diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 2a6c19f..257a61a 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -352,27 +352,29 @@ if (location.hostname !== 'splatter-tennis.wuwi.one' && !window.Capacitor?.isNat
      crest on the left, name over the big LEVEL · LEAGUE line beside it, the chevron on the
      right; the bar runs the full width below and the goal line closes left-aligned. Translucent
      surface, generous rows — the splash art, blood pool included, stays visible around it. */
-  #plaque { display: grid; column-gap: 14px; align-items: center; text-align: left;
-            grid-template-columns: auto 1fr auto;
-            grid-template-areas: "badge name chev" "badge lv chev" "bar bar bar" "goal goal goal";
+  #plaque { position: relative; display: grid; column-gap: 14px; align-items: center; text-align: left;
+            grid-template-columns: auto 1fr;
+            grid-template-areas: "badge name" "badge lv" "bar bar" "goal goal";
             margin: 24px auto 0; width: min(330px, 92%); box-sizing: border-box;
-            padding: 18px 18px 15px; background: rgba(8, 14, 10, 0.48); border: 0;
+            padding: 18px 34px 15px 18px; background: rgba(8, 14, 10, 0.48); border: 0;
             border-radius: 12px; cursor: pointer; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; }
   #plBadge { grid-area: badge; height: 54px; image-rendering: pixelated;
              filter: drop-shadow(0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.5)); }
   #plName { grid-area: name; align-self: end; padding-bottom: 3px;
-            font: 700 10px Silkscreen, monospace; color: var(--cream); letter-spacing: 2px;
+            font: 700 13px Silkscreen, monospace; color: var(--cream); letter-spacing: 2px;
             white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; }
   #plLv { grid-area: lv; align-self: start; font: 400 26px Bangers, cursive; color: var(--acid);
           letter-spacing: 1.5px; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: 2px 2px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5); }
   #plRow { grid-area: bar; display: block; width: auto; margin-top: 15px; }
   /* NO nowrap here: the longest goal line is ~380px and a nowrap child sets the CARD's
      min-content past the viewport — that was the phantom horizontal scrollbar Oliver spotted */
+  /* LITERAL gold — there is no --warm in the page palette (UI.warm is a CANVAS colour), and an
+     unresolvable var() painted this line black */
   #plGoal { grid-area: goal; margin-top: 10px; font: 400 9px Silkscreen, monospace;
-            font-style: normal; color: var(--warm); letter-spacing: 1px;
+            font-style: normal; color: #e0cc72; letter-spacing: 1px;
             text-shadow: 1px 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5); text-align: left; line-height: 1.6; }
-  #plaque em { grid-area: chev; font: 700 15px Silkscreen, monospace; font-style: normal;
-               color: var(--acid); }
+  #plaque em { position: absolute; right: 14px; top: 50%; transform: translateY(-50%);
+               font: 700 15px Silkscreen, monospace; font-style: normal; color: var(--acid); }
   #plRow s, #cdBar s, #cdCareer s { flex: 1; height: 6px; background: rgba(255,255,255,0.10);
              border: 1px solid var(--line); text-decoration: none; display: block; }
   #cdBar s { height: 8px; }
@@ -895,6 +897,6 @@ if (location.hostname !== 'splatter-tennis.wuwi.one' && !window.Capacitor?.isNat
     </div>
   </div>
 </div>
-<script type="module" src="src/main.js?v=327"></script>
+<script type="module" src="src/main.js?v=328"></script>
 </body>
 </html>