IBM1970 theme for Visual Studio Code

An IBM and 1970s inspired dark color theme for Visual Studio Code.

Installation

1. Install from the Extension Marketplace
   • Alternatively, press CTRL+p to open the "Quick Open" menu, and run the following command: ext install Andornaut.ibm1970
2. Select: File > Preferences > Themes > Color Theme > IBM 1970

This color theme is part of the IBM1970 desktop theme.

Colors

UI

Color	Hex	Usage
Teal	#33A999	Accent — links, badges, borders, find match, tab top
Dark Teal	#006B6B	Editor selection
Red	#D30102	Errors, git deleted
Rust	#b05533	Inlay hints, sticky scroll gutter, notification toast border, prominent status bar items, sash hover, scrollbar active/hover
White	#ffffff	Inactive title bar foreground
Cream	#dddccc	Primary foreground
Tan	#d2bb84	Modified files
Khaki	#9c9977	Tab backgrounds, scrollbar, gutter headers
Olive	#7c7755	UI borders, status bar, activity bar
Dark Olive	#545040	Toolbar active
Brown	#423f2e	Editor background
Dark Brown	#373424	Panel backgrounds, inputs, terminal background
Near Black	#24201A	Drop backgrounds, shadows

Syntax

This color theme uses Solarized Dark tokenColors.

Color	Hex	Usage
Green	#859900	Keywords, variable start, library class/type, diff inserted
Cyan	#2AA198	Strings, markup inline
Blue	#268BD2	Variables, functions, tags, headings, diff header
Violet	#6C71C4	Inherited class
Magenta	#D33682	Numbers, markup styling
Orange	#CB4B16	Class names, constants, exceptions, diff changed
Yellow	#B58900	Built-in constants, markup lists
Red	#DC322F	Errors, regexp, invalid, diff deleted
Light Gray	#93A1A1	Storage, tag attributes
Base0	#839496	Default foreground
Dark Gray	#586E75	Comments, tag delimiters

Color swatches are generated by color-swatches-action.

Developing

Testing

1. Press F5 to launch an Extension Development Host window.

Publishing

A Release workflow runs on every push to main and on version tags (v*). It packages the extension into a .vsix file and publishes it as a GitHub release.

To publish to the VS Code Marketplace:

• Publishing extensions
• Get a Personal Access Token — set Organization to All accessible organizations
• Manage publishers and extensions

npm version patch  # or minor, major
git push && git push --tags
npx vsce login Andornaut
npx vsce publish

Guides

• Extension guide: color theme
• colorRegistry.ts — authoritative source for all valid theme color keys
• Theme color documentation