diff --git a/src/components/NowPlaying.svelte b/src/components/NowPlaying.svelte
index 27f91c6..7ec0fc8 100644
--- a/src/components/NowPlaying.svelte
+++ b/src/components/NowPlaying.svelte
@@ -1291,7 +1291,7 @@
                 <PlaylistMenu
                     compact
                     align="right"
-                    iconSize={15}
+                    iconSize={16}
                     title="Add this track to a playlist"
                     tracks={() => [
                         {
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@
                  only ACTION that did, so it comes up here rather than being
                  lost with it. -->
             {#if isStream && currentItem?.stream}
-                <SaveMenu align="down" />
+                <SaveMenu align="down" iconSize={16} />
             {/if}
             {#if isStream}
                 <span class="hairline" class:seek={hairlineSeeking} class:done={cached} style="--buf:{bufferPct}%"><i></i></span>
@@ -1855,11 +1855,16 @@
         background: var(--glass-surface);
         box-shadow: var(--glass-ring);
     }
-    :global(:root.glass) .np-icon:hover,
-    :global(:root.glass) .row:hover,
-    :global(:root.glass) .np-head :global(.plm-trigger:hover) {
+    :global(:root.glass) .row:hover {
         background: var(--glass-hover);
     }
+    /* The header chrome keeps its 0.12 veil under glass too (the spec above)
+       — this exists only to outrank SaveMenu's own glass hover rule, which
+       otherwise wins on specificity and dims the save disc to 0.08. */
+    :global(:root.glass) .np-head :global(.save-icon:hover),
+    :global(:root.glass) .np-head :global(.save-icon.on) {
+        background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12);
+    }
     /* Artwork wells: what is visible while a cover loads, or in place of one
        that never arrives. */
     :global(:root.glass) .cover,
@@ -2239,25 +2244,34 @@
         text-overflow: ellipsis;
         text-shadow: 0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.35);
     }
+    /* Panel-top chrome spec (2026-08-31, Kyle's consistency audit): every
+       28px CIRCLE, white glyph at rest, white-veil hover — byte-for-byte the
+       glass bar's .arrow language, in both modes (0.12 is the established
+       chrome-position veil; --bg-highlight was an opaque slab under glass
+       and --glass-hover reads as nothing up here). */
     .np-icon {
         display: grid;
         place-items: center;
         width: 28px;
         height: 28px;
-        border-radius: 6px;
-        color: var(--text-secondary);
+        border-radius: 50%;
+        color: #fff;
     }
-    .np-icon:hover { background: var(--bg-highlight); color: var(--text-primary); }
-    /* The add-to-playlist trigger wears the header-icon look exactly. */
-    .np-head :global(.plm-trigger) {
+    .np-icon:hover { background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12); }
+    /* The add-to-playlist and save triggers wear the header-icon look
+       exactly (SaveMenu's own 34px box is the playbar's — overridden here). */
+    .np-head :global(.plm-trigger),
+    .np-head :global(.save-icon) {
         width: 28px;
         height: 28px;
-        border-radius: 6px;
-        color: var(--text-secondary);
+        border-radius: 50%;
+        color: #fff;
     }
-    .np-head :global(.plm-trigger:hover) {
-        background: var(--bg-highlight);
-        color: var(--text-primary);
+    .np-head :global(.plm-trigger:hover),
+    .np-head :global(.save-icon:hover),
+    .np-head :global(.save-icon.on) {
+        background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.12);
+        color: #fff;
     }
 
     .np-scroll {
diff --git a/src/components/SaveMenu.svelte b/src/components/SaveMenu.svelte
index 7d4ae68..e6e1601 100644
--- a/src/components/SaveMenu.svelte
+++ b/src/components/SaveMenu.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@
     import Icon from "./Icon.svelte";
 
     // align hint: "down" (panel) or "up" (player bar). Auto-flips if needed.
-    let { align = "down" } = $props();
+    // iconSize: the playbar keeps the 18px transport glyph; the Now Playing
+    // header passes 16 to match the panel-top chrome spec (28px circle,
+    // 16px glyph — see the np-head overrides there).
+    let { align = "down", iconSize = 18 } = $props();
 
     const currentItem = $derived(player.queue[player.queueIndex] ?? null);
     const isStream = $derived(!!currentItem?.stream);
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@
             title="Save to library"
             onclick={onClick}
         >
-            <Icon name="download" size={18} />
+            <Icon name="download" size={iconSize} />
         </button>
     </span>