Ad Limen VSCode Theme

Ad Limen is a Visual Studio Code theme inspired by the Ad Limen brand manifesto and color system. It blends clarity, minimalism, and strategic depth to support focused work and creative flow.

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Why this theme

This theme was created to:

Enhance focus and readability during long sessions
Reflect Ad Limen's philosophy of growth and clarity
Apply a semantically structured color system based on business transformation

Inspiration: Growth Engineering Colors

Ad Limen is based on a proprietary chromatic framework that maps five levels of business evolution:

Foundation – Gray & Sand: clarity, fertile ground
Emergence – Orange & Yellow: energy, intuition
Growth – Green & Blue: progress, strategy
Scaling – Teal & Purple: scalability, innovation
Mastery – Navy & Magenta: excellence, leadership

Each color maps to syntax and meaning:

cy Teal – core elements (strings, links, constants)
gr Green – keywords and declarations
bl Blue – variables, parameters, functions
pu Purple – numbers, symbols, transformations
ma Magenta – operators, emphasis
or, ye, re – warning, highlight, errors
tx, tx-2, tx-3 – context, comments, muted text

Color Reference Table

Level	Color Name	HEX	Preview
Foundation	Gray	`#F5F5F5`	`#F5F5F5`
Foundation	Sand	`#F5E6D3`	`#F5E6D3`
Emergence	Orange	`#DA702C`	`#DA702C`
Emergence	Yellow	`#D0A215`	`#D0A215`
Growth	Green	`#879A39`	`#879A39`
Growth	Blue	`#4385BE`	`#4385BE`
Scaling	Teal	`#008080`	`#008080`
Scaling	Purple	`#5E409D`	`#5E409D`
Mastery	Navy	`#34495E`	`#34495E`
Mastery	Magenta	`#CE5D97`	`#CE5D97`
Signal	Red	`#D14D41`	`#D14D41`