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Amber CRT Retro

Amber CRT Retro is a warm, dark terminal color scheme with a #1a1200 background and #ffb000 text (10.1:1 contrast)

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Background
#1a1200
Foreground
#ffb000
Text contrast
10.14:1AAA
Accent contrast
10.78:1min 6.47
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Amber CRT Retro configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Amber CRT Retro

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Amber CRT Retro, then set theme = Amber CRT Retro in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Amber CRT Retro (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/amber-crt-retro?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#2a1e00
palette = 1=#ff6a00
palette = 2=#ffb000
palette = 3=#ffc742
palette = 4=#ff8c00
palette = 5=#ffa033
palette = 6=#ffd27f
palette = 7=#ffd9a0
palette = 8=#6a4e00
palette = 9=#ff8a1e
palette = 10=#ffc742
palette = 11=#ffe08a
palette = 12=#ffab3d
palette = 13=#ffc266
palette = 14=#ffe3b0
palette = 15=#fff0d6
background = #1a1200
foreground = #ffb000
cursor-color = #ffb000
cursor-text = #1a1200
selection-background = #3a2a00
selection-foreground = #5a5240

Amber CRT Retro palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#1a1200rgb(26 18 0)hsl(42 100% 5%)oklch(18.7% 0.038 89.1)—
Foregroundforeground#ffb000rgb(255 176 0)hsl(41 100% 50%)oklch(81.2% 0.170 76.4)10.14 AAA
Cursorcursor#ffb000rgb(255 176 0)hsl(41 100% 50%)oklch(81.2% 0.170 76.4)10.14 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#1a1200rgb(26 18 0)hsl(42 100% 5%)oklch(18.7% 0.038 89.1)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#3a2a00rgb(58 42 0)hsl(43 100% 11%)oklch(29.6% 0.061 86.2)1.34 Fail
Selection textselectionText#5a5240rgb(90 82 64)hsl(42 17% 30%)oklch(44.1% 0.030 86.9)2.40 Fail
Blackcolor0#2a1e00rgb(42 30 0)hsl(43 100% 8%)oklch(24.3% 0.050 87.2)1.14 Fail
Redcolor1#ff6a00rgb(255 106 0)hsl(25 100% 50%)oklch(70.1% 0.201 44.8)6.47 AA
Greencolor2#ffb000rgb(255 176 0)hsl(41 100% 50%)oklch(81.2% 0.170 76.4)10.14 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ffc742rgb(255 199 66)hsl(42 100% 63%)oklch(85.8% 0.155 84.7)11.94 AAA
Bluecolor4#ff8c00rgb(255 140 0)hsl(33 100% 50%)oklch(75.1% 0.179 58.3)7.96 AAA
Magentacolor5#ffa033rgb(255 160 51)hsl(32 100% 60%)oklch(78.6% 0.161 64.1)9.14 AAA
Cyancolor6#ffd27frgb(255 210 127)hsl(39 100% 75%)oklch(88.5% 0.113 81.7)13.07 AAA
Whitecolor7#ffd9a0rgb(255 217 160)hsl(36 100% 81%)oklch(90.4% 0.084 77.5)13.87 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#6a4e00rgb(106 78 0)hsl(44 100% 21%)oklch(44.2% 0.091 84.7)2.39 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#ff8a1ergb(255 138 30)hsl(29 100% 56%)oklch(74.8% 0.176 55.5)7.88 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#ffc742rgb(255 199 66)hsl(42 100% 63%)oklch(85.8% 0.155 84.7)11.94 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffe08argb(255 224 138)hsl(44 100% 77%)oklch(91.4% 0.111 90.3)14.40 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#ffab3drgb(255 171 61)hsl(34 100% 62%)oklch(80.6% 0.154 68.9)9.86 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#ffc266rgb(255 194 102)hsl(36 100% 70%)oklch(85.2% 0.129 75.7)11.64 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#ffe3b0rgb(255 227 176)hsl(39 100% 85%)oklch(92.7% 0.072 82.4)14.92 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#fff0d6rgb(255 240 214)hsl(38 100% 92%)oklch(96.0% 0.038 81.5)16.53 AAA

About Amber CRT Retro

Amber CRT Retro is a dark terminal color scheme built on a warm-tinted #1a1200 background with #ffb000 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 10.14:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 10.78:1 (minimum 6.47:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ff6a00 red, #ffb000 green, #ff8c00 blue, and #ffa033 magenta.

Ready-to-use configs can be exported for Ghostty, iTerm2, Kitty, Alacritty, WezTerm, Windows Terminal, Warp, foot, Rio, XFCE4 Terminal, and Xresources, along with VS Code and Zed integrated terminals, CSS variables, Tailwind CSS, and JSON.

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Source: iTerm2 Color Schemes (MIT)