override-colors

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 override-colors CSS descriptor is used to override colors in the chosen base-palette for a color font.

Syntax

css
/* basic syntax */
override-colors: <index of color> <color>;

/* using color names */
override-colors: 0 red;

/* using hex-color */
override-colors: 0 #f00;

/* using rgb */
override-colors: 0 rgb(255 0 0);

/* overriding multiple colors */
override-colors:
  0 #f00,
  1 #0f0,
  2 #00f;

/* overriding multiple colors with readability */
override-colors:
  0 #f00,
  1 #0f0,
  2 #00f;

The override-colors descriptor takes a comma-separated list of the color index and new color value.

The color index is zero-based and any color value can be used.

For each key-value pair of index and color, the color with the index in the specified base-palette will be overwritten. If the color font does not have a color at the specified index, it will be ignored.

Values

[ <integer [0,∞]> <absolute-color-base> ]

Specifies the index of a color in a base-palette and the color to overwrite it with.

Formal definition

Related at-rule@font-palette-values
Initial valuen/a (required)
Computed valueas specified

Formal syntax

override-colors = 
  [ <integer [0,∞]> <color> ]#

Examples

Changing colors of emojis

This example shows how to override colors in the Noto Color Emoji color font to match your site's brand.

HTML

html
<section class="hats">
  <div class="hat">
    <h2>Original Hat</h2>
    <div class="emoji">🎩</div>
  </div>
  <div class="hat">
    <h2>Red Hat</h2>
    <div class="emoji red-hat">🎩</div>
  </div>
</section>

CSS

css
@font-face {
  font-family: "Noto Color Emoji";
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/l/font?kit=Yq6P-KqIXTD0t4D9z1ESnKM3-HpFabts6diywYkdG3gjD0U&skey=a373f7129eaba270&v=v24)
    format("woff2");
}

.emoji {
  font-family: "Noto Color Emoji";
  font-size: 3rem;
}
@font-palette-values --red {
  font-family: "Noto Color Emoji";
  override-colors:
    0 rgb(74 11 0),
    1 rgb(149 22 1),
    2 rgb(183 27 1),
    3 rgb(193 28 1),
    4 rgb(230 34 1);
}
.red-hat {
  font-palette: --red;
}

Result

Changing a color in an alternate base-palette

Using Rocher Color Font, this example shows how to override one color in the font.

HTML

html
<h2 class="normal-palette">Normal Palette</h2>
<h2 class="override-palette">Override Palette</h2>

CSS

css
@font-face {
  font-family: "Rocher";
  src: url("[path-to-font]/RocherColorGX.woff2") format("woff2");
}
h2 {
  font-family: "Rocher";
}
@font-palette-values --override-palette {
  font-family: "Rocher";
  base-palette: 3;
}
@font-palette-values --override-palette {
  font-family: "Rocher";
  base-palette: 3;
  override-colors: 0 rebeccapurple;
}
.normal-palette {
  font-palette: --normal-palette;
}
.override-palette {
  font-palette: --override-palette;
}

Result

This example shows the that in base-palette 3, the color at index 0 is overridden with rebeccapurple.

Example showing base-palette and base-palette with 1 color overridden

Specifications

Specification
CSS Fonts Module Level 4
# override-color

Browser compatibility

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See also