Several themes don't support light appearance - dark and light modes are identical

[IamCoder18]

Description

When selecting a theme and toggling between dark/light appearance, the following themes show no visual change:

• Night Owl
• Ayu
• Aura
• Catppuccin Frappe
• Catppuccin Macchiato

This happens because each color in these themes has the same value for both dark and light properties, e.g.:

"primary": {
  "dark": "nightOwlBlue",
  "light": "nightOwlBlue"  // identical to dark
}

Plugins

None

OpenCode version

Reproduced on v1.2.27. Still present in the latest commit (0bbf26a).

Steps to reproduce

1. Open OpenCode
2. Go to settings → appearance
3. Select one of the affected themes (Night Owl, Ayu, Aura, Catppuccin Frappe, Catppuccin Macchiato)
4. Toggle between dark and light appearance
5. Observe that the colors remain identical

Screenshot and/or share link

Theme: Night Owl
Screenshot 1: Light Mode

Theme: Night Owl
Screenshot 2: Dark Mode

Operating System

Ubuntu 22.04.5

Terminal

Windows Terminal

[github-actions]

This issue might be a duplicate of existing issues. Please check:

• [FEATURE]: Light appearance in catppuccin-frappe and catppuccin-macchiato #10512: Specifically covers the same problem for catppuccin-frappe and catppuccin-macchiato — both dark and light properties are set to the same colors
• Light theme: some text colors are white, invisible against light background #17349: Light theme text color visibility issues (related light mode theming)
• Code output unreadable in light mode #16470: Code output unreadable in light mode (related light mode theming)

If this issue extends the scope of #10512 (by also covering Night Owl, Ayu, and Aura), it may still be worth keeping open as a broader tracking issue — but please coordinate with the maintainers.

[Klassikcat]

Same issue here. The adaptive theme does not work with 1.14.20. Only the system theme is adaptive while other themes are identical(stays in dark mode)

OS: Ubuntu 24.04
WM: Hyprland
Version: 1.14.20
Terminal Emulator: kitty and warp

[dimitur2204]

Same issue here. Catppuccin used to work and does not anymore. Only the system works.

OS: MacOS Tahoe 26.2
Version: 1.14.21
Terminal Emulator: ghostty

[spaceexperiment]

I have the same issue after last update, only system supports light theme.
using terminal on macos