diff --git a/app/assets/css/main.css b/app/assets/css/main.css
index 4167651..9ee189f 100644
--- a/app/assets/css/main.css
+++ b/app/assets/css/main.css
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@
   --text: #2a2015;
   --text-bright: #1a1008;
   --text-dim: #5a5040;
-  --text-faint: #746a58;
+  /* Darkened from #746a58 (4.01:1 on --surface, fails WCAG AA) to #665c4b
+     (4.94:1 on --surface, 5.13:1 on --bg). Stays visually quieter than
+     --text-dim (5.80:1) while meeting AA for small text. */
+  --text-faint: #665c4b;
   --parch: #2a2015;
   --parch-hover: #3a3025;
   --parch-text: #ede4d0;
diff --git a/app/components/BoardPostCard.vue b/app/components/BoardPostCard.vue
index 97067e9..a79a535 100644
--- a/app/components/BoardPostCard.vue
+++ b/app/components/BoardPostCard.vue
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ const slackLinks = computed(() => {
   font-size: 10px;
   letter-spacing: 0.1em;
   text-transform: uppercase;
-  color: var(--text-faint);
+  /* --text-faint fails WCAG AA (4.01:1) on the cream card bg */
+  color: var(--text-dim);
 }
 
 .post-actions {
@@ -233,7 +234,8 @@ const slackLinks = computed(() => {
   font-size: 10px;
   letter-spacing: 0.1em;
   text-transform: uppercase;
-  color: var(--text-faint);
+  /* --text-faint fails WCAG AA (4.01:1) on the cream card bg */
+  color: var(--text-dim);
   margin-bottom: 2px;
 }
 .block-text {
@@ -244,7 +246,8 @@ const slackLinks = computed(() => {
 
 .post-note {
   font-size: 11px;
-  color: var(--text-faint);
+  /* --text-faint fails WCAG AA (4.01:1) on the cream card bg */
+  color: var(--text-dim);
   font-style: italic;
   margin: 8px 0;
   white-space: pre-wrap;
@@ -293,7 +296,8 @@ const slackLinks = computed(() => {
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
   font-size: 10px;
-  color: var(--text-faint);
+  /* --text-faint fails WCAG AA (4.01:1) on the cream card bg */
+  color: var(--text-dim);
   font-family: "Commit Mono", monospace;
 }
 .author-name {
@@ -308,7 +312,8 @@ const slackLinks = computed(() => {
 }
 .slack-handle {
   font-size: 11px;
-  color: var(--text-faint);
+  /* --text-faint fails WCAG AA (4.01:1) on the cream card bg */
+  color: var(--text-dim);
   font-family: "Commit Mono", monospace;
   background: transparent;
   border: none;