Ayu Simple
Ayu Light and Ayu Mirage theme for Obsidian, with alternative checkboxes
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An Obsidian theme in the Ayu colourway: Ayu Light for the light scheme and Ayu Mirage for the dark, from their iTerm2 schemes (iTerm2-Color-Schemes). Colours follow Ta Da Swift's Ayu theming and work well with the Ta Da plugin or standalone.
Colours
| Role | Light | Mirage | Obsidian variable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Background | #f8f9fa |
#1f2430 |
--background-primary |
| Sidebar | #eff0f1 |
#191e27 |
--background-secondary |
| Selection, active item | #dfe1e2 |
#3b3f47 |
--text-selection, --background-modifier-border-hover |
| Hairlines | #e8eaeb |
#30353f |
--background-modifier-border |
| Code, inputs | #f0f1f3 |
#282c37 |
--background-primary-alt, --code-background |
| Body text | #5c6166 |
#cccac2 |
--text-normal |
| Headings, code text | #333538 |
#e3e2dd |
--h1-color…--h5-color, --code-normal |
| Muted | #686868 |
#8e8e8d |
--text-muted |
| Accent | #3096dc |
#6dcbfa |
--accent-h/s/l, --color-blue |
| Due | #b88435 |
#facc6e |
--color-yellow |
| Deadline | #e56a6b |
#ed8274 |
--color-red |
| Done | #5ba038 |
#87d96c |
--color-green |
| Doing | #3ca07f |
#90e1c6 |
--color-cyan |
| Blocked | #cf794d |
#f3a771 |
--color-orange |
| Links | #9e75c7 |
#dabafa |
--color-purple, --link-color |
A user accent colour set in Obsidian's Appearance settings replaces the theme's.
Checkboxes
Every marker in the Alternative Checkboxes Reference Set draws as a rounded box with a glyph, in Reading view and Live Preview:
| Syntax | Name | Colour | Syntax | Name | Colour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[ ] |
Not started | Muted | [l] |
Location | Links |
[x] |
Done (filled) | Done | [b] |
Bookmark | Blocked |
[/] |
Doing | Doing | [i] |
Information | Accent |
[-] |
Cancelled | Muted | [S] |
Savings | Done |
[>] |
Forwarded | Accent | [I] |
Idea | Due |
[<] |
Scheduling | Due | [p] |
Pros | Done |
[?] |
Question | Doing | [c] |
Cons | Deadline |
[!] |
Important (filled) | Deadline | [f] |
Fire | Blocked |
[*] |
Star | Due | [k] |
Key | Due |
["] |
Quote | Muted | [w] |
Win | Due |
[u] |
Up | Done | [d] |
Down | Deadline |
Done and Cancelled strike their text through in muted.
Markdown
- Inline code:
codebackground with a hairline ring, heading-coloured text. Code blocks: 10px corners with the same ring. - Highlights: due at 30% (26% on Mirage), heading-coloured text.
- Tags: accent text on accent at 10% (14%), with a 28% (32%) ring.
- Callouts: the type's colour at 9% (14%) with a 24% (30%) ring, heading-coloured titles. Question callouts use due; quote callouts use muted.
- Quotes: muted text beside a 3px bar.
- Monospace: JetBrains Mono, then SF Mono and Menlo.
Install
Copy manifest.json and theme.css into <vault>/.obsidian/themes/Ayu Simple/, then choose Ayu Simple in Settings → Appearance → Themes.
Licence
MIT (LICENSE).
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About
Apply Ayu Simple to style Obsidian with Ayu Light and Ayu Mirage colorways for light and dark modes. Use Ta Da–compatible accents, rounded alternative checkboxes with glyphs in Reading and Live Preview, and consistent heading, code, tag and highlight styling.Details
Current version
1.0.0
Last updated
20 hours ago
Created
21 hours ago
Updates
1 release
License
MIT