Lighthouse In The Dark

A retro 80s neon color theme for Visual Studio Code with four carefully crafted variants.

Theme Variants

Installation

1. Open Extensions sidebar in VS Code
2. Search for Lighthouse In The Dark
3. Click Install
4. Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P → Preferences: Color Theme
5. Select your preferred variant

Features

Syntax Highlighting

• 35+ token scopes for precise highlighting
• TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Rust, HTML, CSS, JSON, Markdown
• Distinct colors for keywords, functions, variables, types, and operators

UI Colors

• Complete UI theming: editor, sidebar, tabs, statusbar, terminal
• Git decorations for added, modified, deleted, and untracked files
• Diff editor with clear insert/remove backgrounds
• Find/replace highlighting with visible borders
• Bracket matching and indent guides

Terminal

• Full 16-color ANSI palette with 80s neon aesthetic
• Bright variants for bold text

Accessibility

• All token colors meet WCAG contrast requirements
• Carefully balanced for extended coding sessions

Theme Previews

Boon Island Dark

Boon Island Light

Rose Island Dark

Rose Island Light

Development

# Package extension
vsce package

# Install locally
code --install-extension lighthouse-in-the-dark-0.1.0.vsix

# Test in VS Code
# Press F5 to launch Extension Development Host

Contributing

Issues and PRs welcome at GitHub