Warm Burnout: editor and terminal color scheme
9 hours ago
- #eye-comfort
- #developer-theme
- #accessibility
- Warm Burnout is a theme suite designed for developers who are burnt out but still face deadlines, focusing on eye comfort.
- Traditional themes with blues, cyans, and purples emit 450-500nm light, which suppresses melatonin and causes digital eye strain.
- Warm Burnout uses a warm color palette (550-630nm dominant) to reduce eye strain, with dark variant meeting WCAG AAA and light variant meeting WCAG AA.
- The dark theme background is #1a1510, with all tokens achieving AAA contrast (≥7:1), as shown in a detailed table including roles like Foreground (#bfbdb6) and Keywords (#ff8f40).
- The light theme background is #F5EDE0, with all tokens achieving at least AA contrast (≥4.5:1), detailed in a table with roles such as Foreground (#3a3630) and Keywords (#924800).
- A palette inspired by aging materials includes colors like Amber (#ffb454/#855700) for functions and Burnt Orange (#ff8f40/#924800) for keywords.
- The theme is available across various platforms, including editors like VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, and terminals such as Ghostty and iTerm2.