From 7559f3c7d9d42b2d65a63891efc7c98da5558029 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jatinder Mahajan <jatinder1901243@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:20:23 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?=E2=99=BF=20Improved=20newsletter=20email=20foo?=
 =?UTF-8?q?ter=20text=20contrast?=
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Replace translucent footer greys with solid colors that meet WCAG 1.4.3
(4.5:1) on light and dark newsletter backgrounds. The previous
rgba(0,0,0,.6) rendered around #738A94 (~3.6:1) in email clients.

Closes #29666
---
 .../email-rendering/partials/base-styles.hbs         | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ghost/core/core/server/services/email-rendering/partials/base-styles.hbs b/ghost/core/core/server/services/email-rendering/partials/base-styles.hbs
index 5ec66431d29..8c8876e0e58 100644
--- a/ghost/core/core/server/services/email-rendering/partials/base-styles.hbs
+++ b/ghost/core/core/server/services/email-rendering/partials/base-styles.hbs
@@ -91,11 +91,9 @@ table td {
 
 .footer {
     {{#if backgroundIsDark}}
-        color: #ffffff;
-        color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .6);
+        color: #ADB5BD;
     {{else}}
-        color: #15212a;
-        color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
+        color: #5B6B73;
     {{/if}}
     margin-top: 20px;
     text-align: center;
@@ -109,11 +107,9 @@ table td {
 
 .footer a {
     {{#if backgroundIsDark}}
-        color: #ffffff;
-        color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .6);
+        color: #ADB5BD;
     {{else}}
-        color: #15212a;
-        color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
+        color: #5B6B73;
     {{/if}}
     text-decoration: underline;
     font-size: 13px;