diff --git a/kak/colors/jdkaplan-light.kak b/kak/colors/jdkaplan-light.kak
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9662cda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kak/colors/jdkaplan-light.kak
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+evaluate-commands %sh{
+    foreground="black"
+    fg_01="rgb:262626"      
+    fg_02="rgb:3A3A3A"      
+    fg_03="rgb:444444"      
+    fg_04="rgb:585858"      
+    fg_05="rgb:6C6C6C"      
+
+    bg_05="rgb:808080"      
+    bg_04="rgb:8A8A8A"      
+    bg_03="rgb:AFAFAF"      
+    bg_02="rgb:E4E4E4"      
+    bg_01="rgb:EEEEEE"      
+    background="white"
+
+    literal="rgb:FF8700"       
+    matching_char="rgb:FF875F+b"  
+    string="rgb:A78000" 
+    type="rgb:D70000"       
+    keyword="rgb:119300"
+    variable="rgb:007D93"         
+    meta="rgb:AF87FF"       
+
+    echo "
+# For Code
+face global value     ${literal}
+face global type      ${type}
+face global variable  ${variable}
+face global module    ${keyword}
+face global function  ${variable}
+face global string    ${string}
+face global keyword   ${keyword}
+face global operator  ${keyword}
+face global attribute ${variable}
+face global comment   ${bg_05}
+face global meta      ${keyword}
+face global builtin   ${foreground}
+
+# For markup
+face global title  +u
+# face global header default
+face global bold   +b
+face global italic +i
+# face global mono   default
+# face global block  default
+# face global link   default
+# face global bullet default
+# face global list   default
+
+# builtin faces
+face global Default            ${fg_01},${bg_01}
+face global PrimaryCursor      ${background},${foreground}
+face global PrimarySelection   ${background},${fg_05}
+face global SecondaryCursor    ${foreground},${bg_04}
+face global SecondarySelection ${foreground},${bg_02}
+face global PrimaryCursorEol   ${background},${foreground}
+face global SecondaryCursorEol ${background},${bg_04}
+face global LineNumbers        ${fg_04},default
+face global LineNumberCursor   ${fg_04},default
+face global LineNumbersWrapped ${bg_01},${bg_01}
+face global MenuForeground     white,blue
+face global MenuBackground     blue,white
+face global MenuInfo           cyan
+face global Information        black,yellow
+face global Error              black,red
+face global StatusLine         ${fg_01},${bg_03}
+face global StatusLineMode     ${fg_01},${bg_03}
+face global StatusLineInfo     ${fg_01},${bg_03}
+face global StatusLineValue    ${fg_01},${bg_03}
+
+# face global StatusCursor       black,cyan
+# face global Prompt             yellow,default
+face global MatchingChar       ${matching_char}
+face global BufferPadding      ${fg_05},${bg_02}
+"
+}
diff --git a/kak/kakrc b/kak/kakrc
index a7af70c..9171c9c 100644
--- a/kak/kakrc
+++ b/kak/kakrc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-colorscheme jdkaplan
+colorscheme jdkaplan-light
 
 add-highlighter global/number-lines number-lines -separator ' '
 add-highlighter global/show-matching show-matching