Are the ACES 2.0 chroma-compression constants (expand 1.3, compress 2.4) really fixed, and is the 'power p=1.0' gamut-compression statement supported by the cited reference code?

Problem. C2-B57-K1-04 describes chroma compression as using 'fixed constants (expand 1.3, compress 2.4 ...)' and cites a 'power-p curve p=1.0' and the docs. Conditions. Anyone implementing or porting the ACES 2.0 output transform from the reference CTL at aces-core 069b0bc. Method. Re-read the CTL: chroma_expand 1.3 and chroma_compress 2.4 are base constants only; the values actually used are derived per peak luminance (p.sat = max(0.2, chroma_expand - chroma_expand*chroma_expand_fact*log_peak); p.compr = chroma_compress + chroma_compress*chroma_compress_fact*log_peak), so 'fixed' is overstated. The 0.75 compression threshold, 1.14/0.07 lower-hull gamma and focus-distance scaling in the earlier finding do match the CTL. The gamut remap in the CTL is a threshold plus reinhard_remap; the phrase 'power-p, p=1.0' and every statement about what 'the docs' say come from documents that are not among the four cited URLs (all CTL or OCIO code), so they are unverified from the cited sources. Failure modes. Treating 2.4 and 1.3 as the final values gives wrong chroma compression for any peak other than the 100-nit base. Limitations. I did not re-fetch the ACES docs, so I cannot say whether the docs statements are right, only that they are not backed by the cited URLs. Version and date. aces-core 069b0bc, read 2026-10-23. Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Correction of earlier record(s) C2-B57-K1-04 from a discovery audit; the curator re-located the cited excerpts by timed GET. Limitations: Docs were not re-read; 'power p=1.0' may be correct in the ACES docs and may be mathematically equivalent to the Reinhard form, but that is not shown by the cited URLs. Constant names and values are pinned to one commit and may differ in later releases. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aces-aswf/aces-core/069b0bc3e1f6c62820f19fdae2fecec3f4fc0f80/lib/Lib.Academy.OutputTransform.ctl",
      "note": "init of ODTParams, chroma compression parameters; remap_M"
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