* directly targets elements and assigns to them `color: var(--color)` and is not overwritten by anything. It is normal CSS assignment. Variables aren't macros o

* directly targets elements and assigns to them `color: var(--color)` and is not overwritten by anything. It is normal CSS assignment. Variables aren't macros or templates or rewrite rules. They are simply properties. Variables don't follow specificity in the same sense that other properties don't follow specificity. Specificity only applies to rules in the first place, not to properties.