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Brand Identity Reference (for visual content briefs)

Use when briefing designers or producing any visual output for Wires Uncrossed Engineering (WUE). Sourced from Brand & Design System v2.0.

Colour tokens

  • --ink #1F1E1D — Primary text (warm near-black)
  • --charcoal #333333 — Structure, dark panels
  • --orange #EE7C01 — Single accent, used sparingly
  • --orange-press #C66400 — Hover/press state
  • --paper #FAF9F7 — Default light background
  • --paper-raised #FFFFFF — Cards and raised surfaces
  • --stone #EFEDE9 — Alternating section background
  • --line #E2DFD9 — Borders (warm-neutral)
  • --muted-ink #6B6862 — Secondary text
  • --ink-dark-bg #0E0D0C — Near-black base for dark panels

HoEN level colours

Bounded sub-system — only where they carry meaning, never ambient decoration:

L1 Foundational #333333 · L2 Stability #502470 · L3 Flow #2282B1 · L4 Insight #149286 · L5 Generative #EE7C01

Typography

  • Display / headlines: Space Grotesk 600, tracking -0.02em to -0.03em
  • Body: Inter 400, 17px
  • Eyebrow labels: Inter 500, 12px, 0.14em tracking, uppercase
  • Mono / data: JetBrains Mono 500

Signature visual motif

Wire-trace — crossed lines resolving into order. One orange trace among charcoal lines. SVG line-art, never decorative clipart.

Two registers

  • Editorial Light: warm paper (#FAF9F7), charcoal ink, orange accents
  • Instrument Dark: near-black (#0E0D0C), warm white text (#F5F3EF), orange traces

Logo rules

  • Wordmark always orange, always Space Grotesk — never recoloured, never re-typed in another font
  • Mark on charcoal-on-light or white-on-dark only — never on saturated backgrounds, never recoloured orange
  • Clear space: minimum 0.5× mark height on all sides