Code cell numbering in embeds is invisible in dark themes

The issue is in the SCSS files for Bootstrap themes. Look at src/resources/formats/html/bootstrap/_bootstrap-rules.scss lines 949-953 and compare with the dark theme files like darkly.scss line 184. The fix is to ensure the pre color inherits properly in dark themes. Test by modifying the theme SCSS, then rendering a sample Quarto document with a dark theme to verify the cell numbers are visible.

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Bug description

In dark themes, the cell number (e.g. In [1]:, In [2]:, ...) from an embedded code cell ends up very dark on a dark background and fails contrast minimums.

These cell numbers are a bare <pre> inside a .cell-decorator div (<div class="cell-decorator"><pre>In [2]:</pre></div>) — the <pre> itself has no class, so its text color comes from an unscoped, generic pre rule rather than anything specific to .cell-decorator.

Bootstrap's own pre rule (_reboot.scss#L300) sets color: $pre-color, which defaults to $body-emphasis-color (_variables.scss#L1774-L1775) — a light-mode-oriented near-black. Quarto's own override (_bootstrap-rules.scss#L949-L953) resets background-color to initial (so .cell-decorator's bare <pre> blends into the page) but never resets color, so the hardcoded near-black text is left sitting on whatever background the page inherits.

Bootstrap's own dark themes carry a defensive fix for exactly this: darkly.scss#L184 and cyborg.scss#L192 both set $pre-color: inherit !default;.

Steps to reproduce

---
title: "Repro"
theme: dark.scss
---

{{< embed source.qmd#cell-one >}}

with dark.scss:

/*-- scss:defaults --*/
$body-bg: #151515;
$body-color: #f8f8f8;

/*-- scss:rules --*/

and source.qmd:

---
title: "Source"
---

```{r}
#| label: cell-one
1 + 1
```

quarto render index.qmd

Actual behavior

The compiled theme CSS resolves to:

pre{...color:#000;background-color:#f8f9fa;...}
pre{background-color:initial;padding:initial;border:initial}

.cell-decorator's <pre> ends up with color: #000 on the page's
$body-bg (#151515) — a contrast ratio of ~1.15:1.

Expected behavior

.cell-decorator's <pre> text should meet 4.5:1 contrast against the
theme's own background, the same way Bootswatch's dark themes handle it.

Author workaround (that generated screenshot): add $pre-color: inherit !default; to the theme's
scss:defaults block:

/*-- scss:defaults --*/
$body-bg: #151515;
$body-color: #f8f8f8;
$pre-color: inherit !default;
/*-- scss:rules --*/

Your environment

• IDE: none (CLI render)
• OS: macOS 26.6.2 (build 25G83)

Quarto check output

Quarto 1.11.4
[✓] Checking environment information...
      Quarto cache location: /Users/charlottewickham/Library/Caches/quarto
[✓] Checking versions of quarto binary dependencies...
      Pandoc version 3.10.0: OK
      Dart Sass version 1.101.0: OK
      Deno version 2.7.14: OK
      Typst version 0.15.1: OK
[✓] Checking versions of quarto dependencies......OK
[✓] Checking Quarto installation......OK
      Version: 1.11.4
      Path: /Applications/quarto/bin

[✓] Checking tools....................OK
      TinyTeX: v2026.04
      Chrome Headless Shell: 150.0.7871.115
      VeraPDF: 1.28.2

[✓] Checking LaTeX....................OK
      Using: TinyTex
      Path: /Users/charlottewickham/Library/TinyTeX/bin/universal-darwin
      Version: 2026

[✓] Checking Chrome Headless....................OK
      Using: Chrome Headless Shell installed by Quarto
      Path: /Users/charlottewickham/Library/Application Support/quarto/chrome-headless-shell/chrome-headless-shell-mac-arm64/chrome-headless-shell
      Version: 150.0.7871.115

[✓] Checking basic markdown render....OK

[✓] Checking R installation...........OK
      Version: 4.6.0
      Path: /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.6/Resources
      LibPaths:
        - /Users/charlottewickham/Library/R/arm64/4.6/library
        - /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/4.6/Resources/library
      knitr: 1.51
      rmarkdown: 2.31

[✓] Checking Knitr engine render......OK

[✓] Checking Python 3 installation....OK
      Version: 3.12.2
      Path: /Users/charlottewickham/.pyenv/versions/3.12.2/bin/python3
      Jupyter: 5.9.1
      Kernels: python3

[✓] Checking Jupyter engine render....OK

[✓] Checking Julia installation...

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