From b0032c72253d141c31318664c1fd75dd0f942723 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "gpt-engineer-app[bot]"
 <159125892+gpt-engineer-app[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 22:11:52 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Changes

---
 src/components/HeroSection.tsx | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/HeroSection.tsx b/src/components/HeroSection.tsx
index 8a0e59f..cfad7b4 100644
--- a/src/components/HeroSection.tsx
+++ b/src/components/HeroSection.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ const HeroSection = () => {
         className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 bg-cover bg-center opacity-40"
         style={{ backgroundImage: `url(${heroBakeryImage})` }}
       />
-      <div className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 bg-background/60" />
+      {/* Keep contrast for text without washing out the image (can look like "empty" beige sides) */}
+      <div className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-0 bg-background/25" />
       
       <div className="animate-fade-up max-w-4xl relative z-10 px-6 py-16">
         <img