Background opacity effecting child text

Question

This could be a duplicate post but I can't seem to find the solution to my html/css layout, apology's in advance:

HTML CODE:

<section class="palm-section text-center" id="palm-section">
    <div class="palm-img">
        <h1>Palm Hotel</h1>
        <div class="break-line"></div>
    </div>
</section>

CSS CODE:

 .palm-img h1{ /* Child text to background */
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  padding-top: 10px;
  font-size: 62px;
  color: white;
  font-weight: 400;
  z-index: 1;
}


.palm-img{ /* Background */
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  padding-top: 150px;
  padding-bottom: 100px;
  height: 100%;
  background: url(/images/the-palm-962785_1280.png) no-repeat center center fixed; 
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  color: white;
  background-size: cover;
  opacity: 0.5;
}

OUTPUT:

Text is being effected by the parent background's opacity

UPDATE:

Before and after CSS doesnt work, and burying the background inside another div doesnt seem to work

Smollet777 · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-08T14:53:01.200

.palm-img h1{ /* Child text to background */
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  padding-top: 10px;
  font-size: 62px;
  color: white;
  font-weight: 400;
  z-index: 1;
}


.palm-img{ /* Background */
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  padding-top: 150px;
  padding-bottom: 100px;
  height: 100%;
  color: white;
}

.palm-img::after {
  content: "";
  background: url(https://www.fillmurray.com/500/500) no-repeat center center fixed; 
  opacity: 0.5;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  right: 0;
  position: absolute;
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  background-size: cover;
}

<section class="palm-section text-center" id="palm-section">
    <div class="palm-img">
        <h1>Non transparent text</h1>
        <div class="break-line"></div>
    </div>
</section>

You may use strached pseudo element as background

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 08 '18 at 14:57

You could add a transparent color to the background like this

Fiddle demo

background: linear-gradient( rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5) ), 
url(https://images.pexels.com/photos/531880/pexels-photo-531880.jpeg?cs=srgb&dl=cold- 
vehicles-water-531880.jpg&fm=jpg) no-repeat center center fixed;

Background accepts more parameters, so first you add transparent white color through rgba like this linear-gradient( rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5) ). Then you add the url.

 .palm-img h1{ /* Child text to background */
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  padding-top: 10px;
  font-size: 62px;
  color: white;
  font-weight: 400;
}


.palm-img{ /* Background */
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
  padding-top: 150px;
  padding-bottom: 100px;
  height: 100%;
  background: linear-gradient( rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5) ), url(https://images.pexels.com/photos/531880/pexels-photo-531880.jpeg?cs=srgb&dl=cold-vehicles-water-531880.jpg&fm=jpg) no-repeat center center fixed; 
  -webkit-background-size: cover;
  -moz-background-size: cover;
  -o-background-size: cover;
  color: white;
  background-size: cover;
}

<section class="palm-section text-center" id="palm-section">
    <div class="palm-img">
        <h1>Palm Hotel</h1>
        <div class="break-line"></div>
    </div>
</section>

Background opacity effecting child text

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