You picked the color tokens. You tuned the shadows, the gradients and every last state. Then someone turned on a Windows Contrast Theme and Forced Colors Mode took it all away. What's left is a small set of colors you didn't choose, and an interface that may or may not still make sense.

Millions of people rely on forced colors mode every day, yet it remains one of the web's most overlooked accessibility environments. So we're off on an adventure, a treasure hunt to recover those lost colors. Through real interface demos and guided exploration, we'll uncover how browsers apply color in Forced Colors Mode, what really happens to our CSS, and how to test and emulate it during development.

Part treasure hunt, part survival guide, this session is about building interfaces that stay clear, usable and trustworthy when the person using them, not the person who designed them, decides how they look.