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Candlelight

Candlelight is a muted, warm, dark terminal color scheme with a #432708 background and #f8e7c4 text (11.2:1 contrast)

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Background
#432708
Foreground
#f8e7c4
Text contrast
11.24:1AAA
Accent contrast
6.37:1min 5.04
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Candlelight configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Candlelight

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

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

palette = 0=#c8b99e
palette = 1=#e89661
palette = 2=#9ab57c
palette = 3=#dfbb53
palette = 4=#83aebd
palette = 5=#bc91a4
palette = 6=#79b8ae
palette = 7=#f8e7c4
palette = 8=#cfc1aa
palette = 9=#eba374
palette = 10=#a6be8c
palette = 11=#e3c368
palette = 12=#92b8c5
palette = 13=#c49eaf
palette = 14=#89c1b8
palette = 15=#f9eacb
background = #432708
foreground = #f8e7c4
cursor-color = #eba374
cursor-text = #432708
selection-background = #cfc1aa
selection-foreground = #a09172

Candlelight palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#432708rgb(67 39 8)hsl(32 79% 15%)oklch(30.2% 0.060 64.1)—
Foregroundforeground#f8e7c4rgb(248 231 196)hsl(40 79% 87%)oklch(93.3% 0.049 85.1)11.24 AAA
Cursorcursor#eba374rgb(235 163 116)hsl(24 75% 69%)oklch(77.5% 0.106 53.7)6.54 AA
Cursor textcursorText#432708rgb(67 39 8)hsl(32 79% 15%)oklch(30.2% 0.060 64.1)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#cfc1aargb(207 193 170)hsl(37 28% 74%)oklch(81.6% 0.035 80.3)7.74 AAA
Selection textselectionText#a09172rgb(160 145 114)hsl(40 19% 54%)oklch(66.2% 0.047 85.1)4.43 AA Large
Blackcolor0#c8b99ergb(200 185 158)hsl(39 28% 70%)oklch(79.1% 0.041 82.3)7.11 AAA
Redcolor1#e89661rgb(232 150 97)hsl(24 75% 65%)oklch(74.5% 0.121 52.8)5.85 AA
Greencolor2#9ab57crgb(154 181 124)hsl(88 28% 60%)oklch(73.8% 0.084 128.9)6.05 AA
Yellowcolor3#dfbb53rgb(223 187 83)hsl(45 69% 60%)oklch(80.4% 0.129 90.1)7.42 AAA
Bluecolor4#83aebdrgb(131 174 189)hsl(196 31% 63%)oklch(72.5% 0.051 221.4)5.71 AA
Magentacolor5#bc91a4rgb(188 145 164)hsl(333 24% 65%)oklch(70.3% 0.058 350.4)5.04 AA
Cyancolor6#79b8aergb(121 184 174)hsl(170 31% 60%)oklch(73.7% 0.066 183.4)6.06 AA
Whitecolor7#f8e7c4rgb(248 231 196)hsl(40 79% 87%)oklch(93.3% 0.049 85.1)11.24 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#cfc1aargb(207 193 170)hsl(37 28% 74%)oklch(81.6% 0.035 80.3)7.74 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#eba374rgb(235 163 116)hsl(24 75% 69%)oklch(77.5% 0.106 53.7)6.54 AA
Bright Greencolor10#a6be8crgb(166 190 140)hsl(89 28% 65%)oklch(77.0% 0.073 128.9)6.76 AA
Bright Yellowcolor11#e3c368rgb(227 195 104)hsl(44 69% 65%)oklch(82.6% 0.116 90.4)8.01 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#92b8c5rgb(146 184 197)hsl(195 31% 67%)oklch(75.9% 0.045 220.7)6.45 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#c49eafrgb(196 158 175)hsl(333 24% 69%)oklch(73.9% 0.050 349.7)5.78 AA
Bright Cyancolor14#89c1b8rgb(137 193 184)hsl(170 31% 65%)oklch(77.0% 0.060 183.7)6.78 AA
Bright Whitecolor15#f9eacbrgb(249 234 203)hsl(40 79% 89%)oklch(94.1% 0.044 85.2)11.52 AAA

About Candlelight

Candlelight is a dark terminal color scheme built on a warm-tinted #432708 background with #f8e7c4 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 11.24:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 6.37:1 (minimum 5.04:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #e89661 red, #9ab57c green, #83aebd blue, and #bc91a4 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)