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Brand Color Extractor

Extracts official brand color palettes from websites and design systems to automatically generate comprehensive VS Code theme configuration files.

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Key features

  • Automated color extraction from official brand guidelines, design systems, and live CSS variables.
  • Generation of WCAG AA compliant light and dark theme variants with optimized background and text contrast.
  • Real-time analysis of brand assets, press kits, and product interface screenshots via WebFetch.
  • Intelligent mapping of brand palettes to exhaustive VS Code UI components and editor elements.
  • Comprehensive syntax highlighting configuration covering all major language tokens and scopes.

Use cases

  • Creating a custom VS Code theme that aligns with a specific company's corporate identity or design system.
  • Rapidly prototyping themed editor environments for brand-focused developer workshops or marketing presentations.
  • Ensuring visual consistency between a product's web presence and the IDE environment used by its engineering team.

FAQ

What does the Brand Color Extractor skill do?

This skill uses WebFetch to analyze brand websites, design systems, or CSS variables. It identifies primary and secondary color palettes and automatically maps them to over 100 VS Code UI components and syntax highlighting tokens.

Does it support accessibility and dark mode?

Yes. The skill is programmed to generate both light and dark theme variants. It ensures that background and text contrasts meet WCAG AA compliance standards (minimum 4.5:1 ratio) for optimal readability.

How does this improve my developer workflow?

Instead of manually hunting for hex codes and updating individual JSON properties in a theme file, this skill automates the entire process, generating a comprehensive, high-quality theme configuration in seconds via Claude Code.

When should I use this Claude Code skill?

Use this skill when you need to create a custom VS Code theme that aligns with a specific brand identity, or when you want to quickly generate professional, accessible color schemes for a development project.

What color sources can it analyze?

The skill prioritizes official brand guideline pages and CSS variables. It can also analyze Media/Press kits and product interface screenshots to ensure the extracted colors are accurate and up-to-date.