diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ac18d58c61..9aa4a969ff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,53 @@
+## v0.5.1163 — fix: chalk boolean style modifiers — `<Text dimColor>` no longer renders `[object Object]` (#5039)
+
+Fixes #5039 — ink's `<Text dimColor>` (and `bold`/`italic`/`underline`/…)
+rendered `[object Object]` instead of the styled text. chalk 5's style
+modifiers are **getter accessors on a function prototype chain**
+(`Object.defineProperties(createChalk.prototype, styles)` reached through
+`Object.setPrototypeOf(chalk, createChalk.prototype)` where `chalk` is itself
+a function), and four independent Perry gaps conspired so `chalk.dim` never
+resolved:
+
+1. **runtime** (`closure/dynamic_props.rs`): `closure_get_dynamic_prop`'s
+   static-prototype walk only consulted data properties. Both arms (closure
+   proto and plain-object proto) now resolve ACCESSOR descriptors, invoking
+   the getter with the ORIGINAL receiver (`clone_closure_rebind_this`) so
+   chalk's `Object.defineProperty(this, styleName, {value: builder})`
+   self-cache lands on the instance instead of throwing "Cannot redefine
+   property: dim" against the non-configurable accessor on the shared proto.
+2. **codegen** (`lower_call/property_get.rs`): Annex B HTML-wrapper names
+   (`bold`, `link`, `anchor`, `big`, …) on *any*-typed receivers were
+   force-routed to `String.prototype`, so `chalk.bold(s)` coerced the chalk
+   closure to its source text and returned `<b>(...strings) => strings.join(' ')</b>`.
+   Dropped from the force list; an Any receiver that really is a string still
+   resolves through the `jsval.is_string()` arm of `js_native_call_method`.
+3. **resolver** (`commands/compile/resolve.rs`): Node subpath imports
+   (`#`-prefixed specifiers via the package's own `package.json` `"imports"`
+   map) were unsupported, so chalk's `import ansiStyles from '#ansi-styles'`
+   (vendored dep) silently resolved to nothing and EVERY style table came up
+   empty — `color="cyan"` only *looked* fine because ink fell back to the
+   unstyled string. Conditional entries prefer `node` over `default` (chalk's
+   `#supports-color` ships a browser build as `default`).
+4. **HIR** (`lower_patterns.rs`): `unescape_template` didn't decode
+   `\xHH` / `\uHHHH` / `\u{…}` (plus `\b\f\v\0` and line continuations), so
+   ansi-styles' `` `\u001B[${code}m` `` template literals produced the
+   6-char literal text instead of ESC. Surrogate pairs combine; a lone
+   surrogate becomes U+FFFD (WTF-8 remains a categorical gap).
+
+Validation: new `test-files/test_gap_chalk_proto_styles_5039.ts` is
+byte-identical vs `node --experimental-strip-types`; real chalk 5 compiled
+via `perry.compilePackages` produces Node-identical ANSI output for
+`dim`/`bold`/`cyan` including nested `chalk.dim.bold`; the issue's ink repro
+(on top of #5038's yoga-taffy branch) renders all four lines correctly with
+real escape codes. 3 new resolver unit tests cover the imports map (exact,
+conditional node/default, unmapped). Touched-crate test suites green.
+
+Deferred (pre-existing, observed while validating): `Object.entries` on
+ansi-styles' assembled object returns 55 entries vs Node's 45
+(non-enumerable `defineProperty` slots leak into enumeration);
+`JSON.stringify` emits `\u000c`/`\u0008` instead of the `\f`/`\b` short
+forms.
+
 ## v0.5.1162 — feat: native yoga-layout via taffy + JSON module imports + Context.Provider fix (ink #348 end-to-end)
 
 Makes `ink` (React-based TUI) compile **and render** fully natively — no WASM
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 247b3d0f0c..6de25dbbbb 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with co
 
 Perry is a native TypeScript compiler written in Rust that compiles TypeScript source code directly to native executables. It uses SWC for TypeScript parsing and LLVM for code generation.
 
-**Current Version:** 0.5.1162
+**Current Version:** 0.5.1163
 
 
 ## TypeScript Parity Status
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 07b69c6d66..6e5d17ddff 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5283,7 +5283,7 @@ checksum = "9b4f627cb1b25917193a259e49bdad08f671f8d9708acfd5fe0a8c1455d87220"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64",
@@ -5338,14 +5338,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-api-manifest"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-audio-miniaudio"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
@@ -5353,7 +5353,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-codegen"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "log",
@@ -5368,7 +5368,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-codegen-arkts"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "perry-hir",
@@ -5377,7 +5377,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-codegen-glance"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "perry-hir",
@@ -5385,7 +5385,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-codegen-js"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "perry-dispatch",
@@ -5395,7 +5395,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-codegen-swiftui"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "perry-hir",
@@ -5404,7 +5404,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-codegen-wasm"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64",
@@ -5417,7 +5417,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-codegen-wear-tiles"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "perry-hir",
@@ -5425,7 +5425,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-container-compose"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -5454,14 +5454,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-container-e2e"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-diagnostics"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
@@ -5469,7 +5469,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-dispatch"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-doc-fixture-my-bindings"
@@ -5480,7 +5480,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-doc-tests"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
@@ -5495,14 +5495,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-ads"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-argon2"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "argon2",
  "perry-ffi",
@@ -5510,7 +5510,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-axios"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
  "reqwest",
@@ -5519,7 +5519,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-bcrypt"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "bcrypt",
  "perry-ffi",
@@ -5527,7 +5527,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-better-sqlite3"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
  "rusqlite",
@@ -5535,7 +5535,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-cheerio"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
  "scraper",
@@ -5543,7 +5543,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-commander"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
  "perry-runtime",
@@ -5551,7 +5551,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-cron"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "cron 0.16.0",
@@ -5561,7 +5561,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-dayjs"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "perry-ffi",
@@ -5569,7 +5569,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-decimal"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
  "rust_decimal",
@@ -5577,7 +5577,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-dotenv"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
  "serde_json",
@@ -5585,7 +5585,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-ethers"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
  "rand 0.8.6",
@@ -5593,7 +5593,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-events"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
  "perry-runtime",
@@ -5601,14 +5601,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-exponential-backoff"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-fastify"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "http-body-util",
@@ -5625,7 +5625,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-fetch"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "perry-ffi",
@@ -5637,7 +5637,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-http"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "perry-ext-http-server",
@@ -5650,7 +5650,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-http-server"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "h2",
@@ -5673,7 +5673,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-ioredis"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "perry-ffi",
@@ -5683,7 +5683,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-jsonwebtoken"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "jsonwebtoken",
@@ -5694,7 +5694,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-lru-cache"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "lru",
  "perry-ffi",
@@ -5702,7 +5702,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-moment"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "perry-ffi",
@@ -5710,7 +5710,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-mongodb"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "bson",
  "futures-util",
@@ -5722,7 +5722,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-mysql2"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "perry-ffi",
@@ -5732,7 +5732,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-nanoid"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "nanoid",
  "perry-ffi",
@@ -5741,7 +5741,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-net"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
  "perry-runtime",
@@ -5753,7 +5753,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-nodemailer"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "lettre",
  "perry-ffi",
@@ -5763,7 +5763,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-pdf"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
  "printpdf",
@@ -5771,7 +5771,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-pg"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
  "sqlx",
@@ -5780,7 +5780,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-ratelimit"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "governor",
  "perry-ffi",
@@ -5788,7 +5788,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-sharp"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "image",
@@ -5797,14 +5797,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-slugify"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-streams"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "lazy_static",
  "perry-ffi",
@@ -5813,7 +5813,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-uuid"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
  "uuid",
@@ -5821,7 +5821,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-validator"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ffi",
  "regex",
@@ -5831,7 +5831,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-ws"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -5843,7 +5843,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ext-zlib"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "brotli",
  "flate2",
@@ -5852,7 +5852,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ffi"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "dashmap",
  "once_cell",
@@ -5861,7 +5861,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-hir"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "perry-api-manifest",
@@ -5878,7 +5878,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-parser"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "perry-diagnostics",
@@ -5890,7 +5890,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-runtime"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "base64",
@@ -5922,7 +5922,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-stdlib"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "aes 0.8.4",
  "aes-gcm",
@@ -6014,7 +6014,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-transform"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "perry-hir",
@@ -6024,7 +6024,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-types"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "thiserror 1.0.69",
@@ -6032,14 +6032,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ui"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ui-model",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ui-android"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "itoa",
@@ -6056,7 +6056,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ui-geisterhand"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "rand 0.8.6",
  "serde",
@@ -6066,7 +6066,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ui-gtk4"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "cairo-rs",
@@ -6089,7 +6089,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ui-ios"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "block2",
@@ -6105,7 +6105,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ui-macos"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "block2",
@@ -6120,7 +6120,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ui-model"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ui-test"
@@ -6128,11 +6128,11 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ui-testkit"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ui-tvos"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "block2",
@@ -6148,7 +6148,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ui-visionos"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "block2",
@@ -6164,7 +6164,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ui-watchos"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "block2",
  "libc",
@@ -6177,7 +6177,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ui-windows"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "libc",
@@ -6194,14 +6194,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-ui-windows-winui"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "perry-ui-windows",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-updater"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "ed25519-dalek",
@@ -6215,7 +6215,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "perry-wasm-host"
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 dependencies = [
  "wasmi",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1aa69e4ebe..a65802de43 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ codegen-units = 16
 opt-level = "s"       # Optimize for size in stdlib
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "0.5.1162"
+version = "0.5.1163"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/PerryTS/perry"
diff --git a/crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/property_get.rs b/crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/property_get.rs
index 907241875f..fb8e251f7e 100644
--- a/crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/property_get.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-codegen/src/lower_call/property_get.rs
@@ -329,10 +329,14 @@ pub fn try_lower_property_get_method_call(
             "split" | "charCodeAt" | "charAt" | "trim" | "trimStart" | "trimEnd" | "substring"
             | "substr" | "toLowerCase" | "toUpperCase" | "toLocaleLowerCase"
             | "toLocaleUpperCase" | "replaceAll" | "padStart" | "padEnd" | "repeat"
-            | "normalize" | "codePointAt" | "localeCompare"
-            // Annex B §B.2.2 HTML wrappers — string-only, no array/map/set form.
-            | "anchor" | "big" | "blink" | "bold" | "fixed" | "fontcolor" | "fontsize"
-            | "italics" | "link" | "small" | "strike" | "sub" | "sup" => true,
+            | "normalize" | "codePointAt" | "localeCompare" => true,
+            // Annex B §B.2.2 HTML wrappers (`bold`, `link`, `anchor`, …) are
+            // string-only in the spec but collide with common user method
+            // names — chalk's `chalk.bold(s)` is a styled-string builder
+            // (#5039). Forcing the string path here coerced the chalk closure
+            // to its source text and wrapped it in `<b>…</b>`. An Any-typed
+            // receiver that really is a string still gets them via the
+            // `jsval.is_string()` arm of `js_native_call_method`.
             // Issue #638: `replace` is also string-exclusive, but routing
             // it here unconditionally caused regressions in async dispatch
             // pathways. Only fire when args[1] is statically detectable as
diff --git a/crates/perry-hir/src/lower_patterns.rs b/crates/perry-hir/src/lower_patterns.rs
index 595d07e5e0..29dfe0dab9 100644
--- a/crates/perry-hir/src/lower_patterns.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-hir/src/lower_patterns.rs
@@ -21,9 +21,38 @@ pub(crate) fn unescape_template(s: &str) -> String {
                 Some('n') => result.push('\n'),
                 Some('t') => result.push('\t'),
                 Some('r') => result.push('\r'),
+                Some('b') => result.push('\u{0008}'),
+                Some('f') => result.push('\u{000C}'),
+                Some('v') => result.push('\u{000B}'),
                 Some('\\') => result.push('\\'),
                 Some('$') => result.push('$'),
                 Some('`') => result.push('`'),
+                Some('\'') => result.push('\''),
+                Some('"') => result.push('"'),
+                // `\0` (not followed by another digit) is NUL.
+                Some('0') if !chars.peek().is_some_and(|d| d.is_ascii_digit()) => result.push('\0'),
+                // Line continuation: backslash-newline contributes nothing.
+                Some('\n') => {}
+                Some('\r') => {
+                    if chars.peek() == Some(&'\n') {
+                        chars.next();
+                    }
+                }
+                // `\xHH` / `\uHHHH` / `\u{H…}` — #5039: ansi-styles builds its
+                // escape codes as `` `\u001B[${code}m` `` template literals;
+                // falling through to the literal-backslash arm turned every
+                // chalk style into the 6-char literal source text instead of ESC.
+                Some(esc @ ('x' | 'u')) => {
+                    if let Some(decoded) = unescape_hex_escape(esc, &mut chars) {
+                        result.push_str(&decoded);
+                    } else {
+                        // Invalid escape (only reachable in tagged templates,
+                        // where cooked semantics are undefined) — keep the
+                        // original text.
+                        result.push('\\');
+                        result.push(esc);
+                    }
+                }
                 Some(other) => {
                     result.push('\\');
                     result.push(other);
@@ -38,6 +67,75 @@ pub(crate) fn unescape_template(s: &str) -> String {
     result
 }
 
+/// Decode the body of a `\xHH`, `\uHHHH`, or `\u{H…}` escape, with `esc`
+/// being the introducer character just consumed (`x` or `u`). A `\uD800–DBFF`
+/// high surrogate followed immediately by an escaped low surrogate decodes as
+/// the combined supplementary code point; a lone surrogate becomes U+FFFD
+/// (Perry strings are UTF-8 — see the WTF-8 categorical gap in CLAUDE.md).
+/// Returns `None` (consuming nothing further) on malformed hex so the caller
+/// can preserve the source text.
+fn unescape_hex_escape(
+    esc: char,
+    chars: &mut std::iter::Peekable<std::str::Chars<'_>>,
+) -> Option<String> {
+    fn hex_fixed(chars: &mut std::iter::Peekable<std::str::Chars<'_>>, n: usize) -> Option<u32> {
+        let mut value = 0u32;
+        for _ in 0..n {
+            let d = chars.peek()?.to_digit(16)?;
+            chars.next();
+            value = value * 16 + d;
+        }
+        Some(value)
+    }
+    fn hex_braced(chars: &mut std::iter::Peekable<std::str::Chars<'_>>) -> Option<u32> {
+        chars.next(); // consume '{'
+        let mut value = 0u32;
+        let mut any = false;
+        loop {
+            match chars.peek() {
+                Some('}') => {
+                    chars.next();
+                    return any.then_some(value);
+                }
+                Some(c) => {
+                    let d = c.to_digit(16)?;
+                    chars.next();
+                    any = true;
+                    value = value.checked_mul(16)?.checked_add(d)?;
+                    if value > 0x10FFFF {
+                        return None;
+                    }
+                }
+                None => return None,
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let code = if esc == 'x' {
+        hex_fixed(chars, 2)?
+    } else if chars.peek() == Some(&'{') {
+        hex_braced(chars)?
+    } else {
+        hex_fixed(chars, 4)?
+    };
+
+    // High surrogate: try to pair with an immediately following `\uDC00–DFFF`.
+    if (0xD800..=0xDBFF).contains(&code) {
+        let mut lookahead = chars.clone();
+        if lookahead.next() == Some('\\') && lookahead.next() == Some('u') {
+            if let Some(low) = hex_fixed(&mut lookahead, 4) {
+                if (0xDC00..=0xDFFF).contains(&low) {
+                    *chars = lookahead;
+                    let combined = 0x10000 + ((code - 0xD800) << 10) + (low - 0xDC00);
+                    return char::from_u32(combined).map(String::from);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Some(char::from_u32(code).unwrap_or('\u{FFFD}').to_string())
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn lower_lit(lit: &ast::Lit) -> Result<Expr> {
     match lit {
         ast::Lit::Num(n) => {
diff --git a/crates/perry-runtime/src/closure/dynamic_props.rs b/crates/perry-runtime/src/closure/dynamic_props.rs
index 3f7a867166..78dca4d22e 100644
--- a/crates/perry-runtime/src/closure/dynamic_props.rs
+++ b/crates/perry-runtime/src/closure/dynamic_props.rs
@@ -399,6 +399,29 @@ pub fn closure_get_dynamic_prop(ptr: usize, prop: &str) -> f64 {
         // regular object, read the named field via the field getter; for a
         // closure, recurse via its own props. Distinguish by CLOSURE_MAGIC.
         if is_closure_ptr(proto_ptr) {
+            // #5039: the proto may carry accessor properties — chalk's style
+            // proto is `Object.defineProperties(() => {}, styles)` where every
+            // style is `{ get() {...} }`. Invoke the getter with the ORIGINAL
+            // receiver (`ptr`, not the proto) so chalk's
+            // `Object.defineProperty(this, styleName, {value: builder})`
+            // caches the builder on the chalk instance, and nested builders
+            // chain their stylers off the right `this`.
+            if let Some(acc) = crate::object::get_accessor_descriptor(proto_ptr, prop) {
+                if acc.get == 0 {
+                    return f64::from_bits(crate::value::TAG_UNDEFINED);
+                }
+                let receiver = crate::value::js_nanbox_pointer(ptr as i64);
+                let getter_bits = clone_closure_rebind_this(acc.get, receiver);
+                let getter = (getter_bits & crate::value::POINTER_MASK)
+                    as *const crate::closure::ClosureHeader;
+                if getter.is_null() {
+                    return f64::from_bits(crate::value::TAG_UNDEFINED);
+                }
+                let prev = crate::object::js_implicit_this_set(receiver);
+                let result = crate::closure::js_closure_call0(getter);
+                crate::object::js_implicit_this_set(prev);
+                return result;
+            }
             if let Ok(props) = get_closure_props().lock() {
                 if let Some(p) = props.get(&proto_ptr).and_then(|m| m.get(prop)) {
                     return *p;
@@ -408,6 +431,28 @@ pub fn closure_get_dynamic_prop(ptr: usize, prop: &str) -> f64 {
             depth += 1;
             continue;
         }
+        // #5039: an accessor on the proto object must run with the ORIGINAL
+        // closure as receiver, not the proto. chalk's style getters live on
+        // `createChalk.prototype` and cache the built style via
+        // `Object.defineProperty(this, styleName, {value: builder})` — with
+        // `this` = proto that's a TypeError (redefining the non-configurable
+        // accessor) instead of an own-property cache on the chalk instance.
+        if let Some(acc) = crate::object::get_accessor_descriptor(proto_ptr, prop) {
+            if acc.get == 0 {
+                return f64::from_bits(crate::value::TAG_UNDEFINED);
+            }
+            let receiver = crate::value::js_nanbox_pointer(ptr as i64);
+            let getter_bits = clone_closure_rebind_this(acc.get, receiver);
+            let getter =
+                (getter_bits & crate::value::POINTER_MASK) as *const crate::closure::ClosureHeader;
+            if getter.is_null() {
+                return f64::from_bits(crate::value::TAG_UNDEFINED);
+            }
+            let prev = crate::object::js_implicit_this_set(receiver);
+            let result = crate::closure::js_closure_call0(getter);
+            crate::object::js_implicit_this_set(prev);
+            return result;
+        }
         unsafe {
             let key_hdr = crate::string::js_string_from_bytes(prop.as_ptr(), prop.len() as u32);
             let v = crate::object::js_object_get_field_by_name(
diff --git a/crates/perry/src/commands/compile/resolve.rs b/crates/perry/src/commands/compile/resolve.rs
index 0a8e8677f3..2cd742f014 100644
--- a/crates/perry/src/commands/compile/resolve.rs
+++ b/crates/perry/src/commands/compile/resolve.rs
@@ -623,6 +623,39 @@ pub(super) fn resolve_exports(exports: &serde_json::Value, subpath: &str) -> Opt
     )
 }
 
+/// Node subpath imports (#5039): resolve a `#`-prefixed specifier through the
+/// importing package's own `package.json` `"imports"` map
+/// (https://nodejs.org/api/packages.html#imports). chalk 5 loads its vendored
+/// dependencies this way (`import ansiStyles from '#ansi-styles'` →
+/// `./source/vendor/ansi-styles/index.js`), so without this every compiled
+/// chalk style table came up empty. The map shares the `exports` value shape
+/// (string / conditional object / `*` patterns), so the same resolver is
+/// reused — with `node` ranked above `default` so conditional pairs like
+/// chalk's `#supports-color` `{ node, default: browser }` pick the node build
+/// for native compilation. Per Node's package-scope rule, only the NEAREST
+/// `package.json` up from the importer is consulted.
+fn resolve_subpath_import(import_source: &str, importer_path: &Path) -> Option<PathBuf> {
+    let mut dir = importer_path.parent();
+    while let Some(d) = dir {
+        let pkg_json = d.join("package.json");
+        if pkg_json.is_file() {
+            let content = std::fs::read_to_string(&pkg_json).ok()?;
+            let json: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&content).ok()?;
+            let target = resolve_exports_with_conditions(
+                json.get("imports")?,
+                import_source,
+                &["perry", "node", "import", "module", "default", "require"],
+            )?;
+            let base = d.join(target.trim_start_matches("./"));
+            return resolve_with_extensions(&base)
+                .and_then(|p| p.canonicalize().ok())
+                .or_else(|| base.canonicalize().ok());
+        }
+        dir = d.parent();
+    }
+    None
+}
+
 fn canonical_existing_declaration(path: PathBuf) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     if path.exists() && is_declaration_file(&path) {
         Some(path.canonicalize().unwrap_or(path))
@@ -804,9 +837,26 @@ pub(super) fn resolve_import(
         return None; // Native modules are handled by stdlib, not file imports
     }
 
+    // Node subpath imports (`#…`, #5039) resolve through the importing
+    // package's own `"imports"` map and then classify exactly like a relative
+    // import to the mapped file.
+    let subpath_import_target = if import_source.starts_with('#') {
+        match resolve_subpath_import(import_source, importer_path) {
+            Some(canonical) => Some(canonical),
+            None => return None,
+        }
+    } else {
+        None
+    };
+
     // Handle relative imports (./ or ../)
-    if import_source.starts_with("./") || import_source.starts_with("../") {
-        if let Some(canonical) = resolve_relative_import_path(import_source, importer_path) {
+    if import_source.starts_with("./")
+        || import_source.starts_with("../")
+        || subpath_import_target.is_some()
+    {
+        if let Some(canonical) = subpath_import_target
+            .or_else(|| resolve_relative_import_path(import_source, importer_path))
+        {
             // Refs #486: a relative `import './foo.js'` from inside a compile
             // package must classify as NativeCompiled even when the resolved
             // file lives outside the literal `node_modules/<pkg>/` substring
diff --git a/crates/perry/src/commands/compile/resolve/tests.rs b/crates/perry/src/commands/compile/resolve/tests.rs
index e54e7522aa..49dbc2e32d 100644
--- a/crates/perry/src/commands/compile/resolve/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/perry/src/commands/compile/resolve/tests.rs
@@ -1576,3 +1576,122 @@ mod declaration_sidecar_tests {
         assert_eq!(found.len(), 5, "exactly the five real packages");
     }
 }
+
+/// Issue #5039 — Node subpath imports (`#…` specifiers resolved through the
+/// importing package's own `package.json` `"imports"` map). chalk 5 loads
+/// its vendored deps this way (`import ansiStyles from '#ansi-styles'`);
+/// before the fix the specifier fell through bare-package resolution, the
+/// import silently came up empty, and every chalk style table was blank
+/// (ink's `<Text dimColor>` rendered `[object Object]`).
+mod subpath_imports_tests {
+    use super::super::{resolve_import, ModuleKind};
+    use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
+    use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+    fn write_chalk_like_package(root: &std::path::Path) -> PathBuf {
+        let pkg = root.join("node_modules/chalky");
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(pkg.join("source/vendor/ansi-styles")).unwrap();
+        std::fs::create_dir_all(pkg.join("source/vendor/supports-color")).unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(
+            pkg.join("package.json"),
+            r##"{
+                "name": "chalky",
+                "type": "module",
+                "exports": "./source/index.js",
+                "imports": {
+                    "#ansi-styles": "./source/vendor/ansi-styles/index.js",
+                    "#supports-color": {
+                        "node": "./source/vendor/supports-color/index.js",
+                        "default": "./source/vendor/supports-color/browser.js"
+                    }
+                }
+            }"##,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(pkg.join("source/index.js"), "export default 1;\n").unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(
+            pkg.join("source/vendor/ansi-styles/index.js"),
+            "export default {};\n",
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(
+            pkg.join("source/vendor/supports-color/index.js"),
+            "export default { stdout: false };\n",
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        std::fs::write(
+            pkg.join("source/vendor/supports-color/browser.js"),
+            "export default { stdout: false };\n",
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        pkg
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn hash_specifier_resolves_through_imports_map() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let root = dir.path();
+        let pkg = write_chalk_like_package(root);
+        let importer = pkg.join("source/index.js");
+
+        let compile_packages: HashSet<String> = ["chalky".to_string()].into_iter().collect();
+        let compile_package_dirs: HashMap<String, PathBuf> = HashMap::new();
+
+        let (resolved, kind) = resolve_import(
+            "#ansi-styles",
+            &importer,
+            root,
+            &compile_packages,
+            &compile_package_dirs,
+        )
+        .expect("#ansi-styles must resolve via the imports map");
+        assert_eq!(
+            resolved,
+            pkg.join("source/vendor/ansi-styles/index.js")
+                .canonicalize()
+                .unwrap()
+        );
+        // The mapped file is inside a compile package → compiled natively.
+        assert_eq!(kind, ModuleKind::NativeCompiled);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn conditional_imports_target_prefers_node_over_default() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let root = dir.path();
+        let pkg = write_chalk_like_package(root);
+        let importer = pkg.join("source/index.js");
+
+        let compile_packages: HashSet<String> = ["chalky".to_string()].into_iter().collect();
+        let compile_package_dirs: HashMap<String, PathBuf> = HashMap::new();
+
+        let (resolved, _) = resolve_import(
+            "#supports-color",
+            &importer,
+            root,
+            &compile_packages,
+            &compile_package_dirs,
+        )
+        .expect("#supports-color must resolve via the imports map");
+        assert_eq!(
+            resolved,
+            pkg.join("source/vendor/supports-color/index.js")
+                .canonicalize()
+                .unwrap(),
+            "conditional imports entry must pick `node`, not the browser `default`"
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn unmapped_hash_specifier_stays_unresolved() {
+        let dir = tempfile::tempdir().unwrap();
+        let root = dir.path();
+        let pkg = write_chalk_like_package(root);
+        let importer = pkg.join("source/index.js");
+
+        assert!(
+            resolve_import("#nope", &importer, root, &HashSet::new(), &HashMap::new(),).is_none(),
+            "a `#` specifier missing from the imports map must not resolve"
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test-files/test_gap_chalk_proto_styles_5039.ts b/test-files/test_gap_chalk_proto_styles_5039.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2177eae493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-files/test_gap_chalk_proto_styles_5039.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+// Issue #5039: ink `<Text dimColor>` rendered `[object Object]` because
+// chalk's boolean style modifiers never resolved. Three single-file roots
+// (the fourth — `#`-subpath imports — is covered by resolver unit tests):
+//
+// 1. `closure_get_dynamic_prop`'s static-prototype walk ignored ACCESSOR
+//    properties: chalk's styles are `{ get() {…} }` descriptors on
+//    `createChalk.prototype` (and on a bare-function proto for builders),
+//    and the getters must run with the ORIGINAL receiver so chalk's
+//    `Object.defineProperty(this, styleName, {value: builder})` caches on
+//    the instance instead of throwing "Cannot redefine property".
+// 2. Codegen force-routed Annex B HTML-wrapper names (`bold`, `link`, …) on
+//    any-typed receivers to String.prototype, so `chalk.bold(s)` coerced the
+//    chalk closure to its source text and wrapped it in `<b>…</b>`.
+// 3. `unescape_template` didn't decode `\xHH` / `\uHHHH` / `\u{…}`, so
+//    ansi-styles' `` `\u001B[${code}m` `` produced 6 literal chars, not ESC.
+
+// --- Part 1: getter on a function used as a set prototype (builder proto) ---
+const fnProto: any = Object.defineProperties(() => {}, {
+  dim: { get() { return (x: string) => 'DIM:' + x; } },
+});
+const fnTarget: any = (...s: any[]) => s.join(' ');
+Object.setPrototypeOf(fnTarget, fnProto);
+console.log('fn-proto read:', typeof fnTarget.dim);
+console.log('fn-proto call:', fnTarget.dim('a'));
+
+// --- Part 2: chalk's exact shape — getter on createChalk.prototype with a
+// defineProperty self-cache, reached through Object.setPrototypeOf(fn, …) ---
+const GENERATOR = Symbol('GENERATOR');
+const STYLER = Symbol('STYLER');
+const IS_EMPTY = Symbol('IS_EMPTY');
+
+const ansiStyles: any = {
+  dim: { open: '\u001B[2m', close: '\u001B[22m' },
+  bold: { open: '\u001B[1m', close: '\u001B[22m' },
+  cyan: { open: '\u001B[36m', close: '\u001B[39m' },
+};
+
+const styles: any = Object.create(null);
+
+const applyOptions = (object: any, options: any = {}) => {
+  object.level = options.level === undefined ? 1 : options.level;
+};
+
+const chalkFactory = (options?: any) => {
+  const chalk = (...strings: any[]) => strings.join(' ');
+  applyOptions(chalk, options);
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(chalk, createChalk.prototype);
+  return chalk;
+};
+
+function createChalk(options?: any): any {
+  return chalkFactory(options);
+}
+
+Object.setPrototypeOf(createChalk.prototype, Function.prototype);
+
+for (const [styleName, style] of Object.entries(ansiStyles)) {
+  styles[styleName] = {
+    get() {
+      const builder = createBuilder(this, createStyler((style as any).open, (style as any).close, (this as any)[STYLER]), (this as any)[IS_EMPTY]);
+      Object.defineProperty(this, styleName, { value: builder });
+      return builder;
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+const proto: any = Object.defineProperties(() => {}, {
+  ...styles,
+  level: {
+    enumerable: true,
+    get() { return (this as any)[GENERATOR].level; },
+    set(level: any) { (this as any)[GENERATOR].level = level; },
+  },
+});
+
+const createStyler = (open: string, close: string, parent?: any) => {
+  let openAll;
+  let closeAll;
+  if (parent === undefined) {
+    openAll = open;
+    closeAll = close;
+  } else {
+    openAll = parent.openAll + open;
+    closeAll = close + parent.closeAll;
+  }
+  return { open, close, openAll, closeAll, parent };
+};
+
+const createBuilder = (self: any, _styler: any, _isEmpty: boolean) => {
+  const builder = (...arguments_: any[]) => applyStyle(builder, (arguments_.length === 1) ? ('' + arguments_[0]) : arguments_.join(' '));
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(builder, proto);
+  builder[GENERATOR] = self;
+  builder[STYLER] = _styler;
+  builder[IS_EMPTY] = _isEmpty;
+  return builder;
+};
+
+const applyStyle = (self: any, string: string) => {
+  if (self.level <= 0 || !string) {
+    return self[IS_EMPTY] ? '' : string;
+  }
+  let styler = self[STYLER];
+  if (styler === undefined) {
+    return string;
+  }
+  const { openAll, closeAll } = styler;
+  return openAll + string + closeAll;
+};
+
+Object.defineProperties(createChalk.prototype, styles);
+
+const chalk = createChalk();
+console.log('dim :', JSON.stringify(chalk.dim('hello')));
+console.log('bold:', JSON.stringify(chalk.bold('hello')));
+console.log('cyan:', JSON.stringify(chalk.cyan('hello')));
+console.log('nest:', JSON.stringify(chalk.dim.bold('hello')));
+// Second read hits the defineProperty self-cache instead of the getter.
+console.log('cached:', JSON.stringify(chalk.dim('again')));
+
+// --- Part 3: Annex B HTML wrappers still work on real strings, including
+// any-typed ones, while object methods with colliding names win dispatch ---
+console.log('str bold typed:', 'x'.bold());
+const anyStr: any = 'y';
+console.log('str bold any  :', anyStr.bold());
+
+// --- Part 4: template-literal escapes ---
+const esc = (code: number) => `\u001B[${code}m`;
+const e = esc(2);
+console.log('tpl u-escape:', e.length, e.charCodeAt(0), e.charCodeAt(1));
+const hexEsc = `\x1B[0m`;
+console.log('tpl x-escape:', hexEsc.length, hexEsc.charCodeAt(0));
+const braced = `\u{1F600}ok`;
+console.log('tpl braced  :', braced.length, braced.codePointAt(0));
+// Compared as char codes: Perry's JSON.stringify writes \u000c/\u0008 where
+// Node uses the \f/\b short forms (pre-existing formatting gap, not #5039).
+const misc = `a\0b\vc\fd\be`;
+console.log('tpl misc    :', misc.length, Array.from(misc).map(c => c.charCodeAt(0)).join(','));