List conditional formatting with multiple conditions and column references

TanyaMc yes you can do this and the result is shown below:

For the Explanation column the JSON  that you need to paste into the Advanced mode window is as follows:

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "txtContent": "@currentField",
  "style": {
    "padding-left": "14px",
    "background-color": "=if(@currentField == '' && [$Expired] == 'Y', '#ff7e00', if(@currentField != '' ,'#85b18e', '#cacfd6')",
    "color": "white"
  }
}

For the Comments column the JSON is:

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "txtContent": "@currentField",
  "style": {
    "padding-left": "14px",
    "background-color": "=if(@currentField != '', '#85b18e', if(([$Explanation] == 'Other (provide comments)' || ([$Explanation] == 'Renewed'),'#ff7e00', '#cacfd6' )",
    "color": "white"
  }
}

Hope that helps.

Rob
Los Gallardos
Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User.
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