background positioned paragraph is above hamburger menu

.paragraph {
  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
  font-family: Zilla Slab;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 25px;
  letter-spacing: 0.25px;
  position: relative;
  top: 22.5%;
  line-height: 20px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 480px) {

  .menu__item {
    list-style-type: none;
  }
  #menu__toggle {
    opacity: 0;
  }
  #menu__toggle:checked + .menu__btn > span {
    transform: rotate(45deg);
  }
  #menu__toggle:checked + .menu__btn > span::before {
    top: 0;
    transform: rotate(0deg);
  }
  #menu__toggle:checked + .menu__btn > span::after {
    top: 0;
    transform: rotate(90deg);
  }
  #menu__toggle:checked ~ #menu__box {
    left: 0 !important;
  }
  .menu__btn {
    position: fixed;
    top: 20px;
    left: 20px;
    width: 26px;
    height: 26px;
    cursor: pointer;
    z-index: 1;
  }
  .menu__btn > span,
  .menu__btn > span::before,
  .menu__btn > span::after {
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 2px;
    background-color: #616161;
    transition-duration: .25s;
  }
  .menu__btn > span::before {
    content: '';
    top: -8px;
  }
  .menu__btn > span::after {
    content: '';
    top: 8px;
  }
  #menu__box {
    display: block;
    position: fixed;
    top: 80px;
    left: -100%;
    width: 100%;
    height: 200px;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 80px 0;
    list-style: none;
    background-color: #ECEFF1;
    box-shadow: 2px 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
    transition-duration: .25s;
    z-index: 1;
  }
  .menu__item {
    display: block;
    padding: 12px 24px;
    color: #333;
    font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
    font-size: 20px;
    font-weight: 600;
    text-decoration: none;
    transition-duration: .25s;
  }
  .menu__item:hover {
    background-color: #CFD8DC;
  }  
}