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GitHub

GitHub is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #f4f4f4 background and #3e3e3e text (9.7:1 contrast)

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Background
#f4f4f4
Foreground
#3e3e3e
Text contrast
9.72:1AAA
Accent contrast
3.51:1min 1.06
zsh — ls & git status
zsh — ls & git status
zsh — ls & git status
zsh — ls & git status
zsh — ls & git status — Konsole
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
❯ 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
❯ git status
On branch main
Your branch is ahead of 'origin/main' by 2 commits.
Changes to be committed:
new file: src/theme.css
modified: README.md
Changes not staged for commit:
modified: src/app.tsx
deleted: legacy/colors.js
Untracked files:
notes.md
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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GitHub configs

16 formats, all from one palette

GitHub

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

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

palette = 0=#3e3e3e
palette = 1=#970b16
palette = 2=#07962a
palette = 3=#f8eec7
palette = 4=#003e8a
palette = 5=#e94691
palette = 6=#89d1ec
palette = 7=#ffffff
palette = 8=#666666
palette = 9=#de0000
palette = 10=#87d5a2
palette = 11=#f1d007
palette = 12=#2e6cba
palette = 13=#ffa29f
palette = 14=#1cfafe
palette = 15=#ffffff
background = #f4f4f4
foreground = #3e3e3e
cursor-color = #3f3f3f
cursor-text = #f4f4f4
selection-background = #a9c1e2
selection-foreground = #535353

GitHub palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#f4f4f4rgb(244 244 244)hsl(0 0% 96%)oklch(96.7% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#3e3e3ergb(62 62 62)hsl(0 0% 24%)oklch(36.4% 0.000 0)9.72 AAA
Cursorcursor#3f3f3frgb(63 63 63)hsl(0 0% 25%)oklch(36.8% 0.000 0)9.57 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#f4f4f4rgb(244 244 244)hsl(0 0% 96%)oklch(96.7% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#a9c1e2rgb(169 193 226)hsl(215 50% 77%)oklch(80.4% 0.054 256.4)1.67 Fail
Selection textselectionText#535353rgb(83 83 83)hsl(0 0% 33%)oklch(44.2% 0.000 0)6.99 AA
Blackcolor0#3e3e3ergb(62 62 62)hsl(0 0% 24%)oklch(36.4% 0.000 0)9.72 AAA
Redcolor1#970b16rgb(151 11 22)hsl(355 86% 32%)oklch(43.0% 0.169 25.9)8.04 AAA
Greencolor2#07962argb(7 150 42)hsl(135 91% 31%)oklch(58.6% 0.181 145.1)3.53 AA Large
Yellowcolor3#f8eec7rgb(248 238 199)hsl(48 78% 88%)oklch(94.7% 0.052 95.3)1.06 Fail
Bluecolor4#003e8argb(0 62 138)hsl(213 100% 27%)oklch(38.0% 0.139 257.7)9.29 AAA
Magentacolor5#e94691rgb(233 70 145)hsl(332 79% 59%)oklch(64.7% 0.208 356.5)3.32 AA Large
Cyancolor6#89d1ecrgb(137 209 236)hsl(196 72% 73%)oklch(82.3% 0.081 223.7)1.54 Fail
Whitecolor7#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.10 Fail
Bright Blackcolor8#666666rgb(102 102 102)hsl(0 0% 40%)oklch(51.0% 0.000 0)5.22 AA
Bright Redcolor9#de0000rgb(222 0 0)hsl(0 100% 44%)oklch(56.6% 0.232 29.2)4.65 AA
Bright Greencolor10#87d5a2rgb(135 213 162)hsl(141 48% 68%)oklch(80.9% 0.106 154.7)1.58 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#f1d007rgb(241 208 7)hsl(52 94% 49%)oklch(86.0% 0.177 97.4)1.39 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#2e6cbargb(46 108 186)hsl(213 60% 45%)oklch(53.1% 0.138 255.7)4.81 AA
Bright Magentacolor13#ffa29frgb(255 162 159)hsl(2 100% 81%)oklch(80.5% 0.111 21.8)1.75 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#1cfafergb(28 250 254)hsl(181 99% 55%)oklch(89.5% 0.150 196.9)1.18 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.10 Fail

About GitHub

GitHub is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #f4f4f4 background with #3e3e3e as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 9.72:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 3.51:1 (minimum 1.06:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #970b16 red, #07962a green, #003e8a blue, and #e94691 magenta. Part of the GitHub 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)