What the research supports
Moderate evidence Talk to a clinician Updated 2026
Small randomised trials report a modest effect on low mood. The trials are short and the samples are small, so the honest summary is "promising, not settled".
Gold Standard guide (Saffron)
Room header, evidence chips, recipe panel, and room navigation.
Current — live tokens
Gold Standard · Level 4
Saffron
Twelve rooms. Each one answers a question a careful reader would actually ask, and stops where the evidence stops.
In the kitchen
A pinch, bloomed first
Grind, steep in a spoon of hot water, then add. Most of the saffron wasted in home kitchens is wasted by skipping that step.
Proposed — Design System 1.0
Gold Standard · Level 4
Saffron
Twelve rooms. Each one answers a question a careful reader would actually ask, and stops where the evidence stops.
What the research supports
Moderate evidence Talk to a clinician Updated 2026
Small randomised trials report a modest effect on low mood. The trials are short and the samples are small, so the honest summary is "promising, not settled".
In the kitchen
A pinch, bloomed first
Grind, steep in a spoon of hot water, then add. Most of the saffron wasted in home kitchens is wasted by skipping that step.
Every change, and why
The hardcoded slate heading #264B6A resolves to persian-blue.
It was a fourth blue, present at 229 usages and in no token set — the single most visible source of 'this page is from another product'.
Evidence, caution and informational chips keep three distinct semantic colours, each paired with an icon and a text label.
These carry unique meaning (verified / caution / informational) and were classified essential. Colour is never the only signal.
The 'In the kitchen' gold eyebrow becomes ink-muted over a gold hairline.
Gold on ivory is 2.08:1. Demoting gold to a rule preserves the certification feeling while making the label readable.
Room navigation primary moves from walnut-deep to persian-blue.
Readers were meeting a different primary colour inside guides than everywhere else.
Deliberately preserved
- · Reader typography contract, 1.8 leading, room-based navigation and all editorial content.
- · Evidence grades, certification language and every claim boundary.