Hemma uses colour to communicate meaning, not decoration. Every coloured badge, border, or dot in the product carries a specific intent. This page is the key.
There are seven signal levels, from calm to urgent:
| Level | What it means | Typical triggers |
|---|---|---|
| Celebrate | A real milestone. Sushi tonight. | Phase complete, permit approved, handover done |
| Success | Small win. Everything is fine. | Invoice paid, document processed, budget on track |
| Neutral | Moving along, nothing to see. | Default state, processing, in progress |
| Notice | Worth a glance when you pass. | Invoice due in about two weeks, new contractor added |
| Warning | Put this on your todo list. | Invoice due in the next few days, AI extracted something unexpected |
| Urgent | Do this today. | Invoice overdue, budget nearly exceeded |
| Critical | Drop everything. Hard failures only. | Budget exceeded, payment failed |
Signal colours from AI output are capped at Urgent. Hemma's AI can flag something as Urgent — do this today — but it can never set a Critical signal on its own. Critical is reserved for objective system failures (a budget hard-exceeded by a confirmed invoice, a failed payment). The distinction matters: AI can be wrong; hard facts cannot.
Celebrate is for meaningful milestones — the moments worth marking. A phase complete, a permit approved, the last invoice paid on the whole project. Success covers smaller wins — an individual invoice paid, a document processed cleanly.
If everything in your project got a Celebrate signal, nothing would feel special.
Why is my budget card showing Warning when the total looks fine? The signal reflects the current committed spend — the sum of invoiced and quoted amounts — against the budgeted line. If quoted amounts push the line close to its limit, Warning appears even if nothing is paid yet.
Can I change the signal threshold for my project? Not currently. The thresholds are calibrated to the Belgian construction context and apply uniformly.