diff --git a/webviews/test/agent-pane-turn-tokens-muted-browser.test.tsx b/webviews/test/agent-pane-turn-tokens-muted-browser.test.tsx
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+// The running turn's token count reads quieter than its words (agent-pane-turn-tokens-muted.test.tsx),
+// resolved in Chromium from the real stylesheets under a host theme: "Working for 35s" and
+// "Thinking" in the theme's secondary text, "· 679.9K tokens" in its tertiary, in tabular numerals.
+import { describe, expect, setDefaultTimeout, test } from "bun:test";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { chromium, type Browser } from "playwright";
+import { requireBrowserLane } from "./support/requireBrowserLane";
+import { tokenLines, tokenLineMarkup } from "./support/turnTokenLines";
+
+await requireBrowserLane("agent-pane-turn-tokens-muted-browser.test.tsx", async () => {
+  setDefaultTimeout(60_000);
+  let browser: Browser;
+  try {
+    browser = await chromium.launch({ headless: true });
+  } catch {
+    console.warn("agent-pane-turn-tokens-muted-browser: skipping (run `bunx playwright install chromium`)");
+    describe.skip("turn tokens muted", () => test("chromium", () => {}));
+    return;
+  }
+  const src = path.resolve(import.meta.dir, "../src");
+  const css = [
+    "agent-session/shared/styles.css",
+    "agent-session/acpmux/styles.css",
+    "agent-session/acpmux/conversation/conversation.css",
+  ]
+    .map((file) => readFileSync(path.join(src, file), "utf8"))
+    .join("\n");
+  // The host's theme (AgentPaneTheme.swift: mutedText is textSecondary, softText textTertiary).
+  const theme =
+    "--agent-text: rgb(230, 230, 230); --agent-muted: rgb(160, 160, 170); --agent-soft: rgb(110, 110, 120);";
+
+  describe("the count reads quieter than the line's words", () => {
+    for (const [name, line] of Object.entries(tokenLines))
+      test(name, async () => {
+        const page = await browser.newPage();
+        try {
+          // The static status look: the word Thinking holds still in its muted color, no band.
+          await page.setContent(
+            `<html data-status-indicators="static" style="${theme}"><head><style>${css}</style></head>` +
+              `<body>${tokenLineMarkup(line)}</body></html>`,
+          );
+          const looks = await page.evaluate(() => {
+            const style = (selector: string) => getComputedStyle(document.querySelector(selector)!);
+            return {
+              words: style(".cv-thinking, .cv-worked__label").color,
+              tokens: style(".cv-worked__tokens").color,
+              sep: style(".cv-worked__sep").color,
+              numerals: style(".cv-worked__tokens").fontVariantNumeric,
+            };
+          });
+          expect(looks.words).toBe("rgb(160, 160, 170)");
+          expect(looks.tokens).toBe("rgb(110, 110, 120)");
+          expect(looks.sep).toBe(looks.tokens);
+          expect(looks.numerals).toContain("tabular-nums");
+        } finally {
+          await page.close();
+        }
+      });
+    test("closes the browser", async () => {
+      await browser.close();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/webviews/test/agent-pane-turn-tokens-muted.test.tsx b/webviews/test/agent-pane-turn-tokens-muted.test.tsx
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+// The running turn's token count is secondary to its words (Leo, 2026-10-21: "the token font
+// shouldnt be this same color"). "Working for 35s" (or "Thinking 35s") keeps the line's muted color;
+// "· 679.9K tokens" after it takes the tool rows' quieter one, the theme's tertiary text
+// (`--cv-text-dim`, `--agent-soft`, the host's textTertiary), never a literal color, in tabular
+// numerals so the count ticks in place. Both lines that say it, the Codex layout's live line at the
+// bottom (Thinking.tsx) and the line over the turn with that layout off (WorkingFor.tsx), draw the
+// count in the same span, so one rule covers both. agent-pane-turn-tokens-muted-browser.test.tsx
+// resolves the real stylesheets in Chromium.
+import { expect, test } from "bun:test";
+import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import path from "node:path";
+import { tokenLines, tokenLineMarkup } from "./support/turnTokenLines";
+
+const conversationCss = readFileSync(
+  path.resolve(import.meta.dir, "../src/agent-session/acpmux/conversation/conversation.css"),
+  "utf8",
+);
+/// The declarations of the rule whose selector is exactly `selector`.
+const rule = (selector: string) => {
+  const at = conversationCss.indexOf(`\n${selector} {`);
+  if (at < 0) throw new Error(`conversation.css has no rule for ${selector}`);
+  return conversationCss.slice(at, conversationCss.indexOf("}", at));
+};
+
+for (const [name, line] of Object.entries(tokenLines))
+  test(`${name}: the count is its own span, which the quieter rule keys on`, () => {
+    const html = tokenLineMarkup(line);
+    expect(html).toContain(
+      '<span class="cv-worked__count"><span class="cv-worked__sep" aria-hidden="true">·</span><span class="cv-worked__tokens">679.9K tokens</span></span>',
+    );
+    // The line's words come before the count's span, outside it.
+    expect(html.indexOf("cv-worked__count")).toBeGreaterThan(html.search(/Working for|Thinking/));
+  });
+
+test("the count takes the theme's tertiary text token, in tabular numerals, never a literal color", () => {
+  const tokens = rule(".cv-worked__count:has(> .cv-worked__tokens)");
+  expect(tokens).toContain("color: var(--cv-text-dim);");
+  expect(tokens).toContain("font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;");
+  expect(tokens).not.toMatch(/#[0-9a-f]{3,8}\b|rgba?\(|hsla?\(|oklch\(/i);
+  // The line's words keep the muted (secondary) token; the count's is the tertiary one.
+  expect(rule(".cv-worked")).toContain("color: var(--cv-text-muted);");
+  expect(conversationCss).toContain("--cv-text-muted: var(--agent-muted);");
+  expect(conversationCss).toContain("--cv-text-dim: var(--agent-soft);");
+});
diff --git a/webviews/test/support/turnTokenLines.tsx b/webviews/test/support/turnTokenLines.tsx
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+// l10n-allow-file: test fixtures, not shipped UI.
+// The two lines that say a running turn's tokens, at 35s and 679,900 tokens: the Codex layout's live
+// line at the bottom (Thinking.tsx) and the line over the turn with that layout off (WorkingFor.tsx).
+import type { ReactElement } from "react";
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from "react-dom/server";
+import { Thinking } from "../../src/agent-session/acpmux/conversation/Thinking";
+import {
+  WorkingCountsContext,
+  WorkingFor,
+  type WorkingCounts,
+} from "../../src/agent-session/acpmux/conversation/WorkingFor";
+import type { AcpmuxRow } from "../../src/agent-session/acpmux/model";
+
+const START = Date.UTC(2026, 9, 21, 9, 0, 0);
+const now = () => START + 35_000;
+const counts: WorkingCounts = {
+  agents: 0,
+  commands: 0,
+  sessions: 0,
+  openAgents: () => {},
+  openCommands: () => {},
+  openSessions: () => {},
+  tokens: 679_900,
+};
+const working: AcpmuxRow = { id: "working", kind: "working", version: 1, at: START };
+
+export const tokenLines: Record<string, ReactElement> = {
+  "the live line at the bottom (Thinking.tsx)": <Thinking since={START} now={now} below />,
+  "the line over the turn (WorkingFor.tsx)": <WorkingFor row={working} now={now} />,
+};
+
+export const tokenLineMarkup = (line: ReactElement) =>
+  renderToStaticMarkup(<WorkingCountsContext.Provider value={counts}>{line}</WorkingCountsContext.Provider>);