* {
    margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box;
}

:root {
    /*  declare color variables */
    --color-background: #34302D;
    --color-primary: rgb(129, 124, 111); /* footer and cards and possibly the lines in header */
    --color-secondary: #a55000; /* borders and secondary text */
    --color-text1: #000000;
    --color-text2: rgb(144, 80, 156);
    --color-accent: #FF7800;
    --color-accent-2: rgba(64, 152, 48, 0.3);
    
    /* set the root font size 10 / 16 = .625 */
    font-size: 62.5%;
}