diff --git a/CONTEXT.md b/CONTEXT.md
index b9298fb..4de95c3 100644
--- a/CONTEXT.md
+++ b/CONTEXT.md
@@ -298,8 +298,9 @@ Don't add `app/favicon.ico` (or `public/favicon.ico`) back.
 
 ## Footer: light background, black text, sticky to viewport bottom
 
-The footer is `bg-[#9a21291a]` (a ~10%-opacity red-tint, given as an exact
-hex by the user — not swapped for the closest design-token color) with
+The footer is `bg-[#f1f1f1]` (exact hex given by the user, same neutral
+gray as `CartButton`'s background — not swapped for a design-token color;
+an earlier version used a red-tinted `#9a21291a`, since replaced) with
 black text throughout (`text-black`, `/70`, `/50`, `/10`, `/20` opacity
 steps) — it used to be a solid dark-red block with white text; don't revert
 to that. The footer logo (`logoDarkUrl ?? logoUrl`) is `h-[72px]`, doubled
diff --git a/src/components/home/Footer.tsx b/src/components/home/Footer.tsx
index 7a51af8..d26a5e4 100644
--- a/src/components/home/Footer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/home/Footer.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export function Footer({
   );
 
   return (
-    <footer className="border-t border-red-dark/15 bg-[#9a21291a] text-black">
+    <footer className="border-t border-red-dark/15 bg-[#f1f1f1] text-black">
       <div className="mx-auto max-w-7xl px-4 py-12">
         <div className="grid gap-8 md:grid-cols-4">
           <div>