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Ayu Light

Ayu Light is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #f8f9fa background and #5c6166 text (5.9:1 contrast)

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Background
#f8f9fa
Foreground
#5c6166
Text contrast
5.93:1AA
Accent contrast
2.56:1min 1.82
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❯ ls -la
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
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
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modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
Untracked files:
notes.md
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Ayu Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Ayu Light

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

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# Theme: Ayu Light (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/ayu-light?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#000000
palette = 1=#ea6c6d
palette = 2=#6cbf43
palette = 3=#eca944
palette = 4=#3199e1
palette = 5=#9e75c7
palette = 6=#46ba94
palette = 7=#bababa
palette = 8=#686868
palette = 9=#f07171
palette = 10=#86b300
palette = 11=#f2ae49
palette = 12=#399ee6
palette = 13=#a37acc
palette = 14=#4cbf99
palette = 15=#d1d1d1
background = #f8f9fa
foreground = #5c6166
cursor-color = #ffaa33
cursor-text = #f8f9fa
selection-background = #035bd6
selection-foreground = #f8f9fa

Ayu Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#f8f9fargb(248 249 250)hsl(210 17% 98%)oklch(98.2% 0.002 247.8)—
Foregroundforeground#5c6166rgb(92 97 102)hsl(210 5% 38%)oklch(49.0% 0.010 248.0)5.93 AA
Cursorcursor#ffaa33rgb(255 170 51)hsl(35 100% 60%)oklch(80.3% 0.159 69.8)1.80 Fail
Cursor textcursorText#f8f9fargb(248 249 250)hsl(210 17% 98%)oklch(98.2% 0.002 247.8)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#035bd6rgb(3 91 214)hsl(215 97% 43%)oklch(50.7% 0.203 259.8)5.74 AA
Selection textselectionText#f8f9fargb(248 249 250)hsl(210 17% 98%)oklch(98.2% 0.002 247.8)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#000000rgb(0 0 0)hsl(0 0% 0%)oklch(0.0% 0.000 0)19.92 AAA
Redcolor1#ea6c6drgb(234 108 109)hsl(360 75% 67%)oklch(68.3% 0.157 21.6)2.90 Fail
Greencolor2#6cbf43rgb(108 191 67)hsl(100 49% 51%)oklch(72.6% 0.179 136.9)2.17 Fail
Yellowcolor3#eca944rgb(236 169 68)hsl(36 82% 60%)oklch(78.1% 0.139 74.0)1.93 Fail
Bluecolor4#3199e1rgb(49 153 225)hsl(205 75% 54%)oklch(65.8% 0.142 243.9)2.94 Fail
Magentacolor5#9e75c7rgb(158 117 199)hsl(270 42% 62%)oklch(63.5% 0.127 306.1)3.42 AA Large
Cyancolor6#46ba94rgb(70 186 148)hsl(160 46% 50%)oklch(71.3% 0.119 167.9)2.29 Fail
Whitecolor7#bababargb(186 186 186)hsl(0 0% 73%)oklch(78.9% 0.000 0)1.84 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#686868rgb(104 104 104)hsl(0 0% 41%)oklch(51.7% 0.000 0)5.29 AA
Bright Redcolor9#f07171rgb(240 113 113)hsl(0 81% 69%)oklch(69.9% 0.157 22.0)2.73 Fail
Bright Greencolor10#86b300rgb(134 179 0)hsl(75 100% 35%)oklch(70.8% 0.179 125.6)2.35 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#f2ae49rgb(242 174 73)hsl(36 87% 62%)oklch(79.7% 0.139 73.8)1.82 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#399ee6rgb(57 158 230)hsl(205 78% 56%)oklch(67.4% 0.141 244.0)2.76 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#a37accrgb(163 122 204)hsl(270 45% 64%)oklch(65.2% 0.126 306.2)3.21 AA Large
Bright Cyancolor14#4cbf99rgb(76 191 153)hsl(160 47% 52%)oklch(72.9% 0.119 168.0)2.16 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#d1d1d1rgb(209 209 209)hsl(0 0% 82%)oklch(86.1% 0.000 0)1.45 Fail

About Ayu Light

Ayu Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #f8f9fa background with #5c6166 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 5.93:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 2.56:1 (minimum 1.82:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ea6c6d red, #6cbf43 green, #3199e1 blue, and #9e75c7 magenta. Part of the Ayu theme family.

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)