diff --git a/components/DataLiberation/CSS/class-cssprocessor.php b/components/DataLiberation/CSS/class-cssprocessor.php
index cacb48b4..f59f6c63 100644
--- a/components/DataLiberation/CSS/class-cssprocessor.php
+++ b/components/DataLiberation/CSS/class-cssprocessor.php
@@ -1583,15 +1583,45 @@ private function decode_string_or_url( int $start, int $length ): string {
 
 			// Handle escapes (if enabled).
 			if ( '\\' === $char ) {
-				if ( $this->is_valid_escape( $at ) ) {
+				++$at; // Consume the backslash.
+
+				/*
+				 * Backslash at end of range (e.g. backslash-EOF in a string token).
+				 *
+				 * Per the CSS spec, in a string token, a backslash at EOF is ignored.
+				 *
+				 * @see https://www.w3.org/TR/css-syntax-3/#consume-string-token
+				 */
+				if ( $at >= $end ) {
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				$next_char = $this->css[ $at ];
+
+				/*
+				 * Backslash before a newline (backslash-newline) in a string token.
+				 *
+				 * Per the CSS spec, in a string token, a backslash followed by a
+				 * newline is consumed but produces nothing in the token value.
+				 *
+				 * @see https://www.w3.org/TR/css-syntax-3/#consume-string-token
+				 */
+				if ( "\n" === $next_char || "\f" === $next_char ) {
 					++$at;
-					$decoded .= $this->decode_escape_at( $at, $bytes_consumed );
-					$at      += $bytes_consumed;
 					continue;
 				}
-				// Invalid escape - consume the backslash and keep going.
-				$decoded .= '\\';
-				++$at;
+				if ( "\r" === $next_char ) {
+					++$at;
+					// Handle \r\n as a single newline.
+					if ( $at < $end && "\n" === $this->css[ $at ] ) {
+						++$at;
+					}
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				// Otherwise, this is a valid escape: decode and append the escaped code point.
+				$decoded .= $this->decode_escape_at( $at, $bytes_consumed );
+				$at      += $bytes_consumed;
 				continue;
 			}
 
diff --git a/components/DataLiberation/Tests/CSSProcessorTest.php b/components/DataLiberation/Tests/CSSProcessorTest.php
index ed164ac2..106d6808 100644
--- a/components/DataLiberation/Tests/CSSProcessorTest.php
+++ b/components/DataLiberation/Tests/CSSProcessorTest.php
@@ -1541,4 +1541,83 @@ public function test_ident_start_codepoint_bounds_check(): void {
 		);
 		$this->assertSame( $expected_tokens, $actual_tokens );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Tests that backslash-newline in a CSS string token value is ignored.
+	 *
+	 * Per the CSS spec, in a <string-token>, a U+005C REVERSE SOLIDUS (\)
+	 * followed by a newline is consumed but contributes nothing to the token
+	 * value — i.e. the logical string contains no backslash and no newline at
+	 * that position.
+	 *
+	 * @see https://www.w3.org/TR/css-syntax-3/#consume-string-token
+	 * @see https://github.com/WordPress/php-toolkit/issues/222
+	 */
+	public function test_string_token_backslash_newline_is_ignored(): void {
+		// LF: the canonical case from the spec.
+		$processor = CSSProcessor::create( "'str\\\ning'" );
+		$processor->next_token();
+		$this->assertSame( CSSProcessor::TOKEN_STRING, $processor->get_token_type() );
+		$this->assertSame( 'string', $processor->get_token_value() );
+
+		// CR: carriage return should also be consumed.
+		$processor = CSSProcessor::create( "'str\\\ring'" );
+		$processor->next_token();
+		$this->assertSame( CSSProcessor::TOKEN_STRING, $processor->get_token_type() );
+		$this->assertSame( 'string', $processor->get_token_value() );
+
+		// CRLF: the pair should be consumed as a single newline.
+		$processor = CSSProcessor::create( "'str\\\r\ning'" );
+		$processor->next_token();
+		$this->assertSame( CSSProcessor::TOKEN_STRING, $processor->get_token_type() );
+		$this->assertSame( 'string', $processor->get_token_value() );
+
+		// FF (form feed): treated as a newline per the spec.
+		$processor = CSSProcessor::create( "'str\\\fing'" );
+		$processor->next_token();
+		$this->assertSame( CSSProcessor::TOKEN_STRING, $processor->get_token_type() );
+		$this->assertSame( 'string', $processor->get_token_value() );
+
+		// Multiple backslash-newlines in one string.
+		$processor = CSSProcessor::create( "'A\\\nB\\\nC'" );
+		$processor->next_token();
+		$this->assertSame( CSSProcessor::TOKEN_STRING, $processor->get_token_type() );
+		$this->assertSame( 'ABC', $processor->get_token_value() );
+
+		// Backslash-newline at the very start of the string value.
+		$processor = CSSProcessor::create( "'\\\nvalue'" );
+		$processor->next_token();
+		$this->assertSame( CSSProcessor::TOKEN_STRING, $processor->get_token_type() );
+		$this->assertSame( 'value', $processor->get_token_value() );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Tests that a backslash at EOF inside a CSS string token contributes
+	 * nothing to the token value.
+	 *
+	 * Per the CSS spec, in a <string-token>, a U+005C REVERSE SOLIDUS (\)
+	 * followed by EOF is consumed but produces nothing in the token value.
+	 *
+	 * @see https://www.w3.org/TR/css-syntax-3/#consume-string-token
+	 * @see https://github.com/WordPress/php-toolkit/issues/223
+	 */
+	public function test_string_token_backslash_eof_is_ignored(): void {
+		// Backslash at the very end of input (no closing quote).
+		$processor = CSSProcessor::create( "'string\\" );
+		$processor->next_token();
+		$this->assertSame( CSSProcessor::TOKEN_STRING, $processor->get_token_type() );
+		$this->assertSame( 'string', $processor->get_token_value() );
+
+		// Backslash immediately after opening quote, then EOF.
+		$processor = CSSProcessor::create( "'\\" );
+		$processor->next_token();
+		$this->assertSame( CSSProcessor::TOKEN_STRING, $processor->get_token_type() );
+		$this->assertSame( '', $processor->get_token_value() );
+
+		// Double-quoted variant.
+		$processor = CSSProcessor::create( '"string\\' );
+		$processor->next_token();
+		$this->assertSame( CSSProcessor::TOKEN_STRING, $processor->get_token_type() );
+		$this->assertSame( 'string', $processor->get_token_value() );
+	}
 }