TOTomte·Mar 16, 2025Submission
Modus-themes: Highly accessible themes for GNU Emacs
3 points · Open discussionprotesilaos
modus-themes
Emacs Lisp2022–2025
protesilaos / modus-themes
modus-themes
Highly accessible themes for GNU Emacs, conforming with the highest standard for colour contrast between background and foreground values (WCAG AAA).
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Highly accessible themes for GNU Emacs, conforming with the highest standard for colour contrast between background and foreground values (WCAG AAA).
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| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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2 sourcesHere's a link to where you can see screenshots of his themes: https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG2AAA-Conformance The code is stored at https://github.com/protesilaos/modus-themes For example:
(defun modus-themes-wcag-formula (hex)
"Get WCAG value of color value HEX.
The value is defined in hexadecimal RGB notation, such as those in
`modus-themes-operandi-colors' and `modus-themes-vivendi-colors'."
(cl-loop for k in '(0.2126 0.7152 0.0722)
for x in (color-name-to-rgb hex)
sum (* k (if (<= x 0.03928)
(/ x 12.92)
(expt (/ (+ x 0.055) 1.055) 2.4)))))
Sounds like a prize well deserved! Stuff like this has traditionally been a blind spot in Free software. Glad to hear we're getting a more beautiful and accessible Emacs.
In I won an award from the FSF for my contributions to Emacs