Most dark themes are cold and high-contrast. After a few hours that reads as glare.
This one sits on a paper-dark background with amber accents: comments recede,
keywords lead, and numbers stay findable.
Install
Open the Extensions view
Search ReadyStack Warm Dark
Install, then Ctrl+K Ctrl+T and pick it
What is tuned
Comments are muted and italic - they should not compete with code
Strings are green, numbers amber - two different kinds of literal, two different signals
Keywords are gold and bold - the shape of the code is readable at a glance
Terminal ANSI colors are matched to the editor, so output does not clash
Git decorations follow the same palette - modified, added, deleted are distinct
Works with any language. Semantic highlighting on.