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How to use YAML front matter variables in a CSS file to define colors using variables in Jekyll, using Liquid tags. This example uses HSL colors with hex fallback colors. The goal here is to create standardized CSS with a color palette that can easily be extended to a whole file and maintained easily with only a few variables. The same thing cou…
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| --- | |
| white: | |
| hsl: 'hsla(138, 10%, 98%, 1)' | |
| hex: '#f9fafa' | |
| black: | |
| hsl: 'hsla(138, 16%, 10%, 1)' | |
| hex: '#151e18' | |
| green: | |
| hsl: 'hsla(138, 39%, 54%, 1)' | |
| hex: '#5cb777' | |
| --- | |
| html { | |
| background: {{ page.white.hex }}; | |
| background: {{ page.white.hsl }}; | |
| color: {{ page.black.hex }}; | |
| color: {{ page.black.hsl }}; | |
| } | |
| a { | |
| color: {{ page.green.hex }} | |
| color: {{ page.green.hsl }} | |
| } | |
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wonderful that nowadays we have custom properties in CSS!