diff --git a/config/design-tokens/colors.json b/config/design-tokens/colors.json
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+++ b/config/design-tokens/colors.json
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+{
+  "light": {
+    "primary": "188deg 84% 35%",
+    "secondary": "8 84% 50%",
+    "background": "0 0% 98%",
+    "surface": "188 27% 94%",
+    "border": "188 48% 80%",
+    "text": "0 0% 4%",
+    "fadeText": "188 12% 32%",
+    "shadow": "188deg 100% 18%"
+  },
+  "dark": {
+    "primary": "188deg 84% 28%",
+    "secondary": "8 84% 43%",
+    "background": "0 0% 4%",
+    "surface": "202 10% 10%",
+    "border": "208 27% 15%",
+    "text": "0 0% 98%",
+    "fadeText": "188 12% 70%",
+    "shadow": "188deg 100% 18%"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/css-utils/colors.js b/src/css-utils/colors.js
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+++ b/src/css-utils/colors.js
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+const colorSchemes = require("../../config/design-tokens/colors.json");
+const { helperClassesToCss } = require("./helperClasses");
+
+const lightScheme = colorSchemes.light;
+const darkScheme = colorSchemes.dark;
+
+const colorToCss = (key, value) =>
+  `--${key}: ${value}; --color-${key}: hsl(${value});`;
+
+const colorSchemeToCss = (scheme) =>
+  Object.entries(scheme).reduce(
+    (css, [key, value]) => css + colorToCss(key, value),
+    ``,
+  );
+
+const lightCss = colorSchemeToCss(lightScheme);
+const darkCss = colorSchemeToCss(darkScheme);
+
+const colorSchemeToHelperClassesCss = (scheme, helperClasses) => {
+  return Object.entries(scheme).reduce((css, [key]) => {
+    return css + helperClassesToCss(helperClasses, key, `var(--color-${key})`);
+  }, ``);
+};
+
+const helperClasses = [
+  ["text", ["color"]],
+  ["bg", ["background-color"]],
+];
+
+const helperClassesCss = colorSchemeToHelperClassesCss(
+  lightScheme,
+  helperClasses,
+);
+
+module.exports = `:root{${lightCss}}${helperClassesCss}@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {:root{${darkCss}}}`;
diff --git a/src/css-utils/helperClasses.js b/src/css-utils/helperClasses.js
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+/**
+ * Given an array of CSS properties, output css properties
+ * with each property equal to `value`
+ */
+const cssPropertiesToCss = (cssProperties, value) => {
+  return cssProperties.reduce((css, cssProp) => {
+    return css + `${cssProp}:${value};`;
+  }, ``);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Given a helperClass (string) and array of cssProperties,
+ * will generate a css class named helperClass that has
+ * all cssProperties mapped to value.
+ */
+const helperClassToCss = (helperClass, cssProperties, value) => {
+  const cssProps = cssPropertiesToCss(cssProperties, value);
+  return `.${helperClass}{${cssProps}}`;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Given an array of helperClasses that map to cssProperties,
+ * output a string of CSS that maps the helperClass (with variant modifier)
+ * to the array of css properties with each css property equal to
+ * value
+ *
+ * e.g.
+ * helperClasses = [["text", ["color"]]],
+ * variant = "primary",
+ * value = "#000"
+ *
+ * Will output the following:
+ * .text-primary {
+ *    color: #000;
+ * }
+ */
+const helperClassesToCss = (helperClasses, variant, value) => {
+  return helperClasses.reduce((css, [helperClass, cssProperties]) => {
+    return (
+      css + helperClassToCss(`${helperClass}-${variant}`, cssProperties, value)
+    );
+  }, ``);
+};
+
+module.exports = { cssPropertiesToCss, helperClassToCss, helperClassesToCss };