\documentclass{memoir}
\setsecnumdepth{subsubsection}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage[some]{background}

\definecolor{titlepagecolor}{RGB}{208, 84, 0}

\backgroundsetup{
scale=1,
angle=0,
opacity=1,
contents={\begin{tikzpicture}[remember picture,overlay]
 \path [fill=titlepagecolor] (-0.5\paperwidth,5) rectangle (0.5\paperwidth,10);  
\end{tikzpicture}}
}

\font\hugefont="Brill" at 38pt

\input{preamble.tex}
\addbibresource{% raw %}{{% endraw %}{{ cookiecutter.bibfile }}{% raw %}}{% endraw %}
\lingset{everygla=\itshape, belowglpreambleskip=0ex, aboveglftskip=0ex}

\title{% raw %}{{% endraw %}{{ cookiecutter.project_title }}{% raw %}}{% endraw %}
\author{% raw %}{{% endraw %}{{ cookiecutter.author }}{% raw %}}{% endraw %}

{{ cookiecutter.glossing_abbrevs }}

\begin{document}

\input{titlepage.tex}

\tableofcontents

{{ cookiecutter.content }}

\end{document}