diff --git a/scripts/legacy-tokeniser.ts b/scripts/legacy-tokeniser.ts
index 4bb1fb3a0..7185958f3 100644
--- a/scripts/legacy-tokeniser.ts
+++ b/scripts/legacy-tokeniser.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,118 @@
 import {resolve} from 'path'
-import {Project, ScriptTarget, SyntaxKind, Node} from 'ts-morph'
+import {Project, ScriptTarget, SyntaxKind} from 'ts-morph'
+import fallbacks from '../src/tokens/fallback/color-fallbacks.json'
+
+type FallbackMap = Record<string, string>
+const getNewVariable = (oldVariable: string) => {
+  return Object.keys(fallbacks as FallbackMap).find(newVariable => {
+    return (fallbacks as FallbackMap)[newVariable] === `var(${oldVariable})`
+  })
+}
 
 const project = new Project({compilerOptions: {target: ScriptTarget.ES3}})
 project.addSourceFilesAtPaths(resolve('./data/colors/vars/global_light.ts'))
 
-project.getSourceFiles().forEach(sourceFile => {
+project.getSourceFiles().map(sourceFile => {
+  /**
+   * export default { }
+   *                 ↑ first object expression
+   */
   const exportedObject = sourceFile.getDescendantsOfKind(SyntaxKind.ObjectLiteralExpression)[0]
 
-  const propertyAssignments = exportedObject.getChildrenOfKind(SyntaxKind.PropertyAssignment)
-
-  //   fg: {
-  //     default: (theme: any) => `var(--fgColor-default, var(--color-fg-default, ${get('scale.black')(theme)}))`,
-  //     muted: '#656d76',
-  //     subtle: get('scale.gray.5'),
-  //     onEmphasis: get('scale.white')
-  //   },
+  /**
+   * export default {
+   *     ↓ property assignment
+   *  fg : {
+   *    default : get('scale.black'),
+   *            ↑ also property assignment
+   *          ↓ also property assignment
+   *    muted : '#656d76'
+   *  },
+   *  canvas: { }  ← property assignment
+   * }
+   */
+  const propertyAssignments = exportedObject.getDescendantsOfKind(SyntaxKind.PropertyAssignment)
 
+  let prefix = ''
   propertyAssignments.map(propertyAssignment => {
-    const key = propertyAssignment.getName()
-    const variable = `color-${key}`
+    /**
+     * export default {
+     *  ↓ property name
+     *  fg: { }
+     *       ↑ initialiser (property value)
+     *
+     * fg: {
+     *  ↓ property name
+     *  subtle: get('scale.gray.5'),
+     *          ↑ initialiser (property value)
+     */
+
+    const propertyName = propertyAssignment.getName()
+    const propertyValue = propertyAssignment.getInitializer()
+
+    if (!propertyValue) return // doesn't actually happen, just for completion
+
+    /**
+     * propertValue can be of 4 types: ObjectLiteralExpression, StringLiteral, CallExpression, ArrowFunction
+     *
+     * fg: { }, ← ObjectLiteralExpression, we can ignore these
+     * primer: {
+     *   fg: { } ← ObjectLiteralExpression, we can ignore these
+     * },
+     *
+     *
+     * fg: {
+     *   muted: '#656d76', ← StringLiteral,
+     *   subtle: get('scale.gray.5'), ← CallExpression
+     * },
+     * shadow: {
+     *   small: (theme: any) => `0 1px 0 ${alpha(get('scale.black'), 0.04)(theme)}`, ← ArrowFunction
+     * }
+     *
+     */
+
+    if (propertyValue.getKind() === SyntaxKind.ObjectLiteralExpression) {
+      /**
+       * fg: { } ← ObjectLiteralExpression
+       *
+       * We can ignore these
+       * because the propertyAssignment inside the object would be handled
+       *
+       * We only set the prefix, so that it can be used in the children
+       */
+      prefix = propertyName
+    } else if (propertyValue.getKind() === SyntaxKind.StringLiteral) {
+      /**
+       * Before:
+       * fg: {
+       *   muted: '#656d76' ← StringLiteral
+       * }
+       *
+       * After:
+       * fg: {
+       *   muted: "var(--color-fg-muted, '#656d76')"
+       * }
+       */
+
+      const oldValue = propertyValue.getText()
+      if (oldValue.startsWith(`"var(--`)) return // already replaced, skip!
+
+      const oldVariableName = `--color-${prefix}-${propertyName}`
+      const newVariableName = getNewVariable(oldVariableName)
+      const newValue = `"var(${newVariableName}, var(${oldVariableName}, ${oldValue}))"`
 
-    const value = propertyAssignment.getInitializer()
-    console.log(value?.getKindName())
-    // value can be of type Object (key:value), function call(get, arrow theme function) or string (hex color/variable)
+      propertyValue.replaceWithText(newValue)
+    } else if (propertyValue.getKind() === SyntaxKind.CallExpression) {
+      /**
+       * fg: {
+       *   subtle: get('scale.gray.5'), ← CallExpression
+       * }
+       */
+      // const t = {
+      //   before: get('scale.black'),
+      //   after: `var(--color-fg-default, ${get('scale.black')(theme)})`,
+      // }
+    }
   })
+  sourceFile.save()
 })