fix(themes): P1 palette retunes from the design audit + gated subtext floor (item 28b)

The audit's P1s, fixed at the palette level (items 25/27 previously
patched the consumers around these):
- summer-day: surface was the TEXT color (slate #5c6a72 on cream) and
  subtext was the BASE (ratio 1.0, invisible) — now a raised cream
  surface #efe7d0 and a slate-teal subtext #6e828a in the theme's
  family.
- flexoki-light: surface/overlay/muted were all the text black and
  subtext the paper — retuned to canonical upstream Flexoki tones
  (ui #E6E4D9, #B7B5AC, tx-2 #6F6E69, base-500 #878580).
- miasma: pure-black surface under a #222 base → raised #2e2e2e.
- kanagawa: surface was sumiInk0 (darker than the bg) → upstream's
  raised sumiInk4 #2a2a37.
check-theme-contrast.py gains the adopted rule: subtext on base >= 3.0
(all 21 themes pass), so the invisible-secondary-text class cannot
ship again. Model note in the backlog: `overlay` is a mid-tone role
(catppuccin semantics), not a third bg tier.

Verified: V0 + checks.theme-contrast green (21x3); re-audit shows all
four P1 findings gone; a scratch downstream with summer-day active
builds and the new surface hex lands in the rendered ghostty config.
Remains: V3 four-theme eyeball (HARDWARE-QUEUE) and 28b's P2 floors +
exemption list.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

agent/BACKLOG.md

@@ -50,7 +50,13 @@ Bernardo has offered image-expert models for designed graphics
 needs artwork must STOP and ask ("say the word") instead of shipping
 programmer-art.
 Slices: (a) ✓ the audit (2026-07-05, iteration #31 — findings below);
-(b) palette-level fixes + the extended contrast/harmony checker;
+(b) palette-level fixes + the extended contrast/harmony checker —
+P1s ✓ shipped 2026-07-05 (iteration #32): summer-day + flexoki-light
+subtext/surface/overlay/muted retuned (flexoki to its canonical
+upstream tones), miasma + kanagawa surfaces raised (kanagawa to
+sumiInk4); `subtext/base ≥ 3` now GATED in check-theme-contrast.py
+(all 21 pass). Remaining (b): the P2 floors below + the per-theme
+exemption-list mechanism, then re-audit;
 (c) per-surface polish slices;
 (d) the whole-swap themes brought to the same bar. Visual work is
 V3-bound by nature — screenshots are the review artifact, hardware
@@ -58,15 +64,15 @@ confirms.
 
 **Audit findings (slice a — `tools/audit-theme-design.py` over all 21
 palettes + visual pass over previews; identity-aware curation):**
-- **P1 · invisible-secondary-text palettes:** summer-day and
-  flexoki-light have `subtext == base` (contrast 1.0 — literally
-  invisible) and `text == surface`. Items 25/27 fixed the *consumers*
-  (swaync/bar stopped using them); the palettes are still traps — any
-  new surface consuming subtext/surface re-trips. Fix the palettes:
-  real mid-tone subtext, raised surface.
-- **P1 · inverted bg stacks:** miasma's surface is #000000 under a
-  much lighter base; kanagawa's surface (L .14) sits below base
-  (L .24). "Raised" surfaces render sunken/black. Retune.
+- ~~P1 · invisible-secondary-text palettes~~ ✓ fixed iteration #32
+  (summer-day subtext #6e828a, surface #efe7d0; flexoki-light to
+  canonical Flexoki: surface #E6E4D9, overlay #B7B5AC, subtext
+  #6F6E69, muted #878580). Gate added.
+- ~~P1 · inverted bg stacks~~ ✓ fixed iteration #32 (miasma surface
+  #2e2e2e; kanagawa surface #2a2a37 = upstream sumiInk4). Note
+  learned: in this palette model `overlay` is a MID-TONE
+  (borders/dim, catppuccin semantics), not a third bg tier — the
+  dark-theme overlay==muted pattern is intentional.
 - **P2 · muted floor:** muted-on-base < 2.0 on gruvbox (1.27),
   everforest (1.55), lumon (1.68), nord (1.69), white (1.82), latte
   (1.91), retro-82 (1.93) — dimmed workspaces/inactive items barely

agent/HARDWARE-QUEUE.md

@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ QA machine), the **T14s** (webcam case).
       applies the matching profile within ~3s (toast names it);
       unplugging switches back; Auto-switch off stops that; with two
       profiles naming the same outputs, no flapping (ties do nothing).
+- [ ] **Retuned palettes eyeball (item 28b P1)** — switch through
+      summer-day, flexoki-light, kanagawa, miasma: chips/menus/toasts
+      now draw on a *raised* surface (summer-day's was slate-on-cream,
+      kanagawa's near-black, miasma's pure black), secondary text
+      (tooltips, fastfetch labels) is visible on summer-day +
+      flexoki-light, kanagawa floats are lighter than the bg (upstream
+      sumiInk4). Anything that reads worse than before → reopen 28b.
 - [ ] **Themed greeter + console (item 16)** — after `sys-rebuild` +
       logout: tuigreet renders in theme colors (dark container, accent
       border, themed prompt/time) and a raw tty (CTRL+ALT+F2) shows the

agent/JOURNAL.md

@@ -17,6 +17,26 @@ Template:
 
 ---
 
+## 2026-07-05 — P1 palette retunes + gated subtext floor (iteration #32, item 28b)
+- **Task:** item 28 slice (b), P1s from the #31 audit.
+- **Did:** summer-day: surface #5c6a72(=text!)→#efe7d0 raised cream,
+  subtext #fdf6e3(=base!)→#6e828a slate; flexoki-light to canonical
+  Flexoki tones: surface #E6E4D9(ui), overlay #B7B5AC, subtext
+  #6F6E69(tx-2), muted #878580(base-500); miasma surface #000→#2e2e2e;
+  kanagawa surface #090618→#2a2a37 (upstream sumiInk4 — old value was
+  sumiInk0, darker than bg). check-theme-contrast.py gains the adopted
+  `subtext/base ≥ 3` pairing (the item-25/27 trap, now impossible).
+  Model note recorded: `overlay` is a mid-tone role, not a bg tier.
+- **Verified:** V0 + checks.theme-contrast GREEN (21×3 pairings);
+  re-audit: all four P1 findings gone (kanagawa now CVD-only findings);
+  V1 — scratch downstream with summer-day ACTIVE builds, new surface
+  hex present in rendered ghostty config. Looks are V3 → queued
+  (four-theme eyeball).
+- **Pending:** 28b remainder: P2 floors (muted ≥2, warn ≥2.5,
+  text-on-surface ≥4.5, accentAlt ≥3) + exemption-list mechanism.
+- **Next suggestion:** 28b P2s (7 muted retunes + 4 warn + 2
+  text-on-surface + 2 accentAlt, then gate with exemptions).
+
 ## 2026-07-05 — theme design audit (iteration #31, item 28 slice a)
 - **Task:** BACKLOG NEXT#28 slice (a) — the design-theory audit
   (human-requested; Bernardo asked to run it now).

themes/flexoki-light.json

@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
   "colors": {
     "base": "#FFFCF0",
     "mantle": "#d9d6cc",
-    "surface": "#100F0F",
-    "overlay": "#100F0F",
+    "surface": "#E6E4D9",
+    "overlay": "#B7B5AC",
     "text": "#100F0F",
-    "subtext": "#FFFCF0",
-    "muted": "#100F0F",
+    "subtext": "#6F6E69",
+    "muted": "#878580",
     "accent": "#205EA6",
     "accentAlt": "#CE5D97",
     "good": "#879A39",

themes/kanagawa.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "colors": {
     "base": "#1f1f28",
     "mantle": "#1a1a22",
-    "surface": "#090618",
+    "surface": "#2a2a37",
     "overlay": "#727169",
     "text": "#dcd7ba",
     "subtext": "#c8c093",

themes/miasma.json

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "colors": {
     "base": "#222222",
     "mantle": "#1d1d1d",
-    "surface": "#000000",
+    "surface": "#2e2e2e",
     "overlay": "#666666",
     "text": "#c2c2b0",
     "subtext": "#d7c483",

themes/summer-day.json

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
   "colors": {
     "base": "#fdf6e3",
     "mantle": "#d7d1c1",
-    "surface": "#5c6a72",
+    "surface": "#efe7d0",
     "overlay": "#829181",
     "text": "#5c6a72",
-    "subtext": "#fdf6e3",
+    "subtext": "#6e828a",
     "muted": "#829181",
     "accent": "#3a94c5",
     "accentAlt": "#df69ba",

tools/check-theme-contrast.py

@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ PAIRINGS = [
     ("text", "base",   4.5, "swaync body / waybar modules / rofi rows"),
     # symmetric ratio also covers accent-on-base (waybar updates, rofi prompt)
     ("base", "accent", 3.0, "swaync button:hover / waybar active ws / rofi selected row"),
+    # Adopted from the item-28 design audit: summer-day/flexoki-light
+    # shipped subtext == base (ratio 1.0 — invisible secondary text; the
+    # palette-level cause of items 25/27). Never again.
+    ("subtext", "base", 3.0, "secondary text (tooltips, hints, fastfetch labels)"),
 ]