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Configure Color Settings

User roles

Administrator, Mukurtu manager

Mukurtu includes two stock color palettes: Blue and Gold and Red and Bone. There is also an experimental palette customizer that allows you to configure custom colors. You can configure your color palette settings in the Dashboard by navigating to Look and Feel and selecting the Design settings link.

Screenshot of the dashboard with the design settings link highlighted.

Select preconfigured colors

  1. Select the radio button to the left of the Blue Gold or Red Bone palette.

    Screenshot of the blue gold, red bone, and custom palette options with the red bone palette selected.

  2. Select the "Save" button to apply your color palette site-wide.

    Screenshot of the edit config page design settings with the blue gold color palette selected and the save button highlighted.

Configure the custom palette

Please note, this is an experimental tool. Our stock palettes are selected to meet accessibility requirements and custom color selection is not covered by our tests. For more control over the colors, consider implementing a subtheme.

  1. Select the Custom radio button.

    Tip

    Users receive a warning if their selected custom color selection fails accessibility contrast checks.

    Screenshot of the warnings if the custom color selections fails accessibility contrast checks after save.

    Screenshot of the custom radio button selected.

  2. Select the color selector for the colors you want to edit.

    Screenshot of the color selector button for the Brand Primary Accent color highlighted with the Color module below.

  3. Use the modal to select the color you want to apply. You can use HEX, HSL (Hue Sat Lum), or RGB (Red Green Blue) codes to specify colors.

  4. Select the "Save" button to apply your color palette site-wide.

    Screenshot of the edit config page design settings with the save button highlighted.