1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/bin/udt-palette b/bin/udt-palette
index cdeb571..86c53d6 100755
--- a/bin/udt-palette
+++ b/bin/udt-palette
@@ -592,7 +592,6 @@ def gen_homepage(res, scheme, palette):
     sr, sg, sb, _ = res["surface"]
     ar, ag, ab, _ = res["surface_alt"]
     br, bg_, bb, _ = res["bg"]
-    accent = hex6(res["accent"])
 
     return f"""/* {BANNER.format(scheme=scheme)}
  *
@@ -603,7 +602,10 @@ def gen_homepage(res, scheme, palette):
 .theme-gray {{
 {rows}
 
-  --color-logo-start: {triple('accent')};
+  /* The scheme's accent until udt-accent rewrites this line with the
+   * wallpaper's. Every accent below reads it, so that is one line to match. */
+  --udt-accent: {triple('accent')};
+  --color-logo-start: var(--udt-accent);
   --color-logo-stop:  {triple('info')};
 }}
 
@@ -622,10 +624,9 @@ def gen_homepage(res, scheme, palette):
   background-color: rgb({br} {bg_} {bb} / 50%);
 }}
 
-/* Accent on secondary labels. Fixed, not wallpaper-tracking: this runs on a
- * server with no wallpaper to read. */
+/* Accent on secondary labels. */
 .theme-gray .text-theme-500 {{
-  color: {accent};
+  color: rgb(var(--udt-accent));
 }}
 """
 
@@ -693,9 +694,10 @@ def gen_conky(res, scheme, palette, template):
 def gen_grub(res, scheme, palette, template):
     """GRUB: substitute into the theme template in the grub-theme-udt repo.
 
-    theme.txt has no include, so the colours are baked in. The accent is the
-    scheme's fixed one: nothing at boot can read the wallpaper. The PNG slices
-    that carry colour are drawn by that repo's build script from this output.
+    theme.txt has no include, so the colours are baked in. The accent lands only
+    on the '# udt:' line, where the build script reads it to draw the PNG
+    slices that carry colour. udt-accent rewrites it there with the wallpaper's,
+    which is no less stale than the background snapshot the build already takes.
     """
     out = template.replace("@SCHEME@", scheme)
     for role in ("bg", "bg_alt", "bg_deep", "surface", "fg", "fg_dim",