Dilmune Theme

A warm, earthy theme that actually cares about contrast. If you like Gruvbox or Catppuccin but want something that feels like aged paper and terracotta — Dilmune is for you.

Built from OKLch color space for perceptually uniform contrast across every mode.

Screenshots

Dilmune Dusk (Flagship)

Dilmune Dusk

Dilmune Light

Dilmune Dark

Themes

Theme	Type	Description
Dilmune Dusk	Dark	Warm candlelit brown — the flagship
Dilmune Dusk High Contrast	HC Dark	Accessibility variant
Dilmune Light	Light	Warm cream parchment
Dilmune Light High Contrast	HC Light	Accessibility variant
Dilmune Dark	Dark	Deep blue-black
Dilmune Dark High Contrast	HC Dark	Accessibility variant
Dilmune Dim	Light	Mid-tone parchment — between light and dark

Install

Open Extensions (Cmd+Shift+X / Ctrl+Shift+X)
Search "Dilmune Theme"
Install, then Cmd+K Cmd+T to pick a variant

Or manually:

code --install-extension dilmune-theme-1.1.0.vsix

Recommended Setup

{
  "editor.fontFamily": "'JetBrains Mono', monospace",
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "editor.fontSize": 14,
  "editor.lineHeight": 1.6,
  "editor.bracketPairColorization.enabled": true,
  "editor.guides.bracketPairs": true,
  "editor.cursorBlinking": "smooth",
  "editor.cursorSmoothCaretAnimation": "on",
  "editor.smoothScrolling": true,
  "editor.minimap.enabled": false,
  "editor.stickyScroll.enabled": true
}

JetBrains Mono is our pick. Fira Code and Cascadia Code also work well.

Language Support

Hand-tested: Go, TypeScript, TSX/JSX, Python, Rust, Java, C#, C/C++, PHP, SQL, CSS, JSON, YAML, Markdown.

Works with every language VS Code supports.

Color Philosophy

Every color in Dilmune is defined in OKLch — a perceptually uniform color space where equal numeric changes produce equal visual changes. This means:

Contrast ratios are enforced at build time (WCAG AA minimum)
No two syntax tokens are perceptually indistinguishable (delta-E > 5.0)
Variants are generated programmatically — consistency is mechanical, not manual

The palette: terracotta (keywords), sage (strings), verdigris (functions), clay-rose (types), amber (constants), fossil (decorators), dune (operators). All grounded in warm earth tones inspired by the ancient Dilmune civilization.

License

MIT