Nick J. yeah, totally understand how frustrating this must be, left in the dark like this. This is definitely not something we want for our veteran users like yourself. I can DM you some more details - but the short answer is that the landscape shifts quickly and with a library as complex and as expansive as ours, its not always super easy for us to pivot in different directions. Webflow came out with variable modes about a week or so after we released style guide export - or at least it was very close to the same time - when all of the decisions were already made.
Generally, you should only be applying a color scheme combo class to the section - not individual elements - which is where the custom code comes in. You would however, just need to flip the button classes around within that section depending on your color scheme.
As mentioned above, I've been really digging into color schemes and how to use them, how to work around them, and how to apply them in Figma and Webflow using some of the new features that these tools have released since we've released color schemes and will put together a more comprehensive video.
But I'm happy to try to do whatever I can on my side to get you unblocked as soon as possible so that we're not waiting for a video to be created - so I'll send you a DM with some more details and if you wanted to jump on a call or something, we can just hash through some of the blockers or we can async as you dig into it more.
Our mission is to make designers faster, not waste their time and for that, we're very sorry you wasted time trying to unpack something that should have just been more clearly communicated in the first place.
