Welcome to the Earth Tone Theme for VS Code! This theme brings a calm, grounded feel to your coding environment with a balanced palette of earthy neutrals, rich browns, and subtle pastels for syntax highlighting. Designed to reduce eye strain and maintain readability, this theme is ideal for those who prefer a light, refined color scheme.
🌿 Features
Soft, Earthy Backgrounds: A neutral background paired with warm accents that are gentle on the eyes.
Rich, Warm Highlights: Shades of terracotta, burnt orange, gold, and blue for syntax highlighting.
Readable Contrast: Improved readability with dark brown text and carefully chosen accent colors.
Consistent Styling: Ensures a cohesive look across languages like JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, HTML, CSS, and more.
📸 Screenshots
Editor View
Light Mode
Dark Mode
🎨 Color Palette
Element
Color Hex
Description
Background
#F0EBE3
Soft, light neutral background
Foreground (Text)
#4A3B38
Rich, dark brown for primary text
Line Numbers
#9C8579
Muted taupe for line numbers
Activity Bar
#7D6E68
Soft brown for the activity bar
Sidebar
#E5DFD6
Warm light beige for the sidebar
Status Bar
#3E2F2C
Deep brown for the status bar
Status Bar Text
#F5F1E8
Soft cream for text in the status bar
Cursor
#D35400
Burnt orange for the cursor
Selection Background
#D7CCC8
Soft beige for selection highlight
Inactive Selection Background
#E5DFD6
Light beige for inactive selection
Indent Guide
#D7CCC8
Soft gray indent guides
Active Indent Guide
#B0A49A
Slightly darker for active indent guides
Syntax Colors
Token Type
Color Hex
Description
Comments
#998374
Muted brown for comments, italicized for readability
Keywords
#C0392B
Rich terracotta for keywords, bold for emphasis
Strings & Constants
#D4AC0D
Deep gold for strings and constants
Variables & Parameters
#D35400
Burnt orange for variables and parameters
Functions
#955251
Forest green for functions, bold for definition
Types & Classes
#2980B9
Steel blue for types and classes, bold for clarity
Punctuation
#7F8C8D
Subtle gray for punctuation
📦 Installation
Open Visual Studio Code.
Go to the Extensions view by clicking on the square icon in the sidebar or pressing Ctrl+Shift+X.
Search for Earth-Tone.
Click Install to add the theme.
Go to Preferences > Color Theme and select Earth Tone from the list.
