From d491a0fc66e8d690036c88d8ae03b514878258d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harivansh Rathi <rathiharivansh@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:05:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] light theme for nvim

---
 README.md                      |  3 ++
 colors/cozybox-light.lua       |  6 ++++
 lua/cozybox.lua                |  5 +--
 lua/cozybox/light.lua          | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/cozybox/cozybox_spec.lua |  8 +++++
 5 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 colors/cozybox-light.lua
 create mode 100644 lua/cozybox/light.lua

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c79f65a..66897c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ Neovim `0.8+`.
 ```vim
 set background=dark " or light if you want light mode
 colorscheme cozybox
+
+" explicit light entrypoint with the same cozybox accent palette
+colorscheme cozybox-light
 ```
 
 ## Override
diff --git a/colors/cozybox-light.lua b/colors/cozybox-light.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e35006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/colors/cozybox-light.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+vim.o.background = "light"
+
+local cozybox = require("cozybox")
+
+cozybox.setup(require("cozybox.light"))
+cozybox.load("cozybox-light")
diff --git a/lua/cozybox.lua b/lua/cozybox.lua
index c4c7582..9c318ec 100644
--- a/lua/cozybox.lua
+++ b/lua/cozybox.lua
@@ -1398,8 +1398,9 @@ Cozybox.setup = function(config)
   Cozybox.config = vim.tbl_deep_extend("force", Cozybox.config, config or {})
 end
 
+---@param colors_name string?
 --- main load function
-Cozybox.load = function()
+Cozybox.load = function(colors_name)
   if vim.version().minor < 8 then
     vim.notify_once("cozybox.nvim: you must use neovim 0.8 or higher")
     return
@@ -1409,7 +1410,7 @@ Cozybox.load = function()
   if vim.g.colors_name then
     vim.cmd.hi("clear")
   end
-  vim.g.colors_name = "cozybox"
+  vim.g.colors_name = colors_name or "cozybox"
   vim.o.termguicolors = true
 
   local groups = get_groups()
diff --git a/lua/cozybox/light.lua b/lua/cozybox/light.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7a75ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/cozybox/light.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+local background = "#e7e7e7"
+local surface = "#e1e1e1"
+local selection = "#c3c7c9"
+
+return {
+  contrast = "hard",
+  palette_overrides = {
+    bright_red = "#ea6962",
+    neutral_red = "#ea6962",
+    faded_red = "#ea6962",
+    bright_green = "#8ec97c",
+    neutral_green = "#8ec97c",
+    faded_green = "#8ec97c",
+    bright_yellow = "#d8a657",
+    neutral_yellow = "#d8a657",
+    faded_yellow = "#d8a657",
+    bright_blue = "#5b84de",
+    neutral_blue = "#5b84de",
+    faded_blue = "#5b84de",
+    bright_purple = "#d3869b",
+    neutral_purple = "#d3869b",
+    faded_purple = "#d3869b",
+    bright_aqua = "#8ec07c",
+    neutral_aqua = "#8ec07c",
+    faded_aqua = "#8ec07c",
+    bright_orange = "#e78a4e",
+    neutral_orange = "#e78a4e",
+    faded_orange = "#e78a4e",
+  },
+  overrides = {
+    MatchParen = { bold = true, underline = true, fg = "#d8a657", bg = selection },
+    Normal = { bg = background },
+    NormalFloat = { bg = background },
+    SignColumn = { bg = background },
+    StatusLine = { bg = background },
+    StatusLineNC = { bg = background },
+    GitSignsAdd = { fg = "#6fae70", bg = background },
+    GitSignsChange = { fg = "#b57614", bg = background },
+    GitSignsDelete = { fg = "#ea6962", bg = background },
+    GitSignsTopdelete = { fg = "#ea6962", bg = background },
+    GitSignsChangedelete = { fg = "#b57614", bg = background },
+    GitSignsUntracked = { fg = "#5b84de", bg = background },
+    GitSignsStagedAdd = { fg = "#5f8b50", bg = background },
+    GitSignsStagedChange = { fg = "#9d6b0f", bg = background },
+    GitSignsStagedDelete = { fg = "#b85751", bg = background },
+    GitSignsStagedTopdelete = { fg = "#b85751", bg = background },
+    GitSignsStagedChangedelete = { fg = "#9d6b0f", bg = background },
+    LineNr = { bg = background },
+    CursorLineNr = { bg = background },
+    CursorLine = { bg = surface },
+    FoldColumn = { bg = background },
+    DiffAdd = { bg = "#d9e8d2" },
+    DiffChange = { bg = "#eee4c7" },
+    DiffDelete = { bg = "#f1d6d2" },
+  },
+}
diff --git a/tests/cozybox/cozybox_spec.lua b/tests/cozybox/cozybox_spec.lua
index 4462327..c0b7932 100644
--- a/tests/cozybox/cozybox_spec.lua
+++ b/tests/cozybox/cozybox_spec.lua
@@ -166,4 +166,12 @@ describe("tests", function()
     assert.are.same(cozybox.config.contrast, "hard")
     assert.are.same(cozybox.config.overrides.Normal.bg, "#181818")
   end)
+
+  it("supports custom colorscheme names during load", function()
+    cozybox.setup()
+    vim.opt.background = "light"
+    cozybox.load("cozybox-light")
+
+    assert.are.same(vim.g.colors_name, "cozybox-light")
+  end)
 end)