diff --git a/tui/src/app.test.ts b/tui/src/app.test.ts
index e0af6614a..5671dc680 100644
--- a/tui/src/app.test.ts
+++ b/tui/src/app.test.ts
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ describe("NanobotTui layout", () => {
       palette: Record<string, string> & { referenceBackground: string; faint: string }
     }
     const assertContrast = () => {
-      for (const tone of ["text", "muted", "accent", "success", "error", "user", "warm", "cool"]) {
+      for (const tone of ["text", "muted", "accent", "link", "success", "error", "user", "warm", "cool"]) {
         expect(contrastRatio(internals.palette[tone] ?? "", internals.palette.referenceBackground)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(4.5)
       }
       expect(contrastRatio(internals.palette.faint, internals.palette.referenceBackground)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(3)
@@ -962,8 +962,12 @@ describe("NanobotTui layout", () => {
     }
 
     assertContrast()
+    expect(internals.palette.accent).toBe("#EF8E30")
+    expect(internals.palette.user).toBe("#EF8E30")
     setup.renderer.emit(CliRenderEvents.THEME_MODE, "light")
     assertContrast()
+    expect(internals.palette.accent).toBe("#B94D0B")
+    expect(internals.palette.user).toBe("#B94D0B")
   })
 
   test("replaces streamed drafts with canonical stream-end text", async () => {
diff --git a/tui/src/app.ts b/tui/src/app.ts
index 4039e48be..b1096a903 100644
--- a/tui/src/app.ts
+++ b/tui/src/app.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ interface Palette {
   faint: string
   border: string
   accent: string
+  link: string
   success: string
   error: string
   user: string
@@ -97,10 +98,11 @@ const DARK: Palette = {
   muted: "#A1A1AA",
   faint: "#71717A",
   border: "#3F3F46",
-  accent: "#8B7CF6",
+  accent: "#EF8E30",
+  link: "#60A5FA",
   success: "#5CC489",
   error: "#F87171",
-  user: "#60A5FA",
+  user: "#EF8E30",
   // Codex-style turn anchor: 12% white over the reference dark background.
   userBackground: "#2B2C2E",
   warm: "#C26A25",
@@ -113,10 +115,11 @@ const LIGHT: Palette = {
   muted: "#6F6F78",
   faint: "#8A8A94",
   border: "#D4D4D8",
-  accent: "#5B4BC4",
+  accent: "#B94D0B",
+  link: "#1D4ED8",
   success: "#166534",
   error: "#B91C1C",
-  user: "#1D4ED8",
+  user: "#B94D0B",
   // Codex-style turn anchor: 4% black over the reference light background.
   userBackground: "#F0F0F0",
   warm: "#C2410C",
@@ -164,17 +167,17 @@ function syntaxStyle(palette: Palette): SyntaxStyle {
     keyword: { ...color(palette.accent), bold: true },
     string: color(palette.success),
     comment: { ...color(palette.muted), italic: true },
-    number: color(palette.user),
+    number: color(palette.link),
     function: color(palette.warm),
     type: color(palette.cool),
     variable: color(palette.text),
-    property: color(palette.user),
+    property: color(palette.link),
     "markup.heading": { ...color(palette.accent), bold: true },
     "markup.strong": { ...color(palette.text), bold: true },
     "markup.italic": { ...color(palette.muted), italic: true },
-    "markup.link": { ...color(palette.user), underline: true },
-    "markup.link.label": { ...color(palette.user), underline: true },
-    "markup.link.url": { ...color(palette.user), underline: true },
+    "markup.link": { ...color(palette.link), underline: true },
+    "markup.link.label": { ...color(palette.link), underline: true },
+    "markup.link.url": { ...color(palette.link), underline: true },
     "markup.raw": color(palette.warm),
     conceal: color(palette.faint),
   })