Four color themes for VS Code. Three share one teal accent; Kob Classic is a retro navy/gray one.
Theme
Style
Kob Dark
Deep dark with strong contrast
Kob Light
Warm off-white, easy on the eyes
Kob Dim
Soft, low-contrast dark with pastel syntax colors
Kob Classic
Retro Win32 / Visual C++ MFC look: gray 3D-face panels, navy title bar and selection, steel-blue activity bar
Install
Get the kob-theme-0.0.7.vsix file.
In VS Code, open the Extensions view (Ctrl+Shift+X) → … menu → Install from VSIX… and pick the file.
Or from a terminal: code --install-extension kob-theme-0.0.7.vsix
Run Developer: Reload Window, then press Ctrl+K Ctrl+T and pick a Kob theme.
After installing a new version, always run Developer: Reload Window (or restart VS Code), otherwise the old colors stay loaded.
To remove it: Extensions view → Kob Theme → Uninstall.
Development
The theme files in themes/ are generated from the palettes in scripts/palettes.js.
npm run build # regenerate themes/*.json and print a contrast report
npm run package # build a .vsix (requires @vscode/vsce)
Publishing
npx vsce login thekaroe # paste a Marketplace Personal Access Token
npx vsce publish --packagePath kob-theme-0.0.7.vsix
The token must be created in Azure DevOps with the Marketplace › Manage scope.
Press F5 in VS Code to open an Extension Development Host with the themes loaded.