diff --git a/web/src/features/pause/PauseWidget.tsx b/web/src/features/pause/PauseWidget.tsx
index 76b448d..758e19e 100644
--- a/web/src/features/pause/PauseWidget.tsx
+++ b/web/src/features/pause/PauseWidget.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useMutation, useQuery, useQueryClient } from "@tanstack/react-query";
+import * as stylex from "@stylexjs/stylex";
 import { pauseMutation, pauseQuery } from "@/lib/queries";
 import InlineError from "@/lib/InlineError";
-import { buttonClass, insetFocusRing } from "@/ui/classes";
+import { styles as shared } from "@/ui/styles";
+import { colors } from "@/ui/tokens.stylex";
 
 const DURATIONS = [
 	{ label: "60 seconds", seconds: 60 },
@@ -11,6 +13,72 @@ const DURATIONS = [
 	{ label: "Indefinitely", seconds: null },
 ] as const;
 
+const styles = stylex.create({
+	/**
+	 * Disabled text darkens in light scheme and lightens in dark, the opposite
+	 * direction from `textMuted`, so the token cannot express it.
+	 */
+	trigger: {
+		color: {
+			default: null,
+			":disabled": "oklch(70.5% 0.015 286.067)",
+			"@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark)": { default: null, ":disabled": "oklch(44.2% 0.017 285.786)" },
+		},
+	},
+	pausedRow: {
+		display: "flex",
+		flexDirection: "column",
+		alignItems: "flex-end",
+	},
+	pausedControls: {
+		display: "flex",
+		alignItems: "center",
+		gap: "0.5rem",
+	},
+	/**
+	 * Amber as standalone text on the app ground, not inside a warning banner, so
+	 * the `warn*` tokens — tuned against `warnSurface` — do not apply here.
+	 */
+	pausedLabel: {
+		fontSize: "0.875rem",
+		lineHeight: "1.25rem",
+		color: {
+			default: "oklch(55.5% 0.163 48.998)",
+			"@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark)": "oklch(82.8% 0.189 84.429)",
+		},
+	},
+	anchor: {
+		position: "relative",
+	},
+	menu: {
+		position: "absolute",
+		right: 0,
+		top: "100%",
+		zIndex: 10,
+		marginTop: "0.25rem",
+		display: "flex",
+		width: "9rem",
+		flexDirection: "column",
+		borderRadius: "0.25rem",
+		borderWidth: 1,
+		borderStyle: "solid",
+		borderColor: colors.border,
+		backgroundColor: colors.surfaceRaised,
+		paddingBlock: "0.25rem",
+		boxShadow: "0 1px 3px 0 rgb(0 0 0 / 0.1), 0 1px 2px -1px rgb(0 0 0 / 0.1)",
+	},
+	menuItem: {
+		borderStyle: "none",
+		backgroundColor: { default: "transparent", ":hover": colors.surfaceHover },
+		color: "inherit",
+		paddingInline: "0.75rem",
+		paddingBlock: "0.375rem",
+		textAlign: "left",
+		fontSize: "0.875rem",
+		lineHeight: "1.25rem",
+	},
+});
+
 export function formatRemaining(totalSeconds: number): string {
 	const clamped = Math.max(0, totalSeconds);
 	const hours = Math.floor(clamped / 3600);
@@ -35,8 +103,6 @@ function useNowSeconds(active: boolean): number {
 	return now;
 }
 
-const triggerButtonClass = `${buttonClass} disabled:text-zinc-400 dark:disabled:text-zinc-600`;
-
 export default function PauseWidget() {
 	const queryClient = useQueryClient();
 	const { data } = useQuery({
@@ -52,7 +118,7 @@ export default function PauseWidget() {
 
 	if (data === undefined) {
 		return (
-			<button type="button" disabled className={triggerButtonClass}>
+			<button type="button" disabled {...stylex.props(shared.button, styles.trigger, shared.focusRing)}>
 				Pause
 			</button>
 		);
@@ -60,16 +126,16 @@ export default function PauseWidget() {
 
 	if (data.paused) {
 		return (
-			<div className="flex flex-col items-end">
-				<div className="flex items-center gap-2">
-					<span className="text-sm text-amber-700 dark:text-amber-400">
+			<div {...stylex.props(styles.pausedRow)}>
+				<div {...stylex.props(styles.pausedControls)}>
+					<span {...stylex.props(styles.pausedLabel)}>
 						{data.until === null ? "Paused" : `Paused ${formatRemaining(data.until - now)}`}
 					</span>
 					<button
 						type="button"
 						onClick={() => mutation.mutate({ paused: false })}
 						disabled={mutation.isPending}
-						className={triggerButtonClass}
+						{...stylex.props(shared.button, styles.trigger, shared.focusRing)}
 					>
 						Resume
 					</button>
@@ -81,7 +147,7 @@ export default function PauseWidget() {
 
 	return (
 		<div
-			className="relative"
+			{...stylex.props(styles.anchor)}
 			onKeyDown={(e) => {
 				if (e.key === "Escape") setMenuOpen(false);
 			}}
@@ -92,15 +158,12 @@ export default function PauseWidget() {
 				aria-controls="pause-menu"
 				onClick={() => setMenuOpen((open) => !open)}
 				disabled={mutation.isPending}
-				className={triggerButtonClass}
+				{...stylex.props(shared.button, styles.trigger, shared.focusRing)}
 			>
 				Pause
 			</button>
 			{menuOpen && (
-				<div
-					id="pause-menu"
-					className="absolute right-0 top-full z-10 mt-1 flex w-36 flex-col rounded border border-zinc-200 bg-white py-1 shadow dark:border-zinc-800 dark:bg-zinc-900"
-				>
+				<div id="pause-menu" {...stylex.props(styles.menu)}>
 					{DURATIONS.map(({ label, seconds }) => (
 						<button
 							key={label}
@@ -111,7 +174,7 @@ export default function PauseWidget() {
 									seconds === null ? { paused: true } : { paused: true, duration_seconds: seconds },
 								);
 							}}
-							className={`px-3 py-1.5 text-left text-sm hover:bg-zinc-100 ${insetFocusRing} dark:hover:bg-zinc-800`}
+							{...stylex.props(styles.menuItem, shared.insetFocusRing)}
 						>
 							{label}
 						</button>
diff --git a/web/src/ui/styles.ts b/web/src/ui/styles.ts
index aa49ffa..5e1b5c6 100644
--- a/web/src/ui/styles.ts
+++ b/web/src/ui/styles.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ import { colors } from "./tokens.stylex";
 const FOCUS = ":focus-visible";
 const DISABLED = ":disabled";
 
+/** The half-fade loop a placeholder runs while its data is in flight. */
+const pulseFrames = stylex.keyframes({
+	"50%": { opacity: 0.5 },
+});
+
 export const styles = stylex.create({
 	/** The ring drawn outside the element. */
 	focusRing: {
@@ -151,6 +156,13 @@ export const styles = stylex.create({
 		color: colors.dangerText,
 	},
 
+	/** Marks an element as waiting on data. Carries no colour of its own. */
+	pulse: {
+		animationName: pulseFrames,
+		animationDuration: "2s",
+		animationTimingFunction: "cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.6, 1)",
+		animationIterationCount: "infinite",
+	},
 	/** Digits of equal width, so a column of counts does not jitter as it updates. */
 	tabularNums: {
 		fontVariantNumeric: "tabular-nums",
diff --git a/web/src/ui/tokens.stylex.ts b/web/src/ui/tokens.stylex.ts
index cea67a7..a15361b 100644
--- a/web/src/ui/tokens.stylex.ts
+++ b/web/src/ui/tokens.stylex.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ export const colors = stylex.defineVars({
 	surface: { default: "oklch(98.5% 0 none)", [DARK]: "oklch(14.1% 0.005 285.823)" },
 	/** Cards, dialogs and inputs sitting on top of the ground. */
 	surfaceRaised: { default: "#fff", [DARK]: "oklch(21% 0.006 285.885)" },
+	/** The fill under a pointer on a nav item or a menu row. */
+	surfaceHover: { default: "oklch(96.7% 0.001 286.375)", [DARK]: "oklch(27.4% 0.006 286.033)" },
 	/** Hairlines between rows and around cards. */
 	border: { default: "oklch(92% 0.004 286.32)", [DARK]: "oklch(27.4% 0.006 286.033)" },
 	/** Control outlines, which need more contrast than a row divider. */