OKSolar
Dev tools
color theme
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
3 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score -0.06.
Design: 1 for, 4 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Attention to detail; reduces eye strain for some readers
From 2 comments
Paying attention to details can really make a difference. Looks as if it reduces latent stress when using it.
jeffreygoesto on HN> For me, the contrast between text and the background is just a little too low I have always thought this with Solarized, on many monitors over many years. Perhaps my eyes…
easytiger on HN
Higher text contrast than original Solarized
From 1 comment
I definitely can relate. In the light version, the background has now less color, it looks more washed out. However, the author did improve the contrast when looking at the…
onli on HN
Objections
Claims of preserved accessibility are misleading; colors are harder to tell apart for color-blind users
From 2 comments
It's funny how the last section with the screenshots mentions "preserving accessibility". "Fixing the lightness and only modifying hue and chroma" is not a recipe for good…
hnbad on HNI too am autistic. I don't see how that's relevant or an appropriate comparison though. Most specifically "colorblind-friendly" color schemes suck. Most "regular" color schemes…
hnbad on HN
Palette is washed out and less interesting, especially the light version
From 3 comments
Removing contrast towards more washed out colors does not look like an improvement. Examples at the end look less legible both in too much light and in less light.
antman on HNI too am autistic. I don't see how that's relevant or an appropriate comparison though. Most specifically "colorblind-friendly" color schemes suck. Most "regular" color schemes…
hnbad on HNI definitely can relate. In the light version, the background has now less color, it looks more washed out. However, the author did improve the contrast when looking at the…
onli on HN
Text-background contrast still low; dark version shows little improvement
From 2 comments
> For me, the contrast between text and the background is just a little too low (especially if I’m working in a bright space), and you can see that it also varies between…
bscphil on HNWhy is this supposed to be good? What's with the fashion for very-pale-grey-on-slightly-paler-grey text?
Gordonjcp on HN
Requests
Versions for color-vision deficiencies or a theme generator for multiple apps
From 2 comments
Preface: I am autistic, and live in a non-autistic world. Yes, I want to be taken into account, but not by default. It can really hurt if you cannot be taken into account though.…
Fnoord on HNI wish there was a theme generator that just took few colors and palletes on input then generated config for a bunch of apps I took some dark theme (twilight anti-bright from…
adql on HN
JetBrains theme file
From 1 comment
Anyone assemble this into a jetbrains theme file? Author links to a json file https://meat.io/oksolar.json but haven't done manual jetbrains theming so hoping more experienced…
floatrock on HN
Questions
Why fixing lightness helps; what the point of equal perceived brightness is
From 2 comments
I don't mean for this to sound negative but I'm confused by the effort to make the different shades the same perceived brightness. Isn't a significant part of a colour scheme the…
bloopernova on HNI guess the goal is for all text elements to be readable against the background, which requires a certain minimum perceptual contrast regardless of hue. I don't know if there's…
rcthompson on HN
How OKLab relates to sRGB and P3 color spaces
From 1 comment
One thing I'm bit confused about is the relationship between oklab(/oklch) and different colorspaces; are srgb-oklab and p3-oklab different things? Or is oklab something that…
zokier on HN
Alternatives named
Selenized
From 3 comments
Selenized[0] is an another attempt at improving on solarized. [0]: https://github.com/jan-warchol/selenized/
throwaway104739 on HNAfter having used Solarized Light for about a decade, I have now tried out Selenized Light for nearly two weeks and I am liking it a lot. It is a gradual improvement, but very…
ninjin on HNYeah the main problem with Solarized is not the coordinate system, it's the bizarre mapping of ANSI terminal colors. The way Selenized does bold/bright/reverse text makes far…
jeffbee on HN
Base16
From 1 comment
Base16 does that: https://github.com/chriskempson/base16
CUViper on HN