.post-card {
    border-radius: var(--wp--preset--border-radius--sm);
    overflow: hidden;
    text-align: left;
    height: 100%;
    background-color: var(--base-variant);
}

.post-card__content {
    padding: var(--wp--custom--global--spacing--padding--background);
}
.post-card__content .wp-block-buttons {
    justify-content: flex-start;
    margin-top: 24px;
}
.post-card__content .post-card__excerpt p {
    margin: var(--wp--preset--spacing--20) auto 0;
}
.post-card__content .post-card__title {
    margin: 0 !important;
}

/* Post Card Image */
.post-card__image {
    background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--base-variant);
    display: flex;
    overflow: hidden;
}

.post-card__image:empty {
    display: none;
}

.post-card__image,
.post-card__image img {
    aspect-ratio: 16/9;
    width: 100%;
    height: auto;
}

.post-card__image img {
    object-fit: cover;
}

/* Post Card Read More */
.post-card__read-more {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    gap: var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);
}

/* Match core button look when cards render without core/button on the page */
.post-card .wp-block-button__link.wp-element-button {
    box-sizing: border-box;
    min-height: 50px;
    display: inline-flex;
    line-height: 1;
    word-break: normal;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    text-align: center;
    padding-top: 0;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    transition-property: background-color, border-color, color;
    transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(0.25, 0.1, 0.25, 1);
    transition-duration: .15s;
}

/* Hover Styles — turquoise button, no image zoom (WCAG motion) */
.post-card:hover .post-card__read-more-icon {
    background: var(--wp--preset--color--secondary);
    color: var(--wp--preset--color--base);
}
.post-card:hover .wp-block-button__link.wp-element-button {
    background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--secondary);
    border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--secondary);
    color: var(--wp--preset--color--base);
}

/* Section Styles — class may sit on a parent section or on the card inner */
.is-style-section-base-variant .post-card__read-more::before,
.post-card .is-style-section-base-variant .post-card__read-more::before {
    background: var(--wp--preset--color--base);
}

.is-style-section-base-variant .post-card,
.post-card:has(.is-style-section-base-variant) {
    background-color: var(--base);
}

.is-style-section-base-variant .post-card .wp-block-button__link.wp-element-button,
.post-card .is-style-section-base-variant .wp-block-button__link.wp-element-button {
    border: 2px solid var(--contrast);
    background-color: transparent;
    color: var(--contrast);
}

.is-style-section-base-variant .post-card:hover .wp-block-button__link.wp-element-button,
.post-card:has(.is-style-section-base-variant):hover .wp-block-button__link.wp-element-button {
    border-color: var(--wp--preset--color--secondary);
    background-color: var(--wp--preset--color--secondary);
    color: var(--base);
}