:root {
  --color-primary: #2f5f7a;
  --color-primary-hover: #1f4c63;
  --color-accent: #c47a2c;
  --color-accent-soft: #e3a35d;
  --color-heading: #1f3f52;
  --color-text: #4f5b63;
  --color-text-strong: #2f3a40;
  --color-surface-soft: #f7f8f8;
  --color-surface: #ffffff;
  --color-surface-line: #d9e4ea;
  --color-surface-line-soft: rgba(31, 63, 82, 0.08);
}

#main > .major h2 {
  color: var(--color-heading);
  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
}

#main .container > header.major {
  margin-bottom: 1.25em;
  text-align: left;
}

#main .container > header.major h3 {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 0;
  padding-bottom: 0.5em;
  color: var(--color-heading);
  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
}

#main .container > header.major h3::after {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 3rem;
  height: 2px;
  background: var(--color-accent);
  border-radius: 999px;
  opacity: 0.9;
}

#banner {
  background-image: url("../../images/wallpapers/nyc-1.jpg");
  background-position: center center;
}

#banner:after {
  background: linear-gradient(
    to bottom,
    rgba(255, 252, 246, 0.02) 0%,
    rgba(255, 250, 242, 0) 30%,
    rgba(18, 26, 38, 0.08) 100%
  );
  opacity: 1;
}

#banner .inner {
  padding-top: 24vh;
  padding-bottom: 24vh;
}

#banner h2 {
  max-width: 13em;
  margin: 0 auto 0.32em;
  font-size: 3.1em;
  line-height: 1.08;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: -0.015em;
  color: #fff;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24);
}

#banner .banner-subtitle {
  display: inline-block;
  font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;
  font-size: 0.78em;
  line-height: 1.1;
  font-weight: 500;
  margin: 0 0 0.95em;
  padding: 0.42em 0.92em;
  border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.22);
  border-radius: 999px;
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.08);
  color: #fff;
  letter-spacing: 0.08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24);
}

#banner .banner-meta {
  font-family: "IBM Plex Sans", sans-serif;
  font-size: 0.86em;
  line-height: 1.35;
  font-weight: 500;
  margin: 0;
  color: #fff;
  letter-spacing: 0.05em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  text-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.24);
}

#header.alt {
  background: linear-gradient(
    to bottom,
    rgba(10, 35, 60, 0.26) 0%,
    rgba(10, 35, 60, 0.1) 45%,
    rgba(10, 35, 60, 0) 100%
  );
}

#header.alt #nav > ul > li > a,
#header:not(.alt) #nav > ul > li > a {
  font-weight: bolder;
}

#header.alt #nav > ul > li > a {
  text-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);
}

#header.alt #nav > ul > li > a:hover,
#header.alt #nav > ul > li > a:focus {
  color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.98) !important;
  text-shadow: none;
}

#header.alt #nav > ul > li.current > a,
#header.alt #nav > ul > li.active > a,
#header.alt #nav > ul > li > a.active {
  color: #fff;
}

#header:not(.alt) #nav > ul > li > a {
  text-shadow: none;
}

#header:not(.alt) #nav > ul > li > a:hover,
#header:not(.alt) #nav > ul > li > a:focus {
  color: var(--color-accent-soft) !important;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-accent-soft);
}

.dropotron li.active > a, .dropotron li:hover > a {
				background: var(--color-accent-soft);
			}

#header:not(.alt) #nav > ul > li.current > a,
#header:not(.alt) #nav > ul > li.active > a,
#header:not(.alt) #nav > ul > li > a.active {
  color: var(--color-accent);
  border-bottom: 2px solid var(--color-accent-soft);
}

#content,
#sidebar,
#main .content {
  color: var(--color-text);
}

#main > .container > section.content {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

#main > .container > section.content:last-child {
  padding-bottom: 0;
}

#main > .container > section.content + section.content {
  margin-top: 2.4em;
  padding-top: 2.4em;
  border-top: 1px solid var(--color-surface-line);
}

#main .content h2,
#main .content h3,
#main .content h4,
#sidebar h3 {
  color: var(--color-heading);
}

#main .content p,
#main .content li,
#sidebar li {
  line-height: 1.75;
}

#main .content p {
  margin-bottom: 1.1em;
}

#main .content p:last-child {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

#main .content ul,
#main .content ol {
  margin: 0 0 1.25em;
  padding-left: 1.25em;
  
}

#main .content li {
  margin-bottom: 0.7rem;
  color: var(--color-text);
}

ul li::marker {
  color: var(--color-accent-soft) !important; /* Change the bullet color to red */ 
}


#main .content li:last-child {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

#main .content li + li,
#sidebar li + li {
  margin-top: 0.45em;
}

#main .content li::marker {
  color: #6b7c86;
  font-size: 0.9em;
}

#main .content hr {
  margin: 2em 0;
  border-bottom-color: var(--color-surface-line);
}

#main .content .lead {
  font-size: 1.08em;
  margin-bottom: 0.9em;
  color: var(--color-text-strong);
}

#main .content .location-note {
  font-weight: 500;
  color: var(--color-text-strong);
}

.meta-label {
  color: var(--color-accent);
  font-weight: 600;
}

a{
  color: var(--color-primary);
  text-decoration: none;
  border-bottom: 1px dotted rgba(47, 58, 64, 0.25);
  transition: color 0.2s ease, border-color 0.2s ease;
}

a:hover,
a:focus{
  color: var(--color-accent) !important;
  border-bottom:none;
}

#main .content li a {
  font-weight: 500;
  letter-spacing: 0.01em;
}

#sidebar section {
  margin-bottom: 2.5em;
}

#sidebar section:last-child {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

#sidebar h3 {
  margin-bottom: 0.75em;
}

#sidebar ul {
  margin: 0;
  padding-left: 1.2em;
}

#sidebar .news li {
  opacity: 0.88;
}

#sidebar .important-dates {
  padding-left: 0.9em;
  border-left: 3px solid var(--color-accent);
}

#sidebar .important-dates h3 {
  margin-bottom: 0.85em;
}

#sidebar .important-dates ul {
  list-style: none;
  padding-left: 0;
}

#sidebar .important-dates li {
  margin-bottom: 0.7em;
}

#sidebar .important-dates li:last-child {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

#sidebar .important-dates strong {
  color: var(--color-accent);
  font-weight: 600;
}

#sponsors .major {
  margin-bottom: 0.9em;
}

#sponsors .Sponsors {
  text-align: center;
  margin-bottom: 1.75em;
}

#sponsors .Sponsors:last-child {
  margin-bottom: 0;
}

.committee-table {
  width: 100%;
  border-collapse: collapse;
}

.committee-table tr {
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--color-surface-line);
}

.committee-table tr:last-child {
  border-bottom: none;
}

.committee-table th {
  width: 28%;
  padding: 0.85rem 1rem 0.85rem 0;
  text-align: left;
  vertical-align: top;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--color-heading);
}

.committee-table td {
  padding: 0.85rem 0;
  vertical-align: top;
  color: var(--color-text);
  line-height: 1.7;
}

#submit-proposal-button{
  background: var(--color-accent);
}

#submit-proposal-button:hover{
  background: var(--color-accent-soft);
}

#submit-proposal-button a, 
#submit-proposal-button a:hover,
#submit-proposal-button a:focus{
  color: #fff !important;
  border: none;
}

#submit-proposal-button{
  display:block; max-width: fit-content;  margin-left: auto !important;  margin-right: auto;
}


@media screen and (max-width: 980px) {
  #banner .inner {
    padding-top: 21vh;
    padding-bottom: 21vh;
  }

  #banner h2 {
    font-size: 2.6em;
  }
}

@media screen and (max-width: 736px) {
  #banner .inner {
    padding-top: 18vh;
    padding-bottom: 18vh;
  }

  #banner h2 {
    max-width: none;
    font-size: 2.2em;
    line-height: 1.12;
  }

  #banner .banner-subtitle {
    font-size: 0.72em;
    margin-bottom: 0.85em;
  }

  #banner .banner-meta {
    font-size: 0.74em;
    letter-spacing: 0.04em;
  }

  #main > .container > section.content {
    padding-bottom: 2em;
  }

  #main > .container > section.content + section.content {
    margin-top: 2em;
    padding-top: 2em;
  }
}