Ember for Neovim

A warm, nearly monochrome Neovim theme.
Muted tones, deliberate restraint, and one coral accent that cuts through everything.

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Screenshots

Ember dark graphite	Ember Soft lifted graphite	Ember Light warm ivory

Variants

Variant	Background	Description
ember	#1c1b19	Dark graphite, L10% — the default
ember-soft	#242320	Lifted graphite, L13% — softer contrast
ember-light	#e6dac4	Warm ivory, L84% — darkened accents for WCAG AA
ember-auto	—	Follows vim.o.background; swaps between dark_variant and light_variant

Installation

lazy.nvim

{
  "ember-theme/nvim",
  name = "ember",
  priority = 1000,
  config = function()
    require("ember").setup({
      variant = "ember", -- "ember" | "ember-soft" | "ember-light"
    })
    vim.cmd("colorscheme ember")
  end,
}

vim.pack

vim.pack.add({ "https://github.com/ember-theme/nvim" })
vim.cmd.colorscheme("ember")

Configuration

require("ember").setup({
  variant = "ember", -- "ember", "ember-soft", "ember-light", "ember-auto"
  styles = {
    comments  = { italic = true },
    keywords  = { bold = true },
    functions = {},
    types     = { bold = true },
  },
  transparent        = false, -- transparent editor background
  transparent_floats = nil,   -- follows `transparent` by default; set explicitly to override
  dark_variant       = "ember",       -- used by `ember-auto` when background = "dark"
  light_variant      = "ember-light", -- used by `ember-auto` when background = "light"
  on_colors     = nil, -- function(palette) - modify palette before theme builds
  on_highlights = nil, -- function(highlights, theme) - modify highlight groups
})

Switch variants at runtime:

:colorscheme ember
:colorscheme ember-soft
:colorscheme ember-light
:colorscheme ember-auto

ember-auto follows vim.o.background: run :set background=light / :set background=dark (or let an OS-sync plugin toggle it) and the variant swaps automatically.

Plugin Support

Built-in highlight coverage for:

Category	Plugins
Syntax	Treesitter (@capture groups), LSP semantic tokens, diagnostics
Picker	Telescope, Snacks picker
Completion	nvim-cmp, blink.cmp
UI	Which-key, Snacks dashboard, Snacks notifier
File tree	Neo-tree, Snacks explorer
Git	Gitsigns
Indent	indent-blankline, Snacks indent
Statusline	mini.statusline, mini.tabline, Lualine
Other	Noice, Lazy.nvim, mini.jump, mini.pick

Links

• Ember core — palette, brand, ports
• Emacs port — reference implementation
• Website

License

MIT — Hossam Saraya