Kris Johnson's ghostty configuration

config.ghostty

font-family = "Iosevka Term Light"
font-size = 16
cursor-style = block
shell-integration-features = no-cursor

# minimum-contrast auto-brightens any foreground color that is too close to
# the background color, so dark ANSI colors (e.g. dark blue) stay readable
# without hand-picking a palette. Range is 1 (off) to 21 (WCAG max); 4.5 is
# the WCAG AA threshold for normal text.
minimum-contrast = 4.5

# Default text color: pale amber instead of white.
foreground = #FFE0B0

# Background: very dark amber instead of black.
background = #1A1206

# Cursor: slightly brighter amber than the default text color.
cursor-color = #FFE8BE

# Selection highlight: brighter amber to match the cursor/text palette.
selection-background = #6B4A1E

# Brighten ANSI green (2/10) and cyan (6/14) - too dark against the amber
# background at the default palette values (minimum-contrast wasn't enough).
palette = 2=#63cf59
palette = 10=#79db70
palette = 6=#9ed2cb
palette = 14=#ace2d8

# Default ANSI red (1/9) sat right at the minimum-contrast threshold against
# this background, so ghostty's auto-correction was snapping it to white
# instead of keeping it red. Override with reds that already clear the ratio.
palette = 1=#ed7a7a
palette = 9=#f05a5a

# ANSI blue (4/12) was also getting snapped toward white by the
# minimum-contrast correction. Override with a blue that reads clearly
# blue with a solid contrast margin against the background.
palette = 4=#70befe
palette = 12=#8ac6ff

# ANSI magenta (5/13) hit the same white-snapping correction. Override with
# a magenta/purple that clears the contrast margin.
palette = 5=#d883ef
palette = 13=#dd94ee

# Default ANSI yellow (3/11) sits at ~40 degrees hue (orange-leaning), not
# true yellow (~60 degrees). Shift hue, not a contrast-correction fix.
palette = 3=#f2e55a
palette = 11=#f8ed77

# ANSI white (7/15) brightened slightly.
palette = 7=#d4d7d5
palette = 15=#e0e0e0

# ANSI black (0/8) was nearly identical to the background color, leaving
# minimum-contrast almost no headroom - it was correcting hard toward white.
# Override with dark grays that already clear the contrast margin on their
# own, so "black" text stays dark/gray instead of getting force-brightened.
palette = 0=#7d7d7d
palette = 8=#939393