diff --git a/app/components/StepArrow.tsx b/app/components/StepArrow.tsx
index 67c74b7..9bb61e3 100644
--- a/app/components/StepArrow.tsx
+++ b/app/components/StepArrow.tsx
@@ -7,14 +7,16 @@
 // 2. Its color lives in a `var(--stroke-0, #C9C9C9)` CSS custom property
 //    that's scoped to the SVG file's own document when loaded via <img
 //    src>/next/image — un-recolorable from the host page's CSS, so it could
-//    never actually become the brand orange used everywhere else (buttons,
-//    checkmarks, icons). Inline SVG sidesteps that entirely.
+//    never actually become a solid dark color like the rest of this file's
+//    icons. Inline SVG sidesteps that entirely. Stroke color tried brand
+//    orange first, then switched to near-black (#222221, same as
+//    icon-check.svg's original fill) per feedback the same day.
 export function StepArrow({ className }: { className?: string }) {
   return (
     <svg width="40" height="16" viewBox="0 0 40 16" fill="none" aria-hidden="true" className={className}>
       <path
         d="M1 8H33M26 14.5L34.5 8L26 1.5"
-        stroke="#f6a701"
+        stroke="#222221"
         strokeWidth="2.5"
         strokeLinecap="round"
         strokeLinejoin="round"
diff --git a/app/newsletter/components/WeeklyBenefits.tsx b/app/newsletter/components/WeeklyBenefits.tsx
index f395c5e..b7e25dc 100644
--- a/app/newsletter/components/WeeklyBenefits.tsx
+++ b/app/newsletter/components/WeeklyBenefits.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ const benefits = [
   { title: "Motivation & Erinnerung", desc: "Ein freundlicher Schub in die richtige Richtung." },
 ];
 
+// Inline, brand-orange stroke — same fix/reasoning as
+// WeeklyImpulsesHero.tsx's own IconCheck (icon-check.svg's fill can't be
+// recolored from outside the SVG when loaded via <img src>/next/image).
+function IconCheck() {
+  return (
+    <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" className="size-5 shrink-0 mt-0.5">
+      <path d="M4 10.5l4.5 4.5L16 5.5" stroke="#f6a701" strokeWidth="2.2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" />
+    </svg>
+  );
+}
+
 export function WeeklyBenefits() {
   return (
     <section className="w-full bg-bg-base flex flex-col lg:flex-row gap-10 lg:gap-16 items-center py-12 md:py-16 px-[var(--layout-padding-x)]">
@@ -31,7 +42,7 @@ export function WeeklyBenefits() {
         <ul className="flex flex-col gap-4 items-start w-full">
           {benefits.map((b) => (
             <li key={b.title} className="flex gap-[0.625rem] items-start w-full">
-              <Image alt="" src="/icon-check.svg" width={20} height={20} className="size-5 shrink-0 mt-0.5" />
+              <IconCheck />
               <div className="flex flex-col gap-0.5 items-start flex-1 min-w-0">
                 <p className="font-semibold text-body text-text-primary">{b.title}</p>
                 <p className="text-body-sm text-text-muted">{b.desc}</p>
diff --git a/app/newsletter/components/WeeklyImpulsesHero.tsx b/app/newsletter/components/WeeklyImpulsesHero.tsx
index b741b03..637a0c8 100644
--- a/app/newsletter/components/WeeklyImpulsesHero.tsx
+++ b/app/newsletter/components/WeeklyImpulsesHero.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ function LockIcon() {
   );
 }
 
+// Inline, brand-orange stroke — icon-check.svg's fill lives in an internal
+// CSS var that can't be recolored from outside the SVG when loaded via
+// <img src>/next/image, same fix/reasoning as todo-cards's own IconCheck.
+function IconCheck() {
+  return (
+    <svg width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" className="size-5 shrink-0 mt-0.5">
+      <path d="M4 10.5l4.5 4.5L16 5.5" stroke="#f6a701" strokeWidth="2.2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" />
+    </svg>
+  );
+}
+
 const checklist = [
   "Jeden Mittwoch neue Impulse & Tipps",
   "Kurz & knackig – in 5 Minuten gelesen",
@@ -89,8 +100,8 @@ export function WeeklyImpulsesHero() {
 
             <ul className="flex flex-col gap-3 items-start w-full">
               {checklist.map((item) => (
-                <li key={item} className="flex gap-[0.625rem] items-center w-full">
-                  <Image alt="" src="/icon-check.svg" width={20} height={20} className="size-5 shrink-0" />
+                <li key={item} className="flex gap-[0.625rem] items-start w-full">
+                  <IconCheck />
                   <span className="flex-1 text-body text-text-primary">{item}</span>
                 </li>
               ))}
diff --git a/app/todo-cards/components/Pricing.tsx b/app/todo-cards/components/Pricing.tsx
index b2d8c4b..3761f6d 100644
--- a/app/todo-cards/components/Pricing.tsx
+++ b/app/todo-cards/components/Pricing.tsx
@@ -28,8 +28,17 @@ export async function Pricing() {
   const discount = discountPercent(product.price, product.compareAtPrice);
   const taxRate = effectiveTaxRate(product, defaultTaxRate);
   // Same "any vs. every" split as ProductGrid.tsx/ProductSpotlight.tsx.
-  const fullyOutOfStock = product.variants.length > 0 ? product.variants.every((v) => v.outOfStock) : product.outOfStock;
-  const anyLowStock = product.variants.length > 0 ? product.variants.some((v) => v.lowStock) : product.lowStock;
+  // A deactivated product (product.active === false) isn't caught by
+  // either — the shop grid/spotlight filter those out before they'd ever
+  // reach this page, but this page resolves a product regardless of
+  // active status (existing links to it should still 200, see
+  // mapPayloadProduct's own comment in lib/payload.ts) — so it needs its
+  // own explicit check here to read as "Ausverkauft" rather than fully
+  // buyable (fixed 2026-07-24, feedback: deactivated should look
+  // sold-out on its own detail page).
+  const fullyOutOfStock =
+    !product.active || (product.variants.length > 0 ? product.variants.every((v) => v.outOfStock) : product.outOfStock);
+  const anyLowStock = product.active && (product.variants.length > 0 ? product.variants.some((v) => v.lowStock) : product.lowStock);
 
   return (
     <section className="w-full bg-bg-base px-[var(--layout-padding-x)] py-8">
@@ -100,12 +109,17 @@ export async function Pricing() {
               this is an add-to-cart step, not the actual payment step, so
               a payment-security reassurance is premature here and just
               duplicates the one shown later at checkout. */}
+          {/* variants={[]} when deactivated — AddToCartButton's own
+              outOfStock prop is ignored whenever variants is non-empty (it
+              defers to each variant's own outOfStock flag instead, see its
+              currentlyOutOfStock calc), so a deactivated product with
+              in-stock variants would otherwise still render as buyable. */}
           <AddToCartButton
             label="In den Warenkorb"
             className="w-full inline-flex items-center justify-center px-6 py-[0.8125rem] rounded-sm bg-brand hover:bg-brand-hover active:scale-[0.97] transition-all font-bold text-body text-text-primary text-center focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-brand focus-visible:ring-offset-2 focus-visible:ring-offset-bg-muted"
-            outOfStock={product.outOfStock}
+            outOfStock={!product.active || product.outOfStock}
             maxQty={product.maxQty}
-            variants={product.variants}
+            variants={product.active ? product.variants : []}
           />
         </div>
       </Reveal>
diff --git a/app/todo-cards/components/TodoKartenHero.tsx b/app/todo-cards/components/TodoKartenHero.tsx
index 2bc5e29..e099bf5 100644
--- a/app/todo-cards/components/TodoKartenHero.tsx
+++ b/app/todo-cards/components/TodoKartenHero.tsx
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ export async function TodoKartenHero() {
   const discount = product ? discountPercent(product.price, product.compareAtPrice) : null;
   const taxRate = product ? effectiveTaxRate(product, defaultTaxRate) : null;
   // Same "any vs. every" split as ProductGrid.tsx/Pricing.tsx.
-  const anyLowStock = product ? (product.variants.length > 0 ? product.variants.some((v) => v.lowStock) : product.lowStock) : false;
+  const anyLowStock = product
+    ? product.active && (product.variants.length > 0 ? product.variants.some((v) => v.lowStock) : product.lowStock)
+    : false;
 
   return (
     <section className="bg-bg-base w-full overflow-hidden">
@@ -133,7 +135,15 @@ export async function TodoKartenHero() {
             </div>
 
             {product && (
-              <AddToCartButton label="ToDo-Karten bestellen" outOfStock={product.outOfStock} maxQty={product.maxQty} variants={product.variants} />
+              // variants={[]} when deactivated — see Pricing.tsx's own
+              // comment on why AddToCartButton's outOfStock prop alone
+              // isn't enough once variants is non-empty.
+              <AddToCartButton
+                label="ToDo-Karten bestellen"
+                outOfStock={!product.active || product.outOfStock}
+                maxQty={product.maxQty}
+                variants={product.active ? product.variants : []}
+              />
             )}
           </div>
         </Reveal>