--- a/config/dwm/config.def.h	Mon Sep 28 13:10:19 2026 -0500
+++ b/config/dwm/config.def.h	Fri Oct 02 18:58:29 2026 -0500
@@ -12,17 +12,15 @@
 static const int topbar             = 1;        /* 0 means bottom bar */
 static const char *fonts[]          = { "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Propo:size=10" };
 static const char dmenufont[]       = "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Propo:size=10";
-static const char col_bg[]     = "#1c1a2b";
-static const char col_border[] = "#4a4668";
-static const char col_fg[]     = "#e8e0f0";
-static const char col_selfg[]  = "#1c1a2b";
-static const char col_selbg[]  = "#f5b0d8";
-static const char col_selbrd[] = "#6ecbff";
-
+static const char col_gray1[] = "#0f1a12"; /* bar bg */
+static const char col_gray2[] = "#2e4234"; /* inactive border */
+static const char col_gray3[] = "#b9c7bd"; /* bar fg */
+static const char col_gray4[] = "#0f1a12"; /* selected fg */
+static const char col_cyan[]  = "#5fae2e"; /* selected bg and border */
 static const char *colors[][3] = {
-	/*               fg         bg         border     */
-	[SchemeNorm] = { col_fg,    col_bg,    col_border },
-	[SchemeSel]  = { col_selfg, col_selbg, col_selbrd },
+	/*               fg         bg         border   */
+	[SchemeNorm] = { col_gray3, col_gray1, col_gray2 },
+	[SchemeSel]  = { col_gray4, col_cyan,  col_cyan  },
 };
 
 /* tagging */
@@ -80,8 +78,8 @@
 
 /* commands */
 static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
-static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_bg, "-nf", col_fg, "-sb", col_selbg, "-sf", col_selfg, NULL };
-static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", NULL };
+static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
+static const char *termcmd[]  = { "st", "-e", "tmux", NULL };
 
 static const Key keys[] = {
 	/* modifier                     key        function        argument */