diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index dc68b841494..b57c709b071 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ source "https://rubygems.org"
 # This will help ensure the proper Jekyll version is running.
 # Happy Jekylling!
 gem "jekyll", "~> 4.4.1"
-gem "jekyll-sass-converter", "~> 2.0"
+gem "jekyll-sass-converter", "~> 3.0"
 
 # This is the default theme for new Jekyll sites. You may change this to anything you like.
 gem "minima", "~> 2.0"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 2c4a2196db5..b715a40a6d6 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ GEM
       public_suffix (>= 2.0.2, < 8.0)
     asciidoctor (2.0.15)
     base64 (0.3.0)
+    bigdecimal (4.1.2)
     colorator (1.1.0)
     concurrent-ruby (1.3.6)
     csv (3.3.5)
@@ -14,7 +15,14 @@ GEM
       http_parser.rb (~> 0)
     eventmachine (1.2.7)
     ffi (1.17.4)
+    ffi (1.17.4-x86_64-linux-gnu)
     forwardable-extended (2.6.0)
+    google-protobuf (4.35.0)
+      bigdecimal
+      rake (~> 13.3)
+    google-protobuf (4.35.0-x86_64-linux-gnu)
+      bigdecimal
+      rake (~> 13.3)
     http_parser.rb (0.8.1)
     i18n (1.14.8)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
@@ -49,8 +57,8 @@ GEM
       jekyll (>= 3.7, < 5.0)
     jekyll-paginate-v2 (3.0.0)
       jekyll (>= 3.0, < 5.0)
-    jekyll-sass-converter (2.2.0)
-      sassc (> 2.0.1, < 3.0)
+    jekyll-sass-converter (3.1.0)
+      sass-embedded (~> 1.75)
     jekyll-seo-tag (2.7.1)
       jekyll (>= 3.8, < 5.0)
     jekyll-watch (2.2.1)
@@ -78,14 +86,18 @@ GEM
     pathutil (0.16.2)
       forwardable-extended (~> 2.6)
     public_suffix (7.0.5)
+    rake (13.4.2)
     rb-fsevent (0.11.2)
     rb-inotify (0.11.1)
       ffi (~> 1.0)
     rexml (3.4.4)
     rouge (4.7.0)
     safe_yaml (1.0.5)
-    sassc (2.4.0)
-      ffi (~> 1.9)
+    sass-embedded (1.100.0)
+      google-protobuf (~> 4.31)
+      rake (>= 13)
+    sass-embedded (1.100.0-x86_64-linux-gnu)
+      google-protobuf (~> 4.31)
     stringio (3.1.0)
     terminal-table (3.0.2)
       unicode-display_width (>= 1.1.1, < 3)
@@ -97,6 +109,7 @@ GEM
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
+  x86_64-linux
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   jekyll (~> 4.4.1)
@@ -105,7 +118,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   jekyll-auto-authors
   jekyll-feed (~> 0.6)
   jekyll-paginate-v2
-  jekyll-sass-converter (~> 2.0)
+  jekyll-sass-converter (~> 3.0)
   minima (~> 2.0)
   open-uri (~> 0.4.1)
   tzinfo-data
diff --git a/_sass/includes/brand.css b/_sass/includes/brand.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from _sass/includes/brand.css
rename to _sass/includes/brand.scss
diff --git a/_sass/layouts/blog.scss b/_sass/layouts/blog.scss
index 2966022bc2a..36a98593204 100644
--- a/_sass/layouts/blog.scss
+++ b/_sass/layouts/blog.scss
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+@use "sass:color";
+
 body.post {
   div.post-page {
     h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, small, strong, em,
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ body.post {
     margin: 0 0 1rem 0;
 
     &:hover {
-      color: darken( #ee802f, 10%);
+      color: color.adjust(#ee802f, $lightness: -10%);
     }
   }
   .paginator-btns a:not(:last-of-type) {