Post #2110943

2026-04-29 21:51 UTC

Sometime within the last couple of years or so, I became totally burnt out (heh) on cool colors. I&#39;ve started using color schemes and themes (in different apps that support them) that employ warm, earthy colors instead. I recently found this one and one of the things I like about its theme for VS Codeht variant does as well, ensuring that all text meets WCAG AAA contrast standards. It&#39;s rare to find a good light theme with solid contrast. Even more so to find a good one paired with a good dark one as well. I haven&#39;t been tempted to override any of the colors yet, which is saying something. #linkblog https://warmburnout.com/

Replies (4)

@csilverman@mastodon.social 2026-04-29 22:27

@bw I really like this. Reminds me, you're an Obsidian guy—you probably know about Flexoki, right? It's more colorful, but still has warm, earthy tones. https://stephango.com/flexoki

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@hejchristian@front-end.social 2026-04-29 22:51

@bw Looks nice! might give it a try over the weekend and compare it against Flexoki which is my current theme of choice across all the things that accept theming 😅

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@spartanatreyu@mastodon.social 2026-04-30 00:01

@bw Warm Burnout seems less accessible than something like gruvbox: https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox Yes, the colors in Warm Burnout pass the WCAG test, but that's based on the assumption of one text color drawn above one background color. Code requires many colors that contrast against each other drawn above one background color. Warm Burnout's "Aged Brass" color is less than 2 degrees away in hue from its "Gold" color. Gruvbox's two closest colors: "dark green" and "dark aqua" are 36 degrees apart

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@jnsgruk@hachyderm.io 2026-04-30 13:10

@bw Oh this looks great, thank you for sharing! Been struggling with this a bit myself recently!

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