{
 "_note": "Hand-curated franchise accent colors — brand-inspired, not official marks. Used for the year pill bg (white text) and team-name text on ivory, so every hex must hold ~4.5:1 against both. Tune freely.",
 "franchises": {
  "ANA": "#b8232f",
  "ARI": "#a3512b",
  "ATL": "#c01745",
  "BAL": "#d3641c",
  "BOS": "#bd3039",
  "CHC": "#2b55b0",
  "CHW": "#33383f",
  "CIN": "#c6011f",
  "CLE": "#1c3a63",
  "COL": "#5e4b8b",
  "DET": "#1f3a5f",
  "FLA": "#0e8c94",
  "HOU": "#d1552c",
  "KCR": "#2455a8",
  "LAD": "#2b5cad",
  "MIL": "#274070",
  "MIN": "#274b77",
  "NYM": "#2d55a5",
  "NYY": "#1c2f4d",
  "OAK": "#1e7c45",
  "PHI": "#c02840",
  "PIT": "#4a4438",
  "SDP": "#6b4a2f",
  "SEA": "#1f6f6b",
  "SFG": "#e2572b",
  "STL": "#c0392b",
  "TBD": "#3272a8",
  "TEX": "#1e4791",
  "TOR": "#3061c2",
  "WSN": "#a51e2c"
 }
}