[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #26220: Twenty Fourteen: Light accent color makes search icon almost invisible

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#26220: Twenty Fourteen: Light accent color makes search icon almost invisible
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 Reporter:  thomasguillot  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  3.8
Component:  Bundled Theme  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                 |
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Comment (by celloexpressions):

 I'm fine with going the route of re-defined color schemes, as long as they
 change more than just the accent color and have an appropriate UI (we'd
 need to build something visual that shows the colors instead of just
 naming them in a standard `<select>`, see the new admin color scheme
 selector for inspiration). One alternative worth mentioning is to reduce
 the color picker to a hue picker, which would allow a wide rage of colors
 but maintain the necessary contrast.

 But do we really have time to address this before the hard (no commits)
 freeze in 6 days? I'm not sure if we're still planning on shipping Twenty
 Fourteen with 3.8, looking at our
 [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&status=reviewing&component=Bundled+Theme&summary=%5ETwenty+Fourteen&group=milestone&col=id&col=summary&col=component&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&order=priority
 21 open tickets], but if we are, we may need to just extract the accent
 color entirely to a plugin.

 I'll attach a patch that removes the accent color feature. I've already
 started putting together a plugin that has that functionality and the
 ability to change the sidebar/header/footer color, with automatic
 inversion of the text color when the background color becomes too light
 (let me know if anyone wants to collaborate). We would want to market
 this, and a plugin that restores the social links feature, if that
 happens, to Twenty Fourteen users (maybe on the Codex page?), to help them
 understand the concept of using plugins instead of (or in addition to)
 child themes for smaller customizations.

 If we do end up taking more time to polish Twenty Fourteen, I'd love to
 further develop both the color schemes idea and a smarter version of the
 color picker idea, potentially both in plugins first. Then, we could
 evaluate both and see which is the better candidate for inclusion in
 Twenty Fourteen, based on functionality and code weight/complexity. Since
 Twenty Fourteen is a more complex default theme in general, I think it
 deserves a more complex built-in customization solution, but I agree that
 it should prevent users from creating critically low-contrast (or no-
 contrast) choices.

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