:root {
  --primary-color: #000957; 
  --secondary-color: #D01257; 
  --accent-color: #16A085; 
  --light-color: #FEFAE0; 
  --dark-color: #2C3D4F; 
  --highlight-color: #F1C40F; 
  
  --bg-color: #f7f9fa;
  --text-color: #333333;
  
  --font-heading: 'Oswald', sans-serif;
  --font-text: 'Lato', sans-serif;
  
  --container-width: 1400px;
  --img-width: 400px;
}

body::before {
  content: "";
  position: fixed;
  top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg width='40' height='40' viewBox='0 0 40 40' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3E%3Cpath d='M20 20.5V18H0v-2h20v-2.5L22.5 16 25 13.5V0h2v13.5L29.5 16 32 18.5V20h8v2h-8v1.5L29.5 26 27 28.5V40h-2V28.5L22.5 26 20 23.5V20.5zM25 21l-2.5 2.5L20 26v14h2V26.5L24.5 24 27 21.5V20h-2v1z' fill='%23000957' fill-opacity='0.03' fill-rule='evenodd'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
  z-index: -1;
  pointer-events: none;
}