Tailwind CSS Error /sourcePath:12:8

I’m trying to teach myself Pinegrow Tailwind after about a decade away from site design. I’m making progress, but slowly, as I design my site.

Yesterday I started getting the following error, which had not shown up before in the weeks I’ve been working on this:

"Tailwind CSS error
Tailwind CSS compilation failed due to error:

Error: /sourcePath:12:8: The bg-dark class does not exist. If bg-dark is a custom class, make sure it is defined within a @layer directive.

Tailwind CSS code:

@import url(‘https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Inter:100,200,300,400,500,600,700,800,900|Oxanium:200,300,400,500,600,700,800&display=swap’);

@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 {
@apply font-serif;
}
body { @apply bg-dark; }
body, html {
min-height: 100vh;
}
"
I thought I had defined “dark” as a dark green color, and it is still showing well on the site, but I can’t figure out how to resolve this error.

Any ideas? Thanks. And sorry if this (my first post) is maybe in the wrong area or something.

It looks like Tailwind is flagging bg-dark because it can’t find a class named bg-dark in its configuration, which can happen if it wasn’t added properly.

Here’s a solution that should resolve the issue:

  1. Check your tailwind.config.js file:
  • Ensure that the bg-dark color is defined under the extend section.
  • Example:

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module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        dark: '#YOUR_DARK_GREEN_COLOR_CODE', // Replace with your color code
      },
    },
  },
}
  1. Use a Custom Layer (if needed):
  • If you defined bg-dark in a custom layer in your CSS, double-check it’s wrapped in @layer and that Tailwind knows where to look for it.
  1. Rebuild Tailwind:
  • Sometimes the error persists due to cache issues. Run a build command, like npx tailwindcss build, or restart Pinegrow if necessary.

This should resolve the bg-dark issue!