chore(repo): Use light mode logo for readme

[alexcarpenter]

Description

Super duper important change. The light mode works in both light/dark context, so drop the dated gradient logo usage. Light mode is unchanged.

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• pnpm test runs as expected.
• pnpm build runs as expected.
• (If applicable) JSDoc comments have been added or updated for any package exports
• (If applicable) Documentation has been updated

Type of change

• 🐛 Bug fix
• 🌟 New feature
• 🔨 Breaking change
• 📖 Refactoring / dependency upgrade / documentation
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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Updated documentation to use a single light-mode logo image instead of separate light/dark variants.
• Chores
  • Added a small changeset file to track this documentation update.

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Project	Deployment	Actions	Updated (UTC)
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Walkthrough

The pull request replaces a responsive <picture> element in the README with a single <img> tag (light-mode logo only), and adds a new .changeset/silver-planets-read.md file containing two lines. There are no changes to code logic, control flow, error handling, or exported/public declarations.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'chore(repo): Use light mode logo for readme' accurately describes the main change in the changeset: replacing the dark-mode logo with a single light-mode logo in the README.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.

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