diff --git a/themes/intotheeast/css/tokens.css b/themes/intotheeast/css/tokens.css
index ce58230..cd5ed1d 100644
--- a/themes/intotheeast/css/tokens.css
+++ b/themes/intotheeast/css/tokens.css
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 :root {
-    /* ── Colors ─────────────────────────────────────────────── */
-    --color-ink:          #17171A;
-    --color-ink-2:        #4A4850;
-    --color-ink-muted:    #9896A0;
-    --color-paper:        #F7F5F2;
-    --color-canvas:       #FFFFFF;
-    --color-border:       #E8E6E3;
-    --color-border-soft:  #F0EDEA;
-    --color-accent:       #1F6B5A;
-    --color-accent-hover: #185647;
-    --color-accent-light: #EBF5F2;
-    --color-accent-on:    #FFFFFF;
+    /* ── Dark palette (warm notebook) ──────────────────────────────────────── */
+    --color-paper:          #1A1814;   /* page background — warm near-black */
+    --color-canvas:         #22201B;   /* card surfaces, form backgrounds */
+    --color-ink:            #EDE8DF;   /* primary text — warm cream */
+    --color-ink-2:          #B8B0A4;   /* body text — muted warm */
+    --color-ink-muted:      #7A7268;   /* labels, timestamps, captions */
+    --color-border:         #2E2B25;   /* standard dividers */
+    --color-border-soft:    #252219;   /* subtle dividers */
+    --color-accent:         #2A8C73;   /* teal — lightened for dark contrast */
+    --color-accent-hover:   #236655;   /* hover/pressed teal */
+    --color-accent-light:   #1A2E29;   /* pale teal tint backgrounds */
+    --color-accent-on:      #FFFFFF;   /* text on accent surfaces */
+    --color-surface-raised: #2A2720;   /* elevated surfaces: tooltips, hover */
+    --color-ink-inverse:    #17171A;   /* text on accent-coloured buttons */
 
     /* ── Fonts ───────────────────────────────────────────────── */
     --font-display: 'DM Serif Display', Georgia, serif;