From 0d3e8e3d097d8c464df1a06fe54f37a7544fa021 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mikolaj Wielgus <wielgusmikolaj@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2021 23:05:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make ERC/DRC item lightness proportional to default text
 brightness

Fixes https://gitlab.com/kicad/code/kicad/issues/9824
---
 common/rc_item.cpp | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/rc_item.cpp b/common/rc_item.cpp
index 3eead8c268..4edc851ed4 100644
--- a/common/rc_item.cpp
+++ b/common/rc_item.cpp
@@ -419,11 +419,17 @@ bool RC_TREE_MODEL::GetAttr( wxDataViewItem const&   aItem,
     if( node->m_RcItem->GetParent() && node->m_RcItem->GetParent()->IsExcluded() )
     {
         wxColour textColour = wxSystemSettings::GetColour( wxSYS_COLOUR_LISTBOXTEXT );
+        double   brightness = KIGFX::COLOR4D( textColour ).GetBrightness();
 
-        if( KIGFX::COLOR4D( textColour ).GetBrightness() > 0.5 )
-            aAttr.SetColour( textColour.ChangeLightness( heading ? 30 : 35 ) );
+        if( brightness > 0.5 )
+        {
+            int lightness = static_cast<int>( brightness * ( heading ? 50 : 60 ) );
+            aAttr.SetColour( textColour.ChangeLightness( lightness ) );
+        }
         else
+        {
             aAttr.SetColour( textColour.ChangeLightness( heading ? 170 : 165 ) );
+        }
 
         aAttr.SetItalic( true );   // Strikethrough would be better, if wxWidgets supported it
         ret = true;