DaisyUI 5 Color Rules

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Choosing colors for components in a daisyUI 5 interface
• Making a UI that adapts correctly when the theme changes
• Fixing unreadable text caused by fixed Tailwind color names in dark themes
• Reviewing markup that mixes the dark prefix with daisyUI colors

Example prompts

• “Style this card with daisyUI colors only so it works in light and dark themes.”
• “Replace text-gray-800 in this navbar with a theme-safe daisyUI color.”
• “Which daisyUI color should I use for the main call to action on this page?”

Workflow steps

11 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1daisyUI adds semantic color names to the Tailwind CSS colors.
2. 2Use daisyUI color names in utility classes as you use other Tailwind CSS color names. For example, bg-primary uses the primary color for…
3. 3The value of each daisyUI color name is a variable. Thus, the color can change with the theme.
4. 4Do not use dark: with daisyUI color names.
5. 5If possible, use only daisyUI color names. This lets colors change automatically with the theme.
6. 6If you use a Tailwind CSS color name such as red-500, its color stays the same in all themes.
7. 7If you use a daisyUI color name such as primary, its color changes with the theme.
8. 8Avoid Tailwind CSS color names for text. For example, text-gray-800 on bg-base-100 becomes unreadable in a dark theme because bg-base-100…
9. 9*-content colors must have clear contrast with their related colors.
10. 10Use base-* colors for most of the page. Use the default variant for all elements. Use primary only for the most important element on the…
11. 11In rare cases, you can use a Tailwind CSS color if content must keep the same color in all themes. For example, you can use text-red-500…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 8c24218. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are css and html).

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • daisyui.com

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

DaisyUI 5 Color Rules loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 15 tokens; SKILL.md has 586 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~15

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from saadeghi/daisyui at commit 8c24218, republished under its MIT licence (© saadeghi). 586 words, ~1,725 tokens.

name

daisyui-colors

description

Color rules that you must use with daisyUI 5

@plugin "daisyui" {
  themes: light --default, dark --prefersdark, cupcake;
}

<html data-theme="dark">
  <section data-theme="light">
    <div data-theme="retro">Nested theme</div>
  </section>
</html>

@import "tailwindcss";
@plugin "daisyui";
@plugin "daisyui/theme" {
  name: "mytheme";
  default: true; /* set as default */
  prefersdark: false; /* set as default dark mode (prefers-color-scheme:dark) */
  color-scheme: light; /* color of browser-provided UI */

  --color-base-100: oklch(98% 0.02 240);
  --color-base-200: oklch(95% 0.03 240);
  --color-base-300: oklch(92% 0.04 240);
  --color-base-content: oklch(20% 0.05 240);
  --color-primary: oklch(55% 0.3 240);
  --color-primary-content: oklch(98% 0.01 240);
  --color-secondary: oklch(70% 0.25 200);
  --color-secondary-content: oklch(98% 0.01 200);
  --color-accent: oklch(65% 0.25 160);
  --color-accent-content: oklch(98% 0.01 160);
  --color-neutral: oklch(50% 0.05 240);
  --color-neutral-content: oklch(98% 0.01 240);
  --color-info: oklch(70% 0.2 220);
  --color-info-content: oklch(98% 0.01 220);
  --color-success: oklch(65% 0.25 140);
  --color-success-content: oklch(98% 0.01 140);
  --color-warning: oklch(80% 0.25 80);
  --color-warning-content: oklch(20% 0.05 80);
  --color-error: oklch(65% 0.3 30);
  --color-error-content: oklch(98% 0.01 30);

  --radius-selector: 1rem; /* border radius of selectors (checkbox, toggle, badge) */
  --radius-field: 0.25rem; /* border radius of fields (button, input, select, tab) */
  --radius-box: 0.5rem; /* border radius of boxes (card, modal, alert) */
  /* preferred values for --radius-* : 0rem, 0.25rem, 0.5rem, 1rem, 2rem */

  --size-selector: 0.25rem; /* base size of selectors (checkbox, toggle, badge). Value must be 0.25rem unless we intentionally want bigger selectors. If so it can be 0.28125 or 0.3125. If we intentionally want smaller selectors, it can be 0.21875 or 0.1875 */
  --size-field: 0.25rem; /* base size of fields (button, input, select, tab). Value must be 0.25rem unless we intentionally want bigger fields. If so it can be 0.28125 or 0.3125. If we intentionally want smaller fields, it can be 0.21875 or 0.1875 */

  --border: 1px; /* border size. Value must be 1px unless we intentionally want thicker borders. If so it can be 1.5px or 2px. If we intentionally want thinner borders, it can be 0.5px */

  --depth: 1; /* only 0 or 1 - Adds a shadow and subtle 3D depth effect to components */
  --noise: 0; /* only 0 or 1 - Adds a subtle noise (grain) effect to components */
}

@plugin "daisyui/theme" {
  name: "light";
  default: true;
  --color-primary: blue;
  --color-secondary: teal;
}

:root:has(input.theme-controller[value=mytheme]:checked),
[data-theme="mytheme"] {
  color-scheme: light;
  --color-primary: oklch(55% 0.3 240);
  /* define the remaining custom-theme variables */
}

@custom-variant dark (&:where([data-theme=night], [data-theme=night] *));

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/daisyui/colors of saadeghi/daisyui.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 8c24218