diff --git a/ar-aging-app/frontend/src/pages/Login.tsx b/ar-aging-app/frontend/src/pages/Login.tsx
index f9da737..184266d 100644
--- a/ar-aging-app/frontend/src/pages/Login.tsx
+++ b/ar-aging-app/frontend/src/pages/Login.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 import { FormEvent, useState } from "react";
-import { Landmark, LogIn } from "lucide-react";
+import { BadgeCheck, Eye, EyeOff, Landmark, Lock, LogIn, ShieldCheck, User } from "lucide-react";
 import { Spinner } from "../components/ui";
 import { useAuth } from "../auth";
 
+/**
+ * Sign-in screen: navy brand panel (desktop) + form on the app canvas.
+ * Uses the app's "ledgr" tokens — periwinkle primary, navy, lavender canvas — so the
+ * login feels like the first screen of the dashboard, not a bolt-on.
+ */
 export default function Login() {
   const { login } = useAuth();
   const [username, setUsername] = useState("");
   const [password, setPassword] = useState("");
+  const [showPw, setShowPw] = useState(false);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [busy, setBusy] = useState(false);
 
@@ -24,41 +30,147 @@ export default function Login() {
   };
 
   return (
-    <div className="h-full bg-canvas flex items-center justify-center p-4">
-      <div className="card w-full max-w-sm p-6 shadow-pop">
-        <div className="flex items-center gap-2.5 mb-5">
-          <span className="inline-flex items-center justify-center w-9 h-9 rounded-xl bg-primary text-white">
-            <Landmark size={18} />
+    <div className="min-h-full flex bg-canvas">
+      {/* ---------------- brand panel (desktop) ---------------- */}
+      <aside
+        className="hidden lg:flex flex-col justify-between w-[44%] max-w-xl p-12 text-white relative overflow-hidden bg-navy"
+        style={{
+          backgroundImage: `
+            radial-gradient(52rem 30rem at -10% -20%, rgba(109,93,232,0.45), transparent 60%),
+            radial-gradient(40rem 26rem at 110% 115%, rgba(201,195,245,0.22), transparent 60%),
+            linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,0.045) 1px, transparent 1px),
+            linear-gradient(90deg, rgba(255,255,255,0.045) 1px, transparent 1px)`,
+          backgroundSize: "auto, auto, 100% 3.25rem, 3.25rem 100%",
+        }}
+      >
+        <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
+          <span className="inline-flex items-center justify-center w-11 h-11 rounded-2xl bg-primary text-white shadow-pop">
+            <Landmark size={22} />
           </span>
           <div>
-            <div className="text-sm font-semibold leading-tight text-ink">Amazon A/R Aging</div>
-            <div className="text-[11px] text-muted">Month-End Closing · sign in</div>
+            <div className="text-base font-semibold leading-tight">Amazon A/R Aging</div>
+            <div className="text-xs text-lavender">Month-End Closing · Utopia Brands Finance</div>
           </div>
         </div>
 
-        <form onSubmit={submit} className="space-y-3">
-          <div>
-            <label className="label" htmlFor="login-user">Username</label>
-            <input id="login-user" className="input" autoComplete="username" autoFocus
-              value={username} onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)} />
-          </div>
-          <div>
-            <label className="label" htmlFor="login-pw">Password</label>
-            <input id="login-pw" className="input" type="password" autoComplete="current-password"
-              value={password} onChange={(e) => setPassword(e.target.value)} />
-          </div>
-          {error && <p className="text-sm text-bad">{error}</p>}
-          <button className="btn-primary w-full justify-center" type="submit"
-            disabled={busy || !username.trim() || !password}>
-            {busy ? <Spinner /> : <LogIn size={16} />} Sign in
-          </button>
-        </form>
+        <div className="max-w-md">
+          <h1 className="text-3xl xl:text-4xl font-semibold leading-tight [text-wrap:balance]">
+            Every month closed, checked, and accounted for.
+          </h1>
+          <p className="mt-4 text-sm leading-relaxed text-lavender-soft/90">
+            Upload the month's Amazon transaction files and get the full receivable
+            position — settlements, aging, journal entry, and the audit trail behind
+            every figure.
+          </p>
 
-        <p className="text-[11px] text-muted mt-4">
-          Accounts are created by the administrator on the server
-          (<span className="num">manage.py add-user</span>) — there is no self-signup.
+          <ul className="mt-8 space-y-3 text-sm">
+            {[
+              { Icon: ShieldCheck, text: "Processed on the company server — financial data never leaves" },
+              { Icon: BadgeCheck, text: "Six month-end controls gate every published figure" },
+            ].map(({ Icon, text }) => (
+              <li key={text} className="flex items-start gap-3">
+                <span className="mt-0.5 inline-flex items-center justify-center w-6 h-6 rounded-lg bg-white/10 text-lavender shrink-0">
+                  <Icon size={14} />
+                </span>
+                <span className="text-lavender-soft/90 leading-snug">{text}</span>
+              </li>
+            ))}
+          </ul>
+        </div>
+
+        <p className="text-[11px] text-lavender/60">
+          Amazon-only · 13 marketplaces · reconciles to the cent
         </p>
-      </div>
+      </aside>
+
+      {/* ---------------- sign-in form ---------------- */}
+      <main
+        className="flex-1 flex items-center justify-center p-6 sm:p-10"
+        style={{
+          backgroundImage:
+            "radial-gradient(38rem 24rem at 85% -10%, rgba(109,93,232,0.10), transparent 65%)",
+        }}
+      >
+        <div className="w-full max-w-sm motion-safe:animate-[login-in_.45s_ease-out]">
+          {/* compact brand header for mobile, where the panel is hidden */}
+          <div className="lg:hidden flex items-center gap-2.5 mb-8">
+            <span className="inline-flex items-center justify-center w-9 h-9 rounded-xl bg-primary text-white shadow-card">
+              <Landmark size={18} />
+            </span>
+            <div>
+              <div className="text-sm font-semibold leading-tight text-ink">Amazon A/R Aging</div>
+              <div className="text-[11px] text-muted">Month-End Closing</div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+
+          <h2 className="text-2xl font-semibold text-ink">Welcome back</h2>
+          <p className="mt-1 text-sm text-subink">Sign in to continue to this month's closing.</p>
+
+          <form onSubmit={submit} className="mt-8 space-y-4">
+            <div>
+              <label className="label" htmlFor="login-user">Username</label>
+              <div className="relative">
+                <User size={16} className="absolute left-3.5 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 text-faint pointer-events-none" />
+                <input
+                  id="login-user"
+                  className="input pl-10 py-2.5"
+                  placeholder="you@utopiabrands.com"
+                  autoComplete="username"
+                  autoFocus
+                  value={username}
+                  onChange={(e) => setUsername(e.target.value)}
+                />
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            <div>
+              <label className="label" htmlFor="login-pw">Password</label>
+              <div className="relative">
+                <Lock size={16} className="absolute left-3.5 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 text-faint pointer-events-none" />
+                <input
+                  id="login-pw"
+                  className="input pl-10 pr-11 py-2.5"
+                  type={showPw ? "text" : "password"}
+                  autoComplete="current-password"
+                  value={password}
+                  onChange={(e) => setPassword(e.target.value)}
+                />
+                <button
+                  type="button"
+                  aria-label={showPw ? "Hide password" : "Show password"}
+                  className="absolute right-2 top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 p-1.5 rounded-lg text-faint hover:text-subink hover:bg-neutralbg transition-colors"
+                  onClick={() => setShowPw((v) => !v)}
+                  tabIndex={-1}
+                >
+                  {showPw ? <EyeOff size={16} /> : <Eye size={16} />}
+                </button>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+
+            {error && (
+              <div className="rounded-xl border border-bad/30 bg-badbg/60 px-3.5 py-2.5 text-sm text-bad">
+                {error}
+              </div>
+            )}
+
+            <button
+              className="btn-primary w-full justify-center py-2.5 text-[15px]"
+              type="submit"
+              disabled={busy || !username.trim() || !password}
+            >
+              {busy ? <Spinner /> : <LogIn size={16} />} Sign in
+            </button>
+          </form>
+
+          <p className="mt-8 text-xs text-muted leading-relaxed">
+            No account or forgot your password? Ask the administrator — accounts are
+            created and reset on the server, never self-service.
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      </main>
+
+      {/* one-time entrance; browsers honouring reduced motion skip it via motion-safe */}
+      <style>{`@keyframes login-in { from { opacity: 0; transform: translateY(10px); } to { opacity: 1; transform: none; } }`}</style>
     </div>
   );
 }