Helium Theme Starter
This starter theme enhances your AEM + Tailwind UI with a polished and accessible light/dark theming system using OKLCH color values and a rich background image.
Features
- ✅ OKLCH color scale with smooth brightness levels
- 🌗 Theme-ready with
light,dark, and futureheliumvariants - 🌠 Elegant
background-image+backdrop-filter - 🎨 Fully customizable via CSS variables
- ♿ Accessible with strong color contrast on both light/dark variants
- ✨ Subtle shadows, rounded cards, hover animations
Benefits
- Improves visual consistency across branded UIs
- Enables preview-ready styling for AEM Template & Component Catalogs
- Encourages token-based theming for scale
Setup
- Include
helium-theme.cssin your AEM page template orhead.html - Apply the
.theme-heliumclass to a container or section - Customize variables in the
:rootas needed
Future Enhancements
- 🎚 Theme toggle switch (user-selectable)
- 🌓 Auto switch via OS preference
prefers-color-scheme - 🧩 Integrate with Tailwind’s
@applyfor atomic usage - 💾 User preference storage via
localStorage
This theme is ideal for showcasing your internal Component Catalog, especially in a polished enterprise context.