Arcade Theme
Level Up Your Coding Experience.
Dark color themes for Visual Studio Code with retro arcade vibes. Charcoal backgrounds, low-noise borders, readable grays and one bold accent color — glowing through the cursor, active tab, badges, git gutter and terminal.
Variants
|
Arcade — Neon |
Arcade — Soft |
| Feel |
Loud, vivid, high contrast |
Calm, pastel, deeper background |
| Background |
#1c2026 (slightly lighter) |
#16191d |
| Accent |
Arcade yellow #ffe600 |
Warm yellow #ffdf33 |
| Pick it if… |
you want colors that pop and maximum readability |
you code for hours and prefer a softer look |
Both share the same light, readable grays for comments, punctuation, line numbers and UI text (WCAG contrast ≥ 4.5:1 on every text color).
Arcade — Neon
The loud one. Arcade yellow (#ffe600) over a #1c2026 base with a vivid, high-saturation syntax palette and Atari-amber keywords.
Arcade — Soft
Deeper #16191d background and a softer palette (#ffdf33 accent, pastel reds, pinks and cyans) — easier on the eyes for long sessions.
Features
- Two variants sharing one carefully tuned dark UI
- Light, readable grays for comments, punctuation, line numbers and status text
- A single accent color per variant applied consistently across cursor, tabs, badges, gutter, minimap and terminal
- Semantic highlighting enabled, with tweaks for Dart, TOML, enums, macros and constants
- Full coverage of modern VS Code surfaces: Chat, inline chat, agents panel, sticky scroll, SCM graph, multi-diff editor
- Themed integrated terminal (16 ANSI colors)
Installation
- Open Extensions in VS Code (
Ctrl+Shift+X / Cmd+Shift+X).
- Search for Arcade Theme and click Install.
- Open the Command Palette (
Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P), run Preferences: Color Theme and pick Arcade — Neon or Arcade — Soft.
Or, from a .vsix file:
code --install-extension arcade-theme-1.3.0.vsix
Palette
| Role |
Neon |
Soft |
| Background |
#1c2026 |
#16191d |
| Foreground |
#c5ccd8 |
#c5ccd8 |
| Comments |
#9ea6b5 |
#9ea6b5 |
| Accent / strings |
#ffe600 |
#ffdf33 |
| Keywords (amber) |
#ffa500 |
#f2b04e |
| Functions |
#4fb4ff |
#6f92f5 |
| Types / classes |
#ffd35c |
#f0cd62 |
| Variables |
#ff6b7a |
#ef6d6d |
| Numbers / consts |
#ff7a1f |
#f58a4b |
| Operators |
#4ddfea |
#4fd4d4 |
In the integrated terminal, ANSI green is mapped to the accent color on purpose.
Development
git clone https://github.com/tnunes-kz/arcade-theme.git
cd arcade-theme
Press F5 to open an Extension Development Host with the themes loaded. Edit the files in themes/ and the changes apply live.
To build a .vsix:
npx @vscode/vsce package
Contributing
Issues and pull requests are welcome at github.com/tnunes-kz/arcade-theme.
License
MIT © nthiago_Dev
