Themes, app branding and Experience Cloud branding
Where each brand setting lives and what it reaches: the one active org theme in Themes and Branding (and the accessible brand color), per-app branding that overrides it, My Domain login page branding, and Experience Cloud branding with the Theme panel, branding sets, audiences and Login & Registration.
Given a scenario, describe how to apply branding to a solution.
~8 min read · 12 practice questions ·
What the exam expects
- Pick the branding tool from the surface the brand must reach.
- Explain theme rules: one active theme, what a custom theme holds, where it doesn't apply, and the accessible brand color and its override.
- Predict when app branding overrides the org theme.
- Apply My Domain login branding limits and Experience Cloud branding sets, audiences, Generate Palette from Image and theme switching.
Key terms: theme (a collection of visual styles for Lightning Experience; one is active per org); SLDS 1 / SLDS 2 theme (themes built on the classic design system or on SLDS 2, whose default theme is Salesforce Cosmos); app branding (a Lightning app's primary color and logo set in App Manager); branding set (a bundle of images, fonts and colors in Experience Builder's Theme panel); right frame URL (an https page shown beside a login form).
Key facts
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- One, applied to the entire org
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- Override accessibility brand color checkbox
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- SLDS 2 and Salesforce Cosmos on by default
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- App always overrides Lightning Blue and Lightning Lite
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- .jpg, .gif or .png, up to 100 KB, max 250 × 125 px
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- https:// with SSL; fills about 50% of the page
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- No record-based criteria; default assignment not editable
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- Deletes branding sets and CSS overrides permanently
Sources for this section (5)
- Considerations for Themes and Brandinghelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Salesforce Cosmos Theme and SLDS 2 Availabilityhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Customize Your My Domain Login Page with Your Brandhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Assign an Audience to a Branding Sethelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Change the Theme of Your Experience Builder Sitehelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Why can't a theme give the sales team a different logo from the service team?
- When does the App Manager override option change what users see?
- Why use Login & Registration instead of My Domain for a partner portal's reset-password page?
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