Sakura, a cherry blossom light theme
Sakura joins Light, Ember, Midnight, and Sepia as a built-in theme, and it is light only. It takes its cue from cherry blossom rather than from a tinted grey: page, window chrome, panels, columns, and cards sit on soft blossom neutrals, hover and selection surfaces warm gently toward rose, and text is a deep warm plum that stays crisp on every one of those surfaces. The accent is a muted rose gold, restrained enough to read as chrome rather than decoration, so buttons, the active navigation item, focus rings, and the terminal cursor all stay recognisable without turning the workspace candy pink.
Status and Git colours were tuned against that accent rather than inherited from another theme. Success stays green, warning and stale stay amber, and added, deleted, modified, hunk, and untracked lines keep their usual families, so a deleted row is never mistaken for brand chrome. The today and overdue marker was pushed toward vermilion specifically because a red-pink marker sat too close to the rose accent to read at a glance.
Sakura is covered by the same automated checks as every other built-in theme: every colour token must be defined, and the key text, control, and status pairings must clear their contrast minimums. Selecting it applies immediately, survives a restart, and works as a light starting point when you duplicate a built-in into a custom theme. The native title bar, Monaco editor, and terminal all follow its light appearance. Pick it in Settings, under Appearance.