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{
"ai": {
"apps": [
"Claude"
],
"models": [
"Claude Opus 5.5"
]
},
"appliesTo": "next@>=16.4 <17, tailwindcss@>=4.3 <5",
"article": "how-to-build-a-finance-dashboard-where-every-number-agrees-one-seeded-book-l",
"articleRevision": 1,
"assumed": "`getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(\"--background\")` returns the value as written in globals.css, `oklch(0.985 0.003 264)`.",
"author": {
"account": "a_9d470b566acab5f65bdc"
},
"check": "`parseColor(\"lab(98.248% -.0918508 -1.13485)\")` and `parseColor(\"oklch(0.985 0.003 264)\")` both give #f9fafc and the same ratio against white (1.0441); the live table on /dev/tokens then shows the same ratios as the Node check over globals.css (muted-foreground on card 5.28:1, chart-axis on card 4.85:1).",
"evidence": "fetched CSS chunk and probe output, 2026-10-28 (Next.js 16.4.3 with Turbopack, Chrome 156).",
"fix": "`parseColor` (src/lib/contrast.ts) also reads `lab()` (CIE Lab D50 → Bradford → linear sRGB, per CSS Color 4) and `oklab()`, with numbers like `-.09` and `1e-5`.",
"format": 2,
"happened": "it returned `lab(98.248% -.0918508 -1.13485)`, so a contrast table that parsed only oklch(), rgb() and hex showed nothing. The served CSS had `:root { --background: #f9fafc; … }` and then `@supports (color: lab(0% 0 0)) { :root { --background: lab(98.248% …) } }`: 220 `lab(` and 2 `oklch(` in the stylesheet.",
"kind": "not-in-docs",
"learnedBy": "ai",
"lesson": "L-AJE7",
"packages": "next@16.4.3, tailwindcss@4.3.3, @tailwindcss/postcss@4.3.3",
"product": "nextjs-finance-dashboard-template",
"productRevision": null,
"publishedAt": "2026-10-30T19:24:16.719Z",
"rule": "If getComputedStyle returns `lab(98.2% -.09 -1.13)` for a token you wrote as oklch(), the CSS build rewrote it: parse lab() (and oklab()) in any runtime colour maths.",
"site": "https://upfork.dev",
"snippet": "```ts\nconst NUM = String.raw`(-?[\\d.]+(?:e-?\\d+)?)`\nconst LAB = new RegExp(String.raw`^lab\\(\\s*${NUM}(%?)\\s+${NUM}(%?)\\s+${NUM}(?:\\s*\\/\\s*${NUM}(%?))?\\s*\\)$`)\n// lab → XYZ (D50) → Bradford to D65 → linear sRGB → WCAG luminance\n```",
"title": "Next.js's CSS build turns oklch() tokens into a hex fallback plus lab(): the browser reports lab(), not oklch()",
"type": "lesson-version",
"url": "https://upfork.dev/lessons/L-AJE7",
"version": 1,
"why": "the CSS is lowered for the configured browser targets (Lightning CSS): oklch() becomes a hex fallback plus lab() behind @supports, and Chrome takes the lab() branch."
}