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Ascendancy

Ascendancy is a dark terminal color scheme with a #282828 background and #d5c7a1 text (8.8:1 contrast)

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Background
#282828
Foreground
#d5c7a1
Text contrast
8.79:1AAA
Accent contrast
5.78:1min 2.19
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drwxr-xr-x 12 ada staff 384 Oct 30 09:12 .
drwxr-xr-x 8 ada staff 256 Oct 29 18:40 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 1.2K Oct 30 09:10 .gitignore
drwxr-xr-x 5 ada staff 160 Oct 30 09:12 src
drwxr-xr-x 3 ada staff 96 Oct 28 11:02 public
-rwxr-xr-x 1 ada staff 2.4K Oct 30 08:57 build.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 4.1K Oct 30 09:01 package.json
lrwxr-xr-x 1 ada staff 18 Oct 27 14:33 node_modules -> ../cache/modules
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 48K Oct 26 10:15 logo.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 ada staff 9.8M Oct 25 21:47 backup.tar.gz
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Ascendancy configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Ascendancy

Save to ~/.config/ghostty/themes/Ascendancy, then set theme = Ascendancy in config or config.ghostty

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# Theme: Ascendancy (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/ascendancy?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#282828
palette = 1=#d05000
palette = 2=#b8bb26
palette = 3=#ffcc1b
palette = 4=#458588
palette = 5=#fabd2f
palette = 6=#8f3f71
palette = 7=#d5c7a1
palette = 8=#928374
palette = 9=#d05000
palette = 10=#b8bb26
palette = 11=#ffcc1b
palette = 12=#458588
palette = 13=#fabd2f
palette = 14=#8f3f71
palette = 15=#fbf1c7
background = #282828
foreground = #d5c7a1
cursor-color = #d5c7a1
cursor-text = #282828
selection-background = #4f4c44
selection-foreground = #d5c7a1

Ascendancy palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#282828rgb(40 40 40)hsl(0 0% 16%)oklch(27.7% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#d5c7a1rgb(213 199 161)hsl(44 38% 73%)oklch(83.2% 0.053 90.2)8.79 AAA
Cursorcursor#d5c7a1rgb(213 199 161)hsl(44 38% 73%)oklch(83.2% 0.053 90.2)8.79 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#282828rgb(40 40 40)hsl(0 0% 16%)oklch(27.7% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#4f4c44rgb(79 76 68)hsl(44 7% 29%)oklch(41.7% 0.014 89.8)1.72 Fail
Selection textselectionText#d5c7a1rgb(213 199 161)hsl(44 38% 73%)oklch(83.2% 0.053 90.2)8.79 AAA
Blackcolor0#282828rgb(40 40 40)hsl(0 0% 16%)oklch(27.7% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#d05000rgb(208 80 0)hsl(23 100% 41%)oklch(59.4% 0.177 42.8)3.39 AA Large
Greencolor2#b8bb26rgb(184 187 38)hsl(61 66% 44%)oklch(76.5% 0.158 110.8)7.14 AAA
Yellowcolor3#ffcc1brgb(255 204 27)hsl(47 100% 55%)oklch(86.6% 0.173 89.8)9.76 AAA
Bluecolor4#458588rgb(69 133 136)hsl(183 33% 40%)oklch(57.6% 0.066 199.5)3.48 AA Large
Magentacolor5#fabd2frgb(250 189 47)hsl(42 95% 58%)oklch(83.2% 0.159 83.0)8.69 AAA
Cyancolor6#8f3f71rgb(143 63 113)hsl(323 39% 40%)oklch(48.9% 0.124 344.3)2.19 Fail
Whitecolor7#d5c7a1rgb(213 199 161)hsl(44 38% 73%)oklch(83.2% 0.053 90.2)8.79 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#928374rgb(146 131 116)hsl(30 12% 51%)oklch(61.9% 0.029 67.3)4.02 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#d05000rgb(208 80 0)hsl(23 100% 41%)oklch(59.4% 0.177 42.8)3.39 AA Large
Bright Greencolor10#b8bb26rgb(184 187 38)hsl(61 66% 44%)oklch(76.5% 0.158 110.8)7.14 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#ffcc1brgb(255 204 27)hsl(47 100% 55%)oklch(86.6% 0.173 89.8)9.76 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#458588rgb(69 133 136)hsl(183 33% 40%)oklch(57.6% 0.066 199.5)3.48 AA Large
Bright Magentacolor13#fabd2frgb(250 189 47)hsl(42 95% 58%)oklch(83.2% 0.159 83.0)8.69 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#8f3f71rgb(143 63 113)hsl(323 39% 40%)oklch(48.9% 0.124 344.3)2.19 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#fbf1c7rgb(251 241 199)hsl(48 87% 88%)oklch(95.6% 0.055 96.2)12.99 AAA

About Ascendancy

Ascendancy is a dark terminal color scheme built on a neutral #282828 background with #d5c7a1 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 8.79:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 5.78:1 (minimum 2.19:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #d05000 red, #b8bb26 green, #458588 blue, and #fabd2f 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: Gogh (MIT OR Apache-2.0)