From 27fb0a763b5074418c8a55f1fda9660476c4d167 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Carpenter <alex.carpenter@clerk.dev>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 09:57:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] refactor(ui): Improve ActionCard shadow

---
 packages/ui/src/baseTheme.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/ui/src/baseTheme.ts b/packages/ui/src/baseTheme.ts
index ed85bffb7f0..c4ccb3b8018 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/baseTheme.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/baseTheme.ts
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ const clerkTheme: Appearance = {
       },
       actionCard: {
         borderWidth: 0,
-        boxShadow: `${theme.shadows.$actionCardShadow}, ${BORDER_SHADOW_LENGTH} ${theme.colors.$borderAlpha100}`,
+        boxShadow: `0px 0px 2px 0px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08), 0px 1px 2px 0px rgba(25, 28, 33, 0.12), 0px 0px 0px 1px ${theme.colors.$borderAlpha100}`,
       },
       table: {
         borderWidth: 0,

From 4f41ad951fc04d8ef13d526b82cbfb68bd204ff3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Carpenter <alex.carpenter@clerk.dev>
Date: Fri, 22 May 2026 09:58:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Create simplify-action-card-shadow.md

---
 .changeset/simplify-action-card-shadow.md | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/simplify-action-card-shadow.md

diff --git a/.changeset/simplify-action-card-shadow.md b/.changeset/simplify-action-card-shadow.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b87f07a8fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/simplify-action-card-shadow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@clerk/ui": patch
+---
+
+Simplify ActionCard shadow styling.