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Improve footer accessibility and color contrast using brand colors #24

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feat: add DataCite brand color variables in a new SCSS file
jrhoads Feb 18, 2026
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style: update footer text colors to datacite-primary-dark-blue
jrhoads Feb 18, 2026
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions dist/stylesheets/doi.css
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.footer {
width: 100%;
font-size: 16px;
color: #a3acb2;
color: #243B54;
background-color: #f9fafa;
padding: 0.75em 0;
margin: 0;
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padding-left: 0;
}
.footer a, .footer a:hover, .footer a:visited {
color: #a3acb2;
color: #243B54;
}
.footer h4.share, .footer .share.h4 {
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
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}
.footer .color-description {
font-size: 18px;
color: #a3acb2;
color: #243B54;
}

.dropdown-menu {
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion dist/stylesheets/doi.css.map
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20 changes: 20 additions & 0 deletions src/stylesheets/_datacite_colors.scss
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// DataCite Design Manual v2.1 - Brand Colors
// https://datacite.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/DataCite_Design_manual-version_2_1.pdf

// Primary colors
$datacite-primary-dark-blue: #243B54 !default;
$datacite-primary-light-blue: #00B1E2 !default;

// Secondary colors (use in combination with primary dark blue)
$datacite-secondary-grey: #C0CED6 !default;
$datacite-secondary-turquoise: #46BCAB !default;
$datacite-secondary-light-red: #F07C73 !default;

// Additional colors
$datacite-medium-blue: #0D60D4 !default;
$datacite-dark-pink: #BC2B66 !default;
$datacite-lime: #E2E254 !default;

// Gradient endpoints (for backgrounds, infographics)
$datacite-gradient-start: $datacite-primary-light-blue !default;
$datacite-gradient-end: #243B53 !default;
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions src/stylesheets/doi.scss
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// @import "../../node_modules/bootstrap/scss/responsive-utilities";

// Globals
@import "datacite_colors";
@import "doi/globals/colors";
@import "doi/globals/variables";
@import "doi/globals/mixins";
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions src/stylesheets/doi/components/_footer.scss
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.footer {
width: 100%;
font-size: 16px;
color: $dark-gray;
color: $datacite-primary-dark-blue;
background-color: $lighter-gray;
padding: .75em 0;
margin: 0;
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padding-left: 0;
}
a, a:hover, a:visited {
color: $dark-gray;
color: $datacite-primary-dark-blue;
}
h4.share {
margin-bottom: .5em;
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.color-description {
font-size: 18px;
color: $dark-gray;
color: $datacite-primary-dark-blue;
}
}