Gruvbox Light (Soft Contrast)

Pavel Pertsev's Gruvbox — retro-groove light variant at soft contrast. Uses a softer cream bg0 (#F2E5BC) for reduced glare. Same accent system as the medium and hard variants.

25 swatches 16 light roles 16 dark roles dev-themelightclassicgruvboxretro

Swatches

bg0
#F2E5BC
bg1
#EBDBB2
bg2
#D5C4A1
bg3
#BDAE93
bg4
#A89984
fg0
#282828
fg1
#3C3836
fg2
#504945
fg3
#665C54
fg4
#7C6F64
gray
#928374
red
#CC241D
green
#98971A
yellow
#D79921
blue
#458588
purple
#B16286
aqua
#689D6A
orange
#D65D0E
faded-red
#9D0006
faded-green
#79740E
faded-yellow
#B57614
faded-blue
#076678
faded-purple
#8F3F71
faded-aqua
#427B58
faded-orange
#AF3A03

Mode role mappings

Light mode (16 roles)

accent → faded-orange
annotation → faded-orange
background → bg0
error → faded-red
info → faded-blue
primary → faded-blue
primary-hover → faded-aqua
secondary-accent → faded-purple
special → faded-purple
success → faded-green
surface → bg1
surface-elevated → bg2
text-primary → fg1
text-secondary → fg2
text-tertiary → gray
warning → faded-yellow

Dark mode (16 roles)

accent → orange
annotation → orange
background → fg0
error → red
info → blue
primary → blue
primary-hover → aqua
secondary-accent → purple
special → purple
success → green
surface → fg1
surface-elevated → fg2
text-primary → bg0
text-secondary → bg1
text-tertiary → gray
warning → yellow

Provenance

Source
https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox/blob/master/colors/gruvbox.vim
License
MIT
Attribution
Gruvbox by Pavel Pertsev (morhetz/gruvbox)
Imported
2026-05-17