<article class="l-design-widht">
<h1>Mini CSS-vars Design System</h1>
<p>Most of the projects I work on have about <mark>3</mark> important colors: Main- , Accent- and Background-Color. Naturally tons of other colors are used in a typical Project, but they are mostly used within specific components.</p>
<p>I find it useful to set those 3 colors as vars on the root and change them in specific contexts. It turns out that the complexity of the components I build is dramatically cut down by this. And also gives me a lot of control over the cascade.</p>
<div class="card">
<h2><svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true">
<use xlink:href="#icon-coffee" href="#icon-coffee" /></svg>Regular</h2>
<label class="input">
<input class="input__field" type="text" placeholder=" " />
<span class="input__label">Some Fancy Label</span>
</label>
<div class="button-group">
<button>Send</button>
<button type="reset">Reset</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card card--inverted">
<h2> <svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true">
<use xlink:href="#icon-coffee" href="#icon-coffee" />
</svg>Inverted</h2>
<label class="input">
<input class="input__field" type="text" placeholder=" " value="Valuable value" />
<span class="input__label">Some Fancy Label</span>
</label>
<div class="button-group">
<button>Send</button>
<button type="reset">Reset</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card card--accent">
<h2><svg class="icon" aria-hidden="true">
<use xlink:href="#icon-coffee" href="#icon-coffee" />
</svg>Accent</h2>
<label class="input">
<input class="input__field" type="text" placeholder=" " />
<span class="input__label">Some Fancy Label</span>
</label>
<div class="button-group">
<button>Send</button>
<button type="reset">Reset</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="card card--inverted">
<h2>Colors</h2>
<p>Play around with the colors</p>
<input type="color" data-color="light" value="#ffffff" />
<input type="color" data-color="dark" value="#212121" />
<input type="color" data-color="signal" value="#fab700" />
</div>
</article>
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="hidden">
<symbol id="icon-coffee" viewBox="0 0 20 20">
<title>icon-coffee</title>
<path fill="currentColor" d="M15,17H14V9h3a3,3,0,0,1,3,3h0A5,5,0,0,1,15,17Zm1-6v3.83A3,3,0,0,0,18,12a1,1,0,0,0-1-1Z"/>
<rect fill="currentColor" x="1" y="7" width="15" height="12" rx="3" ry="3"/>
<path fill="var(--color-accent)" d="M7.07,5.42a5.45,5.45,0,0,1,0-4.85,1,1,0,0,1,1.79.89,3.44,3.44,0,0,0,0,3.06,1,1,0,0,1-1.79.89Z"/>
<path fill="var(--color-accent)" d="M3.07,5.42a5.45,5.45,0,0,1,0-4.85,1,1,0,0,1,1.79.89,3.44,3.44,0,0,0,0,3.06,1,1,0,1,1-1.79.89Z"/>
<path fill="var(--color-accent)" d="M11.07,5.42a5.45,5.45,0,0,1,0-4.85,1,1,0,0,1,1.79.89,3.44,3.44,0,0,0,0,3.06,1,1,0,1,1-1.79.89Z"/>
</symbol>
</svg>
@import url('https://rsms.me/inter/inter.css');
:root {
--color-light: white;
--color-dark: #212121;
--color-signal: #fab700;
--color-background: var(--color-light);
--color-text: var(--color-dark);
--color-accent: var(--color-signal);
--size-bezel: .5rem;
--size-radius: 4px;
line-height: 1.4;
font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif;
font-size: calc(.6rem + .4vw);
color: var(--color-text);
background: var(--color-background);
font-weight: 300;
padding: 0 calc(var(--size-bezel) * 3);
}
h1, h2, h3 {
font-weight: 900;
}
mark {
background: var(--color-accent);
color: var(--color-text);
font-weight: bold;
padding: 0 0.2em;
}
.card {
background: var(--color-background);
padding: calc(4 * var(--size-bezel));
margin-top: calc(4 * var(--size-bezel));
border-radius: var(--size-radius);
border: 3px solid var(--color-shadow, currentColor);
box-shadow: .5rem .5rem 0 var(--color-shadow, currentColor);
&--inverted {
--color-background: var(--color-dark);
color: var(--color-light);
--color-shadow: var(--color-accent);
}
&--accent {
--color-background: var(--color-signal);
--color-accent: var(--color-light);
color: var(--color-dark);
}
*:first-child {
margin-top: 0;
}
}
.l-design-widht {
max-width: 40rem;
padding: 1rem;
}
.input {
position: relative;
&__label {
position: absolute;
left: 0;
top: 0;
padding: calc(var(--size-bezel) * 0.75) calc(var(--size-bezel) * .5);
margin: calc(var(--size-bezel) * 0.75 + 3px) calc(var(--size-bezel) * .5);
background: pink;
white-space: nowrap;
transform: translate(0, 0);
transform-origin: 0 0;
background: var(--color-background);
transition: transform 120ms ease-in;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 1.2;
}
&__field {
box-sizing: border-box;
display: block;
width: 100%;
border: 3px solid currentColor;
padding: calc(var(--size-bezel) * 1.5) var(--size-bezel);
color: currentColor;
background: transparent;
border-radius: var(--size-radius);
&:focus,
&:not(:placeholder-shown) {
& + .input__label {
transform: translate(.25rem, -65%) scale(.8);
color: var(--color-accent);
}
}
}
}
.button-group {
margin-top: calc(var(--size-bezel) * 2.5);
}
button {
color: currentColor;
padding: var(--size-bezel) calc(var(--size-bezel) * 2);
background: var(--color-accent);
border: none;
border-radius: var(--size-radius);
font-weight: 900;
&[type=reset]{
background: var(--color-background);
font-weight: 200;
}
}
button + button {
margin-left: calc(var(--size-bezel) * 2);
}
.icon {
display: inline-block;
width: 1em; height: 1em;
margin-right: .5em;
}
.hidden {
display: none;
}
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let timer;
document.addEventListener('input', e => {
const el = e.target;
if( el.matches('[data-color]') ) {
clearTimeout(timer);
timer = setTimeout(() => {
document.documentElement.style.setProperty(`--color-${el.dataset.color}`, el.value);
}, 100)
}
})
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