Saffron Ink

A warm, high-contrast light theme for Visual Studio Code, inspired by saffron paper and crisp ink.

Saffron Ink is designed for long reading and writing sessions: a soft paper-toned editor background, dark readable text, restrained UI chrome, and clear selection feedback.

Saffron Ink is based on Github Light Theme - Gray from the Visual Studio Code extension hyzeta.vscode-theme-github-light.

Preview

Features

• Slightly darker background than the original theme, with stronger text contrast.
• Selection and cursor colors with a small pop of emphasis.
• Removed border radius across major UI areas.
• Scrollbar color tuned to be 3% darker than the background.

Installation

Search for Saffron Ink in the Visual Studio Code Extensions view, then select Install.

After installation, open the Command Palette and run:

Preferences: Color Theme

Then choose Saffron Ink.

Manual Install

If you have a packaged .vsix file, install it from the command line:

code --install-extension saffron-ink-0.2.1.vsix

If the code command is not available, open VS Code and run Shell Command: Install 'code' command in PATH from the Command Palette.

Development

Install dependencies and package the extension:

npm install
npm run package

During local theme development, this repository can be linked directly into VS Code's extensions directory:

ln -s "$(pwd)" "$HOME/.vscode/extensions/andrwj.saffron-ink-0.2.1"

After editing theme files, run Developer: Reload Window in VS Code.

Repository

https://github.com/andrwj/saffron-ink-vscode-theme

Credits

Saffron Ink is derived from Github Light Theme - Gray, distributed as part of the hyzeta.vscode-theme-github-light Visual Studio Code extension.

The original theme license notice is preserved in this repository. The original MIT license identifies:

Copyright 2020 Ling CHU <meetchuling@outlook.com>

License

MIT. This project preserves the original MIT license notice from the source theme.