How the palette holds together — foreground on background with rough contrast notes, the aqua and ink ramps, the perceived-neutral warm tints, gradients, and three-colour combinations. Contrast labels are approximate; verify the finalists on the accessibility pass.
Text colour over surface colour. "Caution" = sits below comfortable body contrast.
The single accent extended into a ramp, the neutral grey ramp, and the warm perceived-neutral tints.
Surface gradients drawn from the palette — dark atmospherics, light washes, the warm sweep.
Surface · accent · text — the working palettes for whole sections.