors, omitted for shadows. */
+  /** Adaptation mode of a regular color; `undefined` for shadow / glow / mix. */
   mode?: AdaptationMode;
 }
+/**
+ * A scheme tone window.
+ * - `[lo, hi]`: OKHSL-lightness endpoints (0–100) the authored tone is
+ *   remapped into, using the reference eps `0.05`. The common form.
+ * - `{ lo, hi, eps }`: same, with an explicit render curvature `eps`
+ *   (advanced — most palettes never need this).
+ * - `false`: disable clamping (full range `[0, 100]` at the reference eps).
+ *   This removes the *boundaries*, not the tone curve.
+ */
+type ToneWindow = false | [number, number] | {
+  lo: number;
+  hi: number;
+  eps: number;
+};
 interface GlazeConfig {
-  /** Light scheme lightness window [lo, hi]. Default: [10, 100]. */
-  lightLightness?: [number, number];
-  /** Dark scheme lightness window [lo, hi]. Default: [15, 95]. */
-  darkLightness?: [number, number];
+  /** Light scheme tone window — `[lo, hi]` (default `[10, 100]`), `{ lo, hi, eps }` for advanced eps tuning, or `false` to disable clamping. */
+  lightTone?: ToneWindow;
+  /** Dark scheme tone window — `[lo, hi]` (default `[15, 95]`), `{ lo, hi, eps }`, or `false` to disable clamping. */
+  darkTone?: ToneWindow;
   /** Saturation reduction factor for dark scheme (0–1). Default: 0.1. */
   darkDesaturation?: number;
-  /** State alias names for token export. */
+  /**
+   * State alias names for Tasty token export. Default to media-query states
+   * (`'@media(prefers-color-scheme: dark)'` / `'@media(prefers-contrast: more)'`
+   * / `'@media(dynamic-range: high)'`) so tokens react to the OS preference
+   * and the display without registering custom states. `hdr` keys an HDR
+   * glow value and is used only with `modes.hdr`.
+   */
   states?: {
     dark?: string;
     highContrast?: string;
+    hdr?: string;
   };
-  /** Which scheme variants to include in exports. Default: both true. */
+  /**
+   * Which scheme variants to include in exports. Defaults: `dark: true`,
+   * `highContrast: false`, `hdr: false`.
+   */
   modes?: GlazeOutputModes;
-  /** Default tuning for all shadow colors. Per-color tuning merges field-by-field. */
+  /**
+   * Default tuning for all shadow colors. Per-color tuning merges field-by-field.
+   * A `headroom` here throws: it is a glow-only field.
+   */
   shadowTuning?: ShadowTuning;
+  /**
+   * Default tuning for all glow colors, including HDR `headroom`. Per-color
+   * tuning merges field-by-field.
+   */
+  glowTuning?: GlowTuning;
+  /**
+   * Manual contrast level — a 0–100 slider from normal contrast (`0`) to high
+   * contrast (`100`), or `'auto'` (the default) to take the authored normal
+   * entries as-is.
+   *
+   * With a number, Glaze resolves the `light` / `dark` variants *at* that level.
+   * That is all it does: `lightContrast` / `darkContrast` stay the true
+   * high-contrast resolution at every level, and `modes.highContrast` alone
+   * decides whether they are emitted. Level `0` therefore reproduces `'auto'`
+   * bit for bit. At `100` the normal variants *are* the high-contrast ones, so a
+   * separate tier would duplicate them and a global level of 100 drops it.
+   *
+   * The level interpolates all three things that make high contrast differ:
+   * authored `[normal, highContrast]` pairs, the tone-window widening, and
+   * the `AA → AAA` / APCA `+15 Lc` escalation. Contrast floors are re-solved
+   * at the interpolated target, so every level is a solution rather than an
+   * approximation, and a color keeps to one side of its base as the level moves.
+   *
+   * Pass `'auto'` to leave manual mode; `configure()` never clears a field by
+   * omission. See `docs/reference/contrast.md` for the ramp's edge cases (un-interpolable
+   * pairs, side changes) and the export-freeze rule.
+   *
+   * @default 'auto'
+   */
+  contrastLevel?: number | 'auto';
+  /**
+   * Automatically flip tone direction when contrast can't be met.
+   *
+   * When enabled (default `true`), the solver searches the requested
+   * tone direction first. If that direction can't reach the target,
+   * it tries the opposite direction and uses it when it passes. If neither
+   * side passes, the tone is pinned to the requested-direction
+   * extreme and a warning is emitted.
+   *
+   * Set to `false` for strict "no flip" behavior. The opposite
+   * direction is never considered: if the requested direction can't
+   * meet the target, the tone is pinned to its extreme (never
+   * falls back to the originally requested tone).
+   */
+  autoFlip?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * If true (default), infer a color's `role` from its name when no explicit
+   * `role` is set. Set to `false` to opt out of name-based inference (the
+   * base-opposite and default-foreground fallbacks still apply).
+   * @default true
+   */
+  inferRole?: boolean;
 }
 interface GlazeConfigResolved {
-  lightLightness: [number, number];
-  darkLightness: [number, number];
+  lightTone: ToneWindow;
+  darkTone: ToneWindow;
   darkDesaturation: number;
   states: {
     dark: string;
     highContrast: string;
+    hdr: string;
   };
   modes: Required<GlazeOutputModes>;
   shadowTuning?: ShadowTuning;
+  glowTuning?: GlowTuning;
+  autoFlip: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Manual contrast level (0–100) for the normal variants, or `'auto'` to take
+   * the authored normal entries as-is.
+   * @see GlazeConfig.contrastLevel
+   */
+  contrastLevel: number | 'auto';
+  /**
+   * Instance-level pastel default (`def.pastel ?? config.pastel`).
+   * Not set via `glaze.configure()` — only via per-theme / per-token
+   * `GlazeConfigOverride` (default `false`).
+   */
+  pastel: boolean;
+  inferRole: boolean;
 }
+/**
+ * Per-instance config override for `glaze.color()` and `glaze()` themes.
+ * Fields that are set take priority over the live global config. Fields
+ * that are omitted fall through to the live global at resolve time
+ * (`pastel` is instance-only and defaults to `false` when omitted).
+ *
+ * `false` for a tone window disables clamping (full range at reference eps).
+ */
+interface GlazeConfigOverride {
+  /** Light scheme tone window, or `false` to disable clamping. */
+  lightTone?: ToneWindow;
+  /** Dark scheme tone window, or `false` to disable clamping. */
+  darkTone?: ToneWindow;
+  /** Saturation reduction factor for dark scheme (0–1). */
+  darkDesaturation?: number;
+  /** Whether to auto-flip tone when contrast can't be met. */
+  autoFlip?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Manual contrast level (0–100) for this instance, or `'auto'` to opt out of a
+   * global level and take the authored normal entries as-is. Either way the
+   * instance keeps its high-contrast tier; a per-instance level never changes
+   * which modes are emitted.
+   *
+   * Only an instance-authored level is frozen into `.export()` snapshots — a
+   * level inherited from the global config is treated as a live preference and
+   * re-read at restore time.
+   *
+   * @see GlazeConfig.contrastLevel
+   */
+  contrastLevel?: number | 'auto';
+  /**
+   * Instance-level pastel default for colors that omit per-color `pastel`.
+   * Not available on `glaze.configure()` — set here or per-color.
+   * @default false
+   */
+  pastel?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * If true, infer a color's `role` from its name when no explicit `role` is
+   * set. Falls through to the live global at resolve time when omitted.
+   */
+  inferRole?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Shadow tuning defaults. Only meaningful for themes; harmless on
+   * standalone color tokens.
+   */
+  shadowTuning?: ShadowTuning;
+  /**
+   * Glow tuning defaults. Only meaningful for themes; harmless on
+   * standalone color tokens.
+   */
+  glowTuning?: GlowTuning;
+}
+/**
+ * Current authoring-export schema version. Bump when the export shape
+ * changes in a non-compatible way. Written on every `.export()` snapshot.
+ *
+ * - `1` — Glaze 2.x.
+ * - `2` — Glaze 3: `shadow` `intensity` / `fg` / `tuning` changed meaning and
+ *   `glow` was added. Version-1 theme snapshots that carry shadow defs or a
+ *   `shadowTuning` are rejected on restore.
+ */
+declare const GLAZE_EXPORT_VERSION: 2;
+/** Literal type of {@link GLAZE_EXPORT_VERSION}. */
+type GlazeExportVersion = typeof GLAZE_EXPORT_VERSION;
+/** Discriminator for authoring export snapshots. */
+type GlazeExportKind = 'theme' | 'color' | 'palette';
 /** Serialized theme configuration (no resolved values). */
 interface GlazeThemeExport {
+  /** Snapshot kind. Always written by `theme.export()`; optional on legacy hand-written configs. */
+  kind?: 'theme';
+  /** Schema version. Always written by `theme.export()`; optional on legacy configs. */
+  version?: number;
   hue: number;
   saturation: number;
+  /** Dark-scheme seed hue (0–360). Omitted when the theme reuses `hue`. */
+  darkHue?: number;
+  /** Dark-scheme seed saturation (0–100). Omitted when the theme reuses `saturation`. */
+  darkSaturation?: number;
   colors: ColorMap;
+  /**
+   * Effective config freeze from `.export()` —
+   * `getConfig() ∪ instance local ∪ exportArg`. May be sparse on legacy
+   * snapshots (omitted fields fall through to the live global at restore).
+   */
+  config?: GlazeConfigOverride;
 }
-/** Input for `glaze.shadow()` standalone factory. */
-interface GlazeShadowInput {
-  /** Background color — hex string or OKHSL { h, s (0-1), l (0-1) }. */
-  bg: HexColor | OkhslColor;
-  /** Foreground color for tinting + intensity modulation. */
-  fg?: HexColor | OkhslColor;
-  /** Intensity 0-100. */
+/** Input for the `glaze.shadow()` and `glaze.glow()` standalone factories. */
+interface GlazeLightingInput {
+  /**
+   * The surface — accepts any `GlazeColorValue` form: hex
+   * (`#rgb` / `#rgba` / `#rrggbb` / `#rrggbbaa`), `rgb()` / `hsl()` /
+   * `okhsl()` / `okhst()` / `oklch()` strings, or literal objects
+   * (`{ r, g, b }`, `{ h, s, l }`, `{ h, s, t }`, `{ l, c, h }`). Alpha
+   * components are dropped with a warning.
+   */
+  bg: GlazeColorValue;
+  /** The object casting the shadow / emitting the glow. Same forms as `bg`. */
+  fg?: GlazeColorValue;
+  /** Tone step, 0–100. */
   intensity: number;
-  tuning?: ShadowTuning;
+  tuning?: LightingTuning;
+}
+/** Input for `glaze.shadow()`. */
+type GlazeShadowInput = GlazeLightingInput;
+/** Input for `glaze.glow()`: the shared input, with glow tuning (`headroom`). */
+interface GlazeGlowInput extends GlazeLightingInput {
+  tuning?: GlowTuning;
+}
+/** Input for the structured `glaze.color()` overload. */
+interface GlazeColorInput {
+  hue: number;
+  saturation: number;
+  tone: HCPair<number | ExtremeValue>;
+  saturationFactor?: number;
+  /**
+   * Dark-scheme hue. Number is absolute (0–360); `'+N'`/`'-N'` is relative
+   * to the dark seed hue, which defaults to `hue`. Falls back to `hue`.
+   */
+  darkHue?: number | RelativeValue;
+  /** Dark-scheme seed saturation (0–100). Defaults to `saturation`. */
+  darkSaturation?: number;
+  /** Dark-scheme multiplier on the dark seed (0–1). Defaults to `saturationFactor`. */
+  darkSaturationFactor?: number;
+  mode?: AdaptationMode;
+  /** Flip out-of-bounds results instead of clamping. Default: global `autoFlip`. */
+  autoFlip?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Fixed opacity (0–1). Output includes alpha in the CSS value.
+   * Combining with `contrast` is not recommended (perceived tone
+   * becomes unpredictable) — a `console.warn` is emitted in that case.
+   */
+  opacity?: number;
+  /**
+   * Optional dependency on another color. Same semantics as
+   * `GlazeColorOverrides.base` — `contrast` and relative `tone`
+   * anchor to the base per scheme.
+   */
+  base?: GlazeColorToken | GlazeColorValue;
+  /**
+   * Contrast floor. Without `base`, solved against the token's own input
+   * color (`hue`, `saturation`, normal `tone`), held fixed in every scheme;
+   * with `base`, against the base's resolved variant per scheme. A bare
+   * number/preset is WCAG; use `{ wcag }` / `{ apca }` to pick the metric.
+   */
+  contrast?: HCPair<ContrastSpec>;
+  /**
+   * Optional human-readable name for the token. Used in error and
+   * warning messages (otherwise an internal name like `"value"` is
+   * used) and as `resolve().name`. A debug label only: it does not
+   * affect output keys or the token's `role`.
+   */
+  name?: string;
+  /**
+   * Per-color override for the hue-independent "safe" chroma limit used in
+   * OKHSL↔sRGB conversions (luminance, contrast solving, output formatting).
+   * Falls through to the per-theme / per-token `pastel` override when omitted.
+   * @see GlazeConfigOverride.pastel
+   */
+  pastel?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Semantic role against the token's anchor (`base`, or its own input
+   * color when `contrast` is set without one): how this token is used.
+   * Fixes APCA contrast polarity; WCAG ignores it. Defaults to `'text'` —
+   * the token is the foreground and the anchor the background, with or
+   * without `base`. Unlike a theme color, a token never infers its role
+   * from `name`, so `inferRole` has no effect on it.
+   */
+  role?: RoleInput;
+}
+/**
+ * Any single-color input form accepted by the value-shorthand
+ * overload of `glaze.color()`.
+ *
+ * Strings cover hex with a leading `#` (`#rgb` / `#rgba` / `#rrggbb` /
+ * `#rrggbbaa`) and the five color functions Glaze itself emits: `rgb()`,
+ * `hsl()`, `okhsl()`, `okhst()`, `oklch()`, plus the `rgba()` / `hsla()`
+ * aliases. Function names are case-insensitive; components are numbers or
+ * percentages, separated by spaces or commas. Their scales:
+ * - `rgb()` — channels 0–255, or percentages (`100%` is 255).
+ * - `hsl()` / `okhsl()` / `okhst()` — saturation, lightness and tone are
+ *   percentages or bare 0–1 fractions: `hsl(120 50% 50%)` or
+ *   `hsl(120 0.5 0.5)`. Unlike CSS, a bare `hsl(120 50 50)` does not mean
+ *   50%; it is out of range and resolves to white without a warning.
+ * - `oklch()` — L 0–1 or a percentage; C bare, or a percentage where
+ *   `100%` is 0.4.
+ * - Hue is in degrees, bare or with `deg`. Other angle units (`turn`,
+ *   `rad`, `grad`) are misread as degrees rather than rejected.
+ *
+ * An alpha component (hex alpha, `/ A`, or any fourth component) is
+ * dropped with a warning. Named colors, other color functions, and
+ * relative color syntax throw.
+ *
+ * Literal object forms, told apart by their keys:
+ * - `{ r, g, b }` — sRGB 0–255.
+ * - `{ l, c, h }` — OKLCh (L/C: 0–1, H: degrees), same as `oklch()` strings.
+ * - `{ h, s, t }` — OKHST (h: 0–360, s/t: 0–1). Tone in 0–1, so `t: 0.7` is
+ *   tone 70.
+ * - `{ h, s, l }` — OKHSL (h: 0–360, s/l: 0–1).
+ *
+ * An object `s`, `l`, `t` or `c` above 1.5 throws, which catches 0–100
+ * input; the OKHSL / OKHST errors point to the structured form. String
+ * components have no such check.
+ */
+type GlazeColorValue = string | OkhslColor | OkhstColor | RgbColor | OklchColor;
+/** Color overrides for the `from` and value-shorthand inputs. */
+interface GlazeColorOverrides {
+  /**
+   * Override hue. Number is absolute (0–360); `'+N'`/`'-N'` is relative
+   * to the extracted (or overridden) seed hue — same semantics as
+   * `RegularColorDef.hue`.
+   */
+  hue?: number | RelativeValue;
+  /** Override seed saturation (0–100). Default: extracted from value. */
+  saturation?: number;
+  /**
+   * Dark-scheme hue. Number is absolute (0–360); `'+N'`/`'-N'` is relative
+   * to the dark seed hue, which defaults to the (possibly overridden) seed
+   * hue. Falls back to `hue` when omitted.
+   */
+  darkHue?: number | RelativeValue;
+  /**
+   * Dark-scheme seed saturation (0–100). Defaults to `saturation`. When set,
+   * the global `darkDesaturation` reduction is not applied on top.
+   */
+  darkSaturation?: number;
+  /**
+   * Dark-scheme multiplier on the dark seed (0–1). Defaults to
+   * `saturationFactor`. When set, the global `darkDesaturation` reduction is
+   * not applied on top.
+   */
+  darkSaturationFactor?: number;
+  /**
+   * Override tone. Number is absolute (0–100, contrast-uniform); `'+N'`/`'-N'`
+   * is relative to the literal seed (the value passed to `glaze.color()`);
+   * `'max'` / `'min'` force to the scheme's tone extreme.
+   * Supports HCPair for high-contrast.
+   */
+  tone?: HCPair<ToneValue>;
+  /** Saturation multiplier on the seed (0–1). Default: 1. */
+  saturationFactor?: number;
+  /**
+   * Adaptation mode. Defaults to `'auto'` for every input form, so
+   * colors automatically adapt between light and dark like an ordinary
+   * theme color. Value-shorthand inputs (strings and literal objects)
+   * preserve light tone via a local `lightTone: false` default; other
+   * omitted config fields fall through to the live global at resolve
+   * time. Structured `{ hue, saturation, tone }` form also falls
+   * through for both tone windows unless overridden.
+   *
+   * Pass `'fixed'` explicitly to opt back into the linear, non-
+   * inverting mapping; pass `'static'` to pin the same tone
+   * across every variant.
+   */
+  mode?: AdaptationMode;
+  /**
+   * Flip out-of-bounds results (relative `tone` overshoot / unmet
+   * `contrast`) to the opposite side instead of clamping. Defaults to
+   * the global `autoFlip`.
+   */
+  autoFlip?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Contrast floor. By default solved against the literal seed
+   * (the value itself); when `base` is set, solved against the base's
+   * resolved variant per scheme. Same shape as `RegularColorDef.contrast`
+   * (bare number/preset = WCAG; `{ wcag }` / `{ apca }` to pick the metric).
+   */
+  contrast?: HCPair<ContrastSpec>;
+  /**
+   * Optional dependency on another color. Accepts either a
+   * `GlazeColorToken` (returned by another `glaze.color()`) or a raw
+   * `GlazeColorValue` (hex / CSS strings / `{ r, g, b }` / `{ h, s, l }` / …),
+   * which is automatically wrapped in `glaze.color(value)`.
+   *
+   * When set:
+   * - `contrast` is solved against the base's resolved variant
+   *   per-scheme (light / dark / lightContrast / darkContrast).
+   * - Relative `tone: '+N'` / `'-N'` is anchored to the base's
+   *   tone per-scheme (matches theme behavior for dependent colors).
+   * - Relative `hue: '+N'` / `'-N'` still anchors to the seed (the
+   *   value passed to `glaze.color()`), not the base.
+   * - When the base was created via the structured form (with explicit
+   *   `hue`/`saturation`/`tone`), it is resolved at full range
+   *   (`lightTone: false`) for the linking math — ensuring the
+   *   contrast/tone anchor matches the input tone, not the
+   *   windowed output. The base's own `.resolve()` output is unaffected.
+   *
+   * The base token's `.resolve()` is called lazily on first resolve and
+   * its result is captured by reference; later mutations to the base's
+   * defining call don't apply (matches existing token snapshot semantics).
+   */
+  base?: GlazeColorToken | GlazeColorValue;
+  /**
+   * Fixed opacity (0–1). Output includes alpha in the CSS value.
+   * Combining with `contrast` is not recommended (perceived tone
+   * becomes unpredictable) — a `console.warn` is emitted in that case.
+   */
+  opacity?: number;
+  /**
+   * Optional human-readable name for the token. Used in error and
+   * warning messages (otherwise an internal name like `"value"` is
+   * used) and as `resolve().name`. A debug label only: it does not
+   * affect output keys or the token's `role`.
+   */
+  name?: string;
+  /**
+   * Per-color override for the hue-independent "safe" chroma limit used in
+   * OKHSL↔sRGB conversions (luminance, contrast solving, output formatting).
+   * Falls through to the per-theme / per-token `pastel` override when omitted.
+   * @see GlazeConfigOverride.pastel
+   */
+  pastel?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Semantic role against the token's anchor (`base`, or the literal seed
+   * when `contrast` / a relative `tone` is set without one): how this token
+   * is used. Fixes APCA contrast polarity; WCAG ignores it. Defaults to
+   * `'text'` — the token is the foreground and the anchor the background,
+   * with or without `base`. Unlike a theme color, a token never infers its
+   * role from `name`, so `inferRole` has no effect on it.
+   */
+  role?: RoleInput;
+}
+/**
+ * Object input for `glaze.color()` that carries a raw color value plus
+ * optional color overrides in the same object.
+ *
+ * ```ts
+ * glaze.color({ from: '#1a1a2e', base: bg, contrast: 'AA' })
+ * glaze.color({ from: { r: 38, g: 252, b: 178 }, tone: '+10' })
+ * ```
+ */
+interface GlazeFromInput extends GlazeColorOverrides {
+  /** The source color value. Accepts the same forms as a bare `GlazeColorValue`. */
+  from: GlazeColorValue;
+}
+/** Options for `GlazeColorToken.css()`. */
+interface GlazeColorCssOptions {
+  /**
+   * Custom property base name (without leading `--`). Required.
+   * Becomes the variable identifier in the output, e.g.
+   * `name: 'brand'` → `--brand-color: …`.
+   */
+  name: string;
+  /** Output color format. Default: 'oklch'. */
+  format?: GlazeColorFormat;
+  /**
+   * Suffix appended to the name. Default: '-color' (matches
+   * `theme.css` default).
+   */
+  suffix?: string;
+  /**
+   * Emit hue as a separate `--{name}-hue` custom property, referenced via
+   * `var()`. Requires `format: 'oklch'` (any other format throws) and a
+   * pastel token.
+   */
+  splitHue?: boolean;
+}
+/** Return type for `glaze.color()`. */
+interface GlazeColorToken {
+  /** Resolve the color across all scheme variants. */
+  resolve(): ResolvedColor;
+  /** Export as a flat token map (no color name key). */
+  token(options?: GlazeTokenOptions): Record<string, string>;
+  /**
+   * Export as a tasty style-to-state binding (no color name key).
+   * Uses `#name` keys and state aliases (`''`, `'@media(prefers-color-scheme: dark)'`, etc.).
+   * @see https://tasty.style/docs
+   */
+  tasty(options?: GlazeTokenOptions): Record<string, string>;
+  /** Export as a flat JSON map (no color name key). */
+  json(options?: GlazeJsonOptions): Record<string, string>;
+  /** Export as CSS custom property declarations grouped by scheme variant. */
+  css(options: GlazeColorCssOptions): GlazeCssResult;
+  /**
+   * Export as W3C DTCG color tokens (one per scheme variant, no color name
+   * key). Each entry is a full `{ $type: 'color', $value }` token.
+   * @see https://www.designtokens.org/
+   */
+  dtcg(options?: GlazeDtcgOptions): GlazeColorDtcgResult;
+  /**
+   * Export as a single W3C DTCG Resolver-Module document for this color,
+   * keyed by `name` across all scheme variants. `name` is required.
+   * @see https://www.designtokens.org/
+   */
+  dtcgResolver(options: GlazeColorDtcgResolverOptions): GlazeDtcgResolverDocument;
+  /**
+   * Export as a Tailwind CSS v4 `@theme` block (light baseline) plus dark /
+   * high-contrast overrides. Returns a single ready-to-paste CSS string.
+   * `name` is required (forms `--color-<name>`).
+   * @see https://tailwindcss.com/docs/theme
+   */
+  tailwind(options: GlazeColorTailwindOptions): string;
+  /**
+   * Serialize the token as a JSON-safe object. Captures the original
+   * input value, overrides, and config so it can be rehydrated via
+   * `glaze.colorFrom(...)`. `base` is recursively serialized.
+   * Optional `override` is merged over the instance local at export time.
+   */
+  export(override?: GlazeConfigOverride): GlazeColorTokenExport;
+}
+/**
+ * JSON-safe serialization of a `glaze.color()` token. Pass to
+ * `glaze.colorFrom(...)` to rehydrate.
+ */
+interface GlazeColorTokenExport {
+  /** Snapshot kind. Always written by `token.export()`; optional on legacy snapshots. */
+  kind?: 'color';
+  /** Schema version. Always written by `token.export()`; optional on legacy snapshots. */
+  version?: number;
+  /**
+   * Discriminator for the source overload that created the token.
+   * - `'value'`: created via `glaze.color(value)` or `glaze.color({ from, ...overrides })`.
+   * - `'structured'`: created via `glaze.color({ hue, saturation, ... })`.
+   */
+  form: 'value' | 'structured';
+  /** Original input. For `form: 'value'` this is the raw `GlazeColorValue`; for `form: 'structured'` this is the structured input. */
+  input: GlazeColorValue | GlazeColorInputExport;
+  /**
+   * Overrides recorded at creation time. `base` is recursively
+   * serialized. Only present for `form: 'value'`.
+   */
+  overrides?: GlazeColorOverridesExport;
+  /**
+   * Effective config freeze from `.export()` — `getConfig() ∪ local ∪
+   * exportArg` at call time. Used by `glaze.colorFrom()` to pin
+   * deterministic behavior across later `configure()` calls.
+   */
+  config?: GlazeConfigOverride;
+}
+/**
+ * JSON-safe serialization of a `glaze.palette()` composition.
+ * Pass to `glaze.paletteFrom(...)` to rehydrate.
+ */
+interface GlazePaletteExport {
+  /** Snapshot kind. Always written by `palette.export()`. */
+  kind?: 'palette';
+  /** Schema version. Always written by `palette.export()`. */
+  version?: number;
+  /** Per-theme authoring snapshots keyed by theme name. */
+  themes: Record<string, GlazeThemeExport>;
+  /** Primary theme name, if set on the palette. */
+  primary?: string;
 }
-/** Input for `glaze.color()` standalone factory. */
-interface GlazeColorInput {
+/**
+ * Serializable shape of a structured `glaze.color({...})` input.
+ * Differs from `GlazeColorInput` only in that `base` is replaced by an
+ * `export` instead of a token reference.
+ */
+interface GlazeColorInputExport {
   hue: number;
   saturation: number;
-  lightness: HCPair<number>;
+  tone: HCPair<number | ExtremeValue>;
   saturationFactor?: number;
+  darkHue?: number | RelativeValue;
+  darkSaturation?: number;
+  darkSaturationFactor?: number;
   mode?: AdaptationMode;
+  autoFlip?: boolean;
+  opacity?: number;
+  base?: GlazeColorTokenExport | GlazeColorValue;
+  contrast?: HCPair<ContrastSpec>;
+  name?: string;
+  pastel?: boolean;
+  role?: RoleInput;
 }
-/** Return type for `glaze.color()`. */
-interface GlazeColorToken {
-  /** Resolve the color across all scheme variants. */
-  resolve(): ResolvedColor;
-  /** Export as a flat token map (no color name key). */
-  token(options?: GlazeTokenOptions): Record<string, string>;
-  /**
-   * Export as a tasty style-to-state binding (no color name key).
-   * Uses `#name` keys and state aliases (`''`, `@dark`, etc.).
-   * @see https://cube-ui-kit.vercel.app/?path=/docs/tasty-documentation--docs
-   */
-  tasty(options?: GlazeTokenOptions): Record<string, string>;
-  /** Export as a flat JSON map (no color name key). */
-  json(options?: GlazeJsonOptions): Record<string, string>;
+/**
+ * Serializable shape of `GlazeColorOverrides`. `base` is replaced by
+ * its export (or left as a `GlazeColorValue` if it was originally a value).
+ */
+interface GlazeColorOverridesExport {
+  hue?: number | RelativeValue;
+  saturation?: number;
+  darkHue?: number | RelativeValue;
+  darkSaturation?: number;
+  darkSaturationFactor?: number;
+  tone?: HCPair<ToneValue>;
+  saturationFactor?: number;
+  mode?: AdaptationMode;
+  autoFlip?: boolean;
+  contrast?: HCPair<ContrastSpec>;
+  base?: GlazeColorTokenExport | GlazeColorValue;
+  opacity?: number;
+  name?: string;
+  pastel?: boolean;
+  role?: RoleInput;
+}
+/**
+ * The hue/saturation seed pair a theme resolves against.
+ *
+ * `darkHue` / `darkSaturation` are a separate seed for the `dark` and
+ * `darkContrast` variants; each falls back to its light counterpart. Setting
+ * `darkSaturation` opts the theme out of the global `darkDesaturation`
+ * reduction — the authored value is used literally.
+ */
+interface GlazeThemeSeed {
+  /** Light-scheme hue seed (0–360). */
+  hue: number;
+  /** Light-scheme saturation seed (0–100). */
+  saturation: number;
+  /** Dark-scheme hue seed (0–360). Defaults to `hue`. */
+  darkHue?: number;
+  /** Dark-scheme saturation seed (0–100). Defaults to `saturation`. */
+  darkSaturation?: number;
 }
 interface GlazeTheme {
   /** The hue seed (0–360). */
   readonly hue: number;
   /** The saturation seed (0–100). */
   readonly saturation: number;
+  /** The dark-scheme hue seed (0–360), or `undefined` when `hue` is reused. */
+  readonly darkHue: number | undefined;
+  /** The dark-scheme saturation seed (0–100), or `undefined` when `saturation` is reused. */
+  readonly darkSaturation: number | undefined;
+  /** The effective config for this theme. */
+  getConfig(): GlazeConfigResolved;
   /** Add/replace colors (additive merge with existing definitions). */
   colors(defs: ColorMap): void;
   /** Get a color definition by name. */
@@ -254,7 +1353,7 @@ interface GlazeTheme {
   /** Clear all color definitions. */
   reset(): void;
   /** Export the theme configuration as a JSON-safe object. */
-  export(): GlazeThemeExport;
+  export(override?: GlazeConfigOverride): GlazeThemeExport;
   /** Create a child theme inheriting all color definitions. */
   extend(options: GlazeExtendOptions): GlazeTheme;
   /** Resolve all colors and return the result map. */
@@ -266,139 +1365,738 @@ interface GlazeTheme {
    * theme.tokens()
    * // → { light: { surface: 'okhsl(...)' }, dark: { surface: 'okhsl(...)' } }
    * ```
+   *
+   * With `modes.hdr`, each scheme map is followed by a dense `<scheme>Hdr`
+   * map (`lightHdr`, `darkHdr`, …): every glow with an HDR value in any
+   * emitted scheme, as `color(srgb-linear …)`, or its SDR value where that
+   * scheme has none.
    */
   tokens(options?: GlazeJsonOptions): Record<string, Record<string, string>>;
   /**
    * Export as tasty style-to-state bindings.
-   * Uses `#name` color token keys and state aliases (`''`, `@dark`, etc.).
+   * Uses `#name` color token keys and state aliases (`''`, `'@media(prefers-color-scheme: dark)'`, etc.).
    * Spread into component styles or register as a recipe via `configure({ recipes })`.
-   * @see https://cube-ui-kit.vercel.app/?path=/docs/tasty-documentation--docs
+   * With `modes.hdr`, a glow's HDR value follows each SDR key that has one,
+   * under `states.hdr` (`'@media(dynamic-range: high)'`) combined with it.
+   * @see https://tasty.style/docs
+   */
+  tasty(options?: GlazeTastyOptions): Record<string, Record<string, string>>;
+  /**
+   * Export as plain JSON. With `modes.hdr`, a glow variant with an HDR value
+   * adds a `<scheme>Hdr` key (`lightHdr`, …) right after its SDR key.
    */
-  tasty(options?: GlazeTokenOptions): Record<string, Record<string, string>>;
-  /** Export as plain JSON. */
   json(options?: GlazeJsonOptions): Record<string, Record<string, string>>;
   /** Export as CSS custom property declarations. */
   css(options?: GlazeCssOptions): GlazeCssResult;
+  /**
+   * Export as W3C Design Tokens Format Module (2025.10) documents, one per
+   * scheme variant. Consumable by Figma, Tokens Studio, Style Dictionary,
+   * Terrazzo, and any DTCG-compatible tool.
+   * @see https://www.designtokens.org/
+   */
+  dtcg(options?: GlazeDtcgOptions): GlazeDtcgResult;
+  /**
+   * Export as a single W3C DTCG Resolver-Module document describing every
+   * scheme variant as one `sets` entry plus a single `scheme` modifier with a
+   * context per variant. Consumable by resolver tools such as Dispersa.
+   * @see https://www.designtokens.org/
+   */
+  dtcgResolver(options?: GlazeDtcgResolverOptions): GlazeDtcgResolverDocument;
+  /**
+   * Export as a Tailwind CSS v4 `@theme` block (light baseline) plus dark /
+   * high-contrast overrides under configurable selectors. Returns a single
+   * ready-to-paste CSS string.
+   * @see https://tailwindcss.com/docs/theme
+   */
+  tailwind(options?: GlazeTailwindOptions): string;
 }
 interface GlazeExtendOptions {
   hue?: number;
   saturation?: number;
+  /** Replace the dark-scheme hue seed (0–360). Defaults to the parent's. */
+  darkHue?: number;
+  /** Replace the dark-scheme saturation seed (0–100). Defaults to the parent's. */
+  darkSaturation?: number;
   colors?: ColorMap;
+  /** Config override for the child theme. Merged with the parent's override. */
+  config?: GlazeConfigOverride;
 }
+/**
+ * Options for `token.token()` / `token.tasty()`, and the base of the theme and
+ * palette `tasty()` options: output format, scheme variants, state aliases.
+ */
 interface GlazeTokenOptions {
-  /** Prefix mode. `true` uses "<themeName>-", or provide a custom map. */
-  prefix?: boolean | Record<string, string>;
-  /** Override state aliases for this export. */
+  /**
+   * Override state aliases for this export. `hdr` keys an HDR glow value
+   * (with `modes.hdr`); a `glaze.color()` token is never a glow, so it never
+   * uses it.
+   */
   states?: {
     dark?: string;
     highContrast?: string;
+    hdr?: string;
   };
   /** Override which scheme variants to include. */
   modes?: GlazeOutputModes;
-  /** Output color format. Default: 'okhsl'. */
+  /** Output color format. Default: 'oklch'. */
   format?: GlazeColorFormat;
 }
+/** Options for `theme.tasty()`. */
+interface GlazeTastyOptions extends GlazeTokenOptions {
+  /**
+   * Emit hue as a separate custom property, referenced via `var()`.
+   * Requires `format: 'oklch'` (any other format throws) and every color to
+   * be pastel.
+   */
+  splitHue?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Base name for the theme-level hue var (`--{name}-hue`). Default: `'theme'`.
+   * Must not equal the name of a color that sets its own hue (throws).
+   */
+  name?: string;
+}
+/** Options for `theme.tokens()` / `theme.json()` and their palette and token counterparts. */
 interface GlazeJsonOptions {
   /** Override which scheme variants to include. */
   modes?: GlazeOutputModes;
-  /** Output color format. Default: 'okhsl'. */
+  /** Output color format. Default: 'oklch'. */
   format?: GlazeColorFormat;
 }
+/** Options for `theme.css()`. */
 interface GlazeCssOptions {
-  /** Output color format. Default: 'rgb'. */
+  /** Output color format. Default: 'oklch'. */
   format?: GlazeColorFormat;
   /** Suffix appended to each CSS custom property name. Default: '-color'. */
   suffix?: string;
+  /**
+   * Emit hue as a separate custom property, referenced via `var()`.
+   * Requires `format: 'oklch'` (any other format throws) and every color to
+   * be pastel.
+   */
+  splitHue?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Base name for the theme-level hue var (`--{name}-hue`). Default: `'theme'`.
+   * Must not equal the name of a color that sets its own hue (throws).
+   */
+  name?: string;
+  /**
+   * Add the HDR tier as `result.hdr` (see {@link GlazeCssResult.hdr}).
+   * Default: the global `modes.hdr` (false). `css()` has no `modes` — it
+   * always emits all four schemes — so this is its HDR switch.
+   */
+  hdr?: boolean;
 }
-/** CSS custom property declarations grouped by scheme variant. */
-interface GlazeCssResult {
+/** CSS custom property declarations for each scheme variant. */
+interface GlazeCssSchemeBlocks {
   light: string;
   dark: string;
   lightContrast: string;
   darkContrast: string;
 }
+/** CSS custom property declarations grouped by scheme variant. */
+interface GlazeCssResult extends GlazeCssSchemeBlocks {
+  /**
+   * The HDR tier, present when HDR output is on — the `hdr` option, which
+   * defaults to the global `modes.hdr`: one block per scheme,
+   * each re-declaring every color that has an HDR value in any scheme — its
+   * HDR value (`color(srgb-linear R G B)`) where that scheme has one, and
+   * the scheme's SDR declaration where it has none. The blocks are dense so
+   * a light HDR value can never leak into dark: wire each one after the SDR
+   * blocks, under the same selector plus `(dynamic-range: high)`. Every block
+   * is an empty string when no color has an HDR value.
+   */
+  hdr?: GlazeCssSchemeBlocks;
+}
+/**
+ * Color space used for DTCG `$value` color objects.
+ * @see https://www.designtokens.org/
+ */
+type DtcgColorSpace = 'srgb' | 'oklch';
+/**
+ * A DTCG color `$value` in the sRGB color space: gamma sRGB components in
+ * 0–1 plus a 6-digit `hex` hint. Universally understood by Figma, Tokens
+ * Studio, Style Dictionary, and every DTCG reader.
+ */
+interface DtcgSrgbColorValue {
+  colorSpace: 'srgb';
+  components: [number, number, number];
+  hex: HexColor;
+  /** Opacity 0–1. Omitted when fully opaque (alpha = 1). */
+  alpha?: number;
+}
+/**
+ * A DTCG color `$value` in the OKLCH color space: `[L, C, H]` components
+ * (L/C: 0–1, H: degrees). Wide-gamut and Glaze-native; no `hex` is emitted.
+ */
+interface DtcgOklchColorValue {
+  colorSpace: 'oklch';
+  components: [number, number, number];
+  /** Opacity 0–1. Omitted when fully opaque (alpha = 1). */
+  alpha?: number;
+}
+/** A DTCG `$value` for a color token, in either supported color space. */
+type DtcgColorValue = DtcgSrgbColorValue | DtcgOklchColorValue;
+/**
+ * The HDR value of a glow past SDR white, carried in a DTCG token's
+ * `$extensions['me.tenphi.glaze'].hdr` (`$value` stays the SDR color, since
+ * DTCG color components stop at 1). Maps onto native APIs: UIKit / AppKit
+ * `exposure`, SwiftUI `exposureAdjust(exposure)` on `base`, or Android
+ * `Color.pack(…components, LINEAR_EXTENDED_SRGB)` from `value`.
+ */
+interface GlazeDtcgHdr {
+  /** Gain over `base` in stops (`log2` of the linear factor), above 0. */
+  exposure: number;
+  /**
+   * Luminance tone of the HDR value (e.g. `112`) — past 100 when the headroom
+   * covers the step; a saturated base capped by `headroom` can land below 100,
+   * though its brightest channel still exceeds 1.
+   */
+  tone: number;
+  /** The opaque base (what SDR paints), as a DTCG sRGB color. */
+  base: DtcgSrgbColorValue;
+  /**
+   * The HDR color: linear sRGB `base × 2^exposure`, its brightest channel
+   * above 1 (the others may stay below).
+   */
+  value: {
+    colorSpace: 'srgb-linear';
+    components: [number, number, number];
+  };
+}
+/** The Glaze namespace of a DTCG token's `$extensions`. */
+interface GlazeDtcgExtensions {
+  'me.tenphi.glaze': {
+    /** Present only with `modes.hdr`, on a glow variant that has an HDR value. */hdr: GlazeDtcgHdr;
+  };
+}
+/**
+ * A single W3C DTCG color token: `{ $type: 'color', $value }`.
+ * `$description` is optional and not populated by Glaze today. `$extensions`
+ * is set only with `modes.hdr`, on a glow variant with an HDR value.
+ */
+interface DtcgColorToken {
+  $type: 'color';
+  $value: DtcgColorValue;
+  $description?: string;
+  $extensions?: GlazeDtcgExtensions;
+}
+/**
+ * A W3C Design Tokens Format Module (2025.10) token tree for one scheme.
+ * Glaze emits one document per scheme variant — the most tool-compatible
+ * convention (one file per Style Dictionary theme / Tokens Studio set /
+ * Figma variable mode).
+ */
+type DtcgDocument = Record<string, DtcgColorToken>;
+/** DTCG token documents grouped by scheme variant. Light is always present. */
+interface GlazeDtcgResult {
+  light: DtcgDocument;
+  dark?: DtcgDocument;
+  lightContrast?: DtcgDocument;
+  darkContrast?: DtcgDocument;
+}
+/** A single DTCG color token grouped by scheme variant (standalone tokens). */
+interface GlazeColorDtcgResult {
+  light: DtcgColorToken;
+  dark?: DtcgColorToken;
+  lightContrast?: DtcgColorToken;
+  darkContrast?: DtcgColorToken;
+}
+/** Options for `theme.dtcg()` / `palette.dtcg()`. */
+interface GlazeDtcgOptions {
+  /** Override which scheme variants to include. */
+  modes?: GlazeOutputModes;
+  /**
+   * DTCG color space. `'srgb'` (default) emits sRGB components plus a `hex`
+   * hint — universally understood (Figma, Tokens Studio). `'oklch'` emits
+   * OKLCH components with no hex — Glaze-native, wide-gamut.
+   */
+  colorSpace?: DtcgColorSpace;
+}
+/**
+ * A node in a DTCG Resolver-Module token tree: either a leaf color token or a
+ * nested group. A flat `DtcgDocument` (top-level color-name keys) is a valid
+ * shallow tree, so Glaze's per-scheme documents slot directly into
+ * `sets.<name>.sources` and `modifiers.<name>.contexts.<ctx>` entries.
+ */
+interface DtcgTokenTree {
+  [key: string]: DtcgColorToken | DtcgTokenTree;
+}
+/** A named set in a resolver document: a list of token-tree sources. */
+interface DtcgResolverSet {
+  sources: DtcgTokenTree[];
+}
+/**
+ * A named modifier (an axis such as `scheme`) in a resolver document.
+ * `default` names the context applied when no override is selected; `contexts`
+ * maps each context name to the token-tree overrides applied for it.
+ */
+interface DtcgResolverModifier {
+  default: string;
+  contexts: Record<string, DtcgTokenTree[]>;
+}
+/** A JSON-pointer `$ref` entry in a resolver document's `resolutionOrder`. */
+interface DtcgResolverRef {
+  $ref: string;
+}
+/**
+ * A W3C DTCG Resolver-Module document. Describes every scheme variant in a
+ * single file as `sets` (base token sources) plus `modifiers` (per-context
+ * overrides) composed in `resolutionOrder`. Consumable by resolver tools such
+ * as Dispersa.
+ * @see https://www.designtokens.org/
+ */
+interface GlazeDtcgResolverDocument {
+  version: string;
+  sets: Record<string, DtcgResolverSet>;
+  modifiers: Record<string, DtcgResolverModifier>;
+  resolutionOrder: DtcgResolverRef[];
+}
+/** Renaming of the four scheme variants as resolver-modifier context names. */
+interface GlazeDtcgResolverContextNames {
+  light?: string;
+  dark?: string;
+  lightContrast?: string;
+  darkContrast?: string;
+}
+/**
+ * Options for `theme.dtcgResolver()` / `palette.dtcgResolver()`. Extends
+ * `GlazeDtcgOptions` so `modes` + `colorSpace` pass through to the underlying
+ * per-scheme `dtcg()` build.
+ */
+interface GlazeDtcgResolverOptions extends GlazeDtcgOptions {
+  /** Name of the single set holding the default (light) token tree. Default `'base'`. */
+  setName?: string;
+  /**
+   * Name of the modifier describing the scheme axis. Default `'scheme'`
+   * (Glaze's term for the light / dark / high-contrast axis).
+   */
+  modifierName?: string;
+  /**
+   * Override the four context names emitted on the modifier. Defaults to the
+   * Glaze variant keys: `light` / `dark` / `lightContrast` / `darkContrast`.
+   */
+  contextNames?: GlazeDtcgResolverContextNames;
+  /** Resolver document version. Default `'2025.10'`. */
+  version?: string;
+}
+/** Options for `glaze.color().dtcgResolver()`. `name` is required. */
+interface GlazeColorDtcgResolverOptions extends GlazeDtcgResolverOptions {
+  /** Token name keying the color within each token tree. Required. */
+  name: string;
+}
+/** Options for `theme.tailwind()` / `palette.tailwind()`. */
+interface GlazeTailwindOptions {
+  /** Override which scheme variants to include. */
+  modes?: GlazeOutputModes;
+  /** Output color format. Default: 'oklch'. */
+  format?: GlazeColorFormat;
+  /**
+   * CSS custom property namespace, forming `--<namespace><name>`.
+   * Default: `'color-'` → `--color-surface`. (Tailwind v4's `--color-*`
+   * convention, which auto-generates `bg-*` / `text-*` / `border-*`.)
+   *
+   * Named `namespace` rather than `prefix` to avoid clashing with the
+   * palette theme-prefix option on `palette.tailwind()`.
+   */
+  namespace?: string;
+  /**
+   * Selector wrapping the dark-scheme overrides. Default: `'.dark'`.
+   * Pass a media query such as `'@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark)'` to
+   * drive dark mode from the OS preference instead of a class.
+   */
+  darkSelector?: string;
+  /**
+   * Selector wrapping the light high-contrast overrides. Default:
+   * `'.high-contrast'`. The combined dark + high-contrast overrides are
+   * emitted under `${darkSelector}${highContrastSelector}` (e.g.
+   * `.dark.high-contrast`).
+   */
+  highContrastSelector?: string;
+  /**
+   * Selector wrapping the HDR overrides, emitted with `modes.hdr` after every
+   * SDR block. Default: `'@media (dynamic-range: high)'`. Each HDR block is
+   * dense (every color with an HDR value in any emitted scheme, SDR value
+   * where the scheme has none) and is scoped by this selector alone (light),
+   * combined with `darkSelector` (dark), with `highContrastSelector` (light
+   * high contrast), or with both.
+   */
+  hdrSelector?: string;
+}
+/** Options for `glaze.color().tailwind()`. `name` is required. */
+interface GlazeColorTailwindOptions extends GlazeTailwindOptions {
+  /** Custom property base name (without leading `--`). Required. */
+  name: string;
+}
+/** Options for `glaze.palette()` creation. */
+interface GlazePaletteOptions {
+  /**
+   * Name of the primary theme. The primary theme's tokens are duplicated
+   * without prefix in all exports, providing convenient short aliases
+   * alongside the prefixed versions. Can be overridden per-export.
+   *
+   * @example
+   * ```ts
+   * const palette = glaze.palette({ brand, accent }, { primary: 'brand' });
+   * palette.tokens()
+   * // → { light: { 'brand-surface': '...', 'surface': '...', 'accent-surface': '...' } }
+   * ```
+   */
+  primary?: string;
+}
+/**
+ * Options shared by every palette export except `json()`: `tokens()`,
+ * `tasty()`, `css()`, `dtcg()`, `dtcgResolver()`, and `tailwind()`.
+ */
+interface GlazePaletteExportOptions {
+  /**
+   * Prefix mode. `true` uses `"<themeName>-"`, or provide a custom map.
+   * Defaults to `true` for palette export methods.
+   * Set to `false` explicitly to disable prefixing. Colliding keys
+   * produce a console.warn and the first-written value wins.
+   */
+  prefix?: boolean | Record<string, string>;
+  /**
+   * Override the palette-level primary theme for this export.
+   * Pass a theme name to set/change the primary, or `false` to disable it.
+   * When omitted, inherits the palette-level `primary`.
+   */
+  primary?: string | false;
+}
+/**
+ * Options for `palette.tasty()`. There is no `name`: each theme's hue var is
+ * named after the theme.
+ */
+interface GlazePaletteTastyOptions extends GlazeTokenOptions, GlazePaletteExportOptions {
+  /**
+   * Emit hue as a separate custom property, referenced via `var()`.
+   * Requires `format: 'oklch'` (any other format throws) and every color to
+   * be pastel. The theme-level hue var is `--{themeName}-hue`.
+   */
+  splitHue?: boolean;
+}
+/**
+ * Options for `palette.css()`. There is no `name`: each theme's hue var is
+ * named after the theme.
+ */
+interface GlazePaletteCssOptions extends GlazePaletteExportOptions {
+  /** Output color format. Default: 'oklch'. */
+  format?: GlazeColorFormat;
+  /** Suffix appended to each CSS custom property name. Default: '-color'. */
+  suffix?: string;
+  /**
+   * Emit hue as a separate custom property, referenced via `var()`.
+   * Requires `format: 'oklch'` (any other format throws) and every color to
+   * be pastel. The theme-level hue var is `--{themeName}-hue`.
+   */
+  splitHue?: boolean;
+  /**
+   * Add the HDR tier as `result.hdr` (see {@link GlazeCssResult.hdr}).
+   * Default: the global `modes.hdr` (false).
+   */
+  hdr?: boolean;
+}
 interface GlazePalette {
+  /** Theme names in insertion order. */
+  list(): string[];
+  /** Primary theme name, if set at palette creation. */
+  readonly primary: string | undefined;
+  /** Get a theme by name. Returns the live instance held by the palette. */
+  theme(name: string): GlazeTheme | undefined;
+  /**
+   * Shallow copy of the theme map (same instances the palette holds).
+   * Mutating a returned theme affects subsequent palette exports.
+   */
+  themes(): Record<string, GlazeTheme>;
+  /**
+   * Export the palette authoring configuration as a JSON-safe object.
+   * Restorable via `glaze.paletteFrom(...)`. Distinct from `json()`, which
+   * emits resolved color strings. Optional `override` is forwarded to each
+   * nested `theme.export(override)`.
+   */
+  export(override?: GlazeConfigOverride): GlazePaletteExport;
   /**
    * Export all themes as a flat token map grouped by scheme variant.
+   * Prefix defaults to `true` — all tokens are prefixed with the theme name.
+   * Inherits the palette-level `primary`; override per-call or pass `false` to disable.
    *
    * ```ts
-   * palette.tokens({ prefix: true })
-   * // → { light: { 'primary-surface': 'okhsl(...)' }, dark: { 'primary-surface': 'okhsl(...)' } }
+   * const palette = glaze.palette({ brand, accent }, { primary: 'brand' });
+   * palette.tokens()
+   * // → { light: { 'brand-surface': '...', 'surface': '...', 'accent-surface': '...' } }
    * ```
    */
-  tokens(options?: GlazeJsonOptions & {
-    prefix?: boolean | Record<string, string>;
-  }): Record<string, Record<string, string>>;
+  tokens(options?: GlazeJsonOptions & GlazePaletteExportOptions): Record<string, Record<string, string>>;
   /**
    * Export all themes as tasty style-to-state bindings.
-   * Uses `#name` color token keys and state aliases (`''`, `@dark`, etc.).
-   * Spread into component styles or register as a recipe via `configure({ recipes })`.
-   * @see https://cube-ui-kit.vercel.app/?path=/docs/tasty-documentation--docs
+   * Uses `#name` color token keys and state aliases (`''`, `'@media(prefers-color-scheme: dark)'`, etc.).
+   * Prefix defaults to `true`. Inherits the palette-level `primary`.
+   * @see https://tasty.style/docs
+   */
+  tasty(options?: GlazePaletteTastyOptions): Record<string, Record<string, string>>;
+  /**
+   * Export all themes as plain JSON grouped by theme name. No prefix, primary
+   * alias, or collision handling: each theme keeps its own key.
    */
-  tasty(options?: GlazeTokenOptions): Record<string, Record<string, string>>;
-  /** Export all themes as plain JSON. */
-  json(options?: GlazeJsonOptions & {
-    prefix?: boolean | Record<string, string>;
-  }): Record<string, Record<string, Record<string, string>>>;
+  json(options?: GlazeJsonOptions): Record<string, Record<string, Record<string, string>>>;
   /** Export all themes as CSS custom property declarations. */
-  css(options?: GlazeCssOptions & {
-    prefix?: boolean | Record<string, string>;
-  }): GlazeCssResult;
+  css(options?: GlazePaletteCssOptions): GlazeCssResult;
+  /**
+   * Export all themes as W3C DTCG documents, one per scheme variant.
+   * Prefix defaults to `true`. Inherits the palette-level `primary`.
+   * @see https://www.designtokens.org/
+   */
+  dtcg(options?: GlazeDtcgOptions & GlazePaletteExportOptions): GlazeDtcgResult;
+  /**
+   * Export all themes as a single W3C DTCG Resolver-Module document. Prefix
+   * defaults to `true`. Inherits the palette-level `primary`.
+   * @see https://www.designtokens.org/
+   */
+  dtcgResolver(options?: GlazeDtcgResolverOptions & GlazePaletteExportOptions): GlazeDtcgResolverDocument;
+  /**
+   * Export all themes as a Tailwind CSS v4 `@theme` block plus dark /
+   * high-contrast overrides. Returns a single ready-to-paste CSS string.
+   * Prefix defaults to `true`.
+   * @see https://tailwindcss.com/docs/theme
+   */
+  tailwind(options?: GlazeTailwindOptions & GlazePaletteExportOptions): string;
 }
 //#endregion
+//#region src/serialize.d.ts
+/** Type guard for theme authoring snapshots (prefers `kind`, falls back to shape). */
+declare function isThemeExport(data: unknown): data is GlazeThemeExport;
+/** Type guard for color-token authoring snapshots. */
+declare function isColorTokenExport(data: unknown): data is GlazeColorTokenExport;
+/** Type guard for palette authoring snapshots. */
+declare function isPaletteExport(data: unknown): data is GlazePaletteExport;
+//#endregion
 //#region src/glaze.d.ts
 type PaletteInput = Record<string, GlazeTheme>;
 /**
  * Create a single-hue glaze theme.
  *
+ * An optional `config` override can be supplied to customize the resolve
+ * behavior for this theme (tone windows, etc.). The
+ * override is **merged over the live global config at resolve time** —
+ * the theme still reacts to later `configure()` calls for fields it
+ * didn't override.
+ *
+ * The object form also accepts `darkHue` / `darkSaturation` — a separate
+ * seed pair for the dark and dark-high-contrast schemes. Both default to
+ * their light counterparts, and an explicit `darkSaturation` opts the theme
+ * out of the global `darkDesaturation` reduction.
+ *
  * @example
  * ```ts
- * const primary = glaze({ hue: 280, saturation: 80 });
- * // or shorthand:
  * const primary = glaze(280, 80);
+ * // or shorthand:
+ * const primary = glaze({ hue: 280, saturation: 80 });
+ * // with a retuned dark seed:
+ * const primary = glaze({ hue: 280, saturation: 80, darkHue: 268, darkSaturation: 65 });
+ * // with config override:
+ * const raw = glaze(280, 80, { lightTone: false });
+ * const rawSeed = glaze({ hue: 280, saturation: 80 }, { lightTone: false });
  * ```
  */
-declare function glaze(hueOrOptions: number | {
-  hue: number;
-  saturation: number;
-}, saturation?: number): GlazeTheme;
+declare function glaze(hue: number, saturation?: number, config?: GlazeConfigOverride): GlazeTheme;
+declare function glaze(seed: GlazeThemeSeed, config?: GlazeConfigOverride): GlazeTheme;
+/** @deprecated Pass the config second: `glaze(seed, config)`. */
+declare function glaze(seed: GlazeThemeSeed, saturation: undefined, config?: GlazeConfigOverride): GlazeTheme;
 declare namespace glaze {
   var configure: (config: GlazeConfig) => void;
-  var palette: (themes: PaletteInput) => {
-    tokens(options?: GlazeJsonOptions & {
-      prefix?: boolean | Record<string, string>;
-    }): Record<string, Record<string, string>>;
-    tasty(options?: GlazeTokenOptions): Record<string, Record<string, string>>;
-    json(options?: GlazeJsonOptions & {
-      prefix?: boolean | Record<string, string>;
-    }): Record<string, Record<string, Record<string, string>>>;
-    css(options?: GlazeCssOptions & {
-      prefix?: boolean | Record<string, string>;
-    }): GlazeCssResult;
-  };
+  var palette: (themes: PaletteInput, options?: GlazePaletteOptions) => GlazePalette;
+  var themeFrom: (data: GlazeThemeExport) => GlazeTheme;
   var from: (data: GlazeThemeExport) => GlazeTheme;
-  var color: (input: GlazeColorInput) => GlazeColorToken;
+  var color: (input: GlazeFromInput | GlazeColorInput | GlazeColorValue, config?: GlazeConfigOverride) => GlazeColorToken;
   var shadow: (input: GlazeShadowInput) => ResolvedColorVariant;
-  var format: (variant: ResolvedColorVariant, colorFormat?: GlazeColorFormat) => string;
+  var glow: (input: GlazeGlowInput) => ResolvedColorVariant;
+  var format: (variant: ResolvedColorVariant, colorFormat?: GlazeColorFormat, pastel?: boolean) => string;
+  var formatHdr: (variant: ResolvedColorVariant, hdrFormat?: GlazeHdrFormat) => string | undefined;
   var fromHex: (hex: string) => GlazeTheme;
   var fromRgb: (r: number, g: number, b: number) => GlazeTheme;
+  var colorFrom: (data: GlazeColorTokenExport) => GlazeColorToken;
+  var paletteFrom: (data: GlazePaletteExport) => GlazePalette;
+  var isThemeExport: typeof isThemeExport;
+  var isColorTokenExport: typeof isColorTokenExport;
+  var isPaletteExport: typeof isPaletteExport;
   var getConfig: () => GlazeConfigResolved;
   var resetConfig: () => void;
 }
 //#endregion
+//#region src/channels.d.ts
+interface HueDeclaration {
+  prop: string;
+  value: string;
+}
+interface HuePlan {
+  /** CSS `var()` reference spliced into `oklch(L C <hueVar>)`. */
+  hueVar: string;
+  /** When true, emit a full inline color (shadow/glow/mix/achromatic). */
+  inline: boolean;
+  /** Scheme-independent `--*-hue` declarations for this color. */
+  declarations: HueDeclaration[];
+}
+interface ChannelCtx {
+  seedHue: number;
+  /**
+   * Dark-scheme seed hue, when the theme authored one. Drives the dark
+   * `--{baseName}-hue` value; falls back to `seedHue`.
+   */
+  darkSeedHue?: number;
+  /** Theme-level hue var base name (without `--` / `-hue`). */
+  baseName: string;
+  /** Token / custom-property name prefix used for hue var naming (`brand-` etc.). */
+  prefix: string;
+  defs: ColorMap;
+  mode: 'theme' | 'standalone';
+  /** Standalone: resolved hue from the primary variant (scheme-independent). */
+  resolvedHue?: number;
+  /**
+   * When false, hue declarations are not emitted (the pass only references
+   * hue vars already declared by a sibling pass). Used by palette primary
+   * unprefixed aliases so they reference the themed `--{themeName}-*-hue`
+   * vars without re-declaring (and colliding with) other themes' base vars.
+   * Defaults to true.
+   */
+  emitDeclarations?: boolean;
+}
+//#endregion
+//#region src/format-guard.d.ts
+/**
+ * Throw when a non-native Glaze color space is requested for an export that
+ * emits raw CSS or non-Tasty token maps.
+ */
+declare function assertNativeFormat(format: GlazeColorFormat | undefined, method: string): void;
+/**
+ * Throw when `splitHue` is enabled but any exported color is not pastel.
+ * Hue rotation is only clip-free when chroma is bounded by the hue-independent
+ * safe chroma (`computeSafeChromaOKLCH`).
+ */
+declare function assertAllPastel(resolved: Map<string, ResolvedColor>, modes: Required<GlazeOutputModes>): void;
+//#endregion
+//#region src/roles.d.ts
+/**
+ * Normalize a `RoleInput` (canonical value or alias) into a canonical `Role`.
+ * Returns `undefined` for unrecognized strings so callers can fall through to
+ * the next step of the resolution chain.
+ */
+declare function normalizeRole(input: RoleInput | undefined): Role | undefined;
+/**
+ * Infer a `Role` from a color name by matching its tokens against the role
+ * keyword sets. When multiple tokens match, the **last** recognized token
+ * wins (so `button-text` → `text`, `input-bg` → `surface`, `card-border` →
+ * `border`). Returns `undefined` when no token matches.
+ */
+declare function inferRoleFromName(name: string): Role | undefined;
+/** APCA argument order: which side the resolved color plays. */
+type Polarity = 'fg' | 'bg';
+/**
+ * Map a role to its APCA polarity. `text` and `border` are foreground spots
+ * against their base (the candidate is the text argument); `surface` is the
+ * background (the base is the text argument).
+ */
+declare function roleToPolarity(role: Role): Polarity;
+/**
+ * The opposite role of `role`, used when a color with no explicit role and no
+ * inferable name depends on a base: the dependent color plays the opposite
+ * role of its base. `surface` ↔ `text`; `border` is treated as a foreground
+ * spot, so its opposite is `surface`.
+ */
+declare function oppositeRole(role: Role): Role;
+//#endregion
+//#region src/okhst.d.ts
+/**
+ * Reference eps for the OKHST color space. WCAG 2 contrast is
+ * `(Y_hi + 0.05) / (Y_lo + 0.05)`, so an eps of `0.05` makes equal tone
+ * steps yield equal WCAG contrast. This is the canonical eps used by
+ * `okhst()` input, `{ h, s, t }` input, stored `ResolvedColorVariant.t`,
+ * relative `tone` offsets, and the contrast solver.
+ */
+declare const REF_EPS = 0.05;
+/**
+ * Map a luminance `Y` (0–1) to tone (0–100) at the given eps.
+ * `toneFromY(0) === 0` and `toneFromY(1) === 100` for any eps.
+ */
+declare function toneFromY(y: number, eps?: number): number;
+/** Map a tone (0–100) back to luminance (0–1). Inverse of {@link toneFromY}. */
+declare function yFromTone(t: number, eps?: number): number;
+/** OKHSL lightness (0–1) -> tone (0–100). */
+declare function toTone(l: number, eps?: number): number;
+/** Tone (0–100) -> OKHSL lightness (0–1). Inverse of {@link toTone}. */
+declare function fromTone(t: number, eps?: number): number;
+/** Convert OKHST `{ h, s, t }` (t in 0–1) to OKHSL `{ h, s, l }`. */
+declare function okhstToOkhsl(c: {
+  h: number;
+  s: number;
+  t: number;
+}): {
+  h: number;
+  s: number;
+  l: number;
+};
+/** Convert OKHSL `{ h, s, l }` to OKHST `{ h, s, t }` (t in 0–1). */
+declare function okhslToOkhst(c: {
+  h: number;
+  s: number;
+  l: number;
+}): {
+  h: number;
+  s: number;
+  t: number;
+};
+/**
+ * Edge adapter: a resolved variant stores canonical tone `t` (0–1). Convert
+ * it to the OKHSL `{ h, s, l }` the formatters and luminance pipeline expect —
+ * `s` and `l` on the same 0–1 factor scale, so `const { h, s, l } =
+ * variantToOkhsl(v)` destructures straight into `formatOkhsl` / `formatRgb` /
+ * `okhslToLinearSrgb` with no rescaling. `alpha` stays on the variant; use
+ * `glaze.format(v, format)` for a string that carries it.
+ */
+declare function variantToOkhsl(v: {
+  h: number;
+  s: number;
+  t: number;
+}): {
+  h: number;
+  s: number;
+  l: number;
+};
+//#endregion
 //#region src/okhsl-color-math.d.ts
 /**
  * OKHSL color math primitives for the glaze theme generator.
  *
- * Provides bidirectional OKHSL ↔ sRGB conversion, relative luminance
- * computation for WCAG 2 contrast calculations, and multi-format output
- * (okhsl, rgb, hsl, oklch).
+ * Provides bidirectional OKHSL ↔ sRGB conversion, luminance computation
+ * for both contrast metrics (WCAG 2 relative luminance and APCA screen
+ * luminance `Ys` — both the exact functions the contrast solver uses, and
+ * both public), strict hex parsing (`parseHex` / `parseHexAlpha` check every
+ * digit), and multi-format output (okhsl, rgb, hsl, oklch, plus the
+ * `color(srgb-linear …)` writer for HDR glow values, whose channels may exceed
+ * 1).
  */
+type Vec3 = [number, number, number];
+/**
+ * OKHSL toe function: maps OKLab lightness L to perceptual lightness l.
+ * Exported for the OKHST tone transfers in `okhst.ts`.
+ */
+/**
+ * OKHSL lightness of the gamut cusp for a hue — the lightness where the
+ * realizable chroma peaks. Reuses the same `find_cusp` OKHSL already runs for
+ * its `s` normalization (no new color math); the OKLab cusp lightness is run
+ * through the OKHSL `toe` and clamped to `[0.001, 0.999]` so divisions that
+ * key off it stay safe. Cached per (rounded) hue.
+ *
+ * @param h Hue, 0–360.
+ */
+declare function cuspLightness(h: number): number;
+/**
+ * Convert OKHSL (h: 0–360, s: 0–1, l: 0–1) to OKLab [L, a, b].
+ */
+declare function okhslToOklab(h: number, s: number, l: number, pastel?: boolean): [number, number, number];
 /**
  * Convert OKHSL (h: 0–360, s: 0–1, l: 0–1) to linear sRGB.
  * Channels may exceed [0, 1] near gamut boundaries — caller must clamp if needed.
  */
-declare function okhslToLinearSrgb(h: number, s: number, l: number): [number, number, number];
+declare function okhslToLinearSrgb(h: number, s: number, l: number, pastel?: boolean): [number, number, number];
 /**
  * Compute relative luminance Y from linear sRGB channels.
  * Per WCAG 2: Y = 0.2126·R + 0.7152·G + 0.0722·B
@@ -410,42 +2108,123 @@ declare function relativeLuminanceFromLinearRgb(rgb: [number, number, number]):
 declare function contrastRatioFromLuminance(yA: number, yB: number): number;
 /**
  * Convert OKHSL to gamma-encoded sRGB (clamped to 0–1).
+ * h: 0–360, s: 0–1, l: 0–1. Returns [r, g, b] with each channel 0–1.
  */
-declare function okhslToSrgb(h: number, s: number, l: number): [number, number, number];
+declare function okhslToSrgb(h: number, s: number, l: number, pastel?: boolean): [number, number, number];
 /**
- * Convert OKHSL (h: 0–360, s: 0–1, l: 0–1) to OKLab [L, a, b].
+ * Compute WCAG 2 relative luminance from linear sRGB, matching the browser
+ * rendering pipeline: gamma-encode, clamp to sRGB gamut [0,1], then linearize.
+ * This avoids over/under-estimating luminance for out-of-gamut OKHSL colors.
+ */
+declare function gamutClampedLuminance(linearRgb: [number, number, number]): number;
+/**
+ * Compute APCA screen luminance (`Ys`) from linear sRGB.
+ *
+ * APCA does not use the WCAG piecewise sRGB EOTF; it defines its own
+ * luminance as `0.2126·R^2.4 + 0.7152·G^2.4 + 0.0722·B^2.4` over the
+ * gamma-encoded (display) channels with a simple 2.4 exponent. The APCA
+ * soft-clamp threshold in `apcaContrast` is calibrated against this basis,
+ * so the solver must feed it `Ys`, not WCAG relative luminance. Channels
+ * are gamut-clamped to [0, 1] first, matching `gamutClampedLuminance`.
+ *
+ * This is exactly the luminance Glaze's contrast solver (and its drift
+ * check) feeds `apcaContrast`, so
+ * `apcaContrast(apcaLuminanceFromLinearRgb(text), apcaLuminanceFromLinearRgb(bg))`
+ * reproduces the solver's Lc for a resolved pair.
+ */
+declare function apcaLuminanceFromLinearRgb(linearRgb: [number, number, number]): number;
+/**
+ * Convert OKLab to OKHSL.
+ * Input: [L, a, b] where L: 0–1, a/b: roughly -0.5 to 0.5.
+ * Returns [h, s, l] where h: 0–360, s: 0–1, l: 0–1.
  */
-declare function okhslToOklab(h: number, s: number, l: number): [number, number, number];
+declare const oklabToOkhsl: (lab: Vec3, pastel?: boolean) => Vec3;
 /**
  * Convert gamma-encoded sRGB (0–1 per channel) to OKHSL.
  * Returns [h, s, l] where h: 0–360, s: 0–1, l: 0–1.
  */
-declare function srgbToOkhsl(rgb: [number, number, number]): [number, number, number];
+declare function srgbToOkhsl(rgb: [number, number, number], pastel?: boolean): [number, number, number];
+/**
+ * Convert CSS HSL (sRGB-based) to gamma-encoded sRGB [r, g, b] in 0–1 range.
+ * h: 0–360, s: 0–1, l: 0–1.
+ *
+ * Note: CSS HSL is not the same as OKHSL — it's HSL in the sRGB color space.
+ * Use this when parsing `hsl(...)` strings before passing to `srgbToOkhsl`.
+ */
+declare function hslToSrgb(h: number, s: number, l: number): [number, number, number];
 /**
  * Parse a hex color string (#rgb or #rrggbb) to sRGB [r, g, b] in 0–1 range.
- * Returns null if the string is not a valid hex color.
+ * The leading `#` is optional. Returns null if the string is not a valid hex
+ * color: a wrong length, any character outside `0-9a-f` (case-insensitive),
+ * or a form with alpha.
+ *
+ * For 8-digit hex (`#rrggbbaa`) and 4-digit hex (`#rgba`) with alpha,
+ * use {@link parseHexAlpha}.
  */
 declare function parseHex(hex: string): [number, number, number] | null;
+/**
+ * Parse a hex color string (#rgb, #rrggbb, #rgba, or #rrggbbaa) to
+ * sRGB [r, g, b] in 0–1 range plus an optional alpha (0–1).
+ * The leading `#` is optional. Returns null if the string is not a valid hex
+ * color: a wrong length or any character outside `0-9a-f`
+ * (case-insensitive).
+ *
+ * Every digit is checked up front: `parseInt` alone stops at the first bad
+ * character, so `'#1z2z3z'` would otherwise read as `#010203`.
+ */
+declare function parseHexAlpha(hex: string): {
+  rgb: [number, number, number];
+  alpha?: number;
+} | null;
 /**
  * Format OKHSL values as a CSS `okhsl(H S% L%)` string.
- * h: 0–360, s: 0–100, l: 0–100 (percentage scale for s and l).
+ * h: 0–360, s: 0–1, l: 0–1 (factor scale, as returned by every converter).
+ */
+declare function formatOkhsl(h: number, s: number, l: number, pastel?: boolean): string;
+/**
+ * Format OKHST values as a CSS `okhst(H S% T%)` string.
+ * h: 0–360, s: 0–1, t: 0–1 (factor scale, matching `ResolvedColorVariant`).
+ *
+ * Pastel recompute matches `formatOkhsl`: convert via OKLab so external
+ * parsers that only understand non-pastel OKHST render identically.
  */
-declare function formatOkhsl(h: number, s: number, l: number): string;
+declare function formatOkhst(h: number, s: number, t: number, pastel?: boolean): string;
 /**
- * Format OKHSL values as a CSS `rgb(R G B)` string with rounded integer values.
- * h: 0–360, s: 0–100, l: 0–100 (percentage scale for s and l).
+ * Format OKHSL values as a CSS `rgb(R G B)` string.
+ * Uses 2 decimal places to avoid 8-bit quantization contrast loss.
+ * h: 0–360, s: 0–1, l: 0–1 (factor scale, as returned by every converter).
  */
-declare function formatRgb(h: number, s: number, l: number): string;
+declare function formatRgb(h: number, s: number, l: number, pastel?: boolean): string;
 /**
  * Format OKHSL values as a CSS `hsl(H S% L%)` string.
- * h: 0–360, s: 0–100, l: 0–100 (percentage scale for s and l).
+ * h: 0–360, s: 0–1, l: 0–1 (factor scale, as returned by every converter).
  */
-declare function formatHsl(h: number, s: number, l: number): string;
+declare function formatHsl(h: number, s: number, l: number, pastel?: boolean): string;
 /**
  * Format OKHSL values as a CSS `oklch(L C H)` string.
- * h: 0–360, s: 0–100, l: 0–100 (percentage scale for s and l).
+ * h: 0–360, s: 0–1, l: 0–1 (factor scale, as returned by every converter).
+ */
+declare function formatOklch(h: number, s: number, l: number, pastel?: boolean): string;
+/**
+ * Format linear sRGB channels as a CSS `color(srgb-linear R G B)` string with
+ * 4 decimals. Unlike the other writers it takes linear light, not OKHSL, and
+ * does not clamp: a channel may exceed 1, which is how an HDR glow value
+ * (`glaze.formatHdr()`) goes past SDR white — `1` is SDR white, `2` one stop
+ * above it. Opaque only; HDR values carry no alpha.
+ */
+declare function formatSrgbLinear(rgb: [number, number, number]): string;
+/**
+ * Convert gamma-encoded sRGB channels (0–1) to a 6-digit lowercase hex
+ * string (`#rrggbb`). Channels are clamped to [0,1] and rounded to 8-bit.
+ * Alpha is not encoded here — DTCG carries it as a separate `alpha` field.
+ */
+declare function srgbToHex(rgb: [number, number, number]): `#${string}`;
+/**
+ * Convert OKHSL (h: 0–360, s: 0–1, l: 0–1) to OKLCH components `[L, C, H]`.
+ * L: 0–1, C: 0–~0.4 (chroma), H: 0–360 (hue). Shared by `formatOklch` and
+ * the DTCG `oklch` colorSpace exporter so the two never drift apart.
  */
-declare function formatOklch(h: number, s: number, l: number): string;
+declare function okhslToOklch(h: number, s: number, l: number, pastel?: boolean): [number, number, number];
 //#endregion
-export { type AdaptationMode, type ColorDef, type ColorMap, type ContrastPreset, type FindLightnessForContrastOptions, type FindLightnessForContrastResult, type GlazeColorFormat, type GlazeColorInput, type GlazeColorToken, type GlazeConfig, type GlazeCssOptions, type GlazeCssResult, type GlazeExtendOptions, type GlazeJsonOptions, type GlazeOutputModes, type GlazePalette, type GlazeShadowInput, type GlazeTheme, type GlazeThemeExport, type GlazeTokenOptions, type HCPair, type HexColor, type MinContrast, type OkhslColor, type RegularColorDef, type RelativeValue, type ResolvedColor, type ResolvedColorVariant, type ShadowColorDef, type ShadowTuning, contrastRatioFromLuminance, findLightnessForContrast, formatHsl, formatOkhsl, formatOklch, formatRgb, glaze, okhslToLinearSrgb, okhslToOklab, okhslToSrgb, parseHex, relativeLuminanceFromLinearRgb, resolveMinContrast, srgbToOkhsl };
+export { APCA_HC_ENHANCEMENT, APCA_MAX_LC, APCA_PRESETS, type AdaptationMode, type ApcaPreset, type ChannelCtx, type ColorDef, type ColorMap, type ContrastPreset, type ContrastSpec, type DtcgColorSpace, type DtcgColorToken, type DtcgColorValue, type DtcgDocument, type DtcgOklchColorValue, type DtcgResolverModifier, type DtcgResolverRef, type DtcgResolverSet, type DtcgSrgbColorValue, type DtcgTokenTree, type ExtremeValue, type FindToneForContrastOptions, type FindToneForContrastResult, type FindValueForMixContrastOptions, type FindValueForMixContrastResult, GLAZE_EXPORT_VERSION, type GlazeColorCssOptions, type GlazeColorDtcgResolverOptions, type GlazeColorDtcgResult, type GlazeColorFormat, type GlazeColorInput, type GlazeColorInputExport, type GlazeColorOverrides, type GlazeColorOverridesExport, type GlazeColorTailwindOptions, type GlazeColorToken, type GlazeColorTokenExport, type GlazeColorValue, type GlazeConfig, type GlazeConfigOverride, type GlazeConfigResolved, type GlazeCssOptions, type GlazeCssResult, type GlazeCssSchemeBlocks, type GlazeDtcgExtensions, type GlazeDtcgHdr, type GlazeDtcgOptions, type GlazeDtcgResolverContextNames, type GlazeDtcgResolverDocument, type GlazeDtcgResolverOptions, type GlazeDtcgResult, type GlazeExportKind, type GlazeExportVersion, type GlazeExtendOptions, type GlazeFromInput, type GlazeGlowInput, type GlazeHdrFormat, type GlazeJsonOptions, type GlazeLightingInput, type GlazeOutputModes, type GlazePalette, type GlazePaletteCssOptions, type GlazePaletteExport, type GlazePaletteExportOptions, type GlazePaletteOptions, type GlazePaletteTastyOptions, type GlazeShadowInput, type GlazeTailwindOptions, type GlazeTastyOptions, type GlazeTheme, type GlazeThemeExport, type GlazeThemeSeed, type GlazeTokenOptions, type GlowColorDef, type GlowTuning, type HCPair, type HexColor, type HueDeclaration, type HuePlan, type LightingTuning, type MinContrast, type MixColorDef, type OkhslColor, type OkhstColor, type OklchColor, type Polarity, REF_EPS, type RegularColorDef, type RelativeValue, type ResolvedColor, type ResolvedColorVariant, type ResolvedContrast, type ResolvedHdr, type RgbColor, type Role, type RoleInput, type ShadowColorDef, type ShadowTuning, type ToneValue, type ToneWindow, apcaContrast, apcaLuminanceFromLinearRgb, assertAllPastel, assertNativeFormat, contrastRatioFromLuminance, cuspLightness, findToneForContrast, findValueForMixContrast, formatHsl, formatOkhsl, formatOkhst, formatOklch, formatRgb, formatSrgbLinear, fromTone, gamutClampedLuminance, glaze, hslToSrgb, inferRoleFromName, isColorTokenExport, isPaletteExport, isThemeExport, normalizeRole, okhslToLinearSrgb, okhslToOkhst, okhslToOklab, okhslToOklch, okhslToSrgb, okhstToOkhsl, oklabToOkhsl, oppositeRole, parseHex, parseHexAlpha, relativeLuminanceFromLinearRgb, resolveApcaTarget, resolveContrastForLevel, resolveContrastForMode, resolveMinContrast, roleToPolarity, srgbToHex, srgbToOkhsl, toTone, toneFromY, variantToOkhsl, yFromTone };
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