A rules-based approach to designing accessible dark (and light) mode

Designing and applying a UI colour scheme for both dark and light mode is hard. Designing one that is also accessible is even harder.

And when you’re not a great visual designer – well, you figure out a rules-based way that lets you design with logic.

Donna Spencer

Donna Spencer is a product designer at MakerX. She has extensive experience in user experience, service design, workshop facilitation and information architecture. She has worked in government, education, with startups and much more.

She is a regular conference and meetup speaker, article author and has written 5 UX-related books. She was the founder of UX Australia and ran it for 9 years. She sews, weaves and knits, and is currently renovating an old house. Her cats are known around the world as they like to ‘contribute’ to all presentations and meetings.