Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-ui] Should interoperability be a goal for the `accent-color` spec? (#5480)

Thanks @astearns. To make the discussion very concrete:

The proposal for ***Option A is the [full proposal](https://github.com/mfreed7/accent-color/blob/master/proposal.md)***. This includes the normative section, the Motivation and Intent section, and the non-normative examples section.

The proposal for ***Option B is just the normative section, with the 4th paragraph referring to "interop" removed***. To make that concrete, see below.

Both of these are, of course, open for discussion, modification, etc. But the first question to answer is the basic direction - A or B.

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# Option "A":

The [full proposal](https://github.com/mfreed7/accent-color/blob/master/proposal.md).

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# Option "B":


<pre>
<b>Name</b>: ‘accent-color’
<b>Value</b>: &lt;color>+
<b>Initial</b>: 'auto'
<b>Applies to</b>: form control elements
<b>Inherited</b>: yes
<b>Percentages</b>: N/A
<b>Computed value</b>: computed color, see resolving color values
<b>Canonical order</b>: per grammar
<b>Animation type</b>: by computed value type

The ‘accent-color' CSS property sets the color of the “accent” parts or pieces
of form control elements. The first provided &lt;color> value is to be used for
"primary" accent elements. If a second &lt;color> value is provided, that color
should be used for "contrasting" accent elements.  The third and subsequent
colors are only used on some form control elements in some cases, for additional
"accent" parts other than "primary" or "contrasting".

If any color is not provided, or if 'auto' is provided for any color value, then
the UA should attempt to select an appropriate color which offers good contrast
and visibility when paired with remaining provided colors, if any. In selecting
'auto' colors, if the operating system provides an “Accent Color” or similar
user setting, the UA is encouraged to respect that setting as much as possible.
The UA may use a similar, though not identical, color in some cases, for example
to enhance contrast or accessibility.

In limited circumstances, it is permissible for user agents to render the accent
parts of some controls using different colors than those specified by
'accent-color', for example to maintain design guidelines or accessibility
constraints. In those cases, the rendered color should be influenced as much as
possible by the specified 'accent-color'. For example, the UA may wish to only
render the checkbox glyph in either white or black; in this case, the selection
of white or black should depend on the 'accent-color' value, e.g. using the
luminosity of the provided color.

{...paragraph 4 removed here...}

The <b>text content</b> of form control elements is explicitly <b>not</b> included in the set
of “accent” parts, as text content is already controlled by the <a href="https://drafts.csswg.org/css-color/#the-color-property">'color'</a>
property. In addition, the <a href="https://drafts.csswg.org/css-backgrounds-3/#background-color">'background-color'</a> property is often used to control
the rendering for some background parts of form controls - those parts are
similarly not included in the set of "accent" parts that are subject to control
via the `accent-color` property.
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