KonexForge Themes

Charcoal-forged surfaces. Molten orange accents. Code that feels premium.

A family of 4 VSCode color themes built around a "forge" aesthetic: hot orange, amber, and copper accents — like metal cooling from an anvil — carried consistently across a dark, a light, and two high-contrast variants. Designed to be distinct, striking, and easy on the eyes during long sessions.

Preview

Screenshots coming soon — capture from the Extension Development Host:

images/screenshots/editor-overview.png — a TypeScript/JSX file showing functions, classes, strings, and JSX tags.

images/screenshots/terminal-and-panels.png — sidebar, integrated terminal, and status bar visible together.

The theme family

Variant	Best for
KonexForge Dark	Everyday coding, low-light environments, the flagship "forge" experience
KonexForge Light	Bright rooms/daytime use, presentations, screen-sharing on projectors
KonexForge Dark High Contrast	Low-vision users, maximum boundary/contrast clarity in a dark environment
KonexForge Light High Contrast	Low-vision users in bright environments, accessibility-mandated setups, high-glare use

All four share the same "hot metal" hue language (orange/amber/copper/rust accents, steel-blue/slate-teal/violet cool counterpoints) re-derived per variant for contrast, so they read as one recognizable family everywhere you use them.

Features

Four variants sharing one hue language — Dark, Light, Dark High Contrast, Light High Contrast — installed together from a single extension.
A "hot metal" accent system (orange / amber / copper / rust) as the visual hero, balanced by cool counterpoint hues (steel blue, slate teal, violet) so syntax categories stay easy to tell apart.
Full workbench theming: activity bar, status bar, tabs, terminal (16-color ANSI palette), git decorations, diff editor, notifications, and more.
Semantic highlighting support for richer accuracy in TypeScript, Python, Rust, Go, C#, and other LSP-backed languages.
Deliberate, sparing use of italics in Dark/Light — comments and control-flow keywords are italic; everything else stays upright for fast scanning. Both High Contrast variants drop italics entirely for maximum legibility.

Installation

From the Marketplace: Search for KonexForge Themes in the Extensions view, or run:

ext install konexforge.konexforge-themes

Installing the extension gives you all four theme variants.

From a VSIX file:

code --install-extension konexforge-themes-0.3.0.vsix

Activating the theme

Open the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) → Preferences: Color Theme → choose one of KonexForge Dark / KonexForge Light / KonexForge Dark High Contrast / KonexForge Light High Contrast.

Customization

Each variant is built from a small set of core colors if you want to tweak things via workbench.colorCustomizations. The Dark theme's core colors:

Role	Hex
Editor background	`#14171C`
Primary accent (orange)	`#FF7A33`
Secondary accent (amber)	`#F5A623`
Tertiary accent (copper)	`#C97B4A`
Type/class accent (teal)	`#45B8AC`

Light and both High Contrast variants re-derive lightness/contrast per variant from these same hue identities — see CHANGELOG.md for the 0.3.0 palette additions.

Recommended settings

Since comments and keywords render in italic on Dark/Light, a monospace font with a distinct italic style (e.g. one with ligature support) pairs especially well with those two variants. (Both High Contrast variants don't use italics, by design, for maximum legibility.)

Contributing

Issues and PRs are welcome — especially feedback on contrast, language coverage, or palette tweaks.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md.

License

MIT