diff --git a/src/lib/admin-theme-source-audit.test.ts b/src/lib/admin-theme-source-audit.test.ts
index a62cdce7..49aba5f0 100644
--- a/src/lib/admin-theme-source-audit.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/admin-theme-source-audit.test.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,23 @@ const GRAPHICAL_ALLOWLIST = [
   "src/components/admin/catalog/items-shop-preview.tsx",
 ];
 
+const DATA_COLOR_ALLOWLIST = [
+  "src/app/admin/alerts/page.tsx",
+  "src/app/admin/banners/banners-manager.tsx",
+  "src/app/admin/events/events-table.tsx",
+  "src/app/admin/events/types/event-types-manager.tsx",
+  "src/app/admin/favicon/favicon-generator.tsx",
+  "src/app/admin/help-questions/new/page.tsx",
+  "src/app/admin/help-questions/[id]/page.tsx",
+  "src/app/admin/prefixes/prefixes-client.tsx",
+  "src/app/admin/tags/page.tsx",
+  "src/app/admin/teams/page.tsx",
+  "src/app/admin/theme/page.tsx",
+];
+
+const PUBLIC_STRUCTURAL_TOKEN = /var\(--(?:color-(?:background|surface|dropdown|navbar|navbar-text|text|text-muted|primary|primary-hover)|border-subtle|border-color)\)/g;
+const HARDCODED_UI_PALETTE = /(?:text|bg|border|ring|from|to|via)-(?:slate|gray|zinc|neutral|stone|red|orange|amber|yellow|lime|green|emerald|teal|cyan|sky|blue|indigo|violet|purple|fuchsia|pink|rose)-(?:[1-9]00|50)(?:\/\d+)?/g;
+
 function sourceFiles(directory: string): string[] {
   return readdirSync(directory, { withFileTypes: true }).flatMap((entry) => {
     const path = join(directory, entry.name);
@@ -31,4 +48,24 @@ describe("admin theme source audit", () => {
     }
     expect(violations).toEqual([]);
   });
+
+  it("keeps admin chrome independent from public structural colors", () => {
+    const violations: string[] = [];
+    for (const root of ROOTS) {
+      for (const file of sourceFiles(root)) {
+        const normalized = relative(process.cwd(), file).replaceAll("\\", "/");
+        if (normalized.endsWith("admin-theme-source-audit.test.ts")) continue;
+        const source = readFileSync(file, "utf8");
+        const risky = [
+          ...(source.match(PUBLIC_STRUCTURAL_TOKEN) ?? []),
+          ...(source.match(HARDCODED_UI_PALETTE) ?? []),
+        ];
+        const filtered = DATA_COLOR_ALLOWLIST.includes(normalized)
+          ? risky.filter((match) => match.startsWith("var("))
+          : risky;
+        if (filtered.length) violations.push(`${normalized}: ${[...new Set(filtered)].join(", ")}`);
+      }
+    }
+    expect(violations).toEqual([]);
+  });
 });