FOUNDATIONS · 05
State, in the brand's register.
Status colours stay calm and exact — the same temperament as the voice. Each state names a moment in a wave's life rather than an emotion: settled, pending, notice, closing, mismatch. Each ships a base, a light-surface ink (≥ 4.5:1 on cream), a dark-surface fg, and a 12% wash for blocks. Danger never sirens; pending is achromatic and held.
The five states
- Settled--vq-success
Confirmed and written to the open record — a wave has settled.
baseink · lightfg · dark - Pending--vq-pending
Recorded, not yet settled — awaiting the reveal. Held, never alarmed.
baseink · lightfg · dark - Notice--vq-info
A neutral notice — a new mechanism or reference. Signal-aligned.
baseink · lightfg · dark - Closing--vq-caution
The commit window is closing. Gold-adjacent, and always paired with an icon.
baseink · lightfg · dark - Mismatch--vq-danger
Validation failed — a mismatch against the record. Restrained, never a siren.
baseink · lightfg · dark
In context — where the value goes
Where the value went
- Participants70%
- Verified causes25%
- Operations5%
A defined share flows to verified causes participants choose, written outcome by outcome. Every share is provable — open the record →
State patterns — §14
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Skeletons match the final layout — never spinners for content. A spinner is reserved only for short blocking actions.
Success
State is always colour + icon + text, never colour alone. See the full register on Library · Components →