base-palette

Baseline 2022

Newly available

Since November 2022, this feature works across the latest devices and browser versions. This feature might not work in older devices or browsers.

The base-palette CSS descriptor is used to specify the name or index of a pre-defined palette to be used for creating a new palette. If the specified base-palette does not exist, then the palette defined at index 0 will be used.

Syntax

css

@font-palette-values --one {
  base-palette: 1;
}

The base-palette descriptor is specified using a zero-based index of the font-maker created palettes.

Values

<index>: Specifies the index of the pre-defined palette to use.

Formal definition

Related at-rule	`@font-palette-values`
Initial value	`n/a (required)`
Computed value	as specified

Formal syntax

base-palette = 
  light            |
  dark             |
  <integer [0,∞]>

Examples

Changing the default palette in a font

Using the Rocher Color Font, this example shows two instances of switching the default palette in the font to an alternate palette created by the font-maker.

HTML

html

<h2>default base-palette</h2>
<h2 class="two">base-palette at index 2</h2>
<h2 class="five">base-palette at index 5</h2>

CSS

css

@font-face {
  font-family: "Rocher";
  src: url("[path-to-font]/RocherColorGX.woff2") format("woff2");
}

h2 {
  font-family: "Rocher";
}

@font-palette-values --two {
  font-family: "Rocher";
  base-palette: 2;
}

@font-palette-values --five {
  font-family: "Rocher";
  base-palette: 5;
}

.two {
  font-palette: --two;
}

.five {
  font-palette: --five;
}

Result

Example showing 3 different base-palettes of Rocher color font

Specifications

Specification
CSS Fonts Module Level 4 # base-palette-desc

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser