# Hours counterweight

> An opening-hours sign with a monumental opening time balanced by a smaller closing-time plate. A heavy rule heads the Monday-to-Friday schedule; a compact ruled strip follows for Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays, with an address and visit action below. The unequal scale and density make the hours recognisable without colour. The base inherits your theme; Chamois and cobalt brings a warm shopfront palette and Arial type.

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Blocks: button, buttons, column, columns, group, heading, paragraph
Keywords: opening hours, shop, workshop, weekend, visit, times

## Variations (2)

### Counterweight (the default)

Identical markup in every theme.

Your base ground and contrast ink, with an inverted closing-time plate. The opening time has the greater scale; the weekend details occupy a compact ruled strip.

### Chamois and cobalt

This variation states its own colours and states its own type: identical in every theme.

Warm chamois ground, near-black ink and a deep cobalt closing-time plate and square visit button, all in an Arial system stack.


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## The signature moment: two oversized times balance a compact strip of days

The opening time is an unboxed, heavy numeral. The closing time sits in a
smaller inverted plate at its lower right. Their unequal scale and density
meet the full-width rule above the weekend strip. The sign stays distinctive
when its colour is removed because the contrast comes from size, weight and
the two different occupied areas.

## What it inherits from your theme

The base uses chained `base` and `contrast` colours. The closing plate reverses
them and explicitly carries its light text. Ground painters pass their ink
to headings and links. Body copy takes the `medium` rung, the heading takes
`x-large`, and the typeface and button finish come from the theme. Normal text
targets 4.5:1 contrast; the large display numerals may use the 3:1 large-text
threshold.

## Display type

The opening numeral uses `clamp(4.5rem, 11vw, 10rem)`, the closing numeral
`clamp(3.5rem, 7vw, 7rem)`. Their unequal sizes are the composition. Short
schedule and location labels use a 14px minimum display size; the weekend
hours and exception labels use `clamp(1.125rem, 1.8vw, 1.5rem)`.

## Layout and editing

The full-width band contains a constrained inner group without a stated
content width. Its sign and rules use the theme's wide alignment. The 60/40
time columns stack on narrow screens; the day strip and address row wrap.
All copy, times, rules, colours and button settings are native core blocks.
Update both weekday numerals, the Saturday hours, the closed-day label, the
bank-holiday note, the address and the `/visit/` button destination.

## The Styled look

`chamois-and-cobalt` uses warm chamois `#F5E6C8`, near-black ink `#17212B` and
deep cobalt `#1744B5`. Cobalt carries the closing time and the square visit
button. An Arial system stack gives the numerals a direct shop-sign voice,
with a 400 body weight. The inherited base is the same composition in the
buyer's colours and type.