feat(multiple): fallback to system level variables

src/material/_index.scss

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 @forward './core/typography/typography' show typography-hierarchy;
 @forward './core/typography/typography-utils' show font-shorthand;
 @forward './core/tokens/m2' show m2-tokens-from-theme;
-@forward './core/tokens/m3-tokens' show system-level-colors, system-level-typography;
+@forward './core/tokens/m3-tokens' show system-level-colors,
+    system-level-typography, system-level-elevation, system-level-shape,
+    system-level-motion, system-level-state;
 
 // Private/Internal
 @forward './core/density/private/all-density' show all-component-densities;

src/material/core/style/_elevation.scss

@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ $prefix: 'mat-elevation-z';
     @return null;
   }
 
+  // Return the value if it is a CSS variable name
+  @if (meta.type-of($zValue) == string and string.index($zValue, '--') == 1) {
+    @return $zValue;
+  }
+
   @if meta.type-of($zValue) != number or not math.is-unitless($zValue) {
     @error '$zValue must be a unitless number, but received `#{$zValue}`';
   }

src/material/core/style/_sass-utils.scss

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 @use 'sass:color';
+@use 'sass:string';
 @use 'sass:list';
 @use 'sass:map';
 @use 'sass:meta';
@@ -67,9 +68,18 @@ $use-system-typography-variables: false;
   @if (meta.type-of($color) == 'color') {
     @return color.change($color, $args...);
   }
-  @else if ($color != null and map.get($args, alpha) != null and $use-system-color-variables) {
+  @else if ($color != null and map.get($args, alpha) != null) {
     $opacity: map.get($args, alpha);
-    @return #{color-mix(in srgb, #{$color} #{($opacity * 100) + '%'}, transparent)};
+    @if meta.type-of($opacity) == number {
+      $opacity: ($opacity * 100) + '%';
+    }
+
+    // Wrap the $color as a `var()` if it's the name of a CSS variable
+    @if (meta.type-of($opacity) == string and string.index($color, '--') == 1) {
+      $color: var($color);
+    }
+
+    @return #{color-mix(in srgb, #{$color} #{$opacity}, transparent)};
   }
   @return $color;
 }

src/material/core/tokens/_m3-tokens.scss

@@ -4,9 +4,13 @@
 @use './m3';
 @use './m3/definitions' as m3-token-definitions;
 @use '../tokens/m2' as m2-tokens;
+@use '../style/elevation';
 @use './density';
 @use './format-tokens';
 
+// Default system level prefix to use when directly calling the `system-level-*` mixins
+$system-level-prefix: sys;
+
 /// Generates tokens for the given palette with the given prefix.
 /// @param {Map} $palette The palette to generate tokens for
 /// @param {String} $prefix The key prefix used to name the tokens
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ $_cached-token-slots: null;
 /// @param {Map} $systems The MDC system tokens
 /// @param {Boolean} $include-non-systemized Whether to include non-systemized tokens
 /// @return {Map} A map of namespaced tokens
-@function _generate-tokens($systems, $include-non-systemized: false) {
+@function _generate-tokens($systems, $include-non-systemized: false, $include-density: false) {
   $systems: map.merge((
     md-sys-color: (),
     md-sys-elevation: (),
@@ -116,16 +120,63 @@ $_cached-token-slots: null;
   // Strip out tokens that are systemized by our made up density system.
   @each $namespace, $tokens in $result {
     @each $token, $value in $tokens {
-      @if density.is-systemized($namespace, $token) {
+      @if density.is-systemized($namespace, $token) and not $include-density {
         $tokens: map.remove($tokens, $token);
       }
     }
     $result: map.set($result, $namespace, $tokens);
   }
+
   @return $result;
 }
 
-@mixin system-level-colors($theme, $overrides: ()) {
+// Return a new map where the values are the same as the provided map's
+// keys, prefixed with "--mat-app-". For example:
+// (key1: '', key2: '') --> (key1: --mat-app-key1, key2: --mat-app-key2)
+@function create-system-app-vars-map($map) {
+  $new-map: ();
+  @each $key, $value in $map {
+    $new-map: map.set($new-map, $key, --mat-app-#{$key});
+  }
+  @return $new-map;
+}
+
+// Create a components tokens map where values are based on
+// system fallback variables referencing Material's system keys.
+// Includes density token fallbacks where density is 0.
+@function create-system-fallbacks() {
+  $app-vars: (
+    'md-sys-color':
+        create-system-app-vars-map(m3-token-definitions.md-sys-color-values-light()),
+    'md-sys-typescale':
+        create-system-app-vars-map(m3-token-definitions.md-sys-typescale-values()),
+    'md-sys-elevation':
+        create-system-app-vars-map(m3-token-definitions.md-sys-elevation-values()),
+    'md-sys-state':
+        create-system-app-vars-map(m3-token-definitions.md-sys-state-values()),
+    'md-sys-shape':
+        create-system-app-vars-map(m3-token-definitions.md-sys-shape-values()),
+  );
+
+  @return sass-utils.deep-merge-all(
+    _generate-tokens($app-vars, true, true),
+    generate-density-tokens(0)
+  );
+}
+
+// Emits CSS variables for Material's system level values. Uses the
+// namespace "--mat-app" .
+// e.g. --mat-app-surface: #E5E5E5
+@mixin theme($theme, $overrides: ()) {
+  @include system-level-colors($theme, $overrides, mat-app);
+  @include system-level-typography($theme, $overrides, mat-app);
+  @include system-level-elevation($theme, $overrides, mat-app);
+  @include system-level-shape($theme, $overrides, mat-app);
+  @include system-level-motion($theme, $overrides, mat-app);
+  @include system-level-state($theme, $overrides, mat-app);
+}
+
+@mixin system-level-colors($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: null) {
   $palettes: map.get($theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access, palettes);
   $base-palettes: (
     neutral: map.get($palettes, neutral),
@@ -135,11 +186,15 @@ $_cached-token-slots: null;
   );
 
   $type: map.get($theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access, theme-type);
-  $system-variables-prefix: map.get($theme, system-variables-prefix) or sys;
   $primary: map.merge(map.get($palettes, primary), $base-palettes);
   $tertiary: map.merge(map.get($palettes, tertiary), $base-palettes);
   $error: map.get($palettes, error);
 
+  @if (not $prefix) {
+    // TODO: Change this after #29513 is merged.
+    $prefix: map.get($theme, system-variables-prefix) or $system-level-prefix;
+  }
+
   $ref: (
     md-ref-palette: _generate-ref-palette-tokens($primary, $tertiary, $error)
   );
@@ -149,26 +204,28 @@ $_cached-token-slots: null;
     m3-token-definitions.md-sys-color-values-light($ref));
 
   @each $name, $value in $sys-colors {
-    --#{$system-variables-prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
+    --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
   }
 }
 
-@mixin system-level-typography($theme, $overrides: ()) {
+@mixin system-level-typography($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: null) {
   $font-definition: map.get($theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access, font-definition);
   $brand: map.get($font-definition, brand);
   $plain: map.get($font-definition, plain);
   $bold: map.get($font-definition, bold);
   $medium: map.get($font-definition, medium);
   $regular: map.get($font-definition, regular);
-  $system-variables-prefix: map.get($theme, system-variables-prefix) or sys;
   $ref: (
     md-ref-typeface: _generate-ref-typeface-tokens($brand, $plain, $bold, $medium, $regular)
   );
 
-  $sys-typescale: m3-token-definitions.md-sys-typescale-values($ref);
+  @if (not $prefix) {
+    // TODO: Change this after #29513 is merged.
+    $prefix: map.get($theme, system-variables-prefix) or $system-level-prefix;
+  }
 
-  @each $name, $value in $sys-typescale {
-    --#{$system-variables-prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
+  @each $name, $value in m3-token-definitions.md-sys-typescale-values($ref) {
+    --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
   }
 }
 
@@ -180,6 +237,40 @@ $_cached-token-slots: null;
   @return $result;
 }
 
+@mixin system-level-elevation($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: $system-level-prefix) {
+  $shadow-color: map.get(
+      $theme, _mat-theming-internals-do-not-access, color-tokens, (mdc, theme), shadow);
+
+  @for $level from 0 through 24 {
+    $value: elevation.get-box-shadow($level, $shadow-color);
+    --#{$prefix}-elevation-shadow-level-#{$level}: #{$value};
+  }
+
+  @each $name, $value in m3-token-definitions.md-sys-elevation-values() {
+    $level: map.get($overrides, $name) or $value;
+    $value: elevation.get-box-shadow($level, $shadow-color);
+    --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{$value};
+  }
+}
+
+@mixin system-level-shape($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: $system-level-prefix) {
+  @each $name, $value in m3-token-definitions.md-sys-shape-values() {
+    --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
+  }
+}
+
+@mixin system-level-state($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: $system-level-prefix) {
+  @each $name, $value in m3-token-definitions.md-sys-state-values() {
+    --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
+  }
+}
+
+@mixin system-level-motion($theme, $overrides: (), $prefix: $system-level-prefix) {
+  @each $name, $value in m3-token-definitions.md-sys-motion-values() {
+    --#{$prefix}-#{$name}: #{map.get($overrides, $name) or $value};
+  }
+}
+
 @function _get-sys-color($type, $ref, $prefix) {
   $mdc-sys-color: if($type == dark,
     m3-token-definitions.md-sys-color-values-dark($ref),

src/material/core/tokens/_token-definition.scss

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 @use 'sass:list';
 @use 'sass:map';
 @use 'sass:meta';
+@use 'sass:string';
 @use 'sass:math';
 @use '../m2/palette' as m2-palette;
 @use '../m2/theming' as m2-theming;
@@ -161,6 +162,12 @@ $_system-fallbacks: null;
     $color-key: map.get($pair, color);
     $opacity-key: map.get($pair, opacity);
     $color: map.get($tokens, $color-key);
+
+    // If the color is a CSS variable name, wrap it in a `var()` statement
+    @if (meta.type-of($color) == 'string' and string.index($color, '--') == 1) {
+      $color: var(#{$color});
+    }
+
     $opacity: map.get($opacity-lookup, $opacity-key);
 
     @if(meta.type-of($color) == 'color') {