#site-footer {
    background-color: #ffffff; /* Clean white background */
    color: #333333;           /* Dark slate text for high readability */
    padding: 40px 0 20px 0;
    margin-top: 50px;
    border-top: 1px solid #e5e5e5; /* Soft top border to separate from main content */
    font-family: inherit;
}

.footer-container {
    max-width: 1200px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    display: flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
    justify-content: space-between;
    padding: 0 20px;
    gap: 30px;
}

.footer-col {
    flex: 1 1 200px;
}

.footer-brand .footer-logo {
    max-width: 160px;
    height: auto;
    margin-bottom: 10px;

    transition: transform 0.15s ease-out;
    transform-origin: center center; /* Scales outward from the left edge */
    will-change: transform;
}

.footer-brand .footer-tagline {
    font-weight: bold;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    color: #e67e22; /* Warm solar accent color */
}

.footer-brand .footer-description {
    color: #666666;
    font-size: 0.9em;
    line-height: 1.5;
}

.footer-col h4 {
    color: #111111;
    margin-bottom: 15px;
    font-size: 1.05em;
    font-weight: 700;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #e5e5e5;
    padding-bottom: 6px;
}

.footer-links, .footer-contact {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
}

.footer-links li, .footer-contact li {
    margin-bottom: 8px;
    font-size: 0.9em;
    color: #555555;
}

.footer-links a, .footer-col a {
    color: #444444;
    text-decoration: none;
    transition: color 0.2s ease;
}

.footer-links a:hover, .footer-col a:hover {
    color: #e67e22; /* Highlight color on hover */
    text-decoration: underline;
}

.footer-bottom {
    border-top: 1px solid #eeeeee;
    margin-top: 30px;
    padding-top: 20px;
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 0.85em;
    color: #777777;
}