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Paper Tiger

Paper Tiger is a warm, light terminal color scheme with a #fffaf0 background and #181818 text (17.1:1 contrast)

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Background
#fffaf0
Foreground
#181818
Text contrast
17.07:1AAA
Accent contrast
8.39:1min 7.16
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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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Paper Tiger configs

16 formats, all from one palette

Paper Tiger

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

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# Theme: Paper Tiger (Ghostty)
# Preview & customize online: https://tintdex.afengim.com/en/schemes/paper-tiger?format=ghostty

palette = 0=#2b2b29
palette = 1=#861f1f
palette = 2=#0d5b30
palette = 3=#674b00
palette = 4=#17468f
palette = 5=#602f88
palette = 6=#005968
palette = 7=#3c3a35
palette = 8=#4b4943
palette = 9=#922525
palette = 10=#106234
palette = 11=#704f00
palette = 12=#123a78
palette = 13=#68368f
palette = 14=#004a57
palette = 15=#45433e
background = #fffaf0
foreground = #181818
cursor-color = #725000
cursor-text = #fffaf0
selection-background = #eadfc8
selection-foreground = #181818

Paper Tiger palette

Palette color values and WCAG contrast ratios against the background
ColorSlotHEXRGBHSLOKLCHContrast
Backgroundbackground#fffaf0rgb(255 250 240)hsl(40 100% 97%)oklch(98.6% 0.014 84.6)—
Foregroundforeground#181818rgb(24 24 24)hsl(0 0% 9%)oklch(20.9% 0.000 0)17.07 AAA
Cursorcursor#725000rgb(114 80 0)hsl(42 100% 22%)oklch(45.6% 0.094 80.3)7.05 AAA
Cursor textcursorText#fffaf0rgb(255 250 240)hsl(40 100% 97%)oklch(98.6% 0.014 84.6)1.00 Fail
Selectionselection#eadfc8rgb(234 223 200)hsl(41 45% 85%)oklch(90.6% 0.033 85.5)1.27 Fail
Selection textselectionText#181818rgb(24 24 24)hsl(0 0% 9%)oklch(20.9% 0.000 0)17.07 AAA
Blackcolor0#2b2b29rgb(43 43 41)hsl(60 2% 16%)oklch(28.8% 0.004 106.6)13.64 AAA
Redcolor1#861f1frgb(134 31 31)hsl(0 62% 32%)oklch(41.1% 0.138 25.7)9.05 AAA
Greencolor2#0d5b30rgb(13 91 48)hsl(147 75% 20%)oklch(41.6% 0.101 153.0)7.90 AAA
Yellowcolor3#674b00rgb(103 75 0)hsl(44 100% 20%)oklch(43.1% 0.089 83.9)7.81 AAA
Bluecolor4#17468frgb(23 70 143)hsl(217 72% 33%)oklch(40.7% 0.131 259.3)8.74 AAA
Magentacolor5#602f88rgb(96 47 136)hsl(273 49% 36%)oklch(41.5% 0.145 306.4)8.93 AAA
Cyancolor6#005968rgb(0 89 104)hsl(189 100% 20%)oklch(42.7% 0.075 214.2)7.68 AAA
Whitecolor7#3c3a35rgb(60 58 53)hsl(43 6% 22%)oklch(34.9% 0.009 88.7)10.92 AAA
Bright Blackcolor8#4b4943rgb(75 73 67)hsl(45 6% 28%)oklch(40.5% 0.010 91.6)8.65 AAA
Bright Redcolor9#922525rgb(146 37 37)hsl(0 60% 36%)oklch(44.0% 0.145 25.4)8.03 AAA
Bright Greencolor10#106234rgb(16 98 52)hsl(146 72% 22%)oklch(43.8% 0.106 152.8)7.16 AAA
Bright Yellowcolor11#704f00rgb(112 79 0)hsl(42 100% 22%)oklch(45.2% 0.093 80.8)7.19 AAA
Bright Bluecolor12#123a78rgb(18 58 120)hsl(216 74% 27%)oklch(36.0% 0.115 259.3)10.61 AAA
Bright Magentacolor13#68368frgb(104 54 143)hsl(274 45% 39%)oklch(44.0% 0.145 307.4)8.03 AAA
Bright Cyancolor14#004a57rgb(0 74 87)hsl(189 100% 17%)oklch(37.6% 0.066 214.5)9.53 AAA
Bright Whitecolor15#45433ergb(69 67 62)hsl(43 5% 26%)oklch(38.3% 0.009 88.7)9.50 AAA

About Paper Tiger

Paper Tiger is a light terminal color scheme built on a warm-tinted #fffaf0 background with #181818 as the default foreground. Body text reaches a 17.07:1 WCAG contrast ratio (AAA), while the 12 ANSI accent colors average 8.39:1 (minimum 7.16:1).

Its palette is moderately saturated, anchored by #861f1f red, #0d5b30 green, #17468f blue, and #602f88 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)