diff --git a/scss/style.scss b/scss/style.scss
index a622cef4..f29891b4 100755
--- a/scss/style.scss
+++ b/scss/style.scss
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ html {
   font-size: 100%;
 }
 
+:root {
+  --button-color: black;
+  --button-background-color: silver;
+}
+
 body {
 	background: $white;
   font: 18px/1.4 $helvetica;
@@ -270,4 +275,4 @@ footer {
 
 // Settled on moving the import of syntax highlighting to the bottom of the CSS
 // ... Otherwise it really bloats up the top of the CSS file and makes it difficult to find the start
-@import "_highlights";
\ No newline at end of file
+@import "_highlights";