diff --git a/frontend/src/components/artist/ArtistHeader.vue b/frontend/src/components/artist/ArtistHeader.vue
index 2c63210..992622a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/artist/ArtistHeader.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/artist/ArtistHeader.vue
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ const stats = computed(() => {
   padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
   background: linear-gradient(
     to bottom,
-    rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.92) 0%,
-    rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.65) 60%,
-    rgba(20, 23, 26, 0) 100%
+    rgba(var(--fc-chrome-rgb), 0.92) 0%,
+    rgba(var(--fc-chrome-rgb), 0.65) 60%,
+    rgba(var(--fc-chrome-rgb), 0) 100%
   );
   backdrop-filter: blur(2px);
   -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(2px);
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/gallery/GalleryFilterBar.vue b/frontend/src/components/gallery/GalleryFilterBar.vue
index 0c5dc39..7217b2b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/gallery/GalleryFilterBar.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/gallery/GalleryFilterBar.vue
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ function pushFilter(mutate) {
    opaque than the bar/nav so the controls stay legible. */
 .fc-filterbar-wrap :deep(.v-field),
 .fc-filterbar-wrap :deep(.v-btn-group) {
-  background-color: rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.72);
+  background-color: rgba(var(--v-theme-background), 0.72);
 }
 /* Media toggle (All / Images / Videos) as ONE cohesive segmented control.
    FC's global VBtn { rounded: 'pill' } default made Vuetify 4 pill-round each
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/modal/ImageViewer.vue b/frontend/src/components/modal/ImageViewer.vue
index 1ff8d69..f3db735 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/modal/ImageViewer.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/modal/ImageViewer.vue
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ function nextFrame() {
   --fc-side-w: 320px;
   /* Obsidian haze (#14171A = 20,23,26) — same palette as TopNav,
      mid-opacity + blur so the page behind shows through faintly. */
-  background: rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.65);
+  background: rgba(var(--v-theme-background), 0.65);
   backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
   -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(8px);
   outline: none;
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ function nextFrame() {
 }
 .fc-viewer__close, .fc-viewer__nav {
   position: absolute; top: 50%;
-  background: rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.7);
+  background: rgba(var(--v-theme-background), 0.7);
   color: rgb(var(--v-theme-parchment, 232 228 216));
   border: 1px solid rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light));
   border-radius: 50%;
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ function nextFrame() {
     z-index: 1;
     /* Opaque obsidian so the scrolling panel never bleeds through the
        haze behind the pinned image. */
-    background: rgb(20, 23, 26);
+    background: rgb(var(--v-theme-background));
   }
   .fc-viewer__side {
     width: 100%;
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/ExploreView.vue b/frontend/src/views/ExploreView.vue
index 611c95d..0e99410 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/ExploreView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/ExploreView.vue
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
 
 /* Center viewer. */
 .fc-ex__viewer {
-  background: rgb(20, 23, 26);
+  background: rgb(var(--v-theme-background));
   display: flex; flex-direction: column; min-width: 0; min-height: 0;
 }
 .fc-ex__canvas { flex: 1 1 auto; display: flex; min-height: 0; min-width: 0; }
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SeriesReaderView.vue b/frontend/src/views/SeriesReaderView.vue
index a00d1d0..67d2d53 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/SeriesReaderView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/SeriesReaderView.vue
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
 .fc-reader__thumb img { width: 100%; height: auto; display: block; }
 .fc-reader__thumbnum {
   position: absolute; bottom: 4px; right: 4px;
-  background: rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.8); color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
+  background: rgba(var(--v-theme-background), 0.8); color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
   padding: 1px 5px; border-radius: 4px; font-size: 0.7rem;
 }
 .fc-reader__content {
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
 .fc-reader__indicator {
   position: fixed; bottom: 1.5rem; right: 1.5rem;
   padding: 4px 10px; border-radius: 999px;
-  background: rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.6);
+  background: rgba(var(--v-theme-background), 0.6);
   border: 1px solid rgb(var(--v-theme-surface-light));
   font-size: 0.8rem; color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface-variant));
   z-index: 100; pointer-events: none;
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/SeriesView.vue b/frontend/src/views/SeriesView.vue
index f69f74b..dd814cb 100644
--- a/frontend/src/views/SeriesView.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/views/SeriesView.vue
@@ -338,18 +338,18 @@ onMounted(() => {
   position: absolute; top: 6px; left: 6px;
   display: inline-flex; align-items: center; gap: 2px;
   padding: 1px 6px; border-radius: 999px; font-size: 11px;
-  background: rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.75);
+  background: rgba(var(--v-theme-background), 0.75);
   color: rgb(var(--v-theme-warning, var(--v-theme-accent)));
 }
 /* Kebab sits top-right of the cover, opposite the gap badge. Tinted backing so
    it stays legible over any cover image. */
 .fc-sbcard__kebab {
   position: absolute; top: 4px; right: 4px;
-  background: rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.6) !important;
+  background: rgba(var(--v-theme-background), 0.6) !important;
   border-radius: 50%;
   color: rgb(var(--v-theme-on-surface));
 }
-.fc-sbcard__kebab:hover { background: rgba(20, 23, 26, 0.85) !important; }
+.fc-sbcard__kebab:hover { background: rgba(var(--v-theme-background), 0.85) !important; }
 .fc-sbcard__body { padding: 8px 10px; }
 .fc-sbcard__name {
   font-family: 'Fraunces', Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 600;
diff --git a/frontend/test/paletteLiterals.spec.js b/frontend/test/paletteLiterals.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b80eb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/test/paletteLiterals.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// The obsidian surface written out as a number instead of read from its token.
+//
+// fabled-tokens.js is the palette's single copy ("do not hand-edit hexes;
+// re-mirror here"). Thirteen hand-typed `rgba(20, 23, 26, …)` across six
+// components meant a changed obsidian would miss most of the UI (#3108).
+// Components read `--v-theme-background` (Vuetify maps background → obsidian)
+// or, for nav-style chrome, `--fc-chrome-rgb`. Comments may still name it.
+
+import { readdirSync, readFileSync, statSync } from 'node:fs'
+import { join, relative } from 'node:path'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
+
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+const SRC = fileURLToPath(new URL('../src', import.meta.url))
+const LITERAL = /rgba?\(\s*20\s*,\s*23\s*,\s*26\b/
+
+function vueFiles (dir) {
+  return readdirSync(dir).flatMap((name) => {
+    const path = join(dir, name)
+    if (statSync(path).isDirectory()) return vueFiles(path)
+    return name.endsWith('.vue') ? [path] : []
+  })
+}
+
+function stripComments (text) {
+  return text.replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, '').replace(/<!--[\s\S]*?-->/g, '')
+}
+
+describe('palette literals', () => {
+  it('no component hand-types the obsidian surface', () => {
+    const offenders = vueFiles(SRC).flatMap((path) =>
+      stripComments(readFileSync(path, 'utf8'))
+        .split('\n')
+        .filter((line) => LITERAL.test(line))
+        .map((line) => `${relative(SRC, path)}: ${line.trim()}`)
+    )
+    expect(offenders).toEqual([])
+  })
+})