diff --git a/src/govoplan_access/backend/api/v1/auth.py b/src/govoplan_access/backend/api/v1/auth.py
index d2b6353..7013b20 100644
--- a/src/govoplan_access/backend/api/v1/auth.py
+++ b/src/govoplan_access/backend/api/v1/auth.py
@@ -1013,7 +1013,8 @@ def update_profile(
             next_settings["ui"] = UserUiPreferences().model_dump()
         else:
             appearance = _effective_appearance_info(session, tenant=context.tenant, user=context.user)
-            stored_palette = _user_ui_preferences(context.user.settings).palette
+            stored_preferences = _user_ui_preferences(context.user.settings)
+            stored_palette = stored_preferences.palette
             if (
                 appearance.locked
                 and payload.ui_preferences.palette is not None
@@ -1023,6 +1024,17 @@ def update_profile(
                     status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT,
                     detail="The effective appearance policy locks the palette.",
                 )
+            requested_overrides = payload.ui_preferences.appearance_overrides
+            if (
+                "appearance_overrides" in payload.ui_preferences.model_fields_set
+                and not appearance.custom_overrides_allowed
+                and requested_overrides is not None
+                and requested_overrides != stored_preferences.appearance_overrides
+            ):
+                raise HTTPException(
+                    status_code=status.HTTP_422_UNPROCESSABLE_CONTENT,
+                    detail="The effective appearance policy does not allow personal custom overrides.",
+                )
             if (
                 payload.ui_preferences.navigation is not None
                 and payload.ui_preferences.navigation.locked
diff --git a/src/govoplan_access/backend/manifest.py b/src/govoplan_access/backend/manifest.py
index 187a561..5fe6c30 100644
--- a/src/govoplan_access/backend/manifest.py
+++ b/src/govoplan_access/backend/manifest.py
@@ -304,13 +304,18 @@ ACCESS_DOCUMENTATION: tuple[DocumentationTopic, ...] = (
     DocumentationTopic(
         id="access.reference.effective-appearance",
         title="Understand the effective appearance source",
-        summary="The authenticated profile explains whether the active palette comes from the user, tenant, system, or a policy lock.",
+        summary="The authenticated profile explains the effective palette, policy lock, and governed personal token overrides.",
         body=(
             "An explicit personal palette normally wins over tenant and system defaults. "
             "Resetting it stores inheritance, not a copy of the current default. A tenant "
             "policy lock suppresses personal choices; a system lock suppresses both tenant "
             "and personal choices. Access enforces the lock during profile writes and returns "
-            "the effective palette, source, inherited value, and lock state on full profile responses."
+            "the effective palette, source, inherited value, and lock state on full profile responses. "
+            "Advanced accent, surface, and status overrides are accepted only when the system opts in, "
+            "the tenant does not block them, and neither palette scope is locked. Both light and dark "
+            "documents are versioned and validated atomically for hexadecimal values, WCAG AA paired "
+            "contrast, and distinct status colors. Invalid or disallowed documents are never partially "
+            "applied; users may still remove an inactive stored override to return to inheritance."
         ),
         layer="always",
         documentation_types=("admin", "user"),