Enhance text contrast of `light` theme to improve accessibility.

The existing light theme has relatively low contrast between the text
(and other UI elements) and background (especially within code blocks).
This presents difficulties for people with reduced visual contrast
perception (common in older adults).

This patch makes changes to the default `light` theme to meet the
minimum contrast requirement of the v2.1 W3C WCAG (Web Content
Accessibility Guidelines)
https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/quickref/#contrast-minimum

The small size, and slender font used for the title text makes it hard
to read, even with the increased contrast colour scheme, so this patch
also increases the size of the title text font by 20%.

Closes #1442

3 files changed, 30 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/src/theme/css/chrome.css b/src/theme/css/chrome.css
index 9ca8633a..21c08b93 100644
--- a/src/theme/css/chrome.css
+++ b/src/theme/css/chrome.css
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ a > .hljs {
 .menu-title {
     display: inline-block;
     font-weight: 200;
-    font-size: 2rem;
+    font-size: 2.4rem;
     line-height: var(--menu-bar-height);
     text-align: center;
     margin: 0;
diff --git a/src/theme/css/variables.css b/src/theme/css/variables.css
index 9534ec8d..9ff64d6b 100644
--- a/src/theme/css/variables.css
+++ b/src/theme/css/variables.css
@@ -92,22 +92,22 @@
 
 .light {
     --bg: hsl(0, 0%, 100%);
-    --fg: #333333;
+    --fg: hsl(0, 0%, 0%);
 
     --sidebar-bg: #fafafa;
-    --sidebar-fg: #364149;
+    --sidebar-fg: hsl(0, 0%, 0%);
     --sidebar-non-existant: #aaaaaa;
-    --sidebar-active: #008cff;
+    --sidebar-active: #1f1fff;
     --sidebar-spacer: #f4f4f4;
 
-    --scrollbar: #cccccc;
+    --scrollbar: #8F8F8F;
 
-    --icons: #cccccc;
-    --icons-hover: #333333;
+    --icons: #747474;
+    --icons-hover: #000000;
 
-    --links: #4183c4;
+    --links: #20609f;
 
-    --inline-code-color: #6e6b5e;
+    --inline-code-color: #301900;
 
     --theme-popup-bg: #fafafa;
     --theme-popup-border: #cccccc;
diff --git a/src/theme/highlight.css b/src/theme/highlight.css
index ab8c49c6..c2343227 100644
--- a/src/theme/highlight.css
+++ b/src/theme/highlight.css
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-/* Base16 Atelier Dune Light - Theme */
-/* by Bram de Haan (http://atelierbram.github.io/syntax-highlighting/atelier-schemes/dune) */
-/* Original Base16 color scheme by Chris Kempson (https://github.com/chriskempson/base16) */
+/*
+ * An increased contrast highlighting scheme loosely based on the
+ * "Base16 Atelier Dune Light" theme by Bram de Haan
+ * (http://atelierbram.github.io/syntax-highlighting/atelier-schemes/dune)
+ * Original Base16 color scheme by Chris Kempson
+ * (https://github.com/chriskempson/base16)
+ */
 
-/* Atelier-Dune Comment */
+/* Comment */
 .hljs-comment,
 .hljs-quote {
-  color: #AAA;
+  color: #575757;
 }
 
-/* Atelier-Dune Red */
+/* Red */
 .hljs-variable,
 .hljs-template-variable,
 .hljs-attribute,
@@ -19,10 +23,10 @@
 .hljs-name,
 .hljs-selector-id,
 .hljs-selector-class {
-  color: #d73737;
+  color: #d70025;
 }
 
-/* Atelier-Dune Orange */
+/* Orange */
 .hljs-number,
 .hljs-meta,
 .hljs-built_in,
@@ -30,33 +34,33 @@
 .hljs-literal,
 .hljs-type,
 .hljs-params {
-  color: #b65611;
+  color: #b21e00;
 }
 
-/* Atelier-Dune Green */
+/* Green */
 .hljs-string,
 .hljs-symbol,
 .hljs-bullet {
-  color: #60ac39;
+  color: #008200;
 }
 
-/* Atelier-Dune Blue */
+/* Blue */
 .hljs-title,
 .hljs-section {
-  color: #6684e1;
+  color: #0030f2;
 }
 
-/* Atelier-Dune Purple */
+/* Purple */
 .hljs-keyword,
 .hljs-selector-tag {
-  color: #b854d4;
+  color: #9d00ec;
 }
 
 .hljs {
   display: block;
   overflow-x: auto;
-  background: #f1f1f1;
-  color: #6e6b5e;
+  background: #f6f7f6;
+  color: #000;
   padding: 0.5em;
 }