Yukinord for Neovim

Neovim color scheme based on the VSCode theme inspired by Nord and Nord Deep.

Preview

Installation

Using a plugin manager

Packer

use {
  'adibhanna/yukinord.nvim',
  config = function()
    vim.cmd([[colorscheme yukinord]])
  end
}

Lazy.nvim

{
  'adibhanna/yukinord.nvim',
  priority = 1000,
  config = function()
    vim.cmd([[colorscheme yukinord]])
  end,
}

vim-plug

Plug 'adibhanna/yukinord.nvim'
colorscheme yukinord

Manual installation

1. Copy colors/yukinord.lua to your Neovim colors directory:

   mkdir -p ~/.config/nvim/colors
   cp neovim/colors/yukinord.lua ~/.config/nvim/colors/yukinord.lua

2. Add to your init.lua or init.vim:

   vim.cmd('colorscheme yukinord')

   or

   colorscheme yukinord

Configuration

Yukinord supports optional configuration via the setup function. Call it before loading the colorscheme:

require("yukinord").setup({
  transparent = false,         -- Enable transparent background
  transparent_sidebar = false, -- Enable transparent background for sidebars (NvimTree, terminal, etc.)
})

vim.cmd([[colorscheme yukinord]])

Options

Option	Default	Description
transparent	false	Makes the main editor background transparent
transparent_sidebar	false	Makes sidebar backgrounds transparent (NvimTree, Snacks terminal, etc.)

Note: When transparent is enabled, transparent_sidebar is also automatically enabled.

Features

• Transparent background support (configurable)
• Full support for Treesitter syntax highlighting
• LSP semantic tokens support
• Comprehensive highlight groups for popular plugins:
  • NvimTree
  • Telescope
  • WhichKey
  • Cmp (nvim-cmp)
  • Gitsigns
  • Bufferline
  • Noice
  • Mini plugins
  • Snacks.nvim (pickers, notifier, zen mode, scratch buffers, and more)
  • And more
• Terminal colors support
• Proper diff highlighting
• Diagnostic highlights for errors, warnings, info, and hints

Color Palette

• Background: #1C212A (main), #14171d (panels)
• Foreground: #d8dee9 (default), #eceff4 (active)
• Cyan: #88c0d0 (keywords, accents)
• Blue: #81a1c1 (info, links)
• Green: #a3be8c (types, classes)
• Yellow: #ebcb8b (numbers, functions, warnings)
• Orange: #d08770 (strings)
• Red: #bf616a (errors)
• Purple: #b48ead (control keywords)

Ghostty Terminal Theme

A matching Ghostty terminal theme is included in this repository. The theme file Yukinord provides a consistent color experience across Neovim and Ghostty terminal.

Installation

Copy the contents of the Yukinord file and save it as a theme file in your Ghostty config themes directory (~/.config/ghostty/themes/), then set theme = <filename> in your Ghostty config.

The Ghostty theme includes:

• 16-color ANSI palette matching the Neovim colorscheme
• Background and foreground colors
• Cursor and selection colors
• All colors synchronized with the Neovim theme

Requirements

• Neovim 0.5+ (for Lua support)
• termguicolors enabled (recommended)

Add this to your config if not already set:

vim.o.termguicolors = true