diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d85a5da4b39b..261ecb8e503f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - _Experimental_: Add `user-valid` and `user-invalid` variants ([#12370](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/12370))
 - _Experimental_: Add `wrap-anywhere`, `wrap-break-word`, and `wrap-normal` utilities ([#12128](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/12128))
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Do not extract candidates with JS string interpolation `${` ([#17142](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/pull/17142))
+
 ## [4.0.13] - 2025-03-11
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/crates/oxide/src/extractor/arbitrary_property_machine.rs b/crates/oxide/src/extractor/arbitrary_property_machine.rs
index 947073c2fb99..bf5373a3d333 100644
--- a/crates/oxide/src/extractor/arbitrary_property_machine.rs
+++ b/crates/oxide/src/extractor/arbitrary_property_machine.rs
@@ -226,6 +226,11 @@ impl Machine for ArbitraryPropertyMachine<ParsingValueState> {
                 // URLs are not allowed
                 Class::Slash if start_of_value_pos == cursor.pos => return self.restart(),
 
+                // String interpolation-like syntax is not allowed. E.g.: `[${x}]`
+                Class::Dollar if matches!(cursor.next.into(), Class::OpenCurly) => {
+                    return self.restart()
+                }
+
                 // Everything else is valid
                 _ => cursor.advance(),
             };
@@ -276,6 +281,9 @@ enum Class {
     #[bytes(b'-')]
     Dash,
 
+    #[bytes(b'$')]
+    Dollar,
+
     #[bytes_range(b'a'..=b'z')]
     AlphaLower,
 
@@ -411,4 +419,26 @@ mod tests {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_exceptions() {
+        for (input, expected) in [
+            // JS string interpolation
+            // In key
+            ("[${x}:value]", vec![]),
+            // As part of the key
+            ("[background-${property}:value]", vec![]),
+            // In value
+            ("[key:${x}]", vec![]),
+            // As part of the value
+            ("[key:value-${x}]", vec![]),
+            // Allowed in strings
+            ("[--img:url('${x}')]", vec!["[--img:url('${x}')]"]),
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(
+                ArbitraryPropertyMachine::<IdleState>::test_extract_all(input),
+                expected
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/oxide/src/extractor/arbitrary_value_machine.rs b/crates/oxide/src/extractor/arbitrary_value_machine.rs
index c99f7f54ad5f..b4370c2d2d2b 100644
--- a/crates/oxide/src/extractor/arbitrary_value_machine.rs
+++ b/crates/oxide/src/extractor/arbitrary_value_machine.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ impl Machine for ArbitraryValueMachine {
                 // Any kind of whitespace is not allowed
                 Class::Whitespace => return self.restart(),
 
+                // String interpolation-like syntax is not allowed. E.g.: `[${x}]`
+                Class::Dollar if matches!(cursor.next.into(), Class::OpenCurly) => {
+                    return self.restart()
+                }
+
                 // Everything else is valid
                 _ => cursor.advance(),
             };
@@ -133,6 +138,9 @@ enum Class {
     #[bytes(b' ', b'\t', b'\n', b'\r', b'\x0C')]
     Whitespace,
 
+    #[bytes(b'$')]
+    Dollar,
+
     #[fallback]
     Other,
 }
@@ -188,4 +196,17 @@ mod tests {
             assert_eq!(ArbitraryValueMachine::test_extract_all(input), expected);
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_exceptions() {
+        for (input, expected) in [
+            // JS string interpolation
+            ("[${x}]", vec![]),
+            ("[url(${x})]", vec![]),
+            // Allowed in strings
+            ("[url('${x}')]", vec!["[url('${x}')]"]),
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(ArbitraryValueMachine::test_extract_all(input), expected);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/oxide/src/extractor/arbitrary_variable_machine.rs b/crates/oxide/src/extractor/arbitrary_variable_machine.rs
index 5c26b0659c51..355572769d11 100644
--- a/crates/oxide/src/extractor/arbitrary_variable_machine.rs
+++ b/crates/oxide/src/extractor/arbitrary_variable_machine.rs
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@ impl Machine for ArbitraryVariableMachine<ParsingFallbackState> {
                 // Any kind of whitespace is not allowed
                 Class::Whitespace => return self.restart(),
 
+                // String interpolation-like syntax is not allowed. E.g.: `[${x}]`
+                Class::Dollar if matches!(cursor.next.into(), Class::OpenCurly) => {
+                    return self.restart()
+                }
+
                 // Everything else is valid
                 _ => cursor.advance(),
             };
@@ -284,6 +289,9 @@ enum Class {
     #[bytes(b'.')]
     Dot,
 
+    #[bytes(b'$')]
+    Dollar,
+
     #[bytes(b'\\')]
     Escape,
 
@@ -380,4 +388,25 @@ mod tests {
             );
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_exceptions() {
+        for (input, expected) in [
+            // JS string interpolation
+            // As part of the variable
+            ("(--my-${var})", vec![]),
+            // As the fallback
+            ("(--my-variable,${var})", vec![]),
+            // As the fallback in strings
+            (
+                "(--my-variable,url('${var}'))",
+                vec!["(--my-variable,url('${var}'))"],
+            ),
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(
+                ArbitraryVariableMachine::<IdleState>::test_extract_all(input),
+                expected
+            );
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/oxide/src/extractor/candidate_machine.rs b/crates/oxide/src/extractor/candidate_machine.rs
index 1d92ea153afc..33b67098feef 100644
--- a/crates/oxide/src/extractor/candidate_machine.rs
+++ b/crates/oxide/src/extractor/candidate_machine.rs
@@ -327,4 +327,34 @@ mod tests {
             );
         }
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_js_interpolation() {
+        for (input, expected) in [
+            // Utilities
+            // Arbitrary value
+            ("bg-[${color}]", vec![]),
+            // Arbitrary property
+            ("[color:${value}]", vec![]),
+            ("[${key}:value]", vec![]),
+            ("[${key}:${value}]", vec![]),
+            // Arbitrary property for CSS variables
+            ("[--color:${value}]", vec![]),
+            ("[--color-${name}:value]", vec![]),
+            // Arbitrary variable
+            ("bg-(--my-${name})", vec![]),
+            ("bg-(--my-variable,${fallback})", vec![]),
+            (
+                "bg-(--my-image,url('https://example.com?q=${value}'))",
+                vec!["bg-(--my-image,url('https://example.com?q=${value}'))"],
+            ),
+            // Variants
+            ("data-[state=${state}]:flex", vec![]),
+            ("support-(--my-${value}):flex", vec![]),
+            ("support-(--my-variable,${fallback}):flex", vec![]),
+            ("[@media(width>=${value})]:flex", vec![]),
+        ] {
+            assert_eq!(CandidateMachine::test_extract_all(input), expected);
+        }
+    }
 }