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Evaluated filter functionality and contrasted preset swatches with Global Colors tokens
Evaluated filter functionality and contrasted preset swatches with Global Colors tokens
Real filter, correctly used — but worth being precise about what it actually buys you versus what you might be picturing.

What it does: fl_builder_color_presets populates the "Color Presets" swatch row that shows up at the bottom of every color picker in BB, so instead of hunting for a hex code, someone can click a swatch. It's a documented, standard BB filter — add the array of hex values (no # prefix needed) and hook it in via add_filter. 
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What it doesn't do: the color picker still always has a manual input field that accepts hex, rgb, rgba, hsl, or a CSS variable — presets don't disable or hide that. So this reduces friction toward on-brand colors, it doesn't prevent someone from typing an off-brand hex. Same category of limitation flagged earlier for BB's native pickers generally: nudges, not a lock. 
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One thing to know before you rely on it: at least one documented report says setting presets via this filter overwrites any presets someone adds manually through the UI — so if anyone's been click-saving custom swatches in the picker itself, this code will wipe those on next load. Worth a heads-up if others touch this site. 
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The better-fitting tool for what you're actually trying to do: BB 2.9+ has Global Colors (under Global Styles), which are genuinely closer to what theme.json tokens gave you — they're saved as CSS variables (default prefix --fl-global, customizable), and every module that references a Global Color stays linked to it, so changing the source color updates it everywhere at once. Presets are a one-time copy — pick a preset swatch and it pastes that static hex into the module; edit the preset list later and nothing already placed updates. Given the whole point of your child theme stylesheet is "one source of truth for the brand," Global Colors is the mechanism that actually behaves like that; presets are just a nicer picker. 
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If you still want presets as a supplement (fine, they're complementary, not either/or — presets are handy for quick-pick even if Global Colors is the real source), here's the corrected version with your actual palette instead of the generic placeholder colors in your snippet:

php
function my_child_bb_color_picker_presets( $colors ) {
    return array(
        '131211', // --arep-bg
        '0B0A09', // --arep-bg-deep
        'F4F1EA', // --arep-text
        'D16934', // --arep-amber (primary)
        'C5B081', // --arep-gold (secondary)
        '969082', // --arep-text-soft
        '1E1D1A', // --arep-card
    );
}
add_filter( 'fl_builder_color_presets', 'my_child_bb_color_picker_presets' );
Want me to set up the Global Colors instead (or in addition), so the amber/ink/gold values live as real linked tokens in BB's own system, not just convenience swatches?

what if i want my buttons selectable as custom modules in bb ? 

For rapid build out purposes


Weighed saved modules versus custom PHP approach for reusable button variants
Weighed saved modules versus custom PHP approach for reusable button variants
Good instinct for rapid buildout — and there's actually a smaller gap here than you might expect, plus a real choice between two approaches depending on how polished you want the picker experience.

First, something worth knowing: your Primary button already needs zero setup. Because I wrote the CSS to target the bare .fl-button class globally (not gated behind a custom class), any Button module you drag onto any page already renders on-brand — amber background, dark ink, hover lift — with no class, no config, nothing. That's already as rapid as it gets for the main CTA.

Ghost and the small header variant do need one thing: open the module's Advanced ? Class field and type g-ghost (every row, column, and module in BB has this field on its own settings, so it goes right on the Button module itself, not a parent wrapper). One field, one click.

Fastest real answer to your question: Saved Modules, zero code
BB's own reuse mechanism is exactly built for this:

Drag in a Button module, set placeholder text/link, add g-ghost in Advanced ? Class if it's the ghost variant.
Click the module's gear icon ? Save to library, name it something findable like "AREP — Ghost Button" or "AREP — Primary Button."
From then on, it shows up under the Saved tab in the module picker (right alongside the native modules) — drag it in pre-styled, just swap the text and link per instance.
Use Saved (not Global) for this specifically — Global Modules sync every setting including text/link across every placement, which is wrong for buttons since each one needs different copy. Saved gives you an independent, pre-styled copy each time. Build the 2–3 canonical variants once (Primary, Primary Small, Ghost), and you've got exactly what you're picturing — selectable, pre-branded, no typing required — in about ten minutes, no code at all.

The more polished version: an actual custom PHP module
If you want it to show up as its own named entry in the main module list (with an icon, and a proper "Variant" dropdown — Primary / Small / Ghost — instead of remembering a CSS class), that's a real custom BB module: a small PHP class registering fields and a render template. More setup than Saved Modules, but a nicer long-term experience for whoever's building pages, since the variant becomes a dropdown instead of a typed string that can be mistyped.

Want me to scaffold that custom module file, or is Saved Modules enough for what you need right now?

the ghost variante is black text though?


Diagnosed CSS specificity conflict causing text color override
Diagnosed CSS specificity conflict causing text color override
Good catch — real bug, not a design choice. Found it: the ghost rule sets color: var(--arep-text) (light cream) with no !important, but the ink-lock rule right above it — .fl-button *, .fl-button:hover * { color: var(--arep-ink) !important; } — forces dark ink onto every button's children, ghost included, with no exception carved out. !important always wins over a rule without it, regardless of which one comes later in the file, so the ghost button's light text was getting clobbered by the amber-button rule the whole time. On a dark-background section, dark ink text on a transparent ghost button is exactly "looks black and barely visible" — matches what you're seeing.


Edited 2 files, ran a command
Edited 2 files, ran a command
Clean now — resting state forces --arep-text (light cream) on the button and its children, hover state forces --arep-bg (dark) once the background inverts to light. Both explicitly !important so they reliably beat the base ink-lock regardless of which rule appears first in the file.


Presented file
Presented file
Worth a quick regression check on your dev site once this is in: confirm the primary amber button still forces dark ink correctly (that rule wasn't touched, should be unaffected), and check the ghost button in both its resting and hover state — text should read light cream at rest, then flip to dark once the background fills in on hover.


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/*
Theme Name: AREP Child
Theme URI: https://austinrealestatephotography.com
Description: Child theme for BB Theme carrying the Gold x Amber (v1.4, +30 Applied) design tokens and component library.
Author: AREP
Template: bb-theme
Version: 1.0.0
Text Domain: arep-child
*/
 
/* ============================================================
   AREP — Gold × Amber v1.4 · +30 Applied · Beaver Builder build
   ------------------------------------------------------------
   FLATTENED SINGLE FILE. Tokens live at :root as --arep-* vars;
   everything below consumes them. Theme-agnostic: no wp presets,
   no theme.json dependency, no builder dependency in the classes.
   Load site-wide via child theme enqueue (preferred, cacheable)
   or BB ? Global Settings ? CSS as a fallback.
 
   Component classes go on BB modules via Advanced ? Class.
   BB-native module skins (.fl-button, forms) are covered at the
   bottom so defaults obey the brand without per-module setup.
 
   Brand rules (do not "fix"):
   · Button ink is ALWAYS #0B0A09 on amber — never white
   · gold-soft #7A6E53 is decorative only (bars, idle dots)
   · Small gold text = gold-soft-text #8F8161
   · Interactive borders = line-strong; hairlines are decorative
   · One pulsing chip per page, stating a true current fact
   ============================================================ */
 
/* ---------- 0 · Tokens ---------- */
 
:root {
  --arep-bg:            #131211;
  --arep-bg-deep:       #0B0A09;
  --arep-card:          #1E1D1A;
  --arep-card-hover:    #242320;
  --arep-line:          #34312C;   /* decorative hairline */
  --arep-line-strong:   #706B5E;   /* interactive borders  */
  --arep-text:          #F4F1EA;
  --arep-text-soft:     #969082;
  --arep-text-soft-aaa: #A8A499;
  --arep-gold:          #C5B081;
  --arep-gold-soft:     #7A6E53;   /* decorative only */
  --arep-gold-soft-text:#8F8161;
  --arep-amber:         #D16934;
  --arep-amber-deep:    #99481F;
  --arep-ink:           #0B0A09;   /* ink-on-amber */
 
  --arep-disp: 'Archivo', system-ui, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', sans-serif;
  --arep-mono: 'IBM Plex Mono', ui-monospace, 'SFMono-Regular', Menlo, monospace;
 
  --arep-r: 12px;
  --arep-r-sm: 8px;
  --arep-max: 1140px;
  --arep-lift: transform .14s ease, box-shadow .14s ease;
}
 
/* ---------- 1 · Base (was theme.json styles/elements) ---------- */
 
body {
  background: var(--arep-bg);
  color: var(--arep-text);
  font-family: var(--arep-disp);
  font-size: 16.5px;
  line-height: 1.6;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}
 
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
  font-family: var(--arep-disp);
  font-weight: 800;
  line-height: 1.08;
  letter-spacing: -0.015em;
  color: var(--arep-text);
}
h1 { font-size: clamp(2.4rem, 5vw, 3.8rem); }
h2 { font-size: clamp(1.8rem, 3.5vw, 2.4rem); }
h3 { font-size: 1.3rem; }
 
a { color: var(--arep-text); text-decoration: none; }
a:hover { color: var(--arep-gold); }
 
:focus-visible {
  outline: 3px solid var(--arep-amber);
  outline-offset: 3px;
  border-radius: 4px;
}
::selection { background: var(--arep-amber); color: var(--arep-ink); }
 
.g-mono { font-family: var(--arep-mono); letter-spacing: .08em; }
 
/* ---------- 2 · Eyebrow ---------- */
 
.g-eyebrow {
  display: block;
  font-family: var(--arep-mono);
  font-size: .7rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: .16em;
  color: var(--arep-gold-soft-text);
}
 
/* ---------- 3 · Buttons ---------- */
 
.g-btn-primary,
.g-btn-primary-sm {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 10px;
  background: var(--arep-amber);
  color: var(--arep-ink);
  font-family: var(--arep-disp);
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .02em;
  white-space: nowrap;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 10px;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 0 var(--arep-amber-deep);
  cursor: pointer;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: var(--arep-lift);
}
.g-btn-primary    { font-size: 1rem;   padding: 14px 26px; }
.g-btn-primary-sm { font-size: .88rem; padding: 10px 18px; border-radius: 8px; }
 
.g-btn-primary:is(:hover, :focus),
.g-btn-primary-sm:is(:hover, :focus) {
  transform: translateY(-2px);
  box-shadow: 0 4px 0 var(--arep-amber-deep);
  color: var(--arep-ink);
}
.g-btn-primary:active,
.g-btn-primary-sm:active {
  transform: translateY(0);
  box-shadow: 0 2px 0 var(--arep-amber-deep);
}
 
.g-btn-ghost {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  gap: 10px;
  background: transparent;
  color: var(--arep-text);
  border: 2px solid var(--arep-text);
  font-family: var(--arep-disp);
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 1rem;
  padding: 12px 24px;
  border-radius: 10px;
  text-decoration: none;
  transition: background .14s ease, color .14s ease;
}
.g-btn-ghost:is(:hover, :focus) {
  background: var(--arep-text);
  color: var(--arep-bg);
}
 
/* ---------- 4 · Card ---------- */
 
.g-card {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  background: var(--arep-card);
  border: 1px solid var(--arep-line);
  border-radius: var(--arep-r);
  padding: 32px;
  overflow: hidden;
  color: var(--arep-text);
  transition: background .14s ease, transform .14s ease;
}
.g-card::before {
  content: "";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0; top: 0; bottom: 0;
  width: 5px;
  background: var(--arep-gold-soft);
}
a.g-card:is(:hover, :focus) {
  background: var(--arep-card-hover);
  transform: translateY(-2px);
  color: var(--arep-text);
}
.g-card-media { margin: -32px -32px 24px; }
.g-card-media img { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; object-fit: cover; }
.g-card-title { font-size: 1.3rem; margin: 0 0 6px; }
.g-card-role {
  font-family: var(--arep-mono);
  font-size: .66rem;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  color: var(--arep-amber);
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: 18px;
}
.g-card-text { font-size: .92rem; color: var(--arep-text-soft); line-height: 1.6; margin: 0 0 20px; }
.g-card-link { font-weight: 700; font-size: .92rem; color: var(--arep-gold); }
 
/* ---------- 5 · Grid (used by [arep_post_grid]) ---------- */
 
.g-grid { display: grid; gap: 24px; }
.g-grid-3 { grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); }
.g-grid-4 { grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr); }
@media (max-width: 900px) { .g-grid-3, .g-grid-4 { grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr); } }
@media (max-width: 560px) { .g-grid-3, .g-grid-4 { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } }
 
/* ---------- 6 · Status chip + dots ---------- */
 
.g-chip {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 10px;
  font-family: var(--arep-mono);
  font-size: .68rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .1em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--arep-text);
  background: var(--arep-bg-deep);
  border: 1px solid var(--arep-line);
  border-radius: 999px;
  padding: 8px 16px;
}
.g-dot {
  width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--arep-amber);
  animation: g-pulse 2s infinite;
  flex-shrink: 0;
}
.g-dot-idle {
  width: 8px; height: 8px; border-radius: 50%;
  background: var(--arep-gold-soft);
  flex-shrink: 0;
}
@keyframes g-pulse {
  0%   { box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 rgba(209,105,52,.5); }
  70%  { box-shadow: 0 0 0 8px rgba(209,105,52,0); }
  100% { box-shadow: 0 0 0 0 rgba(209,105,52,0); }
}
@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .g-dot { animation: none; }
  .g-btn-primary, .g-btn-primary-sm, .g-card, .fl-button { transition: none; }
}
 
/* ---------- 7 · Filter toggle ---------- */
 
.g-filter {
  font-family: var(--arep-mono);
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--arep-text-soft);
  background: transparent;
  border: 1px solid var(--arep-line-strong);
  border-radius: 999px;
  padding: 8px 16px;
  cursor: pointer;
  transition: color .14s ease, border-color .14s ease, background .14s ease;
}
.g-filter:is(:hover, :focus) { color: var(--arep-text); }
.g-filter[aria-pressed="true"] {
  background: var(--arep-amber);
  border-color: var(--arep-amber);
  color: var(--arep-ink);
}
 
/* ---------- 8 · Header / Footer (Themer layout wrappers) ---------- */
 
.g-hd {
  background: var(--arep-bg-deep);
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--arep-line);
}
.g-hd .fl-module-menu a { font-weight: 600; font-size: .95rem; }
.g-hd .fl-module-menu a:hover { color: var(--arep-gold); }
.g-hd .fl-module-menu .current-menu-item > a,
.g-hd a[aria-current="page"] { color: var(--arep-amber); }
.g-hd img.g-logo { width: 44px; height: 44px; object-fit: cover; flex-shrink: 0; }
 
.g-ft { background: var(--arep-bg-deep); border-top: 1px solid var(--arep-line); }
.g-ft-col-title {
  font-family: var(--arep-mono);
  font-size: .68rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .12em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--arep-gold-soft-text);
  margin: 0 0 14px;
}
.g-ft ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.g-ft li { margin: 0 0 8px; }
.g-ft a { color: var(--arep-text-soft); font-size: .92rem; }
.g-ft a:hover { color: var(--arep-text); }
.g-ft-bottom {
  border-top: 1px solid var(--arep-line);
  font-family: var(--arep-mono);
  font-size: .68rem;
  letter-spacing: .06em;
  color: var(--arep-text-soft);
}
 
/* ---------- 9 · Spec / pricing rows (shortcode output) ---------- */
 
.g-spec-table, .g-price-table { border-top: 1px solid var(--arep-line); }
.g-spec-row, .g-price-row {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: baseline;
  gap: 16px;
  padding: 12px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--arep-line);
}
.g-spec-label, .g-price-label {
  font-family: var(--arep-mono);
  font-size: .72rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  letter-spacing: .08em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: var(--arep-text-soft);
}
.g-spec-value, .g-price-value {
  font-family: var(--arep-mono);
  font-size: .85rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: var(--arep-gold);
}
.g-price-note { font-weight: 400; color: var(--arep-text-soft); }
.g-price-tbd  { color: var(--arep-text-soft); font-weight: 400; }
.g-price-warn { font-family: var(--arep-mono); font-size: .68rem; color: var(--arep-amber); }
 
/* ---------- 10 · Includes list + FAQ accordion (shortcode output) ---------- */
 
.g-includes { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.g-includes li {
  position: relative;
  padding: 8px 0 8px 28px;
  color: var(--arep-text);
}
.g-includes li::before {
  content: "\2713";
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  color: var(--arep-amber);
  font-weight: 700;
}
 
.g-faqs { border-top: 1px solid var(--arep-line); }
.g-faq  { border-bottom: 1px solid var(--arep-line); }
.g-faq-q {
  cursor: pointer;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 1.02rem;
  padding: 18px 32px 18px 0;
  list-style: none;
  position: relative;
  color: var(--arep-text);
}
.g-faq-q::-webkit-details-marker { display: none; }
.g-faq-q::after {
  content: "+";
  position: absolute;
  right: 4px; top: 50%;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  color: var(--arep-gold-soft-text);
  font-weight: 400;
  font-size: 1.3rem;
}
.g-faq[open] .g-faq-q::after { content: "\2212"; }
.g-faq-a { padding: 0 0 18px; color: var(--arep-text-soft); max-width: 720px; }
 
/* ---------- 11 · Forms (Gravity Forms via Custom CSS Class) ---------- */
 
.g-form-input,
.g-form-textarea {
  background: var(--arep-card);
  color: var(--arep-text);
  border: 1px solid var(--arep-line-strong);
  border-radius: var(--arep-r-sm);
  padding: 12px 14px;
  font-family: var(--arep-disp);
  font-size: 1rem;
  width: 100%;
}
.g-form-input::placeholder,
.g-form-textarea::placeholder { color: var(--arep-text-soft); }
.g-form-textarea { min-height: 140px; resize: vertical; }
 
/* ---------- 12 · Beaver Builder native module coverage ----------
   BB Button modules obey the brand with no per-module setup.
   The ink rule is enforced here — BB's defaults would happily
   render white-on-amber, which fails AA at 3.63:1. */
 
.fl-button, a.fl-button, .fl-button:visited {
  background: var(--arep-amber);
  color: var(--arep-ink) !important;
  font-family: var(--arep-disp);
  font-weight: 700;
  letter-spacing: .02em;
  border: none;
  border-radius: 10px;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 0 var(--arep-amber-deep);
  transition: var(--arep-lift);
}
.fl-button:hover, a.fl-button:hover {
  background: var(--arep-amber);
  color: var(--arep-ink) !important;
  transform: translateY(-2px);
  box-shadow: 0 4px 0 var(--arep-amber-deep);
}
.fl-button *, .fl-button:hover * { color: var(--arep-ink) !important; }
 
/* Ghost variant: add class g-ghost on the module.
   Needs !important + a more specific selector to beat the ink-lock
   above, which otherwise forces dark ink onto every .fl-button's
   text, ghost included. */
.g-ghost .fl-button, .g-ghost a.fl-button {
  background: transparent;
  color: var(--arep-text) !important;
  border: 2px solid var(--arep-text);
  box-shadow: none;
}
.g-ghost .fl-button * {
  color: var(--arep-text) !important;
}
.g-ghost .fl-button:hover {
  background: var(--arep-text);
  color: var(--arep-bg) !important;
}
.g-ghost .fl-button:hover * {
  color: var(--arep-bg) !important;
}
 
/* Escape hatch: add class g-btn-override on any module where a
   button intentionally needs different colors than the brand default.
   Overrides the ink-on-amber lock cleanly instead of fighting it. */
.g-btn-override.fl-button,
.g-btn-override .fl-button,
.g-btn-override .fl-button * {
  color: inherit !important;
}
 
/* BB rows default content width */
.fl-row-fixed-width { max-width: var(--arep-max); }