SASS can give you the same result: %red color: #f00 %blue color: #00f header @extend %red div @extend %blue #foo

SASS can give you the same result: %red color: #f00 %blue color: #00f header @extend %red div @extend %blue #foo @extend %red p @extend %red gets processed into header, #foo, p { color: #F00; } div { color: #00F; } codepen sample: http://cdpn.io/JoHAv http://cdpn.io/JoHAv