Unable to change code background color

[MiguelANunes]

I'm using a different background color for my blog and I noticed that there is no variable in the _variables.scss file for code background color (though there is for the color of the code text itself), and changing the hard coded background color found in the _code.scss file in my local install of Hydeout did nothing.

I've also attempted to add this

code {
    background-color: rgb(38, 41, 34);
  }

snippet (and some variations of it) to the main.scss file in the assets/css/ folder like I would change another variable and this also had no effect.

After some head scratching, I copied the entire _code.scss file into my assets/css/ folder and changed the value of the background color there too, but this too didn't work.

And now I've run out of options. I'm not particularly well versed in (S)CSS and web dev as a whole, so I may be making a dumb mistake, but any help in figuring this out would be greatly appreciated.

[fongandrew]

Hard to say without seeing your actual blog, but maybe it's one of the other properties in that file? Like if the element you're styling has a highlight class? https://github.com/fongandrew/hydeout/blob/master/_sass/hydeout/_code.scss#L35

[MiguelANunes]

Hi, thanks for the reply! I tried to change that value but that also didn't work, there might be something wrong with my install of the theme, though that's a problem for next year.

Anyhow, I managed to sidestep the issue by using doing this: <code style="background-color: rgb(38, 41, 34)">my code</code>.
Not very convenient but it solves the problem.