Inverse link colour remain white in IE11

[kr8n3r]

Description of the issue

When rendering an inverse link on dark background in IE 11 it remains white. As IE11 doesn't recognise CSS variables, dark background isn't styled as so it leaves a white link on white background.

See

govuk-frontend/packages/govuk-frontend/src/govuk/helpers/_links.scss

Lines 257 to 261 in 880ba6e

	@mixin govuk-link-style-inverse {
	&:link,
	&:visited {
	color: govuk-colour("white");
	}

Steps to reproduce the issue

View inverse link in IE11

Actual vs expected behaviour

Link should have a fallback (blue) colour.
Actual

Expected

Environment (where applicable)

• Operating system: Windows
• Browser: IE11
• Browser version:
• GOV.UK Frontend Version: 6.1.0