I’m trying to use the dark-light-choose($light, $dark) function in my personalized CSS but it always returns $light even if I change the palette from light (Clara) to dark (Oscura): [image] I give more detail about my setup here: [image] How to change CSS color for a sing…

I believe, due to the way the SCSS is compiled, custom dark/light definitions need to be added to color_definitions.scss within a theme and won’t work in other scss files. [Screen Shot 2020-12-04 at 9.54.13 PM] color_definitions.scss is high up in the cascade (before a lot of the default styles),…

Thank you so much, Kris. You saved me! It works perfectly :tada: I’ve been playing around with it and the only thing I don’t understand is why variable interpolation is required with color values. For example, this doesn’t work without interpolation: $ins: #7f7e7e; :root { --custom-ins: $ins; } …

[image] Nacho_Caballero: the only thing I don’t understand is why variable interpolation is required with color values. It is a SCSS requirement when using CSS custom properties. More details here: Sass: Property Declarations

Why might dark-light-choose() not work?

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pmusaraj (Penar Musaraj) December 6, 2020, 1:47pm 4

It is a SCSS requirement when using CSS custom properties. More details here: Sass: Property Declarations

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Why might dark-light-choose() not work?

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