diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 05ed9df..941df82 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Typecheck (tsc over src/ + tests/ -- blocking)
         run: pnpm run typecheck
+      # UI-09: 0pt carried 82 axe color-contrast violations (impact=serious), the
+      # estate's largest single a11y defect, and every one came from a Tailwind
+      # alpha modifier on a text colour. The unmodified token measures 4.73:1
+      # light / 7.63:1 dark and passes AA; every faded variant fails. Blocking,
+      # because a contrast regression is invisible in review.
+      - name: Text contrast shape (WCAG 2.2 AA 1.4.3 -- blocking)
+        run: pnpm run check:contrast
       - name: Test (vitest -- blocking)
         run: pnpm run test
       - name: Lint (eslint -- advisory; legacy tree has pre-existing noise)
diff --git a/app/admin/verktyg/page.tsx b/app/admin/verktyg/page.tsx
index db0e2a2..cddfa8e 100644
--- a/app/admin/verktyg/page.tsx
+++ b/app/admin/verktyg/page.tsx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function ScreenTool() {
               ))}
             </ul>
           )}
-        <p className="mt-3 text-[10.5px] text-muted-foreground/70">{t({ en: "Requires verified OpenSanctions terms/key for full matches.", sv: "Kräver verifierade OpenSanctions-villkor/nyckel för fullständiga träffar." })}</p>
+        <p className="mt-3 text-[10.5px] text-muted-foreground">{t({ en: "Requires verified OpenSanctions terms/key for full matches.", sv: "Kräver verifierade OpenSanctions-villkor/nyckel för fullständiga träffar." })}</p>
       </div>
     </section>
   );
diff --git a/app/bestall/beskriv/page.tsx b/app/bestall/beskriv/page.tsx
index f688ff7..29440d9 100644
--- a/app/bestall/beskriv/page.tsx
+++ b/app/bestall/beskriv/page.tsx
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export default function DescribePage() {
               </button>
             ))}
           </div>
-          {svc ? <p className="mt-3 text-sm text-muted-foreground">{t(svc.covers)} <span className="text-muted-foreground/60">→ {t(svc.deliverable)}</span></p> : null}
+          {svc ? <p className="mt-3 text-sm text-muted-foreground">{t(svc.covers)} <span className="text-muted-foreground">→ {t(svc.deliverable)}</span></p> : null}
         </div>
 
         <div className="mt-8">
diff --git a/app/kallor/page.tsx b/app/kallor/page.tsx
index 48c4929..4de3b0d 100644
--- a/app/kallor/page.tsx
+++ b/app/kallor/page.tsx
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ export default function SourcesPage() {
                       >
                         <td className="px-3 py-3 align-top">
                           <span className="text-[15px] tracking-tight">{s.name}</span>
-                          <span className="ml-2 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.08em] text-muted-foreground/60">
+                          <span className="ml-2 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.08em] text-muted-foreground">
                             {s.source_id}
                           </span>
                         </td>
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ export default function SourcesPage() {
               <p className="font-mono text-[10.5px] uppercase tracking-[0.08em] text-muted-foreground">
                 {rows.length} {t({ en: "sources · every field carries its provenance", sv: "källor · varje fält bär sin härkomst" })}
               </p>
-              <p className="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.08em] text-muted-foreground/70">
+              <p className="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.08em] text-muted-foreground">
                 {t({ en: "Licence terms verified before use", sv: "Licensvillkor verifieras innan användning" })}
               </p>
             </div>
diff --git a/app/portal/page.tsx b/app/portal/page.tsx
index 7e5bb8c..e850326 100644
--- a/app/portal/page.tsx
+++ b/app/portal/page.tsx
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ function CopyId({ id }: { id: string }) {
           setTimeout(() => setCopied(false), 2000);
         });
       }}
-      className="text-foreground/20 transition-colors hover:text-foreground/60"
+      className="text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:text-foreground"
     >
       {copied ? "✓" : "⧉"}
     </button>
diff --git a/app/tjanster/page.tsx b/app/tjanster/page.tsx
index d65e1f6..bd6c884 100644
--- a/app/tjanster/page.tsx
+++ b/app/tjanster/page.tsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export default function ServicesPage() {
             <section key={flow} className="mt-16">
               <div className="flex items-baseline justify-between border-b border-border pb-4">
                 <h2 className="font-mono text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.16em] text-muted-foreground">{t(FLOW_LABEL[flow])}</h2>
-                <span className="font-mono text-[11px] tabular-nums text-muted-foreground/60">{String(items.length).padStart(2, "0")}</span>
+                <span className="font-mono text-[11px] tabular-nums text-muted-foreground">{String(items.length).padStart(2, "0")}</span>
               </div>
               <div className="grid grid-cols-1 gap-px border border-border bg-border md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-3">
                 {items.map((s, i) => {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default function ServicesPage() {
                       <h3 className="text-lg font-semibold tracking-[-0.01em]">{t(s.name)}</h3>
                       <p className="mt-1 font-mono text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.06em] text-muted-foreground">{t(s.tagline)}</p>
                       <p className="mt-4 flex-1 text-sm text-muted-foreground">{t(s.covers)}</p>
-                      <p className="mt-4 font-mono text-[10.5px] uppercase tracking-[0.08em] text-muted-foreground/70">→ {t(s.deliverable)}</p>
+                      <p className="mt-4 font-mono text-[10.5px] uppercase tracking-[0.08em] text-muted-foreground">→ {t(s.deliverable)}</p>
                       <Link href={cta.href} className="mt-5 inline-flex items-center gap-2 font-mono text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.1em] underline-offset-4 hover:underline">
                         {t(cta.label)}
                         <span aria-hidden className="transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:translate-x-1">→</span>
diff --git a/components/header.tsx b/components/header.tsx
index 65831b2..2ad979d 100644
--- a/components/header.tsx
+++ b/components/header.tsx
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export function Header() {
                 className="flex items-baseline justify-between border-b border-border py-4 font-mono text-[12px] uppercase tracking-[0.12em] text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:text-foreground"
               >
                 <span>{t(n.label)}</span>
-                <span className="text-[10px] tabular-nums text-muted-foreground/50">{String(i + 1).padStart(2, "0")}</span>
+                <span className="text-[10px] tabular-nums text-muted-foreground">{String(i + 1).padStart(2, "0")}</span>
               </Link>
             ))}
             <div className="flex items-center justify-between py-4">
diff --git a/components/sections/collection-section.tsx b/components/sections/collection-section.tsx
index 13bd99d..ae22c15 100644
--- a/components/sections/collection-section.tsx
+++ b/components/sections/collection-section.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function CollectionSection() {
             >
               <div className="flex items-baseline justify-between">
                 <p className="font-mono text-sm font-semibold tracking-tight">{m.code}</p>
-                <span className="font-mono text-[9px] text-muted-foreground/60">{String(i + 1).padStart(2, "0")}</span>
+                <span className="font-mono text-[9px] text-muted-foreground">{String(i + 1).padStart(2, "0")}</span>
               </div>
               <p className="mt-1 font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.08em] text-muted-foreground">
                 {m.live ? `${m.coverage}%` : t({ en: "coming", sv: "kommande" })}
diff --git a/components/sections/featured-products-section.tsx b/components/sections/featured-products-section.tsx
index 47807f9..2f3cdd3 100644
--- a/components/sections/featured-products-section.tsx
+++ b/components/sections/featured-products-section.tsx
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export function FeaturedProductsSection() {
               <span className="absolute left-0 top-0 h-px w-0 transition-all duration-300 group-hover:w-full" style={{ backgroundColor: "var(--accent-red)" }} />
               <div className="flex items-baseline justify-between">
                 <p className="font-mono text-[10px] uppercase tracking-[0.14em] text-muted-foreground">{d.markets}</p>
-                <span className="font-mono text-[10px] tabular-nums text-foreground/20">{String(i + 1).padStart(2, "0")}</span>
+                <span className="font-mono text-[10px] tabular-nums text-muted-foreground">{String(i + 1).padStart(2, "0")}</span>
               </div>
               <h3 className="mt-5 text-xl font-semibold tracking-[-0.01em] transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:translate-x-1">{t(d.title)}</h3>
               <p className="mt-2 text-sm text-muted-foreground">{t(d.desc)}</p>
diff --git a/components/sections/philosophy-section.tsx b/components/sections/philosophy-section.tsx
index a04be34..525ef26 100644
--- a/components/sections/philosophy-section.tsx
+++ b/components/sections/philosophy-section.tsx
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export function PhilosophySection() {
                 className={`reveal delay-${i + 1} group relative grid grid-cols-[3.5rem_1fr] items-baseline gap-8 border-b border-border py-8 transition-[padding] duration-300 ease-out hover:pl-2`}
               >
                 <span className="absolute -left-2 top-0 h-px w-0 bg-foreground transition-all duration-500 ease-out group-hover:w-full group-hover:opacity-100" aria-hidden />
-                <span className="font-mono text-[clamp(1.5rem,2vw,2.25rem)] font-medium leading-none tracking-[-0.02em] text-muted-foreground/40 transition-colors duration-300 group-hover:text-foreground">
+                <span className="font-mono text-[clamp(1.5rem,2vw,2.25rem)] font-medium leading-none tracking-[-0.02em] text-muted-foreground transition-colors duration-300 group-hover:text-foreground">
                   {n}
                 </span>
                 <div>
diff --git a/components/sections/pricing-section.tsx b/components/sections/pricing-section.tsx
index 648b760..65f7747 100644
--- a/components/sections/pricing-section.tsx
+++ b/components/sections/pricing-section.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export function PricingSection() {
           {MODELS.map((m, i) => (
             <div key={m.index} className={`reveal delay-${i + 1} group relative flex flex-col bg-background p-8`}>
               <div className="flex items-start justify-between">
-                <span className="font-mono text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground/60">{m.index}</span>
+                <span className="font-mono text-[11px] uppercase tracking-[0.18em] text-muted-foreground">{m.index}</span>
                 {m.featured ? <span className="mt-1 inline-block h-2 w-2" style={{ backgroundColor: "var(--accent-red)" }} /> : null}
               </div>
 
diff --git a/components/sections/testimonials-section.tsx b/components/sections/testimonials-section.tsx
index 759046c..21b2d63 100644
--- a/components/sections/testimonials-section.tsx
+++ b/components/sections/testimonials-section.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export function TestimonialsSection() {
               key={l.sv}
               className={`reveal delay-${i + 2} group relative border-b border-border py-12 sm:border-b-0 sm:border-l sm:py-0 sm:pl-8 sm:pr-4 ${i === 0 ? "sm:border-l-0 sm:pl-0" : ""}`}
             >
-              <p className="font-mono text-[11px] tabular-nums text-muted-foreground/60">0{i + 1}</p>
+              <p className="font-mono text-[11px] tabular-nums text-muted-foreground">0{i + 1}</p>
               <p
                 className="mt-3 text-[clamp(3.2rem,8vw,6rem)] font-semibold leading-[0.9] tracking-[-0.04em] transition-transform duration-300 group-hover:-translate-y-0.5"
                 style={{ color: red ? "var(--accent-red)" : "var(--foreground)" }}
diff --git a/components/ui/toast.tsx b/components/ui/toast.tsx
index 40eedf5..bb492b6 100644
--- a/components/ui/toast.tsx
+++ b/components/ui/toast.tsx
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ const ToastClose = React.forwardRef<
   <ToastPrimitives.Close
     ref={ref}
     className={cn(
-      'absolute right-2 top-2 rounded-md p-1 text-foreground/50 opacity-0 transition-opacity hover:text-foreground focus:opacity-100 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 group-hover:opacity-100 group-[.destructive]:text-red-300 group-[.destructive]:hover:text-red-50 group-[.destructive]:focus:ring-red-400 group-[.destructive]:focus:ring-offset-red-600',
+      'absolute right-2 top-2 rounded-md p-1 text-muted-foreground opacity-0 transition-opacity hover:text-foreground focus:opacity-100 focus:outline-none focus:ring-2 group-hover:opacity-100 group-[.destructive]:text-red-300 group-[.destructive]:hover:text-red-50 group-[.destructive]:focus:ring-red-400 group-[.destructive]:focus:ring-offset-red-600',
       className,
     )}
     toast-close=""
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5270928..e698222 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
     "typecheck:app": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.json",
     "siax:doctor": "node scripts/siax-doctor.mjs",
     "deps:check": "depcruise src app components lib --config .dependency-cruiser.cjs",
-    "vehiq:oltp-ingest": "tsx scripts/vehiq-oltp-ingest/run.ts"
+    "vehiq:oltp-ingest": "tsx scripts/vehiq-oltp-ingest/run.ts",
+    "check:contrast": "node scripts/ci/check-text-contrast.mjs"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@fontsource-variable/inter": "^5.2.5",
diff --git a/scripts/ci/check-text-contrast.mjs b/scripts/ci/check-text-contrast.mjs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fca9f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/check-text-contrast.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/**
+ * Blocking guard for finding UI-09 (measured 2026-09-26): 0pt.app carried 82
+ * `color-contrast` violations at axe-core 4.10.2 impact=serious — the estate's
+ * single largest a11y defect. Every one of them came from the same shape: a
+ * Tailwind alpha modifier on a muted text colour.
+ *
+ * Measured WCAG 2.2 contrast against the two theme backgrounds in
+ * styles/globals.css (--background: oklch(1 0 0) light / oklch(0.145 0 0) dark,
+ * --muted-foreground: oklch(0.556 0 0) / oklch(0.708 0 0)):
+ *
+ *   text-muted-foreground        4.73:1 light   7.63:1 dark   PASS (AA needs 4.5)
+ *   text-muted-foreground/70     2.71:1         4.20:1        FAIL
+ *   text-muted-foreground/60     2.29:1         3.37:1        FAIL
+ *   text-muted-foreground/50     1.96:1         2.67:1        FAIL
+ *   text-muted-foreground/40     1.69:1         2.11:1        FAIL
+ *   text-muted-foreground/10     1.13:1         1.13:1        FAIL
+ *
+ * The unmodified token passes in both themes, so the fix is simply never to
+ * fade it. Purely decorative text is exempt — but it has to SAY so: the element
+ * must carry `aria-hidden`, which is also what makes axe skip it. The single
+ * remaining case (app/bestall/page.tsx, the oversized "01" masthead numeral) is
+ * `aria-hidden` + `select-none` + `pointer-events-none` and is allowed by that
+ * rule.
+ *
+ * This is a source-level guard, not a browser run. The full axe-core job that
+ * UI-09 also asks for needs a build + serve in CI and is tracked separately;
+ * until it exists this stops the regression at the shape that caused it.
+ */
+import { readdirSync, readFileSync, statSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { join, relative } from 'node:path';
+
+const ROOT = new URL('../..', import.meta.url).pathname.replace(/\/$/, '');
+const SKIP = new Set(['node_modules', '.next', '.git', 'dist', 'build', 'coverage', '.turbo']);
+const EXT = /\.(tsx|ts|jsx|js|css)$/;
+/** Alpha-modified colour utilities on TEXT. Background/border alphas are fine. */
+const PATTERN = /\btext-(muted-foreground|foreground|primary|secondary|accent-foreground|card-foreground|popover-foreground)\/\d+/g;
+
+function walk(dir, out = []) {
+  for (const name of readdirSync(dir)) {
+    if (SKIP.has(name)) continue;
+    const p = join(dir, name);
+    if (statSync(p).isDirectory()) walk(p, out);
+    else if (EXT.test(name)) out.push(p);
+  }
+  return out;
+}
+
+const violations = [];
+for (const file of walk(ROOT)) {
+  const src = readFileSync(file, 'utf8');
+  const lines = src.split('\n');
+  lines.forEach((line, i) => {
+    for (const m of line.matchAll(PATTERN)) {
+      // Decorative text is exempt when the element declares itself hidden to AT.
+      // The attribute may sit on an earlier line of the same JSX element.
+      const window = lines.slice(Math.max(0, i - 6), i + 1).join('\n');
+      if (/\baria-hidden\b/.test(window)) continue;
+      violations.push({ file: relative(ROOT, file), line: i + 1, token: m[0], text: line.trim() });
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+if (violations.length) {
+  console.error(`\n✗ ${violations.length} alpha-faded text colour(s) found — WCAG 2.2 AA 1.4.3 (finding UI-09).\n`);
+  for (const v of violations) {
+    console.error(`  ${v.file}:${v.line}  ${v.token}`);
+    console.error(`    ${v.text.slice(0, 160)}`);
+  }
+  console.error('\n  Use the unmodified token (text-muted-foreground = 4.73:1 light / 7.63:1 dark).');
+  console.error('  If the text really is decoration, put aria-hidden on the element.\n');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+console.log('✓ no alpha-faded text colours — WCAG 2.2 AA 1.4.3 contrast shape is clean (UI-09)');