just remove custom ember theme, my light ghostty theme with nvim just inheriting defaults is more readable and feels more vanilla anyway. i wanted something new, that is ghostty using ember theme, and i'm really loving it over an extended time period. it looks great, same colors as onedark/onelight, but muted and readable. awesome. just use ANSI colors from terminal wherever i can.

ghostty/.config/ghostty/themes/ember

@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ palette = 5=#b07878
 palette = 6=#80a090
 palette = 7=#d8d0c0
 
-# Bright colors (same as normal — Ember's muted philosophy)
-palette = 8=#4f4e4c
+# Bright colors (mostly mirror normals — Ember's muted philosophy)
+# EXCEPT slot 8: repurposed as a subtle "panel" bg tint, used by nvim
+# folds and any consumer that wants 'just barely off from bg'.
+palette = 8=#26241f
 palette = 9=#e08060
 palette = 10=#8a9868
 palette = 11=#c8b468

ghostty/.config/ghostty/themes/ember-light

@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ palette = 5=#743838
 palette = 6=#2c5446
 palette = 7=#282418
 
-# Bright colors (same as normal — Ember's muted philosophy)
-palette = 8=#282418
+# Bright colors (mostly mirror normals — Ember's muted philosophy)
+# EXCEPT slot 8: repurposed as a subtle "panel" bg tint, used by nvim
+# folds and any consumer that wants 'just barely off from bg'.
+palette = 8=#dccfb6
 palette = 9=#9a3a1c
 palette = 10=#3e5826
 palette = 11=#5e5018