Donnie D'Amato
@donnie.damato.design
Design Systems Architect in New York. Author of Mise en Mode. International speaker. Lives in ds.house.
I just noticed at YouTube the hover effect on cards seems to be custom to each video. I assume they are getting the most prominent color from the thumbnail. They also update the text color to match.
This could have been CSS (except getting the color from the image) but it's all JS here. 😞
This could have been CSS (except getting the color from the image) but it's all JS here. 😞
November 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I just noticed at YouTube the hover effect on cards seems to be custom to each video. I assume they are getting the most prominent color from the thumbnail. They also update the text color to match.
This could have been CSS (except getting the color from the image) but it's all JS here. 😞
This could have been CSS (except getting the color from the image) but it's all JS here. 😞