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HTML

<div class="background">
<h1 data-text="hello">hello</h1>
</div>

CSS

h1 {
  font-size: 30px;
  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(#eee, #333);
  -webkit-background-clip: text;
  -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent;
  position:relative;
}
h1:after {
  background: #f3f3ee;
  content: attr(data-text);
  left: 0;
  position: absolute;
  text-shadow: 3px 3px 2px black;
  top: 0;
  z-index: -1;
}
.background{
    background-color: #f3f3ee;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
}