I'm trying to do this: html{ font-size:62.5%; } body{ @include rem(font-size, 14px); line-height:1.6; } But I believe the rem mixin gives me this with the following: $browser-default-font-size: 16px; // Is this right? $base-font-size: 10px !default; // Is this right? html{ font-size:62.5%; } body{ font-size: 14px; font-size: .875rem; } I was expecting the following: html{ font-size:62.5%; } body{ font-size: 14px; font-size: 1.4rem; }