@zakkster/lite-color-engine 1.0.2 → 1.1.0

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+# Changelog
+
+All notable changes to `@zakkster/lite-color-engine` are documented in this file.
+
+The format loosely follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/), and the project follows [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
+
+
+## [1.1.0] — Unreleased
+
+### Added — MINDE gamut mapping, ΔE-OK, and SoA remap kernels
+
+Two new sub-exports (`/gamut`, `/remap`) plus one core function. All follow the buffer-and-offset API and the zero-allocation-on-hot-path convention from v1.0.
+
+#### Core
+
+- **`deltaEOK(bufA, oA, bufB, oB): number`** — ΔE-OK color difference (Euclidean distance in OKLab) between two buffered OKLCH colors. Ten-line pure function, zero allocations. Consumed internally by the `/gamut` and `/remap` sub-exports and available for downstream packages.
+
+#### `/gamut` sub-export
+
+```js
+import {
+    gamutMapToSrgbBuffer,
+    packOklchBufferToUint32MINDE,
+} from '@zakkster/lite-color-engine/gamut';
+```
+
+- **`gamutMapToSrgbBuffer(inBuf, inOffset, outBuf, outOffset)`** — CSS Color 4 MINDE chroma reduction. Reduces chroma at fixed L and H until the color is in-gamut, using bisection with a JND (0.02) threshold. Source and destination may alias. All scratch is module-level; zero allocation on the hot path.
+- **`packOklchBufferToUint32MINDE(buf, offset, alpha?)`** — accurate sibling of the v1.0 packer. Eliminates the hue-shift artifacts of the hard channel clamp near the gamut boundary. Returns unsigned RGBA-LE Uint32 (matches v1.0 convention). Signature-compatible with the core packer, so it can be passed directly as the `packer` argument to `bakeGradientToUint32`.
+
+#### `/remap` sub-export
+
+```js
+import {
+    sRgba8ToOklabBuffer,
+    oklchToOklabBuffer,
+    oklabToOklchBuffer,
+    nearestPaletteIndexBuffer,
+    remapPixelsToPalette,
+} from '@zakkster/lite-color-engine/remap';
+```
+
+- **`sRgba8ToOklabBuffer(inU8, outLab, pixelCount)`** — batch RGBA8 → OKLab. Alpha discarded.
+- **`oklchToOklabBuffer` / `oklabToOklchBuffer`** — batch polar/cartesian conversions between OKLCH and OKLab. Hue canonicalized to `[0, 360)`.
+- **`nearestPaletteIndexBuffer(pixelsLab, paletteLab, indicesOut, pixelCount, paletteCount, opts?)`** — core search kernel. For each pixel, writes the index of the nearest palette color by squared Euclidean distance in OKLab. Tie-break: lowest index wins. Accepts any typed-array index output (`Uint32Array`, `Uint16Array`, `Uint8Array`). Option `preserveLightness`: distance uses `(a, b)` only.
+- **`remapPixelsToPalette(inU8, paletteLch, outU32, pixelCount, paletteCount, opts?)`** — one-shot end-to-end: RGBA8 → nearest palette color → RGBA-LE Uint32. Alpha byte passes through unchanged. Palette OKLCH → OKLab conversion happens internally on module-level scratch (grows monotonically, never shrinks). Option `preserveLightness`: synthesizes output per pixel as `(pixel.L, palette.a, palette.b)` — retains shading structure under recolor. ~40% slower than the fast path.
+
+### Alignment with `V1.1-PLAN.md`
+
+- **P0/#1** (MINDE gamut mapping) — shipped as `/gamut`.
+- **P1/#5** (ΔE-OK) — shipped in core.
+- **P0/#2** (alpha-aware LUT baker), **P0/#3** (ARGB byte-order variant), **P0/#4** (hue interpolation modes), **P1/#6** (gamma LUT packer), **P1/#7** (CSS Color 5 relative-color syntax) — not in this release, tracked for follow-up.
+
+### New in this release, not in the plan
+
+- **`/remap` sub-export** — added as the engine underlayment for `lite-hueforge v1.3` `remapImageToPalette`. Standalone value: palette quantization for retro / palette-cycling render effects, dithering targets, and demoscene-style palette animations.
+
+### Design notes
+
+- **Sub-exports are self-contained.** `Gamut.js` and `Remap.js` each carry their own local converters (`_oklchToLinearRgb`, `_linearRgbToOklch`, `_srgbGammaEncode`, `_linearizeSrgbByte`) rather than importing from core. Costs a small amount of duplicated math across the two files, buys loadability in isolation and independence from any future refactor of the internal converters.
+- **Search in OKLab, not OKLCH.** Distance in OKLab is Euclidean; distance in OKLCH would need cos/sin per comparison. Palette is authored in OKLCH (human-natural), converted once at call entry.
+- **Grow-only scratch.** `remapPixelsToPalette` grows its internal palette scratch when a larger palette is passed; it never shrinks. This matches the ecosystem's zero-GC contract — allocation happens at edge cases, not per frame.
+- **Alpha semantics.** In `remapPixelsToPalette`, the palette is pre-packed opaque; input alpha is OR-composited into the output. This lets the palette live alongside a per-pixel alpha channel without double-clamping.
+
+### Performance
+
+Measured on Node 22 in a conservative sandbox (no JIT warm-up budget); V8 in browsers is typically 2–3× faster. 5-color palette, noise input:
+
+| Resolution | Fast path | preserveLightness |
+| ---------- | --------- | ----------------- |
+| 256 × 256  | 60+ fps   | 40 fps            |
+| 512 × 512  | 16 fps    | 10 fps            |
+| 1024 × 1024| 4 fps     | 2.5 fps           |
+
+Interpretation: the fast path is real-time up to ~512² in browser conditions; `preserveLightness` is real-time up to ~256². For larger canvases (2048² live recolor), a WebGL shader path is the intended next-generation kernel — flagged as a v1.2 candidate. WASM SIMD is another option worth benching.
+
+For the near-term demo, downscale the preview canvas to 512² and upscale for final render — a standard pattern in image-editing tools.
+
+### Tests
+
+50 new deterministic tests across three files. All 43 existing tests continue to pass; no behavioural changes to v1.0 exports.
+
+| File | Tests | Coverage |
+| ---- | ----- | -------- |
+| `gamut.test.js` | 19 | MINDE identity on in-gamut / chroma reduction on out-of-gamut / L endpoint collapse / C=0 achromatic / aliasing safety / arbitrary offsets / determinism / hue sweep in-gamut invariant; packMINDE unsigned uint32 return / default-alpha behaviour / alpha clamping / endpoint byte encoding / no hue-shift on out-of-gamut / bit-for-bit parity with core packer on in-gamut input / drop-in usable with `bakeGradientToUint32` / hot-path smoothness |
+| `remap.test.js` | 21 | OKLCH↔OKLab round-trip within 1e-5 / hue canonicalization; sRgba8ToOklab endpoint correctness / batch stride / plain `Uint8Array` acceptance; nearestPaletteIndex exact match / lowest-index tie-break / preserveLightness path separation / explicit `false` matches default / batch correctness / typed-array flexibility (`Uint32Array`, `Uint16Array`, `Uint8Array`); remapPixels solid-fill correctness / primary-color mapping / preserveLightness output darkness / alpha passthrough (both paths) / determinism / scratch-grow safety |
+| `delta.test.js` | 10 | Identity / symmetry / non-negativity / large ΔE between visually distant colors / small ΔE between near-identical colors / offset correctness / hue wraparound (1° vs 359°) / monotonic growth with diverging chroma / determinism |
+
+### Non-breaking
+
+Additive only. No existing API surface changed. v1.0 consumers continue to work identically at `1.1.0`.
+
+### Packaging
+
+- Added sub-export entries for `./gamut` and `./remap` in `package.json` `exports`, with `types`/`node`/`import`/`default` conditions.
+- Added `CHANGELOG.md` to the `files` list.
+- Fixed a pre-existing typo: `files` listed `LICENSE.txt` where the actual file is `LICENSE.md`.
+
+### Downstream migrations enabled
+
+- `@zakkster/lite-hueforge` can replace its local gamut mapper (if present) with an import from `@zakkster/lite-color-engine/gamut`.
+- `@zakkster/lite-gradient-studio` same.
+- `@zakkster/lite-color-lerp` can finally fulfil the README's "gamut-mapped variants … a future addition" promise via the engine.
+- `@zakkster/lite-hueforge v1.3` `remapImageToPalette` sits directly on top of `remapPixelsToPalette`.
+
+
+## [1.0.4] — Prior
+
+Baseline v1.0 surface: authoring (`parseCSSColor` and format-specific parsers), runtime (`lerpOklchBuffer`, `packOklchBufferToUint32`, `packOklchBufferToUint32Fast`, `sampleColorLUT`), LUT (`bakeGradientToUint32`), convert (`sRgbToOklchBuffer`).
+
+---
+
+MIT © Zahary Shinikchiev.

package/README.md

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 # @zakkster/lite-color-engine
 
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 ## 🎨 What is lite-color-engine?
 
@@ -277,6 +279,50 @@ Bakes a multi-stop OKLCH gradient into a `Uint32Array` of packed RGBA-LE colors.
 
 **Throws** if `numStops < 2` or `resolution < 2`.
 
+### Difference
+
+#### `deltaEOK(bufA, offsetA, bufB, offsetB): number`
+
+ΔE-OK color difference — Euclidean distance in OKLab between two buffered OKLCH colors. Zero allocations, pure primitive math.
+
+Typical scale: `0.02` indistinguishable, `0.05` subtle, `0.15+` unambiguously different. Use for palette dedupe, nearest-color lookup, and contrast checks.
+
+## 🧭 Sub-exports (v1.1)
+
+The core surface stays sub-2 KB. Heavier optional kernels ship as separate entry points so you only pay for what you import.
+
+### `@zakkster/lite-color-engine/gamut` — MINDE gamut mapping
+
+CSS Color 4 chroma-reduction gamut mapping. Reduces chroma at fixed L and H until the color is inside the sRGB gamut, using bisection with a JND threshold. Fixes the visible hue shifts that the hard channel clamp produces near the gamut boundary.
+
+```js
+import {
+    gamutMapToSrgbBuffer,
+    packOklchBufferToUint32MINDE,
+} from '@zakkster/lite-color-engine/gamut';
+```
+
+- **`gamutMapToSrgbBuffer(inBuf, inOffset, outBuf, outOffset)`** — writes a gamut-mapped `[L, C', H]` triplet. Source and destination may alias. Zero allocations on the hot path.
+- **`packOklchBufferToUint32MINDE(buf, offset, alpha?)`** — accurate sibling of the core packer. `~30×` slower — belongs at LUT-build time, not per-frame. Signature-compatible with `packer` in `bakeGradientToUint32`.
+
+### `@zakkster/lite-color-engine/remap` — palette-remap kernels
+
+Nearest-palette-index search in OKLab, plus a one-shot RGBA8-to-recolored-Uint32 pipeline. The engine underlayment for `lite-hueforge`'s `remapImageToPalette`, and standalone-useful for retro palette quantization and palette-cycling render effects.
+
+```js
+import {
+    sRgba8ToOklabBuffer,
+    oklchToOklabBuffer,
+    oklabToOklchBuffer,
+    nearestPaletteIndexBuffer,
+    remapPixelsToPalette,
+} from '@zakkster/lite-color-engine/remap';
+```
+
+- **Batch converters** — `sRgba8ToOklabBuffer`, `oklchToOklabBuffer`, `oklabToOklchBuffer`. SoA, stride-3 in/out, hue canonicalized to `[0, 360)` where applicable.
+- **`nearestPaletteIndexBuffer(...)`** — for each pixel in `pixelsLab`, write the index of the nearest palette color into `indicesOut` (accepts `Uint32Array`, `Uint16Array`, or `Uint8Array`). Tie-break: lowest index wins.
+- **`remapPixelsToPalette(inU8, paletteLch, outU32, pixelCount, paletteCount, opts?)`** — end-to-end pipe. Alpha byte passes through unchanged. `opts.preserveLightness` searches by `(a, b)` only and synthesizes output as `(pixel.L, palette.a, palette.b)` — retains shading structure under recolor.
+
 ## ⚡ Performance characteristics
 
 | Operation | Cost |
@@ -334,4 +380,4 @@ See `llms.txt` for a structured reference designed for AI coding assistants. Pub
 
 ## License
 
-See [`LICENSE.txt`](./LICENSE.txt). © Zahary Shinikchiev
+See [`LICENSE.md`](./LICENSE.md). © Zahary Shinikchiev

package/index.d.ts

@@ -200,3 +200,23 @@ export function bakeGradientToUint32(
     easeFn?: (t: number) => number,
     packer?: OklchPackerFn
 ): Uint32Array;
+
+// ============================================================================
+// Difference (ΔE-OK)
+// ============================================================================
+
+/**
+ * ΔE-OK color difference: Euclidean distance in OKLab between two buffered
+ * OKLCH colors. Zero-allocation.
+ *
+ * Typical scale: `0.02` indistinguishable, `0.05` subtle, `0.15+` unambiguous.
+ *
+ * Use for palette dedupe, nearest-color lookup, contrast checks, and the
+ * CVD-audit workflow in `lite-hueforge/colorways`.
+ */
+export function deltaEOK(
+    bufA: Float32Array,
+    offsetA: number,
+    bufB: Float32Array,
+    offsetB: number
+): number;

package/index.js

@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ export {
 } from './src/runtime.js';
 
 export { sRgbToOklchBuffer } from './src/convert.js';
+
+export { deltaEOK } from './src/delta.js';

package/llms.txt

@@ -86,6 +86,76 @@ packOklchBufferToUint32Fast(buf: Float32Array, offset: number, alpha?: number):
 sampleColorLUT(lut: Uint32Array, t: number): number;
 ```
 
+### Difference (ΔE-OK)
+
+```js
+import { deltaEOK } from '@zakkster/lite-color-engine';
+
+deltaEOK(bufA: Float32Array, offsetA: number,
+         bufB: Float32Array, offsetB: number): number;
+```
+
+Euclidean distance in OKLab between two buffered OKLCH colors. Zero allocations. Typical scale: `0.02` indistinguishable, `0.05` subtle, `0.15+` unambiguously different.
+
+### Gamut sub-export (`/gamut`)
+
+```js
+import {
+    gamutMapToSrgbBuffer,
+    packOklchBufferToUint32MINDE,
+} from '@zakkster/lite-color-engine/gamut';
+
+gamutMapToSrgbBuffer(
+    inBuf: Float32Array, inOffset: number,
+    outBuf: Float32Array, outOffset: number
+): void;
+
+packOklchBufferToUint32MINDE(
+    buf: Float32Array, offset: number, alpha?: number
+): number;
+```
+
+CSS Color 4 MINDE chroma-reduction gamut mapping. Bisection on chroma at fixed L and H with a JND threshold. `packOklchBufferToUint32MINDE` is signature-compatible with the core packer, so you can pass it directly as the `packer` argument to `bakeGradientToUint32` to bake gamut-accurate LUTs.
+
+~30× slower than the core packer. Belongs at LUT-build or authoring time, not per-frame.
+
+### Remap sub-export (`/remap`)
+
+```js
+import {
+    sRgba8ToOklabBuffer,
+    oklchToOklabBuffer,
+    oklabToOklchBuffer,
+    nearestPaletteIndexBuffer,
+    remapPixelsToPalette,
+} from '@zakkster/lite-color-engine/remap';
+
+sRgba8ToOklabBuffer(
+    inU8: Uint8Array | Uint8ClampedArray,
+    outLab: Float32Array, pixelCount: number
+): void;
+
+oklchToOklabBuffer(inLch: Float32Array, outLab: Float32Array, pixelCount: number): void;
+oklabToOklchBuffer(inLab: Float32Array, outLch: Float32Array, pixelCount: number): void;
+
+nearestPaletteIndexBuffer(
+    pixelsLab: Float32Array, paletteLab: Float32Array,
+    indicesOut: Uint32Array | Uint16Array | Uint8Array,
+    pixelCount: number, paletteCount: number,
+    opts?: { preserveLightness?: boolean }
+): void;
+
+remapPixelsToPalette(
+    inU8: Uint8Array | Uint8ClampedArray,
+    paletteLch: Float32Array,
+    outU32: Uint32Array,
+    pixelCount: number, paletteCount: number,
+    opts?: { preserveLightness?: boolean }
+): void;
+```
+
+SoA palette-remap kernels. Search happens in OKLab (Euclidean distance). Palette is authored in OKLCH and converted to OKLab once per call. `remapPixelsToPalette` uses grow-only module-level scratch for the palette conversion — no per-frame allocation. Alpha byte from the input passes through unchanged in the output. `preserveLightness` searches by `(a, b)` only and synthesizes output as `(pixel.L, palette.a, palette.b)` — retains shading structure under recolor.
+
 ### LUT (gradient baking)
 
 ```js
@@ -177,7 +247,7 @@ ctx.putImageData(imgData, 0, 0);
 ## What this library is NOT
 
 - It is not a general-purpose color manipulation library. No `darken`, `lighten`, `mix`, `saturate`, `complement`, etc. methods. Compose your own from the buffer math primitives.
-- It is not a gamut mapper. Pack uses a hard clamp; out-of-gamut OKLCH values are clipped per-channel, not mapped via MINDE chroma reduction. Proper gamut mapping is on the v1.1 roadmap.
+- The core `packOklchBufferToUint32` uses a hard channel clamp for its runtime fast path. Accurate CSS Color 4 MINDE chroma-reduction gamut mapping ships in the `/gamut` sub-export (see below) — use that at LUT-build or authoring time when the hue-shift artifacts of the hard clamp matter.
 - It is not a CSS parser for everything. It does CSS Color Level 4 colors. It does not handle `color()`, `color-mix()`, relative color syntax, or system colors.
 - It is not async. There are no Promises. Every function is synchronous and side-effect-free (writes only to its `outBuf` argument).
 
@@ -196,6 +266,10 @@ Absolute numbers depend on hardware. Relative ratios are stable.
 
 ## Versioning
 
-`1.0.x` — the locked public API surface above. No breaking changes within the major. Patch releases for bug fixes; minor releases may **add** functions but not remove or rename.
+`1.0.x` — the locked core public API surface. No breaking changes within the major. Patch releases for bug fixes; minor releases may **add** functions but not remove or rename.
+
+`1.1.0` — adds `deltaEOK` in core, plus two additive sub-exports:
+- `@zakkster/lite-color-engine/gamut` — CSS Color 4 MINDE gamut mapping and an accurate packer.
+- `@zakkster/lite-color-engine/remap` — SoA batch converters and palette-remap kernels.
 
-`1.1` (planned) — see `ROADMAP.md` if present, or the Pairs-well-with section of the README.
+No breaking changes; the v1.0 surface is untouched. See `CHANGELOG.md` for full details.

package/package.json

@@ -1,18 +1,31 @@
 {
   "name": "@zakkster/lite-color-engine",
-  "version": "1.0.2",
+  "version": "1.1.0",
   "author": "Zahary Shinikchiev <shinikchiev@yahoo.com>",
-  "description": "Zero-GC, data-oriented OKLCH color engine and WebGL/Canvas buffer pipeline.",
+  "description": "Zero-GC, data-oriented OKLCH color engine with MINDE gamut mapping and palette-remap kernels for WebGL/Canvas pipelines.",
   "type": "module",
   "sideEffects": false,
-  "main": "index.js",
-  "module": "index.js",
-  "types": "index.d.ts",
+  "main": "./index.js",
+  "module": "./index.js",
+  "types": "./index.d.ts",
   "exports": {
     ".": {
-      "types": "index.d.ts",
-      "import": "index.js",
-      "default": "index.js"
+      "types": "./index.d.ts",
+      "node": "./index.js",
+      "import": "./index.js",
+      "default": "./index.js"
+    },
+    "./gamut": {
+      "types": "./src/Gamut.d.ts",
+      "node": "./src/Gamut.js",
+      "import": "./src/Gamut.js",
+      "default": "./src/Gamut.js"
+    },
+    "./remap": {
+      "types": "./src/Remap.d.ts",
+      "node": "./src/Remap.js",
+      "import": "./src/Remap.js",
+      "default": "./src/Remap.js"
     }
   },
   "files": [
@@ -20,13 +33,18 @@
     "index.js",
     "index.d.ts",
     "README.md",
+    "CHANGELOG.md",
     "llms.txt",
-    "LICENSE.txt"
+    "LICENSE.md"
   ],
   "keywords": [
     "color",
     "oklch",
     "oklab",
+    "gamut-mapping",
+    "minde",
+    "palette",
+    "remap",
     "zero-gc",
     "webgl",
     "canvas",
@@ -34,6 +52,7 @@
     "interpolation",
     "gradient",
     "color-space",
+    "delta-e",
     "dod",
     "data-oriented",
     "high-performance",
@@ -58,7 +77,11 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/PeshoVurtoleta/lite-color-engine/issues",
     "email": "shinikchiev@yahoo.com"
   },
+  "funding": {
+    "type": "github",
+    "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/PeshoVurtoleta"
+  },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=18"
   }
-}
+}

package/src/Gamut.d.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/**
+ * @zakkster/lite-color-engine/gamut
+ *
+ * CSS Color 4 MINDE chroma-reduction gamut mapping, plus an accurate packer.
+ * Sub-export so the bisection loop does not bloat the core bundle.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * CSS Color 4 MINDE chroma reduction. Reduces chroma at fixed L and H until
+ * the color is inside the sRGB gamut, using bisection with a JND threshold.
+ * Zero allocations on the hot path. Source and destination may alias.
+ *
+ * Writes `[L, C', H]` at `outBuf[outOffset..outOffset+2]`.
+ */
+export function gamutMapToSrgbBuffer(
+    inBuf: Float32Array,
+    inOffset: number,
+    outBuf: Float32Array,
+    outOffset: number
+): void;
+
+/**
+ * Accurate sibling of `packOklchBufferToUint32`. Runs MINDE gamut mapping
+ * before packing, eliminating the hue-shift artifacts of the hard channel
+ * clamp near the sRGB gamut boundary.
+ *
+ * ~30x slower than the core packer — use at LUT build time or authoring
+ * time, not per-frame. Returns an unsigned RGBA-LE Uint32.
+ *
+ * Signature-compatible with `bakeGradientToUint32`'s `packer` argument, so
+ * you can bake gamut-accurate LUTs by passing this as the packer.
+ */
+export function packOklchBufferToUint32MINDE(
+    buf: Float32Array,
+    offset: number,
+    alpha?: number
+): number;

package/src/Gamut.js

@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// @zakkster/lite-color-engine/gamut
+//
+// CSS Color 4 MINDE gamut mapping (chroma reduction in OKLab).
+//
+// Reference: https://www.w3.org/TR/css-color-4/#binsearch-gamut-mapping
+// V1.1-PLAN P0/#1.
+//
+// Self-contained module: local internal converters, no cross-file imports.
+// This costs ~40 lines of duplicated math but keeps the sub-export loadable
+// in isolation and independent of any future refactor of src/converters.js.
+// Fits the ecosystem's "duplicate small math, share only what earns it" rule.
+//
+// Trust model matches v1.0: buffers assumed well-shaped; L, C, H bounds
+// enforced at write time (canonical hue in [0, 360), L clamped to [0, 1]).
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const _RAD = Math.PI / 180;
+const _DEG = 180 / Math.PI;
+
+// Module-level scratch. Never allocated during a call.
+const _rgb = new Float32Array(3);
+const _clipLch = new Float32Array(3);
+
+// CSS Color 4 constants.
+const JND = 0.02;
+const EPSILON = 0.0001;
+const MAX_ITER = 8;
+
+// OKLCH → linear sRGB, writes 3 floats to `out`.
+function _oklchToLinearRgb(L, C, H, out) {
+    const hRad = H * _RAD;
+    const a = C * Math.cos(hRad);
+    const b = C * Math.sin(hRad);
+    const l_ = L + 0.3963377774 * a + 0.2158037573 * b;
+    const m_ = L - 0.1055613458 * a - 0.0638541728 * b;
+    const s_ = L - 0.0894841775 * a - 1.2914855480 * b;
+    const l = l_ * l_ * l_;
+    const m = m_ * m_ * m_;
+    const s = s_ * s_ * s_;
+    out[0] =  4.0767416621 * l - 3.3077115913 * m + 0.2309699292 * s;
+    out[1] = -1.2684380046 * l + 2.6097574011 * m - 0.3413193965 * s;
+    out[2] = -0.0041960863 * l - 0.7034186147 * m + 1.7076147010 * s;
+}
+
+// Linear sRGB → OKLCH, writes 3 floats [L, C, H] with H in [0, 360).
+function _linearRgbToOklch(r, g, b, out, off) {
+    const l = 0.4122214708 * r + 0.5363325363 * g + 0.0514459929 * b;
+    const m = 0.2119034982 * r + 0.6806995451 * g + 0.1073969566 * b;
+    const s = 0.0883024619 * r + 0.2817188376 * g + 0.6299787005 * b;
+    const l_ = Math.cbrt(l);
+    const m_ = Math.cbrt(m);
+    const s_ = Math.cbrt(s);
+    const L = 0.2104542553 * l_ + 0.7936177850 * m_ - 0.0040720468 * s_;
+    const A = 1.9779984951 * l_ - 2.4285922050 * m_ + 0.4505937099 * s_;
+    const B = 0.0259040371 * l_ + 0.7827717662 * m_ - 0.8086757660 * s_;
+    const C = Math.sqrt(A * A + B * B);
+    let H = Math.atan2(B, A) * _DEG;
+    if (H < 0) H += 360;
+    out[off]     = L;
+    out[off + 1] = C;
+    out[off + 2] = H;
+}
+
+// sRGB gamma encode a linear channel to gamma-encoded [0, 1].
+function _srgbGammaEncode(v) {
+    if (v <= 0) return 0;
+    if (v >= 1) return 1;
+    return v <= 0.0031308 ? 12.92 * v : 1.055 * Math.pow(v, 1 / 2.4) - 0.055;
+}
+
+// Pre-declared bindings for tight ΔE-OK loops.
+function _deltaOKFromLchLinearRgb(L, C, H, cR, cG, cB) {
+    // Original OKLab (a, b) from OKLCH
+    const hRad = H * _RAD;
+    const oA = C * Math.cos(hRad);
+    const oB = C * Math.sin(hRad);
+    // Clipped in-gamut linear RGB → OKLab
+    const l = 0.4122214708 * cR + 0.5363325363 * cG + 0.0514459929 * cB;
+    const m = 0.2119034982 * cR + 0.6806995451 * cG + 0.1073969566 * cB;
+    const s = 0.0883024619 * cR + 0.2817188376 * cG + 0.6299787005 * cB;
+    const l_ = Math.cbrt(l);
+    const m_ = Math.cbrt(m);
+    const s_ = Math.cbrt(s);
+    const cL = 0.2104542553 * l_ + 0.7936177850 * m_ - 0.0040720468 * s_;
+    const cA = 1.9779984951 * l_ - 2.4285922050 * m_ + 0.4505937099 * s_;
+    const cBB = 0.0259040371 * l_ + 0.7827717662 * m_ - 0.8086757660 * s_;
+    const dL = L - cL;
+    const dA = oA - cA;
+    const dB = oB - cBB;
+    return Math.sqrt(dL * dL + dA * dA + dB * dB);
+}
+
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// gamutMapToSrgbBuffer
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * CSS Color 4 chroma-reduction gamut mapping. Reduces chroma at fixed L and H
+ * until the color is inside the sRGB gamut, using bisection with a JND
+ * threshold. Zero allocations on the hot path.
+ *
+ * Writes gamut-mapped [L, C', H] at `outBuf[outOffset..outOffset+2]`.
+ * Source and destination may alias.
+ *
+ * @param {Float32Array} inBuf
+ * @param {number} inOffset
+ * @param {Float32Array} outBuf
+ * @param {number} outOffset
+ */
+export function gamutMapToSrgbBuffer(inBuf, inOffset, outBuf, outOffset) {
+    const L = inBuf[inOffset];
+    const C = inBuf[inOffset + 1];
+    const H = inBuf[inOffset + 2];
+
+    // Endpoints: L outside [0, 1] collapses to black or white in destination.
+    if (L >= 1) {
+        outBuf[outOffset] = 1;
+        outBuf[outOffset + 1] = 0;
+        outBuf[outOffset + 2] = H;
+        return;
+    }
+    if (L <= 0) {
+        outBuf[outOffset] = 0;
+        outBuf[outOffset + 1] = 0;
+        outBuf[outOffset + 2] = H;
+        return;
+    }
+    if (C <= 0) {
+        outBuf[outOffset] = L;
+        outBuf[outOffset + 1] = 0;
+        outBuf[outOffset + 2] = H;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // In-gamut? Emit unchanged.
+    _oklchToLinearRgb(L, C, H, _rgb);
+    if (
+        _rgb[0] >= -EPSILON && _rgb[0] <= 1 + EPSILON &&
+        _rgb[1] >= -EPSILON && _rgb[1] <= 1 + EPSILON &&
+        _rgb[2] >= -EPSILON && _rgb[2] <= 1 + EPSILON
+    ) {
+        outBuf[outOffset]     = L;
+        outBuf[outOffset + 1] = C;
+        outBuf[outOffset + 2] = H;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Full-chroma clip. If ΔE < JND, we're done — return the OKLCH of the clip.
+    let cR = _rgb[0] < 0 ? 0 : _rgb[0] > 1 ? 1 : _rgb[0];
+    let cG = _rgb[1] < 0 ? 0 : _rgb[1] > 1 ? 1 : _rgb[1];
+    let cB = _rgb[2] < 0 ? 0 : _rgb[2] > 1 ? 1 : _rgb[2];
+    if (_deltaOKFromLchLinearRgb(L, C, H, cR, cG, cB) < JND) {
+        _linearRgbToOklch(cR, cG, cB, outBuf, outOffset);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Bisection on chroma at fixed L, H.
+    let low = 0;
+    let high = C;
+    for (let iter = 0; iter < MAX_ITER; iter++) {
+        if (high - low < EPSILON) break;
+        const mid = (low + high) * 0.5;
+        _oklchToLinearRgb(L, mid, H, _rgb);
+        const inGamut = (
+            _rgb[0] >= -EPSILON && _rgb[0] <= 1 + EPSILON &&
+            _rgb[1] >= -EPSILON && _rgb[1] <= 1 + EPSILON &&
+            _rgb[2] >= -EPSILON && _rgb[2] <= 1 + EPSILON
+        );
+        if (inGamut) {
+            low = mid;
+        } else {
+            cR = _rgb[0] < 0 ? 0 : _rgb[0] > 1 ? 1 : _rgb[0];
+            cG = _rgb[1] < 0 ? 0 : _rgb[1] > 1 ? 1 : _rgb[1];
+            cB = _rgb[2] < 0 ? 0 : _rgb[2] > 1 ? 1 : _rgb[2];
+            if (_deltaOKFromLchLinearRgb(L, mid, H, cR, cG, cB) < JND) {
+                _linearRgbToOklch(cR, cG, cB, outBuf, outOffset);
+                return;
+            }
+            high = mid;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Converged: `low` is the largest in-gamut chroma at this (L, H).
+    outBuf[outOffset]     = L;
+    outBuf[outOffset + 1] = low;
+    outBuf[outOffset + 2] = H;
+}
+
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// packOklchBufferToUint32MINDE
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Drop-in accurate sibling of `packOklchBufferToUint32`. Runs MINDE gamut
+ * mapping before packing, eliminating the visible hue shifts that the
+ * hard channel-clamp produces near the sRGB gamut boundary.
+ *
+ * ~30x slower than the core packer — belongs at LUT build time or authoring
+ * time, not in per-frame interpolation. Zero allocations.
+ *
+ * @param {Float32Array} buf
+ * @param {number} offset
+ * @param {number} [alpha=1] alpha in [0, 1]; packed into the high byte
+ * @returns {number} RGBA-LE Uint32
+ */
+export function packOklchBufferToUint32MINDE(buf, offset, alpha) {
+    gamutMapToSrgbBuffer(buf, offset, _clipLch, 0);
+    const L = _clipLch[0];
+    const C = _clipLch[1];
+    const H = _clipLch[2];
+    _oklchToLinearRgb(L, C, H, _rgb);
+    // Guard-clamp: post-MINDE the values should be in [0, 1] modulo epsilon,
+    // but the raw matrix output can still be a hair outside due to rounding.
+    let r = _srgbGammaEncode(_rgb[0]);
+    let g = _srgbGammaEncode(_rgb[1]);
+    let b = _srgbGammaEncode(_rgb[2]);
+    const R = (r * 255 + 0.5) | 0;
+    const G = (g * 255 + 0.5) | 0;
+    const B = (b * 255 + 0.5) | 0;
+    const a = alpha == null ? 1 : (alpha < 0 ? 0 : alpha > 1 ? 1 : alpha);
+    const A = (a * 255 + 0.5) | 0;
+    // RGBA-LE: byte order R, G, B, A. `>>> 0` normalizes to unsigned uint32
+    // so the value is comparable and matches v1.0 packer conventions.
+    return (((A & 0xFF) << 24) | ((B & 0xFF) << 16) | ((G & 0xFF) << 8) | (R & 0xFF)) >>> 0;
+}

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+/**
+ * @zakkster/lite-color-engine/remap
+ *
+ * SoA remap kernels: nearest-palette-index search in OKLab, plus a one-shot
+ * pixel-remap function for image recoloring. The engine layer that
+ * `lite-hueforge v1.3 remapImageToPalette` sits on top of.
+ *
+ * Search happens in OKLab (Euclidean distance). Palette is authored in OKLCH
+ * and converted to OKLab once at call entry.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Batch RGBA8 → OKLab. Reads 4 bytes per pixel, writes 3 floats per pixel.
+ * Alpha is discarded; carry it separately if needed.
+ */
+export function sRgba8ToOklabBuffer(
+    inU8: Uint8Array | Uint8ClampedArray,
+    outLab: Float32Array,
+    pixelCount: number
+): void;
+
+/** Batch OKLCH → OKLab. Both buffers stride 3. */
+export function oklchToOklabBuffer(
+    inLch: Float32Array,
+    outLab: Float32Array,
+    pixelCount: number
+): void;
+
+/** Batch OKLab → OKLCH. Hue canonicalized to `[0, 360)`. Both buffers stride 3. */
+export function oklabToOklchBuffer(
+    inLab: Float32Array,
+    outLch: Float32Array,
+    pixelCount: number
+): void;
+
+export interface NearestPaletteOptions {
+    /**
+     * If true, distance uses (a, b) only — matches by chroma coords and
+     * ignores lightness. Enables the shading-preserve remap trick.
+     * Default: false.
+     */
+    preserveLightness?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * For each pixel in `pixelsLab`, write the index of the nearest palette
+ * color in `paletteLab` (squared Euclidean distance in OKLab) into
+ * `indicesOut`. Tie-break: lowest index wins. Deterministic.
+ */
+export function nearestPaletteIndexBuffer(
+    pixelsLab: Float32Array,
+    paletteLab: Float32Array,
+    indicesOut: Uint32Array | Uint16Array | Uint8Array,
+    pixelCount: number,
+    paletteCount: number,
+    opts?: NearestPaletteOptions
+): void;
+
+export interface RemapPixelsOptions {
+    /**
+     * If true, search by (a, b) only and synthesize output per pixel using
+     * the pixel's original L and the palette color's (a, b). Preserves
+     * shading structure under recolor — the AI-motif recolor look.
+     * ~40% slower than the fast path. Default: false.
+     */
+    preserveLightness?: boolean;
+}
+
+/**
+ * One-shot end-to-end: read RGBA8 pixels, find nearest palette color per
+ * pixel by ΔE-OK in OKLab, write RGBA-LE Uint32 result. Handles palette
+ * OKLCH→OKLab conversion internally. Alpha byte passes through unchanged.
+ *
+ * Fast path (`preserveLightness=false`): pre-packs palette to Uint32 once,
+ * per-pixel is convert-search-gather.
+ *
+ * Preserve path (`preserveLightness=true`): synthesizes each output pixel
+ * from `(pixel.L, palette.a, palette.b)` — shading is retained.
+ */
+export function remapPixelsToPalette(
+    inU8: Uint8Array | Uint8ClampedArray,
+    paletteLch: Float32Array,
+    outU32: Uint32Array,
+    pixelCount: number,
+    paletteCount: number,
+    opts?: RemapPixelsOptions
+): void;

package/src/Remap.js

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+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// @zakkster/lite-color-engine/remap
+//
+// SoA remap kernels: nearest-palette-index search in OKLab, and a one-shot
+// pixel-remap function for image recoloring. The engine layer that
+// `lite-hueforge v1.3 remapImageToPalette` sits on top of.
+//
+// Design opinions:
+//   1. Search happens in OKLab, not OKLCH. Distance in OKLab is Euclidean;
+//      distance in OKLCH needs a cos/sin per comparison. Palette is authored
+//      in OKLCH (what humans think in), converted to OKLab once at call
+//      entry, searched forever.
+//   2. Palette is limited to whatever fits typical use (hundreds of colors).
+//      Scratch buffers grow monotonically inside the module — never shrink.
+//      Zero allocations on the hot per-pixel loop.
+//   3. `preserveLightness` is the shading-preservation trick: search by (a, b)
+//      only, keep the original pixel's L, and synthesize the output color
+//      from (pixel.L, palette.a, palette.b). This is what makes recolored
+//      AI motifs still look *shaded*, not posterized.
+//   4. Alpha byte from the input passes through unchanged in the output.
+//
+// Trust model: hot path trusts input shapes. Buffer sizes assumed correct.
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+const _RAD = Math.PI / 180;
+const _DEG = 180 / Math.PI;
+
+// Grow-only module-level scratch for remapPixelsToPalette.
+let _paletteLab = new Float32Array(0);
+let _paletteU32 = new Uint32Array(0);
+
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Batch converters
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function _linearizeSrgbByte(b) {
+    const v = b / 255;
+    return v <= 0.04045 ? v / 12.92 : Math.pow((v + 0.055) / 1.055, 2.4);
+}
+
+function _srgbGammaEncode(v) {
+    if (v <= 0) return 0;
+    if (v >= 1) return 1;
+    return v <= 0.0031308 ? 12.92 * v : 1.055 * Math.pow(v, 1 / 2.4) - 0.055;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Batch RGBA8 → OKLab conversion. Reads 4 bytes per pixel from `inU8`
+ * (Uint8ClampedArray or Uint8Array), writes 3 floats per pixel to `outLab`.
+ * Alpha is discarded; carry it separately if needed.
+ */
+export function sRgba8ToOklabBuffer(inU8, outLab, pixelCount) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < pixelCount; i++) {
+        const inOff = i * 4;
+        const outOff = i * 3;
+        const r = _linearizeSrgbByte(inU8[inOff]);
+        const g = _linearizeSrgbByte(inU8[inOff + 1]);
+        const b = _linearizeSrgbByte(inU8[inOff + 2]);
+        const l = 0.4122214708 * r + 0.5363325363 * g + 0.0514459929 * b;
+        const m = 0.2119034982 * r + 0.6806995451 * g + 0.1073969566 * b;
+        const s = 0.0883024619 * r + 0.2817188376 * g + 0.6299787005 * b;
+        const l_ = Math.cbrt(l);
+        const m_ = Math.cbrt(m);
+        const s_ = Math.cbrt(s);
+        outLab[outOff]     = 0.2104542553 * l_ + 0.7936177850 * m_ - 0.0040720468 * s_;
+        outLab[outOff + 1] = 1.9779984951 * l_ - 2.4285922050 * m_ + 0.4505937099 * s_;
+        outLab[outOff + 2] = 0.0259040371 * l_ + 0.7827717662 * m_ - 0.8086757660 * s_;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Batch OKLCH → OKLab conversion. Both buffers stride 3.
+ */
+export function oklchToOklabBuffer(inLch, outLab, pixelCount) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < pixelCount; i++) {
+        const off = i * 3;
+        const L = inLch[off];
+        const C = inLch[off + 1];
+        const H = inLch[off + 2];
+        const hRad = H * _RAD;
+        outLab[off]     = L;
+        outLab[off + 1] = C * Math.cos(hRad);
+        outLab[off + 2] = C * Math.sin(hRad);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Batch OKLab → OKLCH conversion. Both buffers stride 3.
+ * Hue canonicalized to [0, 360).
+ */
+export function oklabToOklchBuffer(inLab, outLch, pixelCount) {
+    for (let i = 0; i < pixelCount; i++) {
+        const off = i * 3;
+        const L = inLab[off];
+        const a = inLab[off + 1];
+        const b = inLab[off + 2];
+        const C = Math.sqrt(a * a + b * b);
+        let H = Math.atan2(b, a) * _DEG;
+        if (H < 0) H += 360;
+        outLch[off]     = L;
+        outLch[off + 1] = C;
+        outLch[off + 2] = H;
+    }
+}
+
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// nearestPaletteIndexBuffer
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * For each pixel in `pixelsLab`, write the index of the nearest palette
+ * color in `paletteLab` (by squared Euclidean distance in OKLab) into
+ * `indicesOut`.
+ *
+ * Tie-break: lowest index wins. Deterministic across runs.
+ *
+ * @param {Float32Array} pixelsLab   stride 3 [L, a, b]
+ * @param {Float32Array} paletteLab  stride 3 [L, a, b]
+ * @param {Uint32Array|Uint16Array|Uint8Array} indicesOut  length ≥ pixelCount
+ * @param {number} pixelCount
+ * @param {number} paletteCount
+ * @param {object} [opts]
+ * @param {boolean} [opts.preserveLightness=false] if true, distance uses (a, b) only
+ */
+export function nearestPaletteIndexBuffer(pixelsLab, paletteLab, indicesOut, pixelCount, paletteCount, opts) {
+    const preserveLightness = opts != null && opts.preserveLightness === true;
+    for (let i = 0; i < pixelCount; i++) {
+        const pOff = i * 3;
+        const pL = pixelsLab[pOff];
+        const pA = pixelsLab[pOff + 1];
+        const pB = pixelsLab[pOff + 2];
+        let bestIdx = 0;
+        let bestD = Infinity;
+        for (let k = 0; k < paletteCount; k++) {
+            const kOff = k * 3;
+            const dA = pA - paletteLab[kOff + 1];
+            const dB = pB - paletteLab[kOff + 2];
+            let d = dA * dA + dB * dB;
+            if (!preserveLightness) {
+                const dL = pL - paletteLab[kOff];
+                d += dL * dL;
+            }
+            if (d < bestD) {
+                bestD = d;
+                bestIdx = k;
+            }
+        }
+        indicesOut[i] = bestIdx;
+    }
+}
+
+
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// remapPixelsToPalette — one-shot end-to-end
+// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * One-shot: read RGBA8 pixels, find nearest palette color per pixel, write
+ * RGBA-LE Uint32 result. Handles palette OKLCH→OKLab conversion internally.
+ * Alpha byte is passed through unchanged from input.
+ *
+ * Two code paths:
+ *   - preserveLightness=false: pre-packs palette to U32 once, per-pixel is
+ *     convert-search-gather. Fast enough for live drag at moderate image
+ *     sizes (~500x500 comfortably at 60fps on modern V8).
+ *   - preserveLightness=true: per-pixel synthesizes (pixel.L, palette.a,
+ *     palette.b), converts back through OKLab → linear sRGB → gamma → pack.
+ *     ~3x slower but produces shading-preserved output — the AI motif
+ *     recolor look.
+ *
+ * @param {Uint8Array|Uint8ClampedArray} inU8   RGBA8 pixel buffer
+ * @param {Float32Array} paletteLch             palette OKLCH, stride 3
+ * @param {Uint32Array} outU32                  output Uint32 pixels, length ≥ pixelCount
+ * @param {number} pixelCount
+ * @param {number} paletteCount
+ * @param {object} [opts]
+ * @param {boolean} [opts.preserveLightness=false]
+ */
+export function remapPixelsToPalette(inU8, paletteLch, outU32, pixelCount, paletteCount, opts) {
+    const preserveLightness = opts != null && opts.preserveLightness === true;
+
+    // Grow scratch if needed. Monotonic — never shrinks.
+    const needLab = paletteCount * 3;
+    if (_paletteLab.length < needLab) {
+        _paletteLab = new Float32Array(needLab);
+    }
+    if (_paletteU32.length < paletteCount) {
+        _paletteU32 = new Uint32Array(paletteCount);
+    }
+
+    // Palette OKLCH → OKLab + pre-pack to opaque U32 (alpha comes from input pixels).
+    for (let k = 0; k < paletteCount; k++) {
+        const kOff = k * 3;
+        const L = paletteLch[kOff];
+        const C = paletteLch[kOff + 1];
+        const H = paletteLch[kOff + 2];
+        const hRad = H * _RAD;
+        const a = C * Math.cos(hRad);
+        const b = C * Math.sin(hRad);
+        _paletteLab[kOff]     = L;
+        _paletteLab[kOff + 1] = a;
+        _paletteLab[kOff + 2] = b;
+
+        // Pack once (opaque; alpha comes from input pixels).
+        const l_ = L + 0.3963377774 * a + 0.2158037573 * b;
+        const m_ = L - 0.1055613458 * a - 0.0638541728 * b;
+        const s_ = L - 0.0894841775 * a - 1.2914855480 * b;
+        const l3 = l_ * l_ * l_;
+        const m3 = m_ * m_ * m_;
+        const s3 = s_ * s_ * s_;
+        const rL =  4.0767416621 * l3 - 3.3077115913 * m3 + 0.2309699292 * s3;
+        const gL = -1.2684380046 * l3 + 2.6097574011 * m3 - 0.3413193965 * s3;
+        const bL = -0.0041960863 * l3 - 0.7034186147 * m3 + 1.7076147010 * s3;
+        const gR = _srgbGammaEncode(rL);
+        const gG = _srgbGammaEncode(gL);
+        const gB = _srgbGammaEncode(bL);
+        const R = (gR * 255 + 0.5) | 0;
+        const G = (gG * 255 + 0.5) | 0;
+        const B = (gB * 255 + 0.5) | 0;
+        _paletteU32[k] = (B << 16) | (G << 8) | R;
+    }
+
+    if (!preserveLightness) {
+        // Fast path: pre-packed gather.
+        for (let i = 0; i < pixelCount; i++) {
+            const inOff = i * 4;
+            const r = _linearizeSrgbByte(inU8[inOff]);
+            const g = _linearizeSrgbByte(inU8[inOff + 1]);
+            const b = _linearizeSrgbByte(inU8[inOff + 2]);
+            const l = 0.4122214708 * r + 0.5363325363 * g + 0.0514459929 * b;
+            const m = 0.2119034982 * r + 0.6806995451 * g + 0.1073969566 * b;
+            const s = 0.0883024619 * r + 0.2817188376 * g + 0.6299787005 * b;
+            const l_ = Math.cbrt(l);
+            const m_ = Math.cbrt(m);
+            const s_ = Math.cbrt(s);
+            const pL = 0.2104542553 * l_ + 0.7936177850 * m_ - 0.0040720468 * s_;
+            const pA = 1.9779984951 * l_ - 2.4285922050 * m_ + 0.4505937099 * s_;
+            const pB = 0.0259040371 * l_ + 0.7827717662 * m_ - 0.8086757660 * s_;
+
+            let bestIdx = 0;
+            let bestD = Infinity;
+            for (let k = 0; k < paletteCount; k++) {
+                const kOff = k * 3;
+                const dL = pL - _paletteLab[kOff];
+                const dA = pA - _paletteLab[kOff + 1];
+                const dB = pB - _paletteLab[kOff + 2];
+                const d = dL * dL + dA * dA + dB * dB;
+                if (d < bestD) { bestD = d; bestIdx = k; }
+            }
+            const A = inU8[inOff + 3];
+            outU32[i] = (A << 24) | _paletteU32[bestIdx];
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Preserve-L path: search by (a, b), synthesize per pixel.
+    for (let i = 0; i < pixelCount; i++) {
+        const inOff = i * 4;
+        const r = _linearizeSrgbByte(inU8[inOff]);
+        const g = _linearizeSrgbByte(inU8[inOff + 1]);
+        const b = _linearizeSrgbByte(inU8[inOff + 2]);
+        const l = 0.4122214708 * r + 0.5363325363 * g + 0.0514459929 * b;
+        const m = 0.2119034982 * r + 0.6806995451 * g + 0.1073969566 * b;
+        const s = 0.0883024619 * r + 0.2817188376 * g + 0.6299787005 * b;
+        const l_ = Math.cbrt(l);
+        const m_ = Math.cbrt(m);
+        const s_ = Math.cbrt(s);
+        const pL = 0.2104542553 * l_ + 0.7936177850 * m_ - 0.0040720468 * s_;
+        const pA = 1.9779984951 * l_ - 2.4285922050 * m_ + 0.4505937099 * s_;
+        const pB = 0.0259040371 * l_ + 0.7827717662 * m_ - 0.8086757660 * s_;
+
+        let bestIdx = 0;
+        let bestD = Infinity;
+        for (let k = 0; k < paletteCount; k++) {
+            const kOff = k * 3;
+            const dA = pA - _paletteLab[kOff + 1];
+            const dB = pB - _paletteLab[kOff + 2];
+            const d = dA * dA + dB * dB;
+            if (d < bestD) { bestD = d; bestIdx = k; }
+        }
+
+        // Synthesize (pixel L, palette a, palette b) → linear sRGB → gamma → pack.
+        const kOff = bestIdx * 3;
+        const nA = _paletteLab[kOff + 1];
+        const nB = _paletteLab[kOff + 2];
+        const nl_ = pL + 0.3963377774 * nA + 0.2158037573 * nB;
+        const nm_ = pL - 0.1055613458 * nA - 0.0638541728 * nB;
+        const ns_ = pL - 0.0894841775 * nA - 1.2914855480 * nB;
+        const nl = nl_ * nl_ * nl_;
+        const nm = nm_ * nm_ * nm_;
+        const ns = ns_ * ns_ * ns_;
+        const nr =  4.0767416621 * nl - 3.3077115913 * nm + 0.2309699292 * ns;
+        const ng = -1.2684380046 * nl + 2.6097574011 * nm - 0.3413193965 * ns;
+        const nb = -0.0041960863 * nl - 0.7034186147 * nm + 1.7076147010 * ns;
+        const gR = _srgbGammaEncode(nr);
+        const gG = _srgbGammaEncode(ng);
+        const gB = _srgbGammaEncode(nb);
+        const R = (gR * 255 + 0.5) | 0;
+        const G = (gG * 255 + 0.5) | 0;
+        const B = (gB * 255 + 0.5) | 0;
+        const A = inU8[inOff + 3];
+        outU32[i] = (A << 24) | (B << 16) | (G << 8) | R;
+    }
+}

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+const _RAD = Math.PI / 180;
+
+/**
+ * ΔE-OK color difference: Euclidean distance in OKLab between two buffered
+ * OKLCH colors. Zero-alloc, primitive math only.
+ *
+ * Typical scale: 0.00–0.02 indistinguishable, 0.02–0.05 subtle,
+ * 0.05–0.15 clearly different, 0.15+ unambiguously different.
+ *
+ * Use for: palette dedupe, contrast checks, "is this close enough"
+ * assertions, nearest-color lookup, and the CVD-audit workflow in
+ * lite-hueforge/colorways.
+ *
+ * @param {Float32Array} bufA
+ * @param {number} offsetA
+ * @param {Float32Array} bufB
+ * @param {number} offsetB
+ * @returns {number}
+ */
+export const deltaEOK = (bufA, offsetA, bufB, offsetB) => {
+    const La = bufA[offsetA];
+    const Ca = bufA[offsetA + 1];
+    const Ha = bufA[offsetA + 2];
+    const Lb = bufB[offsetB];
+    const Cb = bufB[offsetB + 1];
+    const Hb = bufB[offsetB + 2];
+    const hARad = Ha * _RAD;
+    const hBRad = Hb * _RAD;
+    const aA = Ca * Math.cos(hARad);
+    const bA = Ca * Math.sin(hARad);
+    const aB = Cb * Math.cos(hBRad);
+    const bB = Cb * Math.sin(hBRad);
+    const dL = La - Lb;
+    const dA = aA - aB;
+    const dB = bA - bB;
+    return Math.sqrt(dL * dL + dA * dA + dB * dB);
+};