A theme family for focused development.

Three calm palettes for VS Code: warm Dark, cool Dusk and daylight Light. Functions, types, variables and parameters each get a color of their own, control flow stands apart, and the whole interface matches.

Install in VS Code View on the Marketplace

Free and open source, version 0.3.0. Also for Cursor, Windsurf and VSCodium via Open VSX.

Vivid status bar Italics

aureon

Explorer

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Every color has a job

Aureon uses VS Code's semantic highlighting, so a symbol is colored by what it is, not just where it sits. A function looks the same where it's declared and where it's called. Each kind of symbol has its own hue, following the structure of VS Code's 2026 themes, while operators and punctuation stay quiet.

TypeScript and JavaScript get this out of the box. Other languages use carefully scoped grammar colors.

Functions and methods getIconSets() Declared or called, one color
Classes, types and enums class Circle The shape of your data
Interfaces and type parameters Shape<T> A lighter step of the type color
Parameters radius Italic, so inputs stand out
Properties this.colors Neutral, so member chains stay calm
Enum members and literals Level.High Numbers, booleans, constants
Keywords const class Declarations and modifiers, italic
Control flow if return await Where the code branches or exits
Strings "Choose a set" Text and data
Variables items Locals and constants, easy to spot
Comments // why, not what Quiet, italic

Real VS Code, all three

Screenshots from VS Code itself. Pick one to preview it above.

Install

VS Code. Use Install in VS Code, or search for Aureon in the Extensions view.
Cursor, Windsurf, VSCodium. Search for Aureon in the extensions view, or get it from Open VSX.
Press Ctrl+K Ctrl+T (Cmd on macOS) and choose an Aureon theme.

Each palette also comes as a Vivid version with a solid accent status bar, and a No Italics version for fonts without a good italic.

Recommended settings

{
  "editor.fontFamily": "'JetBrains Mono', monospace",
  "editor.fontLigatures": true,
  "editor.fontSize": 14,
  "editor.lineHeight": 1.7,
  "editor.cursorSmoothCaretAnimation": "on",
  "editor.guides.bracketPairs": "active"
}