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[Bug]: Improve TUI color contrast for light-background users #38284
Description
Bug type
Behavior bug (incorrect output/state without crash)
Summary
Description:
As a user with decades of experience preferring white/light backgrounds (dark text on light, per old VDT standards), I find certain colors in OpenClaw TUI (e.g., light orange for emphasis) nearly unreadable due to low contrast. This affects readability, especially for older users with diminishing eyesight or those with vision preferences.
Steps to reproduce
- Set terminal to white background.
- Run OpenClaw TUI.
- Observe low-contrast text (e.g., orange highlights).
Expected behavior
Expected: High-contrast colors adaptable to background (e.g., auto-detect or theme switcher with dark reds/blues instead of lights). Minimum 4.5:1 contrast ratio per WCAG. Also consider configurable font sizes.
Actual behavior
Actual: Washed-out colors on light backgrounds.
OpenClaw version
OpenClaw 2026.3.2 (85377a2)
Operating system
Linux Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS; GNOME terminal v 3.44.0 for GNOME 42; but problem is general for ANSI terminals such as Terminator, tmux, PuTTY, Kitty, etc.
Install method
No response
Logs, screenshots, and evidence
Impact and severity
This is a product usability issue, usually resulting because developers tend to prefer the dark-screen/light&colored text terminal environment, and rarely consider users who prefer or need the "reverse video" light-background/dark-contrast-text environs.
Additional information
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