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Charcoal Light

Charcoal Light is a monochrome, warm, light terminal color scheme with a #cabda0 background and #382e1b text (7.2:1 contrast)

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Background
#cabda0
Foreground
#382e1b
Text contrast
7.17:1AAA
Accent contrast
9.06:1min 7.17
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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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Charcoal Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Charcoal Light

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

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

palette = 0=#cabda0
palette = 1=#382e1b
palette = 2=#110e06
palette = 3=#110e06
palette = 4=#251e0f
palette = 5=#382e1b
palette = 6=#110e06
palette = 7=#382e1b
palette = 8=#645538
palette = 9=#382e1b
palette = 10=#110e06
palette = 11=#110e06
palette = 12=#251e0f
palette = 13=#382e1b
palette = 14=#110e06
palette = 15=#bcad8c
background = #cabda0
foreground = #382e1b
cursor-color = #382e1b
cursor-text = #cabda0
selection-background = #a3967c
selection-foreground = #382e1b

Charcoal Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#cabda0rgb(202 189 160)hsl(41 28% 71%)oklch(80.2% 0.042 86.7)—
Foregroundforeground#382e1brgb(56 46 27)hsl(39 35% 16%)oklch(30.7% 0.034 82.8)7.17 AAA
Cursorcursor#382e1brgb(56 46 27)hsl(39 35% 16%)oklch(30.7% 0.034 82.8)7.17 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#cabda0rgb(202 189 160)hsl(41 28% 71%)oklch(80.2% 0.042 86.7)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#a3967crgb(163 150 124)hsl(40 17% 56%)oklch(67.7% 0.040 84.5)1.57 Fail
Selection textselectionText#382e1brgb(56 46 27)hsl(39 35% 16%)oklch(30.7% 0.034 82.8)7.17 AAA
Blackcolor0#cabda0rgb(202 189 160)hsl(41 28% 71%)oklch(80.2% 0.042 86.7)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#382e1brgb(56 46 27)hsl(39 35% 16%)oklch(30.7% 0.034 82.8)7.17 AAA
Greencolor2#110e06rgb(17 14 6)hsl(44 48% 5%)oklch(16.5% 0.017 91.0)10.37 AAA
Yellowcolor3#110e06rgb(17 14 6)hsl(44 48% 5%)oklch(16.5% 0.017 91.0)10.37 AAA
Bluecolor4#251e0frgb(37 30 15)hsl(41 42% 10%)oklch(23.9% 0.028 85.3)8.89 AAA
Magentacolor5#382e1brgb(56 46 27)hsl(39 35% 16%)oklch(30.7% 0.034 82.8)7.17 AAA
Cyancolor6#110e06rgb(17 14 6)hsl(44 48% 5%)oklch(16.5% 0.017 91.0)10.37 AAA
Whitecolor7#382e1brgb(56 46 27)hsl(39 35% 16%)oklch(30.7% 0.034 82.8)7.17 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#645538rgb(100 85 56)hsl(40 28% 31%)oklch(45.7% 0.048 83.3)3.90 AA Large
Bright Redcolor9#382e1brgb(56 46 27)hsl(39 35% 16%)oklch(30.7% 0.034 82.8)7.17 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#110e06rgb(17 14 6)hsl(44 48% 5%)oklch(16.5% 0.017 91.0)10.37 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#110e06rgb(17 14 6)hsl(44 48% 5%)oklch(16.5% 0.017 91.0)10.37 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#251e0frgb(37 30 15)hsl(41 42% 10%)oklch(23.9% 0.028 85.3)8.89 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#382e1brgb(56 46 27)hsl(39 35% 16%)oklch(30.7% 0.034 82.8)7.17 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#110e06rgb(17 14 6)hsl(44 48% 5%)oklch(16.5% 0.017 91.0)10.37 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#bcad8crgb(188 173 140)hsl(41 26% 64%)oklch(75.2% 0.048 86.4)1.19 Fail

About Charcoal Light

Charcoal Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a warm-tinted #cabda0 background with #382e1b as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 7.17:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 9.06:1 (minimum 7.17:1).

Its palette is low-saturation, anchored by #382e1b red, #110e06 green, #251e0f blue, and #382e1b 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)