[BUG] `auto mode` and `ask before edits` indicators are both orange — visually indistinguishable in VS Code extension

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing issues and this hasn't been reported yet
• [x] This is a single bug report (please file separate reports for different bugs)
• [x] I am using the latest version of Claude Code

What's Wrong?

In the Claude Code VS Code extension, the permission mode indicator uses the same orange color for both auto mode and ask before edits:

• auto mode → orange
• ask before edits → orange

These two modes have opposite safety semantics — ask before edits gates every write behind an explicit confirmation, while auto mode lets Claude edit without asking — but they look identical in the UI. Cycling modes with Shift+Tab gives no reliable visual cue, so you have to read the text to know which mode you're in. This is a real foot-gun: believing you're in ask before edits when you're actually in auto mode means Claude will modify files without prompting.

What Should Happen?

The two modes should use distinct colors keyed to risk level:

• ask before edits — a "safe" color (blue, cyan, or green), reflecting that no write happens without approval
• auto mode — a "caution" color (amber or red), reflecting that Claude writes to disk freely

Colors should be driven by VS Code theme tokens (e.g. charts.blue, charts.orange) so contrast holds in both light and dark themes.

Error Messages/Logs

None — this is a visual defect, no errors are logged.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open the Claude Code extension in VS Code.
2. Start a session — it begins in the default mode.
3. Press Shift+Tab to switch to ask before edits. Note the indicator color.
4. Press Shift+Tab again to switch to auto mode. Note the indicator color.
5. Observe that both modes display in the same orange.

Claude Model

Not sure / Multiple models

Is this a regression?

No, this never worked

Last Working Version

_No response_

Claude Code Version

2.1.119 (Claude Code for VS Code)

Platform

Anthropic API

Operating System

Windows

Terminal/Shell

VS Code integrated terminal

Additional Information

_No response_