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Mellow Light

Mellow Light is a soft, light terminal color scheme with a #ffffff background and #555555 text (7.5:1 contrast)

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Background
#ffffff
Foreground
#555555
Text contrast
7.46:1AAA
Accent contrast
2.66:1min 1.18
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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
~/dev/tintdex on main [!?] via ⬢ v1.4.3
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Mellow Light configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Mellow Light

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

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

palette = 0=#ffffff
palette = 1=#ba0e2e
palette = 2=#f2bc79
palette = 3=#1f8181
palette = 4=#f28972
palette = 5=#f2bc79
palette = 6=#f55d79
palette = 7=#626262
palette = 8=#ffffff
palette = 9=#e61f44
palette = 10=#fbead6
palette = 11=#37cfcf
palette = 12=#fbd7cf
palette = 13=#fbead6
palette = 14=#fbbdc8
palette = 15=#7b7b7b
background = #ffffff
foreground = #555555
cursor-color = #222222
cursor-text = #555555
selection-background = #f55d79
selection-foreground = #ffffff

Mellow Light palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)—
Foregroundforeground#555555rgb(85 85 85)hsl(0 0% 33%)oklch(45.0% 0.000 0)7.46 AAA
Cursorcursor#222222rgb(34 34 34)hsl(0 0% 13%)oklch(25.2% 0.000 0)15.91 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#555555rgb(85 85 85)hsl(0 0% 33%)oklch(45.0% 0.000 0)7.46 AAA
Selectionselection#f55d79rgb(245 93 121)hsl(349 88% 66%)oklch(68.3% 0.186 12.4)3.12 AA Large
Selection textselectionText#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Blackcolor0#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Redcolor1#ba0e2ergb(186 14 46)hsl(349 86% 39%)oklch(50.3% 0.196 21.1)6.58 AA
Greencolor2#f2bc79rgb(242 188 121)hsl(33 82% 71%)oklch(83.0% 0.105 71.5)1.72 Fail
Yellowcolor3#1f8181rgb(31 129 129)hsl(180 61% 31%)oklch(55.0% 0.086 195.0)4.65 AA
Bluecolor4#f28972rgb(242 137 114)hsl(11 83% 70%)oklch(73.8% 0.133 33.4)2.44 Fail
Magentacolor5#f2bc79rgb(242 188 121)hsl(33 82% 71%)oklch(83.0% 0.105 71.5)1.72 Fail
Cyancolor6#f55d79rgb(245 93 121)hsl(349 88% 66%)oklch(68.3% 0.186 12.4)3.12 AA Large
Whitecolor7#626262rgb(98 98 98)hsl(0 0% 38%)oklch(49.6% 0.000 0)6.10 AA
Bright Blackcolor8#ffffffrgb(255 255 255)hsl(0 0% 100%)oklch(100.0% 0.000 0)1.00 Fail
Bright Redcolor9#e61f44rgb(230 31 68)hsl(349 80% 51%)oklch(59.5% 0.225 19.4)4.52 AA
Bright Greencolor10#fbead6rgb(251 234 214)hsl(32 82% 91%)oklch(94.5% 0.032 71.9)1.18 Fail
Bright Yellowcolor11#37cfcfrgb(55 207 207)hsl(180 61% 51%)oklch(77.9% 0.122 194.9)1.91 Fail
Bright Bluecolor12#fbd7cfrgb(251 215 207)hsl(11 85% 90%)oklch(90.7% 0.042 32.6)1.34 Fail
Bright Magentacolor13#fbead6rgb(251 234 214)hsl(32 82% 91%)oklch(94.5% 0.032 71.9)1.18 Fail
Bright Cyancolor14#fbbdc8rgb(251 189 200)hsl(349 89% 86%)oklch(85.8% 0.073 6.9)1.59 Fail
Bright Whitecolor15#7b7b7brgb(123 123 123)hsl(0 0% 48%)oklch(58.3% 0.000 0)4.23 AA Large

About Mellow Light

Mellow Light is a light terminal color scheme built on a neutral #ffffff background with #555555 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 7.46:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 2.66:1 (minimum 1.18:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #ba0e2e red, #f2bc79 green, #f28972 blue, and #f2bc79 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: Rainglow (MIT)