LEDGERMACHINE

LM-COLOR-002

Find one-off hardcoded colors in CSS

An undeclared static color appears once and is not visually close to a declared palette token.

What Ledgermachine reports

Color appears in one place

Decision, not automatic repair

Name its specific role or fold it into the established palette. One-off artwork and data visualization colors are often valid exceptions.

Source example

What this finding can look like

The exact candidate comes from the project’s own tokens and repeated values. This example shows the shape of the issue, not a universal replacement.

Flagged source
.promo { border-color: #d7d9dd; }
One possible resolution
:root { --promo-border: #d7d9dd; }
.promo { border-color: var(--promo-border); }

Resolution workflow

Fix the source without erasing intent

  1. Inspect

    Review every reported occurrence and the established candidates Ledgermachine found in the same project.

  2. Decide

    Name its specific role or fold it into the established palette. One-off artwork and data visualization colors are often valid exceptions.

  3. Verify

    Make the change in your editor or coding agent, then rescan. Ledgermachine stays read-only and records whether the finding cleared.

Run it on your source

See the evidence behind this rule.

Open a folder locally, inspect the exact occurrences, and decide whether to repair or preserve the difference.

Open Ledgermachine