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HTML
<div class="container">
<div class="first-child">
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</div>
<div class="second-child">
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</div>
</div>
SCSS
.container {
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
width: 150px;
height: 200px;
background-color: #A5D6A7;
.first-child {
flex: 1 0 0;
min-height: 0;
width: 125px;
box-sizing: border-box;
overflow: auto;
background-color: #90CAF9; }
.second-child {
flex: 0 1 auto;
max-height: 75px;
width: 125px;
box-sizing: border-box;
overflow: auto;
background-color: #CE93D8;
}
}