Dark Themes Vol. 2 · 7 / 12

Gaslight

A warm accent, #E7B54A, on a #1C1915 terminal. Primary text reads at 14.71:1 and secondary text at 7.43:1, measured against that background. Free and MIT licensed, one of the Dark Themes Vol. 2 for Claude Code.

Gaslight

#E7B54A
✻ Claude Code · gaslight
● Applied theme “Gaslight”
  3 files changed · staged
> show me the diff
>theme gaslight
/theme  ·  ⏎ send  ·  esc to interrupt

Install Gaslight.

Requires Claude Code v2.1.118 or later. The marketplace command is needed once per machine; the plugin command installs the whole Dark Themes Vol. 2 pack, and /theme inside Claude Code switches to this one.

$ claude plugin marketplace add notgabriels-sys/claude-code-50-dark-themes
$ claude plugin install dark-themes-vol-2@notgabriels-themes
$ /theme gaslight

Plugin themes are read-only. Press Ctrl+E on one in /theme for an editable copy in ~/.claude/themes/.

Or copy just this file.

One theme, no plugin: fetch plugins/dark-themes-vol-2/themes/gaslight.json from the repository into your themes folder. If that folder did not exist when Claude Code started, restart it once.

$ mkdir -p ~/.claude/themes && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/notgabriels-sys/claude-code-50-dark-themes/main/plugins/dark-themes-vol-2/themes/gaslight.json -o ~/.claude/themes/gaslight.json

Terminal background: #1C1915.

Claude Code colours its own interface; the terminal application owns the canvas behind it. Every figure below is measured against #1C1915, so set that as the terminal background for the result the numbers describe. On a different background the ratios move.

Palette.

The thirteen overrides Claude Code reads from the theme file. Success, error, warning and diff colours are deliberately not overridden, so status meaning stays the same across every theme in the pack.

ColourTokenRole
#E7B54AclaudeClaude's mark and accent
#F0CF8EclaudeShimmerAccent highlight while Claude works
#EDEBE8textPrimary text
#AFA89DinactiveSecondary text
#33302AsubtleDecorative hairlines (reserved, carries no meaning)
#E7B54AsuggestionAutocomplete suggestions
#C4A26BpermissionPermission prompt border and indicator
#E7B54ApromptBorderInput prompt border
#F0CF8EpromptBorderShimmerPrompt border highlight
#C4A26BplanModePlan mode indicator
#292521userMessageBackgroundSurface behind your messages
#342F2AuserMessageBackgroundHoverThat surface, hovered
#E7B54Arate_limit_fillUsage meter fill

Measured contrast.

Computed from the hex values above with the WCAG 2 relative-luminance formula, by the same script that gates every change to this repository. Figures are truncated, never rounded up. Each row meets its floor.

PairColoursRatioFloorStandard
text on terminal background#EDEBE8 on #1C191514.71:17:1WCAG AAA, normal text
text on your-message surface#EDEBE8 on #29252112.78:17:1WCAG AAA, normal text
inactive on terminal background#AFA89D on #1C19157.43:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
inactive on your-message surface#AFA89D on #2925216.45:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
claude on terminal background#E7B54A on #1C19159.26:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
claudeShimmer on terminal background#F0CF8E on #1C191511.69:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
suggestion on terminal background#E7B54A on #1C19159.26:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
permission on terminal background#C4A26B on #1C19157.27:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
planMode on terminal background#C4A26B on #1C19157.27:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
promptBorder on terminal background#E7B54A on #1C19159.26:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
promptBorderShimmer on terminal background#F0CF8E on #1C191511.69:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
rate_limit_fill on terminal background#E7B54A on #1C19159.26:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
your-message surface against the terminal#292521 on #1C19151.15:11.08:1visibly distinct surface
hovered surface against the resting one#342F2A on #2925211.14:11.08:1visibly distinct surface