customized mode-line colors

conf-lisp/display.el

@@ -11,7 +11,15 @@
 (use-package solarized-theme
              :ensure t
              :config
-             (load-theme 'solarized-dark t))
+             (load-theme 'solarized-dark-high-contrast t))
 
 ;;; ** increase default font size on startup
 (set-face-attribute 'default nil :height 133)
+
+;; customize mode-line colors to have a little more contrast to the content
+;; for reference, I used thes color codes as a base:
+;; https://gist.github.com/ninrod/b0f86d77ebadaccf7d9d4431dd8e2983
+;; and tweaked them in gimp a little
+(set-face-background 'mode-line "#02161B") ;; base02 darkened
+(set-face-foreground 'mode-line-inactive "#4d4d4d") ;; just grey
+(set-face-background 'mode-line-inactive "#02161B")